The 80's Comic Book Podcast

In this episode we look at part two of the animated The Dark Knight Returns movie. Patrick has finally seen The Dark Knight Rises and we discuss that movie before talking about current Batman comic book storylines.

In this episode we look at one of the best comics to come out of the black and white explosion of the mid-eighties. After a few issues of strict parody the comic branched out into great stories full of thin observations on the industry. How does it hold up today? It was a favorite of Matt's back in the day and Patrick had never heard of it so it should be interesting!

In this episode we take a look at DNAgents is a comic book created by writer Mark Evanier and artist Will Meugniot and published by Eclipse Comics in 1983. It was one of Patricks all-time favorite comic books as a teenager so he was excited to talk about it while Matt struggled to get into the series. They talk about the books history and some of the stranger events in the story lines.

In this episode we take a look at The 'Nam, Marvel Comics attempt to show a real time look at a grunts life in the conflict. We also talk about the Vietnam Journal, various movies and TV shows based on the war and the era in general.

This episode we look first year of the classic Justice League series from the 80's. Bwhahahaha!

This episode we look at the top ten best, and bottom five worst, comic book movies of all time along with a discussion about the history of the genre and it's box office performance. Agree or disagree with us? Drop us a line and let us know!

This episode we look at two very special "Dying Kids" stories as we compare "The Boy Who Collects Spider-Man" from Amazing Spider-Man #248 and "Superman, You're Not Clark Kent -- And I Can Prove It!" from Action Comics #457. Then we look at the animated movie The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 and compare it with the original comic book.

This episode we take a look at one of the true Spider-Man masterpieces, Kraven's Last Hunt. We also look at the sequel, Soul of the Hunter, as well as various related issues from What If and What The before wrapping up with Kraven's First Hunt.

This episode we discuss the independent comic books published in the eighties including TMNT, Nexus, DNAgents, The Tick, Cerebus, Badger, Fish Police, Boris the Bear and more. From Eclipse Comics starting to publish in the late 70's to the rise of Image Comics in the early 90's we talk about all of our favorites and the legacy that they left. We also touch on the rise of the direct market as well the dedicated comic book stores during that era.

This episode we discuss the classic DC Comics "mini-series with-in a series" Batman Year One! Originally published in Batman #404-407 way back in 1987 this series reset the Batman universe after Crisis and remains a modern classic. We also take a look at the animated movie version of the comic and then end with a talk about all of Batman's big screen movies.