Kray Z Comics And Stories

By Kray Z Comics And Stories

A Podcast from Joe "Kray Z" Rider and Cory!! Strode... more

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May 02, 2025Kray Z Comics and Stories 675: Geek Day Vs Mania in the Thunder Dome!
Last week, Cory!! Took the week off to cover Wrestlign events around WrestleMania, so he got a free day for geeking! They discuss that as well as:
It’s our first episode NOT on Skype
Diamond News!
Why isn’t Marvel doing new CrossGen comics
Geek day!! Cory!! And Joe go to go to a bunch of local comics shops in the Twin Cities:
Nerdin’ Out
Mind’s Eye
Most Wanted
Dreamhave
They also hit record store Electric Fetus
Cory!!’s coverage of indy wrestling shows around WrestleMania
Retro Review:
Dr. Kildare #3
All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!
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1h 45min
April 20, 2025 Kray Z Comics and Stories 674: April 2025 Previews
Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in June 2025 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!
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2h 40min
April 17, 2025Kray Z Comics and Stories 673: Remembering Patrick Gruber
Joe’s partner in comics, Pat Gruber passed away a few weeks ago, and this week, we share stories and pay tribute to Pat. Joe met Pat in High School over a shared love of comics. They started a convention based business together and then bought Hot Comics St. Paul in 1992. Joe and Cory!! Talk about:
How Cory!! met Pat.
Pat accidentally putting adult themed trading cards into MCBA giveaway
The Pat character in a minicomic made by two people at Hot Comics
“The Shed”
The infamous Wisconsin Dells comic convention
How Pat outwitted a scammer by making sure he got cash
The Poker game at MCBA cons and how Frank Cho lost a LOT of money and had to do commissions to make up the losses.
The infamous “blind guts” game
Pat meeting Traci Lords
“Hot Artist!!!!”
We also discuss Diamond Distribution news, freaking and geek, and the usual shenanigans.
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1h 49min
April 12, 2025 Kray Z Comics and Stories 672: March 2025 Previews
Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in May 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about! AND because of time constraints, they cover everything BUT Marvel and DC who were in Last Week’s episode.
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1h 44min
April 11, 2025 Kray Z Comics and Stories 671: March 2025 Previews Part 1
Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in May 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about! AND because of time constraints, they only go through Marvel and DC, with everything else being in part 2, so it’s a Very Special Episode
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1h 30min
March 20, 2025Kray Z Comics and Stories 670: Top 100 Comics in May 1985
Cory found an old issue of Amazing Heroes in his vast files and sent Joe a copy of the top 100 selling comics list. Joe and Cory!! Go over the sales, what surprised them, what they bought, and some behind the scenes information on the comics named.
They also discuss:
Joe and Cory give their “Five things they did at their jobs last week” report
Cory has a trip to buy Previews and FAILS
How did the comic Groo give us the phrase “Marvel Zombies”
Cory!! Finding out about Alan Moore early on in his Swamp Thing run in the 1980’s
We find a comic right outside the top 100 that NEITHER CORY NOR JOE KNOW ABOUT!!
Cory!! Talks about when DC comics bought ads in college newspapers in 1986.
A retro review of Amaing Spider-Man 178
All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!
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2h 14min
March 15, 2025Kray Z Comics and Stories 669 – Fave Five Crossovers!
We have a NEW Segment: Diamond Watch as we go over the news coming out of Diamond’s bankruptcy
After that, Cory and Joe discuss their Fave Five Comic Series Crossovers! The stories they discuss are:
Spider-Man 171/Nova 12
The Avengers/Defenders War
Peace on Earth Thor 371/Thor 372/Avengers 296/Avengers 297/Fantastic Four 350 – 354
Acts of Vengance – Marvel
Tomb of Dracula 41/Doctor Strange 14
Fantastic Four Annual 11/Marvel Two In One Annual 1/Marvel Two in One 20
Superman Family 190
Avengers Annual 8/Marvel Two In One Annual 2
All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!
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1h 48min
March 04, 2025 Kray Z Comics and Stories 668: January 2025 Comics Previews!
Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in March 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!
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2h 34min
February 09, 2025 Kray Z Comics and Stories 667: February 2025 Comics Reviews
Joe and Cory!! read a LOT of comics, and this week, they will review a big batch fo them, including:
-Dog Moon and Hell Eternal (Vertigo)
-Mad Magazine 44 (DC Comics)
-Smarg – A local Minnesota comic
-The Little Stooges (American Entertainment)
-Astro City Metrobook 6 (Image)
-Epitaphs From The Abyss 7 (Oni)
They also discuss:
-Cory!! hypes his Gwandanaland subscription and they don’t even pay him to do it.
-Joe talks about how he would watch The Monkees at 3 am when Twin Cities TV went 24 hours
-They wander off onto a rabbit trail about syndicated TV packages of the 1970s
All of this, the usual shenanigans, and much, much more!
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2h 2min
February 05, 2025Kray Z Comics and Stories 666: 15th Anniversary? Oh Hell!
It’s our 15th anniversary as well as Epiusode 666, so we have TWO things to do. Our secret origin and then the history of Marve;’s Son of Satan! We also discuss:
Why was the show ALMOST called Travelling Geeks?
Where did freaking and geeking come from?
What is the “push and pull” of the show?
Joe still wants the podcast to be live on video.
What was the FIRST version of Son of Satan Sta Lee recommended
And then there was a SECOND series name before Son of Satan
How Son of Satan had to deal with 1970’s Marvel “Revolving Door” or artists
A sideline into the Marvel Fill In series
How the write when Son of Satan went from Marvel Spotlight to his own book was…problematic
What happened to Son of Satan after his 70’s hayday?
Joe’s Retro Review is the first issue of Hogan’s Heroes
All of this, the usual shenanigans, and much, much more!
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1h 57min

FAQs about Kray Z Comics And Stories:

How many episodes does Kray Z Comics And Stories have?

The podcast currently has 446 episodes available.