Comics Are My Happy Place

By Colin Hoult

Square-jawed actor and comedian Colin Hoult and his trusty leotard-wearing sidekick Nick Kirk are here each week to talk you through all the wild and varied corners from the worlds of comic books,

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June 12, 2026 An Exciting Announcement!
Yes, we are coming back with a revamped version of the podcast and A-Bomb To Zzzax will be morphing into...

Comics Are My Happy Place!

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4min
March 28, 2026 Who are the villains of SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY?
BOOMERANG, SCORPION, TARANTULA, TOMBSTONE

We've got an incoming MCU film on the horizon so Colin and Nick are taking a look at the villains of SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY and asking the important questions:- what is Scorpion's tail supposed to be? Why does Boomerang's original suit not have any boomerangs on it? And is Tarantula's power just having really really pointy shoes?

(NB - We'll be taking a little break over Easter and will be back in April with new episodes!)

285. Scorpion
Amazing Spider-Man (1964) #20

286. Tarantula
Spectacular Spider-Man (1976) #1

178. Boomerang
Superior Foes Of Spider-Man (2013) #1
Tales To Astonish (1958) #81 (B story [first])

985. Tombstone
Spectacular Spider-Man (1988) #142

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49min
March 20, 2026 Why does BATROC get a brigade?
BATROC, WHIRLWIND, LIVING LASER, ZARAN, MACHETE

Bonjour, mes amis! Join your jovial hosts Colin and Nick as they take a look at one of the few Marvel characters who has his own brigade - yes, it's the probably racially-insensitively named Batroc The Leaper (a man skilled in the noble French art of feet boxing). Who are the rest of his brigade? Are they supervillains to be taken seriously? And are any of them actually any good? These questions and fewer might be answered in this week's episode....

264. Batroc
Tales Of Suspense 75 (B story)
Captain America #105
Captain America #130,

176. Living Laser
Avengers (1966) #34 1966

265. Whirlwind
Avengers (1966) #46

266. Zaran
Captain America #303

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49min
March 13, 2026 Are the TRANSFORMERS part of the Marvel universe?
It's a slightly different episode this week as Nick goes solo to take a little sidestep away from the list to look at the Transformers and ask the question we've all been asking:- are the Transformers part of the Marvel universe? (Normal list-based service will resume next week...)

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21min
March 06, 2026 X-STATIX - genius or nonsense?
BATTERING RAM, ANARCHIST, ORPHAN, BLOKE, DOOP, DEAD GIRL, U GO GIRL, LA NUIT, VIVISECTOR, VENUS DEE MILO

It's a frankly ridiculous number of marvellously media-savvy (if mortally-challenged) mutants this week as Colin and Nick take a look at X-Statix. Who were the X-Statix? Did anyone make it through the revolving door of death? Was Princess Diana really on the team? And what is Doop saying? Some of these questions may be answered...

255. Battering Ram
256. The Anarchist
257. Orphan
258. Bloke
La Nuit
259. Doop
X-Force (2002) #116 - 118

260. Dead Girl
X-Force (2002) #125

261. U-Go Girl
X-Force (2002) #128

262. Vivisector
X-Force (2002) #129

263. Venus Dee Milo
X-Statix (2002) #1

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52min
February 27, 2026 Can you have too many BUCKYS?
Colin and Nick are back to answer that age old question:- "How many Buckys is too many Buckys?" as they take a look at the inexplicably high number of people who have decided to take on the mantle of child sidekick. We're talking Nomad (Jack Monroe), Nomad (Rikki Barnes), Battlestar (surprisingly not Nomad) and Sharon Carter (sister-niece of Peggy). Reckless endangerment ahoy!

250. Battlestar
Captain America (1968) #341 (pages 10-17)

252. Nomad (Jack Monroe)
Captain America (1968) #282 (from page 9)

253. Nomad (Rikki Barnes)
Nomad: Girl Without World 2009 #2

254. Sharon Carter
Captain America (1968) #103

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42min
February 20, 2026 Was WONDER MAN ever interesting (pre-MCU)?
WONDER MAN, GRIM REAPER, DOORMAN

Look, up in the sky... oh no, hang on, that's someone else. Join Colin and Nick as they take a look at a hero neither of them has paid much attention to before, Simon Williams AKA Wonder Man as they ask the question:- is it worth bothering with the comics or should you just watch the excellent series instead (what do you mean, "leading question"?) Also they take a look at his brother, the Grim Reaper and Doorman (who is generally unrelated to Wonder Man with the exception of the series). Enjoy!

Issues Read

1045. Wonder Man
Avengers (1963) #9 (first)
Avengers (1963) #194 (just the Beast / Wonder Man bits- very much an ensemble piece)
Avengers (1998) #11 (lot of words - skip non-Wondy bits)
Wonder Man (2006) #1

628. Grim Reaper
Avengers (1963) #52 (first)

319. Doorman
Great Lakes Avengers (2016) #2

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45min
February 13, 2026 Who's the scariest SENTINEL?
Bastion, Sentinels, Master Mold, Bolivar Trask

Look out, the machines are taking over! In what feels like a very timely episode, Colin and Nick take a look at the man-made machines menacing the mutants of the Marvel universe (yeah, maybe all this Stan and Jack has been rubbing off on us, alliteratively speaking). Are the Sentinels a terrifying look at the future of robotics or another 60s misunderstanding of how robots work? Is it OK to just do the Iron Giant but with a sentinel? What is a Siege Perilous? And does Bastion's origin make any sense at all? Listen and find out!

Issues Read:-

244. Bastion
Machine Man / Bastion Annual '98

245. Bolivar Trask
Uncanny X-Men (1963) #14

246. Mastermold
Uncanny X-Men (1963) 15

247. Sentinels
Uncanny X-Men (1963) 98

248. Sentinel
Sentinel (2003) #4

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45min
February 06, 2026 DAMAGE CONTROL vs the WRECKING CREW
Bart Rozum, Wrecker, Thunderball, Piledriver, Bulldozer

Let's get wrecked! This week, Colin and Nick are taking a look at Damage Control and the Wrecking Crew as next on the list is Bart Rozum (no, us neither). It's thumping, smashing, head-butting frenzy of destruction (and mildly incompetent clean-up)

Issues Read:-
Bart Rozum & Damage Control (group)
Damage Control #1 (Sept 1989)

Wrecking Crew
Defenders (1974) #18-19

413. Wrecker
Thor (1967) #148

412. Bulldozer
414. Pile Driver
Runaways (2005) #1 (only up to page 14)

415. Thunderball
Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #248 (A-story)

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47min
January 30, 2026 Look out, look out, there's a KRAVEN about...
KRAVEN THE HUNTER, CALYPSO, RHINO, CHAMELEON

Colin and Nick are joined by returning and (hopefully) recurring pal James O'Donoghue to take a look at Spidey's animal-tracking foe, Kraven The Hunter. It's also a chance to (mercifully) finish off our look at the SPUMC movies with a bit of chat about Kraven's inexplicable movie. Plus, given that they also feature in the film, we'll dive into Rhino, Chameleon and Calypso too.

Kraven the hunter - on Netflix

Kraven & Chameleon
Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #15, #294, 389

Calypso
Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #209

Rhino
Amazing Spider-Man (1963) #41
Spider-Man's tangled web #5-6

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