This week we return to the world of the Norse gods, in preparation for our rewatch of Thor: Ragnarok.  Which means the end of the world for those folks, so as you might expect…bad things happen. 

This Week In Comics

Jason Aaron Returns to DC with New Batman Miniseries

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/jason-aaron-returns-dc-new-batman-miniseries/

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-08-13

This Week's Stack

• Thor Vol 2 #80-85 

2 Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

Thor Vol 2 #80-85

• Ragnarok Again?? But it's explained well.

Thor Vol 3 #1-6

• Clever way to bring back a character

Final Thoughts

Correspondence

• Tweet from Mo about Changes to X-Men and Avengers in 2024 regarding a post from Tom Brevoort.

What's Next 

• Thor: Ragnarok film from 2017

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This week we went out to the movies to watch a group of characters that both of us have fond memories of from when we were younger… the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!  So how did the Turtles of 2023 compare to our Turtles of the 80s and 90s?  Stay tuned to find out.

This Week In Comics

Kevin Smith Announces Mail-Order Subscription Service for Jay & Silent Bob's Secret Stash

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/kevin-smith-announces-mail-order-subscription-service-for-jay-silent-bobs-secret-stash/

Loki Season 2 coming October 6 

• Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dug56u8NN7g 

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-08-06

Recommendation: The Hunger and the Dusk by Willow G. Wilson and Christian Wildgoose

• https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/4650517/the-hunger-and-the-dusk-1

*Spoiler Warning*

Film Facts

• Tagline: Heroes aren’t born. They’re mutated. 

2ish Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

Fantastic art and great animation - Sketch look

Brilliant voice acting

Fun story with heart

Lots of great humor 

Strong music throughout

No Shredder... Until the mid-credit scene

Tidbits 

From the comics 

Face Off!

Correspondence

What's Next:  Thor: Ragnarok

• Thor Vol 2 #80-85

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It is great to have Dan back this week!  He's refreshed, and ready to talk comics.  Better yet, Dan came back home this week and got to read some classics from his teenage years – the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles books from Mirage Studios that kickstarted the crazy black & white indy comics scene of the mid ‘80s. Now Duane gets to read them for the very first time. 

This Week In Comics

Marvel Comics Presents: The Death of Moon Knight 

• https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/death-of-moon-knight-28-jed-mackay-allesandro-cappuccio?linkId=225511224  

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-07-30 

Recommendation: The He-Man Effect: How American Toymakers Sold You Your Childhood by Brian “Box” Brown

• https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-he-man-effect-how-american-toymakers-sold-you-your-childhood-brian-box-brown/18698943

This Week's Stack

• Ronin #1 

Creator Spotlight: Eastman & Laird

2 Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

Ronin #1

• Printed in a “prestige” format.  More pages, better paper, higher price. 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1-7 

• Mirage Studios: "there wasn't an actual studio, only kitchen tables and couches with lap boards." 

Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters #1 

• TNMT immediately inspired imitators: https://dandreifort.com/2020/07/24/tmnt-comic-knockoffs/

Final Thoughts

Correspondence

• Tweet from Mo about Moon Knight #25 $9.99 price tag

What's Next 

• Teenager Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)

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This week, we’re leaving behind superheroes and instead delving into the world of angels, demons and war for the souls of all mankind. Where there are some that can see what others can not. And it stars a Hollywood favorite, Keanu Reeves. Join Duane and special guest Ben as we take a look at 2005’s Constantine.

This Week In Comics

Marvel Considered Reviving a Major Spider-Man Character With Secret Invasion

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-considered-reviving-major-spider-man-character-gwen-stacy-secret-invasion-comic/

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-07-23

Recommendation from Ben: Spiderman (2022-) Newest arc starts with issue #8.

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/99750/spider-man_2022_8

*Spoiler Warning*

Film Facts

Tagline: Hell wants him. Heaven won’t take him. Earth needs him.

2ish Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

Demons and Half-Breeds

This Place Looks Like Hell

Why isn’t this film more popular?

Tidbits 

From the comics 

Comic Books

• Swamp Thing #37 from June 1985

What's Next:  

• Dan should be back next week. 

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There's been a great deal of talk on social media over the last few weeks about WHO has been spotted on the set of the Deadpool film which is currently in principal photography. Someone we've known for some time that would be joining the merc with a mouth in his 3rd go-around was revealed months ago in a video with Ryan Reynolds - and that's Hugh Jackman. For Jackman, he's reprising the role of the adamantium claw wielding Wolverine from the X-Men. So this week, Guest host Luke and I are going to spend some time looking back at what we thought was Jackman's last performance as the Wolverine - the 2017 film Logan.

This Week In Comics

Marvel Returns to X-Men: Days of Future Past in Doomsday

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/x-men-days-of-future-past-comic-doomsday-prequel-marvel/

Blue Beetle Trailer

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wxyy8Rcz4k

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-07-16

Recommendation from Luke: Loki #1

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/issue/97121/loki_2023_1

*Spoiler Warning*

Film Facts

Tagline: His time has come.

2ish Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

Laura aka X-23

Jackman’s best Wolverine?

“So this is what it feels like”

Tired Tropes

Not for Kids

Tidbits 

From the comics 

Comic Books

• X-23 series from 2005 (6 issues)

What's Next:  

• Dan on vacation. Duane with a guest host

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This week we get a chance to visit about quite possibly the most fantastic comic book movie ever created – the still-in-theaters Across the Spider-Verse.

This Week In Comics

Marvel 2023 San Diego Comic-Con Panels and Schedule Revealed 

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/marvel-san-diego-comic-con-2023-panels-schedule/

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-06-18

Recommendation: Parker Girls.  Terry Moore, Abstract Studios.

• https://abstractstudiocomics.com/2022/04/20/announcing-the-new-series-parker-girls/https://bit.ly/2021ComicsGNs

*Spoiler Warning*

Film Facts

Tagline: None

2ish Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

Beautiful Animation 

Brilliant Voice Acting 

Allegory is dead in the modern world

Miles as the Prowler 

Easter Eggs that are Relevant, Cool and Spectacularly Geeky

"Let's do things differently this time"

Different versions of the SAME film

And then it just ENDED 

Not all great though... 

Animator Crunch 

Live action flops, and Animated triumphs 

Tidbits 

From the comics 

Face Off!

• Which Did it better? The Comics or the Movie

Correspondence

• Letter from Amanda

What's Next:  

• Dan on vacation. Duane with a guest host

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We are a bit behind, as there have just been too many new movies and TV shows coming out lately, but this week we are taking a look at Miles Morales in preparation for a discussion on the Across the Spider-Verse movie that has become this summer’s biggest box office hit. 

This Week In Comics

Marvel Just Gave Miles Morales His Own Iron Spider Armor

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/miles-morales-new-iron-spider-suit-revealed/ 
  

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-07-02

Recommendation: Kickstarter comics

• https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?ref=nav_search&term=comics

This Week's Stack

• Ultimate Fallout #4 

2 Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

Ultimate Fallout #4 

• Not really much to this story – it was the second story in the book.

Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #1-12

• Start of the book deals not only with Miles, but with the fallout from Peter’s death to his friends and family 

Final Thoughts

What's Next 

• Across the Spider-Verse (2023) 

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This week we are catching up on some of the comics that share a name (or at least some story beats) with the new Secret Invasion Disney+ show starring Samuel L. Jackson.

This Week In Comics

Marvel Announces Tony Stark and Emma Frost's Wedding

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/iron-man-tony-stark-emma-frost-wedding-marvel-x-men/

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-06-25

Recommendation: Secret Invasion #1-5 (2022/2023)

• Available in Marvel Unlimited

This Week's Stack

• Fantastic Four #2 (1961) 

Creator Profile: Leinil Francis Yu

2 Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

THE CLASSICS - Fantastic Four #2, Avengers #89-97 

• Skrulls seem bumbling early, but not later

Secret Invasion #1-8 (2008)

** You can use code SECRETMU at Marvel.com/redeem to get the first 2 books of this series within Marvel Unlimited. Offer expires 9/1/2023 before 11:59 pm ET. 

• There are so many characters, and so many storylines that are picked up and dropped 

Modern Appearances - Meet the Skrulls #1-5 (2019), Secret Invasion #1-5 (2022) 

• Meet the Skrulls is very much like “The Americans” TV show.  Or Invincible maybe.  A classic cold-war spy story just moved to interplanetary scale. 

Key Concepts for the TV Show

• At there core, Skrull stories are nightmare fuel straight out of McCarthy.  They are about who can be trusted and who is “real” and they are based in a fear of outsiders.  Skrull stories are always in danger of being apologies for Great Replacement racial and ethnic conspiracy theories.

Final Thoughts

What's Next - Miles Morales & The Spider-Verse

• Ultimate Fallout Vol 1 #4

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This week we sped back to the theater for the second big-budget superhero flick of the month – DC’s The Flash. FYI - Longer than normal episode. 

This Week In Comics

Robert Kirkman Launches Transformers and GI Joe Shared Universe 

• https://comicbook.com/comics/news/robert-kirkman-transformers-gi-joe-crossove-comics-universe/

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-06-18

Recommendation: Keep buying comics in whatever form you love.

• Comichron data: https://bit.ly/2021ComicsGNs

*Spoiler Warning*

Film Facts

Tagline: Worlds Collide

2ish Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

Recap in parts with discussion

A Microwavely Hot introduction

Michael Keaton

Slacker Barry

Sasha Calle

Batcave electrocution scene 

Solid “Comic Book” Story

Cameos and Deepfakes 

Online Backlash to the film 

Trailers spoiling good moments 

Who killed Barry’s mom? 

Why mess with the best part of Flashpoint, by not making Michael Keaton Thomas Wayne? 

Tidbits 

From the comics 

Face Off!

• Which Did it better? The Comics or the Movie

What's Next: Disney+ Secret Invasion

• Complete Event Book List: https://www.marvel.com/comics/discover/133/secret-invasion-the-complete-event 

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This week we are diverting our attention to comics from the DC universe, in preparation for The Flash.  This long delayed and scandal plagued movie promises to wrap up the current DC movie universe and set the stage for a new normal under James Gunn’s leadership. 

This Week In Comics

“Stan Lee” Documentary debuts June 16th on Disney+ 

• Trailer: https://youtu.be/rN45yyu_rCw

New on Marvel Unlimited this Week

• https://www.marvel.com/comics/calendar/week/2023-06-11

Recommendation: The Endless Vessel by Charles Soule.

• https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/endless-vessel-charles-soule/1142040817

This Week's Stack

• The Flash Vol 3, #8-12 

Creator Profile: Geoff Johns

2 Minute Recap and Discussion Topics

The Flash Vol 3, #8-12

• Essentially a villain origin story that also is a Flash origin story 

FLASHPOINT Vol 2, #1-5

• “You traded the life of your mother for the rest of the world!” 

Key Concepts for the movie

• Barry’s mother is murdered when he is young, and his father is wrongly convicted for the crime 

Final Thoughts

What's Next

• The Flash (2023) Movie. In theaters this Friday.

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