We start off an Avengers miniseries that features a great cast of Avengers, with fan favorite Roger Stern in the writer's chair!  The cosmic storyline isn't great but the characterization is top notch!

Hokey smokes!  We have a real live professional on the podcast this week, and an incredibly talented one at that!  Alex Segura has written an Avengers story exclusively for Marvel Unlimited and we discuss it, but he has written so much more!  He's written many Marvel and DC characters, plus creator owned and Archie comics!  And then there's all of his novels, including Secret Identity and its newly released sequel, Alter Ego!  He's got Marvel character novels, Star Wars novels and noir detective novels!  

You can find out about everything he's doing at Alex Segura | Author,  

We talk about the end of the Nefaria Protocols, the big Avengers/Thunderbolts crossover!  And we are joined by author Jason Lady who helps us talk about these last Avengers issues by George Perez.

You can find more information about Jason Lady's books at Jason R. Lady- Author of fantasy and sci-fi for young readers!  

It's the beginning of the Nefaria Protocols storyline, which begins the last storyline of George Perez's run on the title (sniff, sniff) and features so many fun characters!  Besides the Avengers we have the Thunderbolts, Count Nefaria, Madame Masque, the Grim Reaper and some various other fun B villains!    

We start off discussing a Patsy Walker centric annual that has some fun art and a surprise group of villains for a magic centered story.  And the Avengers are kind of in it as well!   And then we look at a special 1.5 issue by Roger Stern and Bruce Timm that tells an untold tale of the original team!

Its three issues by Roger Stern and Mark Bagley that team up two of the most fun Avengers (when they're together), Wonder Man and the Beast!  So this must be a slam dunk, right? Well, maybe not, unless you read and loved Wonder Man's solo series.  

We finish up the good tie in comic to the bad Avengers cartoon, where we see Dr. Doom and Jason's favorite villainous punching bag, the Collector!  

Back in the 1990's, Fox Kids decided to follow up their successful (and good) X-Men and Spider-Man cartoons with an Avengers one.  It was...not as successful.  However, the comic tie in is actually good and we discuss the first half of that series in this episode!

It's the conclusion of the Death Song of Kulan Gath, as Triathlon becomes more fully a part of the team and Silverclaw joins!  Is it in time to stop the end of the world?

We get a new team roster!  Lots of members quit, old members return and a new member is inducted!  And then we start a plotline revolving around a Conan the Barbarian villain and visit Silverclaw's home country (and her origin).