Shortbox Summary

It smashed the box office, but was it any good? And Lee gave us an incredible Bruce Banner story with a Hulk story of questionable-quality. It's the perfect movie for Marty, Aaron, Kyle, and George to break down, seeing it for the first time in nearly 20 years (and in Kyle's case, the first time ever.)

Andy Larson of @LastComicShop fame stops by the studio to talk all things WOLVERINE in Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s impressively violent story, Wolverine: Enemy of the State! The first half of what would become a year long run on the title features undead ninjas, psychic boogymen, a resurgent HYDRA death cult, and a plot to end the line of heroes in the Marvel Universe once and for all! You won't want to miss this episode covering Wolverine (2003), issues 20-25!

The long-awaited return to the story of the Young Avengers! Austin (from Frame Skip, a video game podcast) returns to the studio to dish on the finale of Young Avengers Vol. 1. We get the origins of our heroes, their connections to to Avengers history, and what happens when an intergalactic war kicks off in downtown Manhattan! Strap in, this one gets exciting, emotional, and explosive!

Robert Smothers III, creator of the graphic novel Broken Planet stops by to let us pick his brain! We cover the inspiration for the story, what it was like actually producing a graphic novel, its themes, and what it pairs best with. This was a super fun conversation with a super talented creator! Check out their work on www.globalcomix.com to help support the sequel!

And then came the Winter Soldier! Robert of Red22 Studios, the creator behind the comic Broken Planet joins us today to talk about the Winter Soldier, how it compares to the movie, International Borders, what it means to "remember everything", and the top banger songs of 2005! Be sure to check out Broken Planet on www.globalcomix.com and give the dude a follow on twitter at @red22studios!

Aleah returns to Shortbox Summary to discuss just what about Spider-man is actually all that amazing and spoilers - it's MJ. Reading Amazing Spider-man 519-524 it's clear how important that relationship is to making AMS feel like a different book than anything else Marvel had on the stands, and this story that so fully integrates MJ into Peter's life as a New Avenger is a great example of why the punches are fun, but the interpersonal drama is what makes a story memorable. Thwip-thwip, listeners, shit's about to pop off.

This week we finally talk about everyone's favorite wall-crawler! On the docket is Sam Raimi's Spider-man movie from 2002, starring Toby Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, and James Franco. It blew up the box office, it blew up bias towards comic book movies, and most importantly - it blew our minds. So please join Aaron, Collin, and George as they break down the significance of this movie 20 years later!

Aleah is back at Shortbox Summary to discuss the finale of The Pulse! Jessica Jones gives birth, D-Man makes us sad, Jonah Jameson gets put in his place, and Luke asks Jessica to marry him on this SUPER special episode of Shortbox Summary! We're getting ready for the mega-chaos that is House of M so enjoy the calm-but-not-so-calm-before-the-storm while you can!

Indie comic author Anthony Stokes comes by to drink some wine and get nerdy as hell. We talk about their horror comic, Decay, and address what the best and most underrated comic book movies are.

So far, Shortbox Summary has only covered Marvel comics and movies, but that finally changes! This week, Fabio returns from too many episodes away to hear about what DC was doing after the millennium. These stories are what was happening while Marvel was Secret Warring, House of M'ing, and Secret Invasioning.