The Bright Side Comics Chat

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  • Special Report from NYCC
    🎒Slade from Friendly Neighborhood Comics calls in and talks to DJ about New York Comic Con

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    7 min
  • The Week in Comics: Birds Of Prey
    🎒This week John and DJ chat about a bunch of news like, oh maybe, their take on the whole Spider-man saga.  {Cough}Itwasnothin! And oh yea, a trailer dropped this week too!       Plus of course they go over a bunch of books for this week.  
    Bright Side News-  0:00Speculator’s Corner- 46:04Book Club- 1:02:54

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    🎒Speculator’s Corner
    • Absolute Carnage Immortal Hulk #1 
    • Immortal Hulk #24 
    • Rags #5 -Antarctic Press 
    • Runaways #25 
    • Star Pig #3 
    • Strange Skies Over East Berlin #1 
    • Vampire State Building #1 

    🎒BACK ISSUE BONUS
    • Amazing Spider-Man #210 
    • Moon Knight (2014) #1

    • DMZ #1 

    • Curse Words #1

    🎒FOChttps://previewsworld.com/finalordersdue
    DC – Variant Covers
    •     DCeased #6 Cardstock Horror Yasmine Putri
    •     DCeased #6 Cardstock Horror Francesco Mattina
        New Series– 
    •     Basketful of Heads #1 (of 6) 2 covers
    •     Last God #1 – 2 Covers
    Image – 
    •     Chrononauts Future Shock 1-4, multiple covers
    •     Killadelphia #1    
    Marvel – Variant Covers
    •       Silver Surfer Black #5 David Nakayama MJ 
    •       Venom #19 Jee-Hyung Lee MJ ***
            New Series – 
    •         Excalibur #1 Multiple Mahmud Asrar
    •         Marvel Zombies Resurrection #1 Multiple
    •         In-Hyuk Lee or Jung-Geun Yoon
    •         Red Goblin, Red Death #1 Multiple (Ron Lim)
    Titan – 
    •         Shades of Magic, Rebel Army #1 Multiple
    Valiant – 
    •         Roku #1 (of 4) Multiple
    Zenescope – 
    •         Monster Planet #1 (of 5) Multiple
                        🎒Recommended Reading
    NOMEN OMEN #1 (OF 15)  (W) Marco B. Bucci (A/CA) Jacopo Camagni
    STRANGE SKIES OVER EAST BERLIN #1BOOM! STUDIOS(W) Jeff Loveness (A) Lisandro Estherren (CA) Evan Cagle
    DARK ARK AFTER FLOOD #1 CVR A DOEAFTERSHOCK COMICS(W) Cullen Bunn (A/CA) Juan Doe



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    1 hr 25 min
  • Issue #50: Star Wars- Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
    🎒John and DJ are counting down to Rise of Skywalker and this week they delve into George Lucas' second movie in the now NINE movie Star Wars Universe.  They talk about how the movie affected them, the culture, cinematic history and what roll it may play going forward.  

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    1 hr 26 min
  • The Week in Comics: DC's Harleen
    🎒John and DJ have some BREAKING NEWS to start off the show and then plenty of other news from the CW, Marvel, DC and even threw in a comic related "Dad Joke".  
    Bright Side News-  0:00Speculator’s Corner- 43:03Book Club- 57:02Closed Door Spoiler Talk: 1:22:07
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    🎒Speculator’s Corner
    • Absolute Carnage Miles Morales #2 
    • House of X #3
    • Marvel Comics Presents #9 
    • The Plot #1
    • Powers of X #5 

    🎒BACK ISSUE BONUS
    • What If? (1989) #4 
    • Batman The Long Halloween #1 
    • Captain Marvel (2001) #21 
    • Spawn #221 
    • Uncanny X-Men (2013) #1 

    🎒FOC

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    DC – Variant Covers
    •     Action #1016 Bryan Hitch
    •     Batman/Superman #3 Paolo Pantalena
    •     Flash #81 Guillem March
    •     Wonder Woman #81 Jenny Frisson
        New Series– 
    •     Joker Killer Smile #1 (of 3) 2 covers

    IDW – 
    •       Rom Dire Wraiths #1 (of 3) Multiple   
    Marvel – Variant Covers
    •         Agents of Atlas #3 Stonehouse
    •         Amazing Spider-Man #32 Mahmud Asrar MJ
    •         Avengers #25 Jay Anacleto MJ
    •         Ghost Spider #3 Russel Dauterman MJ
    •         Jane Foster Valkyrie #4 Emanuela Luppachino MJ                  
    New Series – 
    •         Amazing Mary Jane #1 Multiple
    •         ASM Full Circle Multiple
    •         Future Fight Firsts Luna Snow Multiple
    •         Marauders #1 Multiple
    Vault –
    •         Money Shot #1 2 covers
    Zenescope – 
    •         Unbound #1 (of 5) Multiple
                🎒Recommended Reading
    • RELICS OF YOUTH #1  
    VAULT COMICS(W) Matt Nicholas, Chad Rebmann (A/CA) Skylar Patridge
    • PLOT #1 
    VAULT COMICS(W) Michael Moreci, Tim Daniel (A/CA) Josh Hixson
    • HARLEEN #1 (OF 3) VAR ED (MR)
    DC COMICS(W) Stejpan Sejic (A/CA) Stejpan SejicYou can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
    1 hr 33 min
  • Issue #49: Amazon Prime Carnival Row
    🎒In this Issue John and DJ chat a little about a few book covers they really like and explain about what their little disagreement was about last week.  Then the get into talking SPOILER FREE about the latest and hottest Amazon Prime show, Carnival Row. Then they talk full spoilers for the rest of the show until....    well they just couldn't take it anymore, or at least their hardware couldn't.   Comic Talk- 0:00Carnival Row SPOILER FREE-4:02Door Locked for  SPOILERS- 19:41Message from John- 49:26
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    52 min
  • The Week in Comics: Dissension?
    🎒John and DJ discuss the comic news of the week but there seems to be something brewing under the surface...  Maybe a little dissension?  Of course they keep it together and talk all about the books they read and they even stick around at the end for some spoiler filled talk about J.J. and Henry Abrams new Spider-Man #1 and House of X #5.  They also get a Voice Message from one of their listeners.  So stop reading this and head into the store...

    Bright Side News-  0:00Speculator’s Corner- 39:15Book Club?- 50:48Closed Door Spoiler Talk: 1:16:32
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    🎒Speculator’s Corner
    • Absolute Carnage #3 Land Codex variant 
    • Absolute Carnage Lethal Protectors #2 Sauyan Codex variant
    • Butcher Queen #1 
    • Valkyrie Jane Foster #3 
    • You Are Obsolete #1 

    🎒Back Issue Bonus
    • Tank Girl #1 and Deadline #1 (UK) 
    • Super Dinosaur #1 
    • Young Avengers #1 (2005) 
    • Spider-Girl #59 

    🎒FOC
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    DC – Variant Covers
    •     Batman #81 Francesco Mattina
    •     Harleen #2 Stjepan Sejic
    •     Justice League #34 Francesco Mattina
        New Series– 
    •     Metal Men #1 (of 12) 2 covers

       IDW –
    •       Big Hero 6 #1
    Image – 
    •       The Marked #1- 2 covers
    Marvel – Variant Covers
    •       Captain America #15 Adam Hughes MJ variant
    •       GOTG #10 Art Adams MJ variant     
    New Series – 
    •       Absolute Carnage Avengers #1 Multiple 
    •       X-Men #1 Multiple
    Dynamite – 
    •       Vampirella #4 Main Artgerm cover, multiple
         🎒Recommended Reading
    • YOU ARE OBSOLETE #1  
    AFTERSHOCK COMICS(W) Mathew Klickstein (A) Evgeny Bornyakov (CA) Andy Clarke
    • THE FOREVER MAPS #1
    SCOUT COMICS(W) Michael Lagace (A/CA) Todor Hristov
    • FLASH FORWARD #1 (OF 6)
    DC COMICS(W) Scott Lobdell (A) Brett Booth, Norm Rapmund (CA) Evan Shaner
    • TREES THREE FATES #1 (OF 5) (MR)
    IMAGE COMICS(W) Warren Ellis (A/CA) Jason Howard




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    1 hr 41 min
  • Issue #48: Batman Begins
    🎒John and DJ just can't stay away from Joker talk.  They discuss the Joker Movie a little more and a few other news items before getting into their take on Batman Begins and its place in cinematic/comic book movie History.  
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    1 hr 24 min
  • The Week in Comics: Batman 78
    🎒This week John and DJ chat about a few things in the news and of course discuss some books but they also tackle the raging debate; Should Marvel just go away so Hollywood can flourish?

    Bright Side News-  0:00Speculator’s Corner- 31:18Recommended Reading- 44:16
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    🎒Speculator’s Corner
    • Catwoman #15 Artgerm variant 
    • Captain Marvel #10
    • Miles Morales Spider-Man #10  
    • Powers of X #4 
    • Venom #18 
    • Once and Future #1 4th print
    • Something Is Killing the Children #1

    🎒BACK ISSUE BONUS
    • Thor (current) #6 
    • Batwing #19 
    • Stumptown #1 

    🎒FOC
    DC – Variant Covers
    •     Batman & Outsiders #6 Stephen Segovia
    •     Detective #1013 Tyler Kirkham
    •     Harley & Ivy #2 Warren Louw (2 covers)
         New Series– 
    •   Batman’s Grave #1 (of 12) 3 covers
    •   Joker YOTV #1 - 2 covers
    •   RWBY #1 (of 7) 2 covers
    IDW –
    •     Cobra Kai Karate Kid Saga #1 (of 4) Multiple
    Image –
    •     Spawn #301 Re-FOC Multiple covers, most N/A??
    Marvel – Variant Covers
    •     Miles Morales Spider-Man #11 Mirka Andolfo MJ Variant
    New Series – 
    •     Doctor Doom #1 Multiple
    Boom –
    •     Buffy/Angel Hellmouth #1 Multiple
    Titan – 
    •     Robotech Remix #1 Multiple
    Zenescope –
    •     Grimm Tales of Terror 2019 Halloween Special Multiple

    🎒Recommended Reading
    • BEWARE THE WITCHS SHADOW #1  
    AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS(W) Jason Pell & Various (A) Rich Bonk & Various (CA) Puis Calzada
    • KING THOR #1 (OF 4)
    MARVEL COMICS(W) Jason Aaron (A/CA) Esad Ribic
    • PANDEMICA #1 CVR A SANCHEZ
    IDW PUBLISHING(W) Jonathan Maberry (A/CA) Alex Sanchez
    • MIDNIGHT SKY #1 CVR A VAN DOMELEN
    SCOUT COMICS(W) James Pruett (A/CA) Scott Van DomelenYou can support this show by visiting our merch store, or by leaving us an Apple Podcasts review.
    1 hr 21 min
  • Issue 47: Alita: Battle Angel
    🎒SPOILER FREE FOR FIRST 33 MINUTES🎒John and DJ start with their quick thoughts on season 2 of Titans and have a little discussion regarding  Spider-Man and Sony.  Then they really get into Alita, and DJ, for some reason, can’t stop laughing and has a hard time speaking at points. They just have a lot of fun.   Let us know what you think:#JoinTheBrightSideChatEmail: [email protected]: @BrightSide_ChatFacebook: BrightsidechatInstagram: TheBrightSideChat

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    1 hr 18 min
  • The Week in Comics: Joker Trailer
    🎒This week in Comics news DJ and John chat about the final Joker trailer, NetFlix “experiment”, Batman news, Flash Movie news and more.  They also respond to some listener questions/comments as well.  
    Bright Side News-  0:00Speculator’s Corner- 43:28Recommended Reading- 59:39
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    🎒Speculator’s Corner
    • House of X #4 
    • Midnight Vista #1 
    • Something is Killing the Children #1

    🎒BACK ISSUE BONUS
    • Batwing #19 
    • Avengers #47 
    • Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #1 
    • Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981) #1 
    • ASM #347
    • Venom #21

    🎒FOC
    DC – Variant Covers
    •     Action Comics #1017 Lucio Parillo
    •     Batman #80 Francesco Mattina
    •     DC Acetate covers
    •     DCeased #5 Francesco Mattina
    •     JL #35 Tyler Kirkham
    •     Supergirl #36 Derrick Chew  
     New Series– 
    •     Joker/Harley Criminal Sanity #1 (of 9)
    •     Superman Smashes the Klan #1 (of 3)
    Image –
    •     Copra #1
    •     Dead Eyes #1
    •     Nomen Omen #1 (of 15) 4 covers
    •     Spawn #301 15 covers  
    Marvel – Variant Covers
    •       Black Cat #5 Dodson MJ variant
    •       FF #15 JSC MJ variant       
    New Series – 
    •       AC Immortal Hulk #1 Multiple
    •       Contagion #1 (of 5) 2 covers
    •       FF Grand Design #1 (of 2)
    •       Future Fight Firsts White Fox #1 Multiple
    •       Ghost Rider #1 Multiple
    •       Spider-Verse #1 (of 6) Multiple

    🎒Reading Highlights 
    • SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #1  
    Boom Studios(W) James TynionIV (A) Werther Dell'Edera (CA) Lee Garbett
    • MIDNIGHT VISTA #1  
    AFTERSHOCK COMICS(W) Eliot Rahal (A) Clara Meath (CA) Juan Doe
    • LEGION OF SUPER HEROES MILLENNIUM #1 
    DC COMICS(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Jim Lee, Dustin Nguyen, Andrea Sorrentino, Andre Araujo, Others (CA) Bryan Hitch
    • MYSTERE #1
    Zenescope(W) Ben Mears (A) Sergio Ariño 

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    1 hr 28 min

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