Guns, Parades and covens! Merc takes his next mercenary job, but he's got to stay out of trouble since the cops have their eye on him. That and the Kickers find out just how much trouble can be caused when a chemistry professor loses federal funding

A good place to start if you are new to the New Universe or just new to the podcast. Here we share some of the descriptions Marvel used in 1986 to promote the New Universe, introduce ourselves, and talk a little bit about ourselves.

Nightmask has to deal with drugs, dreams, and a boatload of sci-fi dream creatures while our kids in PSI Force struggle to understand what brought them together.

To start we take a look back at the previous two months worth of New Universe books and talk about world building in the New Universe and our Favorite Characters so far. Then in Star Brand we find Ken at the peak of his ladies man ways and Spitfire takes the MAX suit on a mission against Krotze.

In this episode we look at two of our favorites from the first month. In DP7 our team is on the run from the clinic and some paranormal hunters that have really fun and weird paranormal powers. In Justice we learn more about the world that Justice/Tensen comes from.

These two comics start to hit their stride and one of them earns A ratings from both of us! In Mark Hazzard: Merc, Merc trades the jungles and fighting rebels for a little league baseball game. It's Merc though, so can we really imagine it isn't going to get violent?

Kickers, Inc #2 features the Kickers on their first mission and maybe, just maybe there is a robot and some 80's NYC street gangs?

In this episode we start by talking about the various comics books Marvel is publishing in the second month of the New Universe. Then we have Nightmask 2 where Night Mask enters the dream of his first patient, and PSI Force 2 where the kids argue while they drag the body of their fallen leader across San Fransico. Also Andy develops a new Voltron-based ratings system.

In this episode we look back at the first issues of each series briefly and talk about which were our favorite issues. Then we discuss Starbrand issue 2 where Ken is starting to figure out what he can and cannot do with his powers. Then Spitfire and the Troubleshooters #2 where Eddie uses a pair of strong arms to get into trouble, and Jenny and Spitfire face off against some kind of "Death Tank".

Here in this episode we work on developing a new snappy opening line (let us know if you prefer Andy's or Steven's) and get to talk about two of our favorite New Universe books: Justice and DP7. Here we also start a kill count for Justice. Will anyone survive Justice? Who is Scuzz and what is his power? Find out by listening!

note: New and improved microphones in this episode and for all going forward!

We look at the fourth and fifth brand new series of the New Universe that are about as different from each other as possible. The gritty Mark Hazzard: Merc #1, and the more family friendly Kickers, Inc #1. Which issue has more characters die? Find out by listening! The answer may surprise you (but probably won't)