Comics Who Love Comic Books

My guest this week is comedian Ishmael Gaynor! Why does everyone remember their first comic book? Why did Brett stop collecting comics in college? How were the WWE comic books? What happened in the Bruce Lee comics? What makes Miles Morales such a great character? Who is Batwing? What is BlerdCon? What is Tephlon Funk? Is New York Comic Con too big to find indie books? What is Trill League about? Why doesn't Ishmael like Captain America? When will we get a Kingdom Come-style Captain America story? Who was the Black Captain America?

Reading list: Fantastic Four Guy Gardner Green Lantern Batman Superman Wonder Woman JSA JLA Miles Morales Spider-Man (free on Comixology Unlimited) Tephlon Funk Boondocks I Kill Giants Iron Man: The Five Nightmares (free on Kindle Unlimited) Batman: The Long Halloween Batman: Year One One Piece Trill League Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill Captain America: Truth

Watch list: Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero Boondocks Shaft Black Caesar Hell Up in Harlem

My guest this week is comedian Angel Isaac! What is Kingdom Come about? How are Iron Man and Batman similar? What is Spider-Man's coolest power? When will mech suits and jet packs become mainstream? Why was Iron Man 2 rushed? How good is Jon Favreau? What hidden messages are in comic books like Iron Man #127? How good is The Last Ronin? Who did comedy manager Roger Paul have breakfast with? What's the deal with Batman Beyond? Why might we get a Batman Beyond movie? Who's in the future Justice League? What did the Radioactive Man comics do?

Reading list: Kingdom Come The Last Ronin Batman Beyond Superman Beyond James Tynion IV's Batman run Anything by James Tynion IV Iron Man #127 (free on Comixology Unlimited)

Watch list: Iron Man 2 Chef Elf The Mandalorian The Grand Budapest Hotel Mortdecai Batman Beyond Rocky Balboa Creed

Recorded 3-30-24 via Zoom

My guest this week is comedian Alex deCourville! What valuable comics does Alex own? When did the Silver Surfer turn into Carnage? Spider-Man is Alex's guy, but he also has Fantastic Four, Punisher, Batman and Green Lantern. What dumb thing did Brett buy? Why is the dollar bin dangerous? What movie did Alex make? Is there a lot of price gouging at comic cons? What's up with the Clone Saga? What happens in Maximum Carnage? How great are the Marvel Essentials collections? Why did Brett get into Moon Knight? Brett and Alex both endorse the library as a comic book resource. What children's books did Alex write? What is Joker's 8 Way Revenge? What happens in Spider-Man: Back in Black?

Reading list: Civil War (free on Kindle Unlimited) Civil War: Amazing Spider-Man (free on Kindle Unlimited) Clone Saga Spider-Man: One More Day Static Shock Maximum Carnage Batman #900 (aka Batman #135) Batman #251 Spider-Man: Back in Black Daredevil by Kevin Smith

Recorded 3-30-24 via Zoom

My guest this week is comedian Dar'jon Bentley! What else does Darjon do? Will we ever get a movie where the Fantastic Four meets Spider-Man? Why was Infinity War so much fun? What movie got Darjon started with comic books? What's the deal with Hellboy? Will we get a third Hellboy film with Ron Perlman? What happened with Mahershala Ali and Blade? What is Darjon's Blade script about? Has anyone ever looked as cool as Wesley Snipes in the first Blade movie? What is Lethal Protector about? Which cosplayers really impress Brett? Which Luke Cage would Darjon cosplay as? Who are the street-level heroes? Do the movies sometimes connect the hero to the villain too much? What happens in Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash? What happens in Titans United?

Reading list: Fantastic Four Doctor Strange Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Hellboy Blade X-Men: Curse of the Mutants- Mutants vs. Vampires Venom: Lethal Protector (free on Kindle Unlimited) Spider-Man 2099 Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash Hellraiser (free on Comixology Unlimited) Star Trek (Kelvin timeline) What If...? Marvel Zombies Teen Titans in Batman: The Brave and the Bold Titans United

Watch list: Superfriends Infinity War Spider-Man Hellboy and sequel Blade and Blade II Luke Cage Freddy vs. Jason Ash Vs. Evil Dead What If...?

My guest this week is Michael Buzzelli! What did John Byrne do that Michael didn't like? How did another writer fix it? Are comic books like a soap opera? What's going on with the Fantastic Four now? Who's doing the covers? Who is Nova? What have they been doing with the X-Men lately? What is a sliding time scale? What is Marvel Two-in-One? How is Mantis different in the comics versus in the MCU? What did Stan Lee refer to the Marvel Universe as? What's the deal with the Swordsman? What happened to Kang in the MCU? How great were The Defenders? Were they too powerful? Why wasn't Michael a big DC fan? Why is Quicksilver always in a bad mood? What did Agatha Harkness do? What was Stan Lee not good at? What do they do in Age of Ultron that they don't do in the DC movies?

Reading list: Kirby/Lee Fantastic Four Englehart/Perez Avengers Kree/Skrull War John Byrne Fantastic Four Marvel Two-in-One Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 1 (free with Kindle Unlimited) Nova Avengers Disassembled

Michael's books:

Below Average Genius

All I Want for Christmas

My guest this week is my old friend Jeremy Rivera! Jeremy has a collection of comics and we're going to try and figure out what it's worth. Where did Jeremy buy his comics? Who was better, Betty or Veronica, and why? What happened in the Riverdale TV series? How great is What If? What are some classic What Ifs? What makes them so good? What if Spider-Man was trans? What is Jeremy's most valuable comic? What are Brett's valuable comics? What was the deal with Rom?

Reading list: Archie What if...? Secret Wars DC Comics with Dreamer Early Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Universe Rom, Space Knight

My guest this week is Emmanuel T! Why can kids relate to Spider-Man? Why are the early Spider-Man comics a perfect place for kids to start reading? What happens in the Clone Saga? Why is it complicated? Why don't a lot of people like it? Which comic book characters have stayed dead? How is Ultimate Spider-Man different from regular Spider-Man? How is Tony Stark different in the Ultimate Universe? What happened when Emmanuel was cosplaying as Spider-Man? Why is Miles Morales important? Do little kids think cosplaying heroes are "real" superheroes? When is cosplaying a force for good? What's the best way to go to a con? What does Emmanuel's uncle do? Why has Brett started buying comics again? What are some different versions of Civil War? What are some of the side books of Civil War? What is Marvel Dark Ages? Who are the different versions of Wolverine? What happens in The Last Ronin? Why does each turtle have his weapon? Why doesn't Emmanuel like Batman? What dumb thing happens in the Failsafe comics? What makes The Avengers such a good movie?

Reading list: Amazing Spider-Man (early) Batman by James Tynion IV Spider-Man Clone Saga Ultimate Spider-Man Civil War (free on Kindle Unlimited) The Amazing Spider-Man: Civil War (free on Kindle Unlimited) Civil War: Wolverine Civil War: Fantastic Four Marvel Dark Ages The Last Ronin (free with Kindle Unlimited) Batman: Failsafe

Watch list: Captain America: Civil War The Marvels The Toys That Made Us: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Marvel's The Avengers Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Video games: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

Recorded 3-3-24 via Zencastr

My guest this week is comedian Rob Coleman Jr.! Why is it important that Spider-Man could be any race? How good is Charlie Cox as Daredevil? Are comic books too expensive for kids? Should Marvel and DC make cheap comics for kids to buy? Should comic book companies advertise on Tik Tok? How great is Free Comic Book Day? Should there be other national special events at comic book stores? Shoutout to Everyone Comics in Queens and Anyone Comics in Brooklyn. Do you take toys out of the box or leave them in? Does Brett have any valuable toys? How many boxes of comics did Rob have? Who were some of the Valiant characters? Who is Bloodshot? What's the deal with the CW show Black Lightning? What is the Mutant Massacre? Why are the art editions of comics cool? What did the Marauders do to Angel?

Reading list: Daredevil (Mark Waid, Frank Miller) Chris Claremont/John Byrne X-Men Fear Itself Archer and Armstrong Magnus Robot Fighter Turok Dinosaur Hunter (free with Kindle Unlimited) Faith (free with Kindle Unlimited) Bloodshot (free with Kindle Unlimited) Shadowman (free with Kindle Unlimited) Harbinger (free with Kindle Unlimited) Batman by James Tynion IV Thor by Walt Simonson Wynd (free with Comixology Unlimited) Nice House on the Lake Department of Truth Ms. Marvel Poison Ivy Black Panther by Ta-Nehisi Coates Captain America by Ta-Nehisi Coates (free with Kindle Unlimited) Immortal Hulk (free with Comixology Unlimited) Black Lightning (free with Kindle Unlimited) Batman and the Outsiders Power Man Black Panther Power Pack Batman: Court of Owls Black Lantern Saga

Watch list: Daredevil Black Lightning Gotham

Recorded 3-3-24 via Zencastr

Returning to the podcast is comedian Doug Sluk! Spoiler alert for Superman: Birthright. Is it ok to trust Wikipedia for comic book info? What do we get to see Clark Kent do in Superman: Birthright? What strained credibility for Brett in this story? Why is Superman more compelling in this book? Are Clark Kent and Superman two different people? How is James Gunn getting Brett's hopes up with the new Superman movie? What do we want out of the movie? What is it with DC and a crisis? How did Mark Waid change Kryptonian technology? What was the deal with Superman Returns? What issue does Brett have with Superman: Birthright? What weird stuff did they do in Superman comics back in the day? What do Brett and Doug miss in comics? Would people be afraid of a super being if they found out he or she was an alien? What are Real Life Superheroes? What is the most unbelievable thing about Batman? Could someone read Superman: Birthright if they didn't know anything about Superman? Have Bruce Wayne and Lex Luthor ever teamed up to fight Superman?

Reading list: Superman: Birthright (free on Kindle Unlimited) John Byrne Fantastic Four Mark Waid World's Finest Chris Claremont X-Men Dark Phoenix (free on Comixology Unlimited) Dennis O'Neill Batman Dennis O'Neill The Question Avengers Twilight

Watch list: Superman: The Movie Justice League and Justice League Unlimited (free oni Max) Superman Returns Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Recorded 3-2-24 via Zencastr

My guest this week is comedian Eleazar Guzman! What was different about Eleazar's childhood? What TV show and movie got him interested in comics? Where did he go to read comics? What is lacking in the Spider-Man movies? What does Eleazar love about Batman? Who died in Ultimate Spider-Man? What was Eleazar's comic about? What is Brett's novel about? What are Superman's new powers? Why did Eleazar stop watching Smallville? What's wrong with All-Star Batman and Robin? What's right about it? Why doesn't Eleazar like Damien Wayne?

Reading list: Amazing Spider-Man Bendis Daredevil Ultimate Spider-Man The Ultimates Frank Miller Daredevil All-Star Batman and Robin

Watch list: Smallville

Recorded 9-24-23 via Zencastr