Some are calling it the long-overdue Toku Thursday, others are calling it the topic that you can bring home to your parents! Lan, Serg, Keigen, and Salt convene to throw down with Mechanical Violator Hakaider, the 1995 masterpiece directed by Keita Amemiya and written by Toshiki Inoue. What do toku newbies Serg and Keigen have to say about their first real foray into the realm of rubber suits? Our road to episode 100 begins here!

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In this final episode of Infiniite Ju2tice, we take it to the cops by looking at DC's much-maligned take on the Gotham policing system, GCPD: The Blue Wall. Just how bad can a comic sympathetic to cops released post-2020 be? Believe it or not, worse than you might think. Join Salt, Keigen, Serg, and Lan as they delve into not only The Blue Wall, but an a la carte selection of school shooting comics to wrap up this month's miniseries.

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Is this the start of a new ongoing series? No, it's not.

9 Months after Salt gave up on continuing with Kamen Rider Gotchard, Lan lured him back into watching weekly Kamen Rider with the first episode of the 2024-2025 season, Kamen Rider Gavv. Did Salt like it? Does Lan regret keeping up with Gotchard? Will Gotch Watch ever come back? Find out in this preview for a Patreon-exclusive bonus episode of Midnight Grappler Animals!

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If you listen to this podcast in private, we won't hold it against you. In fact, we salute you for engaging with this episode on Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin's The Private Eye in private, because you never know who'll be listening in on Keigen and Salt discussing this web-first comic alongside you.

Next week, we bring Infiniite Ju2tice to a close with DC's latest attempt at appeasing everyone with a cop story. It doesn't go well.

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It's time we put down our comics, lay down our mics, and pay tribute to the true heroes keeping America safe and afloat: the members of The Army & Air Force Exchange Service. Did you know that Marvel made official branded comics for AAFES, featuring the work of Brian M. Bendis, Robert Kirkman, Pere Perez, Clayton Henry, and others? This week, Serg, Lan, and Keigen take a look at these ethically-sourced comics to see if they have anything to say about the American Industrial Military Complex.

Join us next time for a deep dive into BKV and Marcos Martin's Private Eye!

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In our time-honored tradition (read: we've only done it once before), we return for a second iteration of our Infinite Justice limited series! We make good on a promise we made a year ago by first covering Frank Miller's much-maligned Holy Terror with Ramon Villalobos, just to see how bad things could possibly be. There's no twist here, it was a bad book.

Join us next time for a look at Marvel's partnership with the Military equivalent of Walmart!

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Twenty-five years ago, Marvel put out Alex Ross' vision for the Marvel Universe; an alternate take on its heroes full of inventive concepts and mind-bending zags. This limited series, co-written by Jim Krueger and illustrated by the late John Paul Leon was seemingly lost to the annals of time, but Keigen and Lan have dug it up to take a look at it twenty-five years later. Does Earth X hold up amongst the Pantheon of Marvel's evergreen works? Is it worthy of its own compact comic release? Find out in this episode of Midnight Grappler Animals!

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Four cousins (they're not actually cousins) gather together in this special savoury episode to discuss the third season of the hit Hulu show, The Bear. Did Keigen, Lan, Gui, and Dana like the season, or do they need to establish new non-negotiables for all future episodes? We go real deep with this season, so if you don't want the season's big cameos to be spoiled, go watch the show first!

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This week, Lan, Keigen, and Salt visit everyone's favourite 43 year-old GILF Oliver Queen in the prestige miniseries leading into Mike Grell's Green Arrow run, Longbow Hunters. Did they enjoy it? Will this be our new Venom-esque White Whale? Find out in this episode!

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Toku Thursday returns! Serg, Salt, and Lan take a look at some certifiable tokusatsu from Hong Kong as the world-famous Shaw Brothers take their shot at the transforming hero paradigm with Infra-Man! Or is it Super-Inframan? Or Chinese Superman? Whatever the name may be, and whether we watched with subs or dubs, we all had a great time with this one!

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