This week: have you ever been close to a comic you loved, or close to folks who have? Well the odds stack up so high with "Analog", we feel a pain so powerful with "Isola", and knock on wood with "Demi-God".

In this variant edition of the podcast, we focus in on Marvel's new Fresh Start initiative. Who will be affected by this shift, what's going to change, and why are they doing it now? We explore all the important and confusing questions.

How Many Hot Dog?

This week: "Weapon H" mashes up Wolverine and The Hulk...that's right. Then "Lucy Dreaming" takes us into some deadly teenage dreams and Stand Sakai continues his incredible, "Usagi Yojimbo".

This week: "Eternity Girl" gives us something entirely new...a superhero with depression. Plus, "Vampronica" takes another look into the horror Archie universe and "The New Mutants" reminds us of classic X-men.