The Comic Conspiracy

Another slow news week, but we've still got a lot to talk about, including who we'd like to see in the Avengers movie, sexy comics, disappointing New 52 changes, Flashpoint suggestions, Avengers vs X-Men #12 spoiler discussion, AvX: Versus, Phantom Stranger, FF, and Gambit. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, and Toby Sidler.

Long-time friend and customer Bryce Larsen joins us this week as we discuss his Secret Origin, his love of Marvel, our favorite major events, what DC characters we want back, our Best and Worst of Marvel Now!, new episodes of Green Lantern and Young Justice, and our Marvel Random Picks of the Week. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Bryce Larsen, Brock Sager, and Charlie West.

Full table this week, and we discuss Castle Grayskull, comic backups, Judge Dread, sorting issue #0s, Fables, disappointing popular titles, double-shipping and variants, the ending of Punisher, the big Stan Lee rumor, Batman Live, and Omar's big HeroClix update. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

This week, Brock regales us with tales of the Portland comic book store scene, we discuss Avengers vs X-Men #11, as well as answer tons of questions about Alex Ross, Team 7, Dial H, getting into comics, Spider-Men, the next Batman movie villain, Batman vs Detective Comics, confusing Legion of Superheroes continuity, Supergirl suggestions, and variant covers. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

It's a week where we answer a bunch of listener e-mail and tweets, including questions about the best hardcovers to get, the trouble with omnibi, the great Marvel/DC creator switcheroo, the problem with Hawkeye, Collection Intervention, Saga, DC's annuals, Omar and listener's Top 5 DC New 52 books, the possible Wonder Woman pilot, Arrow, Robot Chicken's DC Comics Special, and the new Avengers team. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

Technical problems with Toby's mic aside, this super-long episode is all about DC Comics New 52: One Year Later! We discuss sales numbers, some of the controversies, our favorite and disappointments from the different families, and our personal Top 5 New 52 book lists. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

There's a lot to talk about this week, including Heroes Reborn, DC's New 52 One Year Later, DC's first big crossover, recommending some X-Men comics, the launch of Justice League of America, Superman and Wonder Woman getting it on, Wonder Woman #12 spoilers, creators departing the Big Two, and the epic Rob Liefeld twit-out. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, Charlie West.

Join us this week as we say goodbye to our good friend Sam Lujan, as well as our favorite comic book-based video games, dream creative teams, our MarvelNOW! picks, rumored creative team shifts, the comic conspiracy behind the Walking Dead "Ghost" variant cover, the return of the random picks, the passing of Tony Scott, and a special deal on the upcoming Hyrule Historia book. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, and Toby Sidler.

Sad news for the comic book community this week as we discuss the passing of Joe Kubert, as well as behind-the-scenes of getting ready for new comic book day, more Top 5 Comic Book Movie lists, and an epic Heroclix update and suggestions for new players. Starring Ryan Higgins, Omar Brodrick, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.

It's a big week with lots of discussion, including who we'd like to take over Action Comics, Madame Mirage, the Old 52, some Infinite Longbox crossover, The First X-Men, a big webcomics discussion, fantasy comics for manga fans, how to not sell your indie comics, the current Marvel NOW! checklist, Joss Whedon not writing an Avengers comic, July 2012 comic sales, and the Daredevil/Galactus trade. Starring Ryan Higgins, Brock Sager, Toby Sidler, and Charlie West.