My guest this week is comedian Will Spottedbear! How old was Will when he first read The Killing Joke? When did Doctor Octopus beat up everybody? What impressed Brett the first time he read a Marvel comic? What did Brett like about Marvel Team-Up and What If? What happened in the first Marvel Zombies comic? What do they do on The Simpsons with the Homer Meets Marge story? What's the deal with The Ultimates? What was Hawkeye originally and what was her in Ultimates? How was Ultimate Tony Stark different from original Tony Stark? How was Thor different? Who is The Tumbler? How are comics like singing in your car? Does the current generation know who Plastic Man is? Do people know who Monica Rambeau is? Why was it OK that they brought Bucky back to life? How long was Colossus dead? Who should they not bring back to life? Do fans of the movies read the comics? When did the Punisher have three series at the same time?

Reading List The Greatest Batman Stories Ever Told https://amzn.to/3mw3w9e

The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told https://amzn.to/3l2yfug

Batman: The Killing Joke https://amzn.to/3ZBHdxG

Marvel Team-Up https://amzn.to/41XCSqa

What If...? https://amzn.to/3T2ohWc

Marvel Zombies https://amzn.to/3l9CgwS

Mark Gruenwald Captain America https://amzn.to/3JqlFhS

Ultimate Spider-Man https://amzn.to/3YJ2zrO

Green Lantern: Rebirth https://amzn.to/3Lbe2Nm

Ultimates 1 and 2 https://amzn.to/3T1ohGb

Spider-Man Civil War (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3JqvGvw

Winter Soldier https://amzn.to/3YxuqLf

Astonishing X-Men https://amzn.to/3ZBIxRa

Hickman Fantastic Four https://amzn.to/3mE7Weu

The Punisher (this series free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3Jv1Vtz

DCeased https://amzn.to/3l2sxbS

DCeased: Unkillables https://amzn.to/3Jtg0Ys

Planetary https://amzn.to/3mAr9xv

Kingdom Come https://amzn.to/423nbOj

Age of Apocalypse https://amzn.to/423nk4j

Earth X (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3Fe4GwF

Universe X https://amzn.to/3kXG1Wq

Paradise X https://amzn.to/3FeE5jc

Legion of Superheroes https://amzn.to/3ZRYqCG

Watch List What If...? https://www.disneyplus.com/series/what-if/7672ZVj1ZxU9

Ultimate Avengers 1 and 2 https://amzn.to/3J7qMlt https://amzn.to/3ypIsnx

Captain America: The Winter Soldier https://amzn.to/3YBsPnC

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier/4gglDBMx8icA

Recorded 3-4-23 via Zencastr

My guest this week is comedian Mark Scalia! What comics did Mark collect? What are the Micronauts? What weird character was in a Star Wars comic? Who is Rom and what was his deal? Who is Michael Golden? Who is Psycho-Man? Why are crossovers so much fun? What characters did the Micronauts crossover with? How brilliant was the casting of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark? How great was Willem Dafoe in No Way Home? What's cool about Moon Knight? Is Batman more interesting than Superman? What did they change the Micronauts' name to? Who were the Starriors? Check out Harrison's Comics in Salem, MA.

Show notes: Michael Golden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Golden_(comics)

Harrison's Comics (AMAZING comic book store) https://www.harrisonscomics.net/

Reading tips: Micronauts https://amzn.to/3Jb1t3d

X-Men and the Micronauts https://amzn.to/3mpiWMA

Micronauts with Ant-Man https://amzn.to/3EU7aQC

Rom https://amzn.to/3JcejOQ

Star Wars https://amzn.to/3y6sf6N

Moon Knight https://amzn.to/3kQhemP

Fist of Konshu https://amzn.to/3ILotVf

X-Men/Teen Titans https://amzn.to/3EUGUWg

Transformers/GI Joe https://amzn.to/3ZBEkMJ

Watch tips: Spider-Man: No Way Home https://amzn.to/3IR2sEz

Emily the Criminal (not super heroes) https://amzn.to/3ILvDIZ

Breaking (not super heroes but a GREAT movie) https://amzn.to/3kJbnjg

Batman The Animated Series, World's Finest https://amzn.to/3ybbuHy

Battle of the Planets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Kb4YsJ91X4

Starblazers https://amzn.to/3mnORgp

Recorded 2-18-23 via Zoom

My guest this week is Mike Messer! Was Jack Kirby a good writer? Is it different when a character kills people on screen as opposed to in a comic book? Was Peacemaker good? Was Guardians 2 as good as Guardians 1? Is anyone a bigger nerd than Brett? Who did Brett dress up as for Mike's wedding and what song did he sing? What is DC Elseworlds? What did Kevin Smith say that Brett and Mike agree with? What movie was good but nobody cared about it? Was Zack Snyder's Justice League good? What was great about the Watchmen TV series? What movie was Brett wrong about? How are the new 4D movie theaters? What's going to happen in the next Joker movie? What did they do in the Joker movie that was different? What celebrity did Mike run into? What is the first movie of the James Gunn run? What happened to Princess Leia in the comics?

https://www.mikemessermusic.com/who-is-mike

Reading list: Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning Guardians of the Galaxy (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3lXtiDh

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow https://amzn.to/41wB3jV

The War of Jokes and Riddles (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3XZjeql

Before Watchmen https://amzn.to/3Z9IYS4

Batman and Son https://amzn.to/3ILF1xp

The Authority https://amzn.to/3KAPc9H

Watch list: The Batman https://amzn.to/3XYUjmW

Shazam! https://amzn.to/41mldIg

Zack Snyder's Justice League https://amzn.to/3ksPEvL

Watchmen TV series https://amzn.to/3YQ0hYy

Batman the Brave and the Bold https://amzn.to/3YVCYfS

My guest this week is comedian Paul Kilmer! How did Paul get into comics? What is X-Men 1602? Who sent Batman back in time? Who is the best Batman and why is it Adam West? What does Paul want to see Batman do? What's the deal with these new Ninja Turtles movies? What's the story with The Tick? What's the story behind Witchblade? What is Spawn's deal? What is the Star Wars Legends universe? What ending knocked Brett off his feet? Who are Ketchup Man and Mustard Man? What was wrong with the Tick TV series? What's the deal with The Crow?

Reading list: Marvel 1602 (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3IyIZcM

The Shadow https://amzn.to/3k32WPE

Swamp Thing https://amzn.to/3I9W6zQ

Tales From The Crypt (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3XHCeJQ

The Phantom (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3Sb1d7j

Dick Tracy https://amzn.to/3lFt2Zj

Ghostbusters/Ninja Turtles https://amzn.to/3IAvVUp

Ghostbusters/Transformers https://amzn.to/3XF3gSj

Spawn (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3Ke2ad1

Old Man Logan https://amzn.to/3xzrUJA

The Last Ronin (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3EdGJ8o

The Walking Dead https://amzn.to/3xuHshJ

X-Force https://amzn.to/3Ei1IGT

The Amazing Spider-Man https://amzn.to/3xuUueT

Sandman https://amzn.to/3IAtzF6

Doctor Sleep (novel) https://amzn.to/3YDAEdB

The Dark Tower (novel) https://amzn.to/3k4MgXX

The Tick https://amzn.to/3XHqdEv

Aeon Flux https://amzn.to/3YZ79Tb

Predator vs Alien https://amzn.to/4135BcD

Witchblade/Spawn https://amzn.to/3YZ7sgN

Alien/Predator crossovers https://amzn.to/417jiXQ

Witchblade https://amzn.to/3xxe3mQ

The Darkness https://amzn.to/3Ia4sY3

Conan https://amzn.to/3EcrX1B

Star Wars (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3YEOcp5

Marvel Zombies https://amzn.to/3S5uK2p

Star Wars Tales 19 (Chewbacca and Indiana Jones) https://amzn.to/3YX2rVZ

Hellblazer (free on Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3S6vuEr

The Crow (original series) https://amzn.to/3Kebo9l

Watchlist: The Toys That Made Us, Ninja Turtles episode https://www.netflix.com/title/80161497

The Tick https://amzn.to/3S7hp9y

Firestarter https://amzn.to/3Idzuyt

My guest this week is comedian Duante Barnett! This is a little bit of a different type of episode, let us know what you think - [email protected]. Are old newspapers worth money? What was the name of the kitten in Garfield? How great was Batman The Animated Series? What was Duante's first comic book? What was special about it? Why did Duante like The Vulture? What was interesting about the X-Men? What was Brett's favorite New York Post headline? What comic strip does Brett get emailed to him every day? How did Brett's oldest get into Spider-Man? Was the mom in For Better Or Worse hungover? Why doesn't Duante read a lot of comic books anymore? Why aren't they using John Stewart Green Lantern in the movies? What happened when they made Aqualad Black and gay? How is buying comic books a class thing? How was Black Adam? How about Wakanda Forever? What Peanuts-related people did Brett get to interview? Which Scooby-Doo character does Duante think is gay? How long does it take to read a comic book?

Reading list: Something Is Killing The Children https://amzn.to/3JZfVw1

Garfield https://amzn.to/3YiKKjI

Calvin and Hobbes https://amzn.to/40L7xGB

Dilbert https://amzn.to/3If26Za

Boondocks https://amzn.to/3jRItgA

Zits https://amzn.to/3HQZvTY

My guest this week is comedian Zivan Vasquez! How great are Paul Dini and Bruce Timm? Are Brett's kids into comics? Is it weird to give your kind an iPod full of your own music? What are some good horror comics? What word does Stephen King use a lot in his novels? What came true in science fiction and what didn't? Will we ever get a Batman Beyond movie? What are some of the tropes we get from Batman? What makes Alfred such a great character? Who are your favorite civilian characters in Marvel and DC? Who doesn't love Willy Lumpkin? What is American Jesus about? What is DC Black Label? Do you linger on the art when you read a comic?

Reading list: The Dark Knight Returns https://amzn.to/3YjY9HV

Jonathan Hickman's X-Men run (free with Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3X3gJ5W

Batman by James Tynion IV https://amzn.to/3HxnR54

Something is Killing the Children (free with Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3Y0u6W7

House of Slaughter (free with Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/3HuEpup

Department of Truth https://amzn.to/3XaV5wY

Nice House on the Lake (free with Comixology Unlimited) https://amzn.to/40DC2OK

The Walking Dead https://amzn.to/3Y4oGsW

Dan Slott's Fantastic Four https://amzn.to/3HvAf5C

The Stars, My Destination (novel and graphic novel) https://amzn.to/3wRNmsM https://amzn.to/3YrnbFf

American Flagg! https://amzn.to/3DHbjHc

Frank Miller's Ronin https://amzn.to/3JH0s3I

A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick (novel and graphic novel) https://amzn.to/3YhDnbK https://amzn.to/3jBAOTc

Injustice: Gods Among Us https://amzn.to/3HVbocE

American Jesus https://amzn.to/3JEPtrl

Ultramega https://amzn.to/40wehYW

Aquaman Andromeda https://amzn.to/3js0Msv

Wonder Woman Dead Earth by Daniel Warren Johnson https://amzn.to/3JFtu3O

The Black Monday Murders https://amzn.to/3JB5mPP

The Silmarillion (not a comic book) https://amzn.to/3wVTMqK

Decker/Lazarus novels https://amzn.to/3YpNVpB

Mister Miracle by Tom King https://amzn.to/3DzAXgX

Strange Adventures by Tom King https://amzn.to/3Xi4jHP

Watch list: Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, especially J'onn J'onzz Christmas episode https://amzn.to/3HyGYeN https://amzn.to/3DIqxLV https://bit.ly/jonnxmas

Batman Beyond https://amzn.to/3JFScB8

Batman Ninja https://amzn.to/3X0GWSU

Powerpuff Girls https://amzn.to/3jwiuLe

Samurai Jack https://amzn.to/3YhFQmw

My guest this week is comedian Rich Carucci! How did people used to get autographs of baseball players? Why did Captain America start at issue #100? How have comics changed over the years? Remember when a comic came with a record? How cool is Falcon? What's the deal with fake autographs? With action figures do you keep it in the box or open it? What's great about the Hulk? Do the movies sell comic books? What is James Gunn doing that most executives don't do? What art did everyone have on their desks at the Marvel offices? Who has the best rogues gallery and why is it Batman? When was Superman on I Love Lucy?

Reading list: Captain America and the Falcon https://amzn.to/3HgCYQh

Old Hulk https://amzn.to/3Dlcz2s

Werewolf by Night https://amzn.to/3wAhubW

Old Iron Man https://amzn.to/3wxibmm

Guardians of the Galaxy https://amzn.to/3wxiA8m

Two Gun Kid https://amzn.to/3H9MDbf

Iron Fist https://amzn.to/406Xs6m

Power Man https://amzn.to/3kEg6Cm

Power Man and Iron Fist https://amzn.to/405Ae0t

Man-Thing https://amzn.to/3DkcCLU

Early X-Men https://amzn.to/3DjFXpI

Hellboy https://amzn.to/3WJ5Wh6

Punisher by Garth Ennis or Greg Rucka https://amzn.to/3kIl8hj https://amzn.to/3XIoUWF

Watch list: George Reeves Superman https://amzn.to/3HdhRye

1960s Batman https://amzn.to/3RrfkVX

Superman on I Love Lucy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkwGo4GLEtc

My guest this week is comedian Al Bahmani! Spoilers for Black Adam and American Flagg. What nationalities would enjoy the Black Adam movie? What is the comic American Flagg! about? What does Howard Chaykin do every year? What did TV shows did Gerry Conway write for? And J. Michael Straczynski? What characters did Gerry Conway create? What's wrong with Superman movies? What should Zack Snyder be directing? Who is Hitman? What's a good way to get rid of comic books? What did Amazon do to Comixology? What is the Hoopla app? Why won't George RR Martin ever finish Game of Thrones? What is Six String Samurai? Who should do a movie of The Spirit?

(Long) Reading list: American Flagg! https://amzn.to/3Xn0DFk

Wild Cards novels, some comics https://amzn.to/3D5qEAO

Tuf Voyaging by George RR Martin https://amzn.to/3XJ3oQZ

The Armageddon Rag by George RR Martin https://amzn.to/3GWrktF

Birth of a Nation: A Comic Novel by Reginald Hudlin, Aaron McGruder and Kyle Baker https://amzn.to/3XH6rdb

King David by Kyler Baker https://amzn.to/3XJ0Xy6

Contract with God trilogy by Will Eisner https://amzn.to/3J4hyby

Old Shazam! comics

The Cold Equations (also Twilight Zone episode) https://amzn.to/3QWid0l

Pre Alan Moore Swamp Thing

John Ostrander Suicide Squad https://amzn.to/402dLBE

Hitman by Garth Ennis https://amzn.to/3kx6cTa

Issue #13 of Hitman Zombie Night at the Gotham Aquarium

Issue #34 of Hitman, Superman story

Hellblazer by Garth Ennis https://amzn.to/3GTmdu9

Preacher https://amzn.to/3wjozha

The Kingdom by Mark Waid https://amzn.to/3XKA0tH

The Boys https://amzn.to/3WrUXZl

The Foot Soldiers https://amzn.to/3J376Rq

Unknown Soldier by Garth Ennis https://amzn.to/3J0ajRS

Powers https://amzn.to/3QT6U9k

Once and Future by Kieron Gillen https://amzn.to/3J0j1zp

Young Avengers by Kieron Gillan https://amzn.to/3QWOB33

Uber by Kieron Gillan https://amzn.to/3wj9VGs

Avengers: The Children's Crusade https://amzn.to/3Xqo6Wf

D.P. 7 https://amzn.to/3HjFNB1

The Stars My Destination, novel and graphic novel https://amzn.to/3ZPAQHo

Google steve bissette rick veitch for a bunch of stuff

Klaus by Grant Morrison https://amzn.to/3kupGYv

Longshot by Ann Nocenti https://amzn.to/3wk6uzo

Fabian Nicieza X-Factor with Joe Quesada artwork https://amzn.to/3iPc4Xw

Watch list: Mo Amer - The Vagabond (comedy special, he was in Black Adam) https://www.netflix.com/title/80239503

Dealer's Choice Twilight Zone episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuxhcHiRDo

The Nightcrawlers Twilight Zone episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfGT4kzTevI

Once and Future King Twilight Zone episode (written by George RR Martin) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6vdsmrNerI

Paladin of The Lost Hour Twilight Zone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdgpx_VtO30

Invincible https://amzn.to/3kzBJnh

Six String Samurai (full movie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaPP00uNkNI

My guest this week is comedian Jason Fliegel! What is Legion of Superheroes about? Who were the Legionnaire Lemons? What was Stone Boy's power? Is there a consistent continuity with Legion of Superheroes? Why does Brett like to read comics on the iPad? Which comic artist/writer influenced Alan Moore? Who is Michael Moorcock? What were the origins of Captain Britain? What did Alan Moore introduce to Captain Britain? What happened when the X-Men went through a portal and everyone thought they were dead? What cool thing did Jason used to do? Who was Mr. Silver Age? Who used to beat Jason at trivia? How did Brett and Jason used to buy comics back in the day? Which character does Jason hate? What annoys Brett and Jason? Who is Vanth Dreadstar? Who created Thanos?

https://twitter.com/jasonfliegel

Reading list: Legion of Superheroes https://amzn.to/3WbE1X5

Alice in Sunderland https://amzn.to/3CLHBAq

Michael Moorcock https://amzn.to/3ZyKKNy

Alan Moore's Captain Britain https://amzn.to/3CO9Q1b

80's Spider-Man https://amzn.to/3Wc4jIu

John Byrne's Fantastic Four run https://amzn.to/3WdTANM

Stan Lee/Steve Ditko https://amzn.to/3w1BNPf

Stan Lee/Jack Kirby https://amzn.to/3izTimN

Stan Lee/John Romita Sr. Spider-Man https://amzn.to/3Wc4zHD

Walt Simonson's Thor https://amzn.to/3GIioYq

Akira https://amzn.to/3Zyshkg

Hellboy and BPRD https://amzn.to/3ZCr4by

Dreadstar by Jim Starlin https://amzn.to/3IJ6v7q

Nexus https://amzn.to/3GGweKW

Grimjack https://amzn.to/3w3vI4M

Recorded 12-29-22 via Zencastr

My guest today is webcomic creator My Gums Are Bleeding! What's the deal with Tank Girl? Which comic book artist could you take in a fight? Which MCU show has Brett not seen? What stipulations did The Rock have when he signed on to play Black Adam? What's the deal with the Spider-Man Clone Saga? Who is Ben Reilly Spider-Man? What's a key difference between Spider-Man and Batman? What makes Spider-Man so relatable? How did My Gums Are Bleeding get started? What video game were the early webcomics based on? Why is Brett continuing to watch the MCU movies and shows? Why is Iron Man 3 as close as we're going to get to Demon in a Bottle onscreen?

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This week's guest: https://www.instagram.com/mygumsarebleeding/

Reading list:

Frank Miller's Daredevil https://amzn.to/3vL8nF6

Tank Girl https://amzn.to/3VWB5xg

Ultimate Spider-Man https://amzn.to/3XfgrJZ

Spider-Man 2099 https://amzn.to/3jWoXPD

The Ultimates https://amzn.to/3ZkJVbd

Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle https://amzn.to/3jRJvZv

Watch list:

Spider-Man: No Way Home https://amzn.to/3CwrOoN

Iron Man 3 https://amzn.to/3WRhhN9

Recorded 12-26-22 via Zencastr