Tales From The Stack

After a week off we're back to talk about our favorite comics of the week and to continue our discussion of Ice Cream Man! This week we cover:

Shredder #2 - Dan Watters, Michele Bandini, and Sid Kotian

Artificial #2 - Maria Llovet

Good as Dead #2 - The Laphams

Ultimate Spider-Man #22 - Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto

The Ultimates #17 - Deniz Camp and Phil Noto

Absolute Wonder Woman #13 - Kelly Thompson and Matías Bergarata

Speed Racer: Tales from the Road #1

TMNT #12 - Jason Aaron and Juan Ferreyra

Sonic Chaotix 30th Anniversary Special

Immortal Legend Batman #3

2000AD Prog 2455

Book Club:

Ice Cream Man: Strange Neapolitan - W Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran

Ice Cream Man: Hopscotch Melange - W Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran

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The crew goes DC event crazy this episode as DC K.O. brings out the Omega energy in all of us!

This week we cover:

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #3 - W Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, and Chris O’Halloran

Batman Dark Patterns - Dan Watters, Hayden Sherman

Absolute Batman #13 - Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta

Transformers #25 - Robert Kirkman, Jorge Corona, and Dan Mora

Red Book #1 - James Tynion 4 and Michael Avon Oeming

Strange Tales #1 - Jeremy Whitley and Bayleigh Underwood

Everything Dead & Dying #2 - Tate Brombal and Jacob Phillips

Last Days of H. P. Lovecraft #1 - Romuald Giulivo and Jakub Rebelka

2000AD Prog 2453

Dredd - Rob Williams and Henry Flint

Rogue Trooper - Alex De Campi and Neil Edwards

Red Dragon - Rob Williams and Patrick Goddard

Marvel Black, White & Blood and Guts #1

The Trail - Al Ewing and Kev Walker

Traffic - G. Willow Wilson and Devmalya Pramanik

The Price of Iron - Chris Condon and Claire Roe

D.C. KO #1 - Scott Snyder and Javi Fernadez

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Kept you waiting, huh?

Back at it again with another week of great comics, great laughs, and great downers! This week we cover:

2000AD Prog 2452

DC's Zatannic Panic! #1

Batman #2 - Matt Fraction and Jorge Jimenez

Ultimate X-Men #20 - Peach Momoko

Starship Godzilla #1 - Chris Gooch and Oliver Ono

Gotham Academy: First Year #1

Denham’s Absolute Corner (GL, Supes, Evil)

Book Club:

Ice Cream Man: Rainbow Sprinkles

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Come with us back to ancient Japan as we talk Stan Staki's masterpiece: Usagi Yojimbo Grasscutter. Then it's time to go back to the future and talk about our favorite weekly comics.

The Voice Said Kill #3 - Simon Spurrier and Vanesa R. Del Rey

2000 AD Prog 2451

• Judge Dredd - Rob Williams and Henry Flint

• Zenith - Rob Williams, Steve Yeowell, and Patrick Goddard

• Brass Sun - Ian Edington and Inj Culbard

• Rogue Trooper - Alex De Campi and Neil Edward’s 

The Last Starship #1 - Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Adrian Bonilla and Heather Moore

The Twilight Zone #1 - Dan Watters and Morgan Beem

Absolute Wonder Woman #12 - Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman

Ultimate Spider-Man #21 - Jonathan Hickman and David Messina

Ultimate Hawkeye #1 - Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri

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She's finally done it, she's gotten every idiot on this podcast to start regularly reading 2000AD. Where does Chloe go from here? Tune in to find out!

This ep we cover:

2000 AD Prog 2450 and Judge Dredd Megazine 484

• Judge Dredd: And To The Sea Return - Rob Williams and Henry Flint

• Brass Sun: Pavane - Ian Edginton and Inj Culbard

• Anderson: Flowers of Evil - Alex De Campi and Rob Richardson

• Thistlebone: The Voice in the Hollow - TC Eglington and Simon Davis

• Void Runners: Book Two - David Hine and Boo Cook

• Rogue Trooper: Ghost Patrol - Alex De Campi and Neil Edwards

• Judge Dredd: The Unrealists - Karl Stock and Stewart K. Moore 

• Cadet Dredd: The haunting of Iso-Block 8 - Paul Starkey and Nick Brokenshire

• Judge Dredd: Public Relations - Joe Ratcliffe and Jake Lynch 

Good as Dead #1 - Maria Lapham and David Lapham

Marvel / DC: Deadpool / Batman #1

The Ultimates #16 - Deniz Camp and Juan Frigeri

Book Club: 

Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olson by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber

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Right back at it again with heavily stacked week of books! This week we cover:

Absolute Batman #12 - Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta

Red Hood #1 - Gretchen Felker-Martin and Jeffrey Spokes

Racer (se)X #1 - Mark Russell and Nuno Plati

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Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #2 - W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo, and Chris O'Halloran

Book Club:

Kaya Book 1: Kaya and the Lizard Riders by Wes Craig

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Chloe and Jake are joined once again by our friend Rebecca Hart to WRECK N RULE! This week we cover:

Batman #1

2000 AD #2448

It’s Jeff & Other Marvel Tails #1

Cheetah and Cheshire Rob the Justice League #2

Everything Dead and Dying #1

Artificial #1

Ultimate X-Men #19

Book Club:

Transformers: The Last Stand of the Wreckers - Nick Roche and James Roberts

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The Australian mutiny wins this week! Jake is called elsewhere and Chloe and Denham are left to steer this sinking ship into... familiar waters!

Comics Covered:

Absolute Martian Manhunter #6

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder #1

Immortal Legend Batman #1

The Mortal Thor #1

The Voice Said Kill #2

Speed Racer #2

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It's that time again for Chloe and Jake to spend way too long talking about British anthologies while Denham waits to blow their load over Batman! This week we cover:

2000 AD Prog 2446 

Judge Dredd: Megazine #483Absolute Batman #11 

Book Club: Bitter Root Vol 1

Our heroes are reunited once again to face down the evil forces of our backlog! This week we cover:

2000 AD #2445

Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1 - W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo, Chris O’Halloran

Space Ghost #1 - David Pepose and Johnathan Lau

The Ultimates #15 - Deniz Camp and Von Randal

Book Club: 

The Saga of Swamp Thing Vol 1 - Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, and John Totleben

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