We're back for more of the Celestial Quest, as things get even weirder and we wonder....is that the real Thanos?

It begins here!  The eight issue Celestial Quest miniseries from epic Avengers scribe Steve Englehart, which surprisingly, features Mantis (who'd thunk it?)!  If you listened to our interview with Tom Brevoort, you already know how we feel about it, but why not find out in detail?

We finish off our discussion with Tim Brevoort, getting more into Volume 3 of the Avengers and all of the miniseries that from early in that run that we've discussed on the show!  As I said last week, Tom Brevoort is a prince of a man, generous with his time and his intimate knowledge of Marvel Comics.  We can't thank him enough and we encourage everyone to check out any title he might be editing, as his instincts are spot on! And check out his writing at The Tom Brevoort Experience – Stuff From the Self-Indulgent World of Tom Brevoort!

If you're a fan of a Marvel comic published in the last few decades that isn't about a mutant, chances are that Tom Brevoort had a hand in it.  He's Marvel's Executive Editor and Senior VP of Publishing and he stewarded the Avengers from Heroes Return to very recently.  We spoke to him for so long that we had to split it into two episodes, and this week we talk about his early time in comics and some of the thinking behind Heroes Return.  

Tom Brevoort is also an incredibly knowledgeable person about comics in general and very generous with his time.  We can't thank him enough for his time!  You can read his writing at The Tom Brevoort Experience – Stuff From the Self-Indulgent World of Tom Brevoort and even though he's now working on books with mutants in them, I'd highly recommend trying them out!  His instincts for what makes good comics are exemplary!  

We're finishing up the Avengers: Infinity miniseries this week, where we finally get to meet the Infinites and set this cosmic team of characters on a path to come back to Earth in time for a line wide crossover!  Lucky them!

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!