One-Shot Wonders with Adam Philips

Thanksgiving break is over, and we’re back with a new episode of “One-Shot Wonders with Adam Philips“! Join me and guest star Paul Koperberg for a look at Secret Origins #1, a comic that started a whole trend of origin stories! 

Maggie Thompson, noted Pogo and Walt Kelly scholar and the godmother of comics fandom, joins me for a rousing discussion of Pogo Parade, from 19 ought 53! It's gone be fun! 

In this flag-waving episode, guest-star Fabian Nicieza joins me for an in-depth look at Jack Kirby’s biggest super-hero epic ever: Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles! 

In this episode, I take a look at an oddity of the underground era with R. Crumb’s Comics and Stories #1, an early tale of Fritz the Cat that didn't get published till five years after it was drawn! 

Coming tomorrow on “One-Shot Wonders with Adam Philips” - it’s the very rare Atlas comic World’s Greatest Songs Illustrated, a comic my guest star Danny Fingeroth wanted to discuss - and who could blame him? 

Meet Nightcat -- she’s a rockstar turned superhero with a surprisingly familiar origin story! Join me and guest star Barry Dutter, co-writer of this one-shot wonder, as we look at Nightcat #1!

On the latest spooktacular episode of "One-Shot Wonders with Adam Philips, guest-star Dan DiDio  joins me to talk about the very scary, very weird, and very 70s Atlas comic Fright #1!

One-Shot Wonders welcomes Douglas Wolk, author of the brand-new book "All of the Marvels," to discuss the utterly weird one-shot Spider-Man: 101 Ways to End the Clone Saga! 

Today on "One-Shot Wonders with Adam Philips" -- -- it's a story I hated when I was a kid: the debut of the Guardians of the Galaxy in Marvel Super Heroes! Will this tale stand the test of time? Plus, I meet Stan Lee for the first time and see Arnold Drake doing his thing! 

Legendary comics writer Mark Waid joins me for big episode #10 of "One-Shot Wonders with Adam Philips" to talk about the comic that pitted the Man of Steel against the Greatest, Superman vs. Muhammad Ali! Tune in to the podcast for blow-by-blow coverage!