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In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick sits down for a long chat with Aaron S. Berman, author of The New Horror Handbook, about "New Horror." Then, Summer Knights keeps rolling on with the third film in the series, Ghost Galleon. Check out some feedback, enter the contest, and listen to some tunes: "Thirteen" by Danzig, "New Dark Ages" by Bad Religion, "Fish Out of Water" by Mudvayne, and "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Life of Agony. RIP John Hughes. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.

The Ouran High School Host Club Panel with Caitlin Glass, an Ai-Kon 2009 panel.

Jamie McCrimmon joins the crew after The Doctor frees a group of Scotsmen from certain slavery ("The Highlanders"), then they prevent a mad scientist from destroying the world ("The Underwater Menace"). Before discussing those two episodes, however, Dan and Mike answer an e-mail asking them their dream Doctor team-ups.

Adapting Anime and Manga for English Release with Jan Scott-Frazier and Tiffany Grant, an Ai-Kon 2009 panel.

In this installment of 1st Issue Special, Des and Mike find themselves talking about futuristic bloggers (Citizen Rex #1), death metal bands (Dethklok vs. The Goon), rogue superheroes (Project Superpowers: Chapter Two #1), too much continuity (Star Trek: Spock Reflections #1), and monster hunters (We Kill Monsters #1).

In Green Lantern #12, Green Lantern once more travels to the 58th century, and uses a giant statue to foil the evil designs of a malicious stage magician. And no, it's not Abra Kadabra. Plus Hal gets knocked out again.

Mondo Marvel, a Chicago Comic-Con 2009 panel.

In this huge episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick interviews Dirk Manning, writer and creator of the popular webcomic Nightmare World on the eve of its trade paperback publication by Image Comics. Then he sits down with Darryll to review the Criterion Collection DVD release of Roman Polanski's Repulsion. Then, celebrating Summer Knights, Desmond has a less than glowing review for Return of the Evil Dead. Tunes included: "A Small Victory" by Faith No More, "Bring Me the Heads" by AMEN, "Cutting Corners" by Return of the Blind, and "Nervous Breakdown" by Ryan Adams. Send feedback to: [email protected], or 206.203.1213.

Dan and Mike sat down with another stack of trade paperbacks, which begs the following questions: did they buy into the hype surrounding Agents of Atlas: Dark Reign, was Spider-Man & The Human Torch as good as they remembered, and how does the first volume of IDW's new GI Joe series fare?

This week, Edwin Alva, Jr. makes a mess of his father's businesses ("Junior"), a former child actor uses Static to wreak havoc ("Replay"), Virgil fights a purple monster while trying to come to terms with the death of his mother ("Tantrum"), the Joker shows up in Dakota ("The Big Leagues"), and Richie and Virgil come to odds when the former gains superpowers of his own ("Power Play").