The Comic Source Podcast

Jace and Rocky celebrate Valentine's Day by taking a look at the DC Comics titles for the week of February 13, 2024. It's a great week with the debut of Sinister Sons and Red Hood: The Hill. Green Lantern feels like it's beginning to grow in scope. Batman City of Madness comes to a close with some great ideas that we wouldn't mind seeing in the main universe and both Batman and Action Comics have great second issues of their arcs. Join us for our thoughts on these titles and more.

Jace is joined by the co-creators of Horror Show, a new comic on Kickstarter filled with action, suspense and layered horror beats. Set in 1975, the story follows Viet Nam veteran and former police officer Ben Horowitz as he is thrust into action. Brought together with incredible visual storytelling by the veteran comic artist, Darryl Banks, the linework is recognizable as Banks, but also feels like something new. Darryl himself talked about about this in the interview so be sure to listen to what he has to say about challenging himself. Writer Michael Katz is clearly paying homage to a very underappreciated movie from the early 80's but brings in some great parallels for Ben and the monster he ultimately has to take on. It makes for an engrossing read, that feels complete, but Ben is a character we would certainly love to see again. Fantastically entertaining. Listen in and be sure to go check out the campaign.

Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of February 6, 2024. We get a closer look at the Joker's earliest days, Fire and Ice have the end of their time in Smallville and it's action-packed and the Birds of Prey finish one mission only to learn they immediately must go on another. Also Poison Ivy has her origin enhanced while Guy Gardner headlines the Valentine's Day special. Join us for our thoughts on these titles and more.

Jace and Rocky talk about the new publishing imprint at Image, Ghost Machine. Geoff Johns has recruited some of the best creators in the industry to tell the stories they want to tell with characters they are invested in and own. The guys talk about each of the stories and the characters that are teased on the issue. The first three series all have new #1 issues coming in April, so now is the time to let your retailers know you want them all!

It's the fifth Tuesday of the month so that means Annuals and Anthologies. Jace and Rocky chat about several of these from DC Comics for the week of January 30, 2024. Also the end of Titans Beast World and what the fallout will likely be. The World's Finest annual may lead into the rumored DC Ultimate Universe coming later this year, but only time will tell. Batman Off-World and Alan Scott Green Lantern both continue to be excellent and they get our nods as Books of the Week. Join us for our thoughts on these titles and more.

Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of January 23, 2024. We get a HUGE reveal in Titans Beast World as Doctor Hate is unmasked, while the Penguin shows how evil and manipulative he can truly be. In Batman Brave and the Bold, the close ties of Batman and Joker date back to their first interaction, but it's the Wild Dog story that really shines in this issue. Plus a nearly silent Power Girl issue and Batman is confronted by an interesting antagonist who may be calling the shots in the "afterlife" desert he finds himself in.

Jace is joined by the legendary comic creator Todd McFarlane. They discuss all the upcoming events for Spawn in 2024 including the upcoming 350th issue. Additionally, there are 7 new series coming from Todd McFarlane Productions this year, all set in the same universe as Spawn. Todd also hopes to have news regarding the Spawn movie this year with a possible release date in 2025 to be announced. Todd also chats about his upcoming Kickstarter campaign for what he calls "the most detailed action figure" he has ever made and reveals some of his plans to celebrate 30 years of McFarlane Toys. Plus they guys discuss the early days of Spawn and Todd's recruitment of some of the top writers of the early 90's to writer issues of Spawn. There's tons of information and lot of fun to be had as we celebrate the longest running independent comic character of all-time.

Jace and Rocky break down the DC Comics titles for the week of January 16, 2023. We get the end of Superman Lost which has the guys struggling to decide if it was a worthy ending for the series or not. We also have an excellent issue of Jay Garrick that expands on the origin of STAR Labs and Garrick himself. Superman is in the old west and both Titans and Nightwing deal with fallout from Beastworld. Plus the JL may have an unlikely ally in their battle against the giant monsters unleashed by the Legion of Doom. Join us for our thoughts on these titles and more.

Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of January 9, 2024. We get the first issue of a brand new era of Action Comics, a flashback in Green Lantern that gives some context for the current state of the Green Lantern Corps and The Outsiders explore a new mystery. Plus, the villain in Wesley Dodds, Sandman is revealed ... or is he?

Rocky flies solo while Jace recovers from the effects of Kryptonite to discuss the DC Comics titles for the first week of the new year, January 2, 2024. How is the entity Zur-En-Arrh affecting the Failsafe protocol? Plus the highly-anticipated Kneel Before Zod series kicks off, which we expect will return Zod to his evil ways.