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Stardate 2026.301. The time has come to launch a new type of Center Seat episode: rewatching the Original Series in production order and discovering how Star Trek developed. I’m starting with the second pilot, “Where No Man Has Gone Before”.

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I joined George, Mike (Mike’s Comic Shop Roadshow), and Greg (Rebel Base Card Podcast) to talk about our experiences at Baltimore Comic Con.

It’s finally here! A brand new Legion of Super-Heroes comic book! Peter and I dive into the issue after we discuss its prelude, Superman Annual 2026: Year One Thousand.

Timestamps:
(00:41) Preamble
(15:06) Superman Annual 2026: Year One Thousand
(1:16:00) Legion of Super-Heroes (v9) #1
(2:51:00) Wrap-up and Outro

Podcast Promo: Culture Trappin

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I went to Baltimore Comic Con for the first time and was able to not just talk to some incredible artists and writers and buy some incredible crap, I also got to spend time with a bunch of podcasting friends! I’ll tell you all about it.

Here’s the video showing off all the cool things I got there.

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My family went on a Disney Alaskan cruise, and I’m here to tell you all about it!

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I got to talk about the Blue Devil Summer Fun Annual with George and SleepyReader666, aka Damian. We had a lot of laughs about this somewhat odd but highly entertaining 1985 annual.

Magnetic Kid, Lightning Lass, and Tellus finally deal with Hywyndr on Braal, Mon-El and Shadow Lass have a run-in with some Khunds, and someone’s keeping an Eye on Labyrinth.

Timestamps:

(00:45) Preamble, thoughts on the upcoming new Legion title, recent Legion purchases, and listener feedback
(18:07) Legion of Super-Heroes 53 synopsis, general thoughts, and cover discussion
(35:08) Main discussion
(1:27:20) Letter column reactions and more listener feedback
(1:36:40) Who’s Who in the LSH entries on Brainiac 5, Chameleon Boy, and Chemical King
(1:58:23) Top Ten Baxter Run Covers
(2:25:58) Wrap up and Outro

Podcast Promo: Hither Came Conan

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Kevin Miller, the author of The Crisis Companion (available August 2026 from TwoMorrows Publishing), joins the podcast to talk about his book, why he wanted to write it, and what impact the seminal DC Comics maxi-series has had on fandom and comics publishing. Then we talk about his other endeavors, including portraying Lex Luthor in Smallville, his comic book Meth, and other books he’s written. Finally, we talk about his comic book collection and tracker app, The Comic Locker (listen to the end for a special offer from Kevin!).

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The Hellboy universe kicked off 30 years ago with the Hellboy: Seed of Destruction mini-series in 1994. My old friend Travis (Oddfellow’s Thoughts on YouTube) joins me to have a spoiler-filled discussion about the beginning of the extremely interesting Hellboy comic book universe.

00:20 Introduction
40:42 Start of discussion
41:15 Issue 1
1:07:26 Issue 2
1:22:02 Issue 3
1:38:18 Issue 4 and trivia
2:10:11 Outro

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In what was supposed to be a quick episode, I talk about my third trip to New York City with my wife and a couple friends where we

I end the show talking about the return of The Daily Rios podcast and what I thought of the Supergirl movie.

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