Comic artists like Jame Tynion IV are leaving the big publishers in favor of Substack, a paid subscription service that allows for the support and exclusive content of what has been primarily journalists. Now Scott Snyder is giving art classes and the Secret History of DC Comics are making their way to the premium service. Walmart is also selling packs of variant covers exclusive to other retailers in what is being dubbed "VariantGate". Christ and Hector weigh in on the controversy and share their latest pulls.

Chris and Hector are back for the Fall 2021 season of The Pull List Podcast! Are you ready for more of DC Comics' Joker in your life or perhaps Jason Todd as a zombie slayer? DC Comics is looking for new readers in Walmart, and Diamond comics is freezing the discount tiers.....for now. Chris and Hector also share their top pulls and the #1's worth your time!

News from the show:

"Harley Quinn & the DC villains throw Joker a party in A Puzzlebox #1 preview", Newsarama "Marvel Announces Return of Luke Cage", Comicbook "DC Gives Red Hood a Zombie-Slaying Makeover", CBR "DC looks for the next generation of comic book readers in Walmart", Comicbook "Diamond To Freeze Comic Store Discounts Until The End Of The Year", Bleeding Cool

Pulls from the show: Ascender #17, Image Comics Strange Academy (2020) #11, Marvel Comics Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #3, IDW Firefly Brand New Verse #5, Boom! Studios Beta Ray Bill (2021) #5, Marvel Comics Nocterra #5, Image Comics The Other History Of The DC Universe #4, DC Comics Home Sick Pilots #6, Image Comics

#1's Worth Your Time: Moon Knight #1, Marvel Comics The Nice House On the Lake #1, DC Comics

Diamond Comics is finally launching the long-promised app for store owners, have some of the X-Men comic series gone the way of Jason Todd, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Crypto the Super Dog? All this and a from the heart musing from Hector on the season finale of The Pull List.

Chip Zdarsky is tackling the Hulk, Loki is being mischievous by moving to Wednesdays on Disney Plus, the DC Fandome returns, and Chris bought some Marvel comics! All this and more along with our pull recommendations from the last two weeks and our favorite new #1's!

Everything comics is happening this July! "X-Men #1" is out....again. Kevin Smith is writing for "Masters of the Universe", Booster Gold creator is returning, Sinister War, and Marvel is going manga!

4 weeks of comics to catch up on leave Chris and Hector with a lot of news and pulls to cover in today's episode. Penguin House is getting into the comic publishing game and Superman sells for over 3 million dollars. All this and more in The Pull List 51.

Afua Richardson, whose works include Black Panter World of Wakanda, XMen92, and HBO's Lovecraft Country, joins Chris and Hector this week to talk about the tail end of pandemic life, her work on Lovecraft Country, and her upcoming book, Book of Mer.

It has been a slow couple of weeks in the comic book industry with Captain America turning 80 and funny number reporting with Keanu Reeves' BRZKR #1. Chris and Hector (fighting back a cold)  talk about the Infinite Frontier from DC along with their Top 4 Pulls and the #1's worth your time.

Chris and Hector talk about the forthcoming theft of The Infinity Gauntlet ...by Black Cat! On the DC Comics and Milestone Media side, Static is coming back with a new series along. Also, J.J. Abrams is taking on the Man of Steel, and Diamond comics are suffering the weather delays along with anyone else whose packages went through the midwest last week. The duo's pulls from the last two weeks as well as their Top #1 picks in this week's episode. 

Chris and Hector catch us up on industry news, new comics and so much more. Diving into other content the guys talk "WW84" and "WandaVision", what they liked and what they didn’t like so much.