Thinking Critical Comic Book Podcast

DC UNIVERSE REBIRTH was a massive financial and critical success. But the initiative that restored hope to the DC Comics universe barely lasted 18 months. Perch from the Comics, By Perch Podcast joins Wes to discuss why Rebirth was ended prematurely. (00:02:31) When the “Image 7” left Marvel Comics to form their own publisher they were market disruptors. They also received a massive amount of hype. Comic book writer Joe Corallo and retailer Uel Carter join Wes to discuss why they couldn’t live up to the initial hype. But left a long-lasting legacy on the comic book industry. (00:26:52) Finally, X-Men historian Dok and Wes discuss the rapid rise and popularity of Wizard Magazine. And how ultimately it fell apart and was a precursor to the death of comic book news media. (00:55:18)

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Not only is this Fathers Day weekend but Wes became a father for the third time last weekend. Wes takes a moment to talk about how Fatherhood and marriage changed his life and the relationship he with his kids and comics books. (00:00:00) DC Comics announced 5 new comic series this week including the return of the Fable universe with BATMAN VS BIGBY and Jackson Hyde taking the Aquaman mantle. (12:52:19) Marvel Comics announced their latest new Captain America, unfortunately they didn’t realize they named their Filipino-American hero a very vulgar term. DEATH OF DR. STRANGE is coming in September. (00:32:09) Writer Jonathan Hickman claims his upcoming INFERNO miniseries is the follow-up to HOX/POX. Writer Joe Corallo and Wes discuss what the hell you’ve been reading in Dawn of X and Reign of X. (00:51:32) Writer Mark Pellegrini and Wes talk about how corporations buy and ruin everything we’ve ever loved in entertainment. (01:07:08) Chris Claremont’s 15-year run on UNCANNY X-MEN is unprecedented. But his legacy goes much deeper. (01:32:27) Allegiance Arts are having issues getting customers to trust them after their RED ROOSTER campaign. What can we learn from the ordeal? (01:57:17) Writer Aaron Sparrow and Wes review the first episode of LOKI on Disney+. (02:15:31)

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Jimmy from Comics Quirks with Jimmy YT join award-winning comic editor Joe Corallo and Wes for this weeks Hellboy comic book retrospective. HELLBOY: THE ISLAND is an interesting 2-part comic story from series creator Mike Mignola. Separated by a couple years the second issue arrived after the first HELLBOY film. Mignola set out to ensure Hellboy readers he was bot changing the character or series to placate fans of the film. What he created is a very moody, introspect look into the character and expand the series lore. Jim, Joe and Wes take a deep-dive into one of the most cryptic Hellboy comic stories of all-times.

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Marvel’s X-MEN: HELLFIRE GALA finally debuted this week. Wes was highly skeptical a dinner party warranted a 14-issue crossover event. Would Marvel make Wes eat crow this week? Absolutely Not! There was plenty of controversy surrounding Neil Gaiman and Heavy Metal Magazine after they chastised customers for airing their grievances. Aaron Sparrow and Mark Pellegrini join Wes to break down all the hypocrisy around the events. (00:09:50) DC Back Label received much acclaim when it was announced 2 years ago. Now days nobody (including DC Comics) knows exactly what Back Label is. (00:37:36) Marvel Comics announced Donny Cates and Al Ewing are swiping titles after the nest HULK and VENOM milestone issues. Perch and Wes discuss the potential of Al Ewin, Ram V and Bryan Hitch on VENOM as well as Donny Cates and Ryan Ottley on HULK. (00:47:59) Hollywood and entertainment have taken a hard line approach to displays of masculine lately. Gevian Dargan talks about why it goes much deeper than that. (01:02:20) Finally DOk joins Wes to discuss Keven Feige and Marvel Studios hubris (01:37:25), finding new readers in a digital shopping age (02:01:47) and all the shenanigans is this weeks X-MEN: HELLFIRE GALA. (02:27:05)

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