This is the episode that Dave recaps his feelings about Motor City Comic Con. He was able to get a number of interviews with different comic creators as well as two first time con goers. Find out who all he talked to as well as what all they have coming out.

Also if you would like to read Dave’s blog entry here.

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In this week’s episode, Dave talks about the team in the recent Marvel blockbuster. Coming out just two weeks ago with the second installment the Guardians of the Galaxy is the subject for this week’s show. Who was in the original lineup for the team versus to who is on it now. And have they been hinting to a past member in the movies? At least one is mentioned in the episodes. Fair Warning, this episode may contain spoilers!!

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This is the Free Comic Book Day episode. Dave is joined by Dave Herndon from the local newspaper. These two nerds talk about their trip to five different comic book shops that all took place in one day.

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This week Dave covers a character that made their debut nearly 55 years ago. Or should I say 55 years as of August of this year. The character made their debut in Amazing Fantasy #15, before getting it’s monthly title…Amazing Spider-Man. That’s right this week is all about Peter Parker a.k.a. Spider-Man.

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This week is the newest installment of the Nerd Compendium Book Club. This week we talk not one but two books. ‘The Way of Shadows’ by Brent Weeks and ‘Catalyst: A Rogue One Story’ by James Luceno. Each book gets their own rating. What was thought of both books? What ratings did they receive? You will have to listen and find out.

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John Bruske joins Dave the Nerd to present an idea that the nerd had a few months ago. In the shades of “In Living Color”, the old skit TV show, they will rip off a bit by paying it homage. In this episode Dave and John will be ‘Guys on Comic Movies’. Will they love the movie or will they rate it as “Hated It”, you will have to listen and find out.

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In 2015 the big two, DC and Marvel, had head-to-head mini-events. DC had Convergence and Marvel had Secret War. Both events lead to changes in the publisher’s titles and business process. What was the concept behind them? Are they worth reading? You will have to find out.

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In this episode Dave talks about the Shadowhunter Chronicles. This is a series of books that have been/will be broken into five smaller series. Infernal Devices, Mortal Instruments, Dark Artificies, Last Hours, and Wicked Powers. All the books series are written by Cassandra Claire. And each set can be read individually. But if you want to read them in succession then you will need to wait till all the books are released cause they are in a strange order.

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This week Dave flies solo in talking about the Nerd Book Club selection Homeland by R.A. Salvator. This is the first book of the Drizzit series, aka The Dark Elf Trilogy. Next month there is two books to be read.

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Today marks a new highlight in the Nerd Compendium. I have only done this once before. I have spoken to the author and now the narrator of a book. The only guest that has done this was Jack Wallen. This time I am joined by narrator and amazingly talented voice actor Luke Daniels. He narrates the Kevin Hearne series, as well as over 400 other books.

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