If everyone could please give a soft launch welcome to our newest regular cohost Fabian! We love to hear you on the show, buddy! Now to business... we've got a whole bunch new #1's and Nick and Austin's favorite Ignition Press Book comes to an explosive conclusion!

Queen in Black: Venom Unchained #1

Fort Psycho #1

What if... Captain America was Revived in 2099?

Absolute Superman #22

Chachu #1

ReAlligator #1

Captain America #14

The Deadman #3

Queen in Black #2

Supergirl: Survive #3

Ripcord #5

Boy do we have a bunch of number 1's and One-Shots this week folks! It certainly feels like a 5th Wednesday this week. Austin and Nick are joined by Fabian to talk about all the best from this week's comics!

Nano #1

Batman and Superman: World's Finest Annual 2026

Superman Annual 2026

The Patron #1

Predator vs. Planet of the Apes #1

Laser Quest

Paul Chadwick's Concrete: Stars Over Sand #2

The Mortal Thor #13

X-Men #34

Doom Quest #3

Howdy folks! This week we gotta lotta finales of some of our favorite miniseries and story arcs of the year! Nick and Juan also opted to try discussing art books on an audio format, so y'all can hear how that goes! Plus Juan learns Apocalypse's real name, Nick flubs through some credits, and Austin writes a question for our Transformers Trivia night coming up on the 23rd at the Frost Town Brewery!

Frank in the 3rd Dimension

Giant Robot Hellboy Returns #1

Sicko #1

X-Men: The Hellfire Murder

2026 Street Fighter Swimsuit Special

Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolf Man #2

Marc Spector: Moon Knight #6

Hidden Springs #3

Absolute Wonder Woman #22

Peril of the Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery #6

Usagi Yojimbo: Kaito '84 #5

Superman #40

Aside from col opening hijinks involving rat bread, we got comics to discuss! This week has got it all Avengers fighting Red Hulk, time gods fighting each other, and Buckaroo Banzai if he were a banana man! Check it out!

Dungeon Crawler Carl #0

Super Mondo Mega Mutts #1

Sonic x Godzilla #1

Banana Number One #1

Fantastic Four #14

End of Life #6

Avengers Armageddon #2

Captain America #13

Battle Beast #11

Of the Earth #3

Absolute Flash #17

Assorted Crisis Events #9

Back again folks! Joined by our dear pal in comics, Fabian! This week we bring you finales, gut wrenchers, and a surprising amount of things that rule! It's a super jam packed week this week because there are *almost* too many good picks this go around!

It's Jeff: Superstar #1

Dingoliath #1

Dispatched #1

Hank Howard: Pizza Detective in "The Inside Job" #1

Operation: Iron Coffin #1

Vampyrates! #1

The Twilight Zone #9

X-Men '97 Season 2 #2

Did You Hear About Mimi Green? #2

Showdown #2

Supergirl #15

Baby Garfield #4

It's true folks! Juan gets into the nitty gritty behind this argument and so many other revelations like Austin being behind on Absolute Martian Manhunter, slanderous opinions about how Nick says "Namor", and what everyone absolutely loved from this week's releases!

Faceless and the Family: Maze of the Mechanical Aliens #1

Killer Influences #1

The Dogsitter #1

Marvel Swimsuit Special: Brand New Beach Day

The Warriors 4: The New Prophecy

Beast of Borkin #1

Batman #11

Ripcord #4

Neighborhood Watch #3

 Absolute Martian Manhunter #12

Technical difficulties for the first 7 minutes on this one folks! All apologies, but Austin's mic was wigging out a bit, but it otherwise got handled for smooth sailing right after. We've got another great week this week, gang. We talk about Moebius, mercenaries, and Peach Momoko's obvious love for Dr. Slump! Check it out!

Hellboy and the BPRD: the Monster of Nivola

Captain America #12

The Depressed Hunter

The Twilight Zone #9

Hidden Springs #2

Infernal Hulk #8

Kaito '84 #4

The Ultimate Universe Finale

I know, folks! I've seen the run time, but trust me there's a delightful treasure trove of comics chat in this one! Good golly we got a lot to get through since this also happens to be one of the biggest non major release weeks in comics. Hell, we didn't have enough time to talk about Absolute Batman this go around! That's how much good stuff we got! Also discussed is including Paul Chadwick's name in the series Paul Chadwick's Concrete, Juan's sweating through Battle Beast discourse, and Fabian's heightened ability to catch on to bits! Check it out!

Spider-Man: Long Way Home #1

The Trillion Dollar Kid #1

Paul Chadwick's Concrete: Stars Over Sand #1

Absolute Flash #16

Absolute Green Arrow #2

Gigs

Charity & Sylvia

The Punisher #5

Lobo #4

Invincible Universe Presents: Battle Beast #10

Dog Tag #2

End of Life #5

Better believe it with this one folks, because we get mighty in depth with the nature of story telling and, whilst trying to figure out what/how/when the goodness that emerges from good times story telling, we find out that it is us, the humble reader/reviewer that is the Bleeding Heart. Also... David Lynch's Spawn?!

This and so many other questions are asked, and, if you could believe it, some are given answers. It's another week, friends! Which means we've got more comics to talk about! And we've got some Comics Counter firsts this time! First Spawn, First New Studio, and First Fabian! Check it out!

Billy Bat vol. 1

The Deadman #1

Supergirl: Survive #1

Only the Savage are Left #1

X-Men '97 Season 2 #1

It's Jeff! Brand New Week

The Twilight Zone #7

Spawn #376

DC x Sonic the Hedgehog: The Metal Legion #2

Rook Exodus #10

Absolute Green Lantern #15

Harley & Ivy: Life and Crimes #6