Too Many Comics

Ashley returns, but this time it's Brooks that is traveling. Ashley and Alan celebrate Jessica Jones Day as the show finally releases on Netflix, Ashley's art making it into Tokyo Ghost #3, and discuss this week's #1 (Huck) and its author Mark Millar.

Additionally, the two talk recent comic creators joining Patreon.com as another way for fans to contribute financially. Most notably, Joe Eisma and Magnetic Press.

Other books mentioned: Paybacks; Space Step Dad; Wayward; Ms. Marvel; Mighty Thor

Next week's Debut Review:

• Dark Knight III: The Master Race - The epic ending you never saw coming is here because you demanded it! The Dark Knight rises again to face the dawn of the master race! 

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Alan and Brooks return to review Limbo from Image Comics and bask in the glory that is the return of Descender to the shelves.

The two discuss Jessica Jones early reviews, Joe Eisma's print shop and potential future Interview Spectaculars. Other books mentioned: We Are Robin; WicDiv; Hawkeye; Secret Wars.

Next week's Debut Review:

• Huck (Image) - In a quiet seaside town, Huck uses his special gifts to do a good deed each day. His neighbors return the favors by keeping his abilities a secret. But when a newcomer alerts the media, a firestorm erupts, sending Huck on an adventure that will change everything. This brand-new series from writer MARK MILLAR and artist RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE presents a comicbook unlike anything you've read before. Featuring a Feel-Good Movie variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQURQUE.

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Alan and Brooks return to review Limbo from Image Comics and bask in the glory that is the return of Descender to the shelves.

The two discuss Jessica Jones early reviews, Joe Eisma's print shop and potential future Interview Spectaculars. Other books mentioned: We Are Robin; WicDiv; Hawkeye; Secret Wars.

Next week's Debut Review:

• Huck (Image) - In a quiet seaside town, Huck uses his special gifts to do a good deed each day. His neighbors return the favors by keeping his abilities a secret. But when a newcomer alerts the media, a firestorm erupts, sending Huck on an adventure that will change everything. This brand-new series from writer MARK MILLAR and artist RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE presents a comicbook unlike anything you've read before. Featuring a Feel-Good Movie variant cover by RAFAEL ALBUQURQUE.

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This week, Alan and Brooks review Marvel's Extraordinary X-Men #1 and can't help but feel a little confused with the Marvel Universe. Elsewhere, the two take a look at Hangman #1 and dive into what else they read this week (plus much more).

Other Books Discussed: Alias; Preacher; Two Brothers; Morning Glories; Robin: Son of Batman; Uncanny X-Men; Paper Girls; and Essex County.

Next week's Debut Review:

• Limbo (Image) - A detective with no memory, no identity and no manners. A femme fatale seeking escape from a powerful crime lord. A voodoo queen with a penchant for mixtapes and hi-tops. A goat-eating TV… Welcome to Dedande City, where good people check under their beds at night and reality is never quite what it seems. A NEW surreal neon-noir series crossing 50s pulp with an 80s VHS visual aesthetic drawing from the likes of Carpenter, Cronenberg, and Lynch.

In other news:

• Preacher trailer
• Jessica Jones trailer
• Benedict Cumberbatch caught filming Doctor Strange
• Fantastic Four returns?

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• Show notes: toomanycomics.com/episode/37
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This week, Alan and Brooks review Marvel's Extraordinary X-Men #1 and can't help but feel a little confused with the Marvel Universe. Elsewhere, the two take a look at Hangman #1 and dive into what else they read this week (plus much more).

Other Books Discussed: Alias; Preacher; Two Brothers; Morning Glories; Robin: Son of Batman; Uncanny X-Men; Paper Girls; and Essex County.

Next week's Debut Review:

• Limbo (Image) - A detective with no memory, no identity and no manners. A femme fatale seeking escape from a powerful crime lord. A voodoo queen with a penchant for mixtapes and hi-tops. A goat-eating TV… Welcome to Dedande City, where good people check under their beds at night and reality is never quite what it seems. A NEW surreal neon-noir series crossing 50s pulp with an 80s VHS visual aesthetic drawing from the likes of Carpenter, Cronenberg, and Lynch.

In other news:

• Preacher trailer
• Jessica Jones trailer
• Benedict Cumberbatch caught filming Doctor Strange
• Fantastic Four returns?

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• Show notes: toomanycomics.com/episode/37
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Ashley joins Brooks one more time as a last-second fill-in for Alan. Did we ever mention she was on Comic Book Men? Now, we do. Also, it's episode 36, disregard Brooks in the beginning.

Debut Review:

• Sunflower #1

Other reads this week:

• Book of Death Finale and Fall of XO-Manowar; East of West 21; More Sweet Tooth; Gearing up for “Two Brothers” by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon

October 28 debuts:

• Extraordinary X-Men (Jeff Lemire, duh) The fate of mutantkind is decided here! Staring down the threat of extinction once more, veteran X-Man Storm pulls together the team she'll need to ensure her race's survival. Together, these EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN will struggle with the familiar burden of being hated and feared, while facing threats the likes of which they've never seen. Here's hoping they survive the experience! RATED T+

• Hangman #1 (Dark Circle Comics) New ongoing series from Dark Circle! They say the Hangman is nothing more than an urban legend. A spook story told to scare criminals straight. But those who encounter him - like hitman 'Mad Dog' Mike Minetta - know different. They know that when he comes for you, you're dead already. Join fan-favorite writer Frank Tieri (Wolverine) and artist extraordinaire Felix Ruiz (Wolverine Max) for an ongoing tale of horror, the supernatural, and violence - and learn why some men may never be redeemed.

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• Show notes: toomanycomics.com/episode/36
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Ashley joins Brooks one more time as a last-second fill-in for Alan. Did we ever mention she was on Comic Book Men? Now, we do. Also, it's episode 36, disregard Brooks in the beginning.

Debut Review:

• Sunflower #1

Other reads this week:

• Book of Death Finale and Fall of XO-Manowar; East of West 21; More Sweet Tooth; Gearing up for “Two Brothers” by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon

October 28 debuts:

• Extraordinary X-Men (Jeff Lemire, duh) The fate of mutantkind is decided here! Staring down the threat of extinction once more, veteran X-Man Storm pulls together the team she'll need to ensure her race's survival. Together, these EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN will struggle with the familiar burden of being hated and feared, while facing threats the likes of which they've never seen. Here's hoping they survive the experience! RATED T+

• Hangman #1 (Dark Circle Comics) New ongoing series from Dark Circle! They say the Hangman is nothing more than an urban legend. A spook story told to scare criminals straight. But those who encounter him - like hitman 'Mad Dog' Mike Minetta - know different. They know that when he comes for you, you're dead already. Join fan-favorite writer Frank Tieri (Wolverine) and artist extraordinaire Felix Ruiz (Wolverine Max) for an ongoing tale of horror, the supernatural, and violence - and learn why some men may never be redeemed.

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• Show notes: toomanycomics.com/episode/36
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Alan returns to talk comics with Brooks, more specifically the work Ashley did last week in hosting, this week's #1 (Cognetic), Paper Girls, and lots more recently knocked off the reading stack.

Books mentioned: The Wicked + The Divine; Paybacks; Gotham Academy; Phonogram; Invincible; Clean Room; Magneto; The Twilight Children; and Lost Dogs.

Alan recommends Longboxed to track your pull, while the two couldn't wait for the Jessica Jones trailer.

Next week's #1:

• Sunflower #1 (451 Media Group): Ten years ago CJ's husband and nine year-old daughter were murdered off a desert highway near the California/Arizona border. Since that day, CJ can feel only two things - paralyzing shame for not being with her family and quiet fury that the perpetrators were never found. CJ should have been there to defend her family. CJ should have been there to die with her family. And, in the decade since, she might as well have been dead. Until the day a letter arrives. There's no return address, only one word in the letter. It simply reads: Sunflower. CJ's daughter is alive. And now so is CJ. And she will stop at nothing to get her daughter back.

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• Show notes: toomanycomics.com/episode/35
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Alan returns to talk comics with Brooks, more specifically the work Ashley did last week in hosting, this week's #1 (Cognetic), Paper Girls, and lots more recently knocked off the reading stack.

Books mentioned: The Wicked + The Divine; Paybacks; Gotham Academy; Phonogram; Invincible; Clean Room; Magneto; The Twilight Children; and Lost Dogs.

Alan recommends Longboxed to track your pull, while the two couldn't wait for the Jessica Jones trailer.

Next week's #1:

• Sunflower #1 (451 Media Group): Ten years ago CJ's husband and nine year-old daughter were murdered off a desert highway near the California/Arizona border. Since that day, CJ can feel only two things - paralyzing shame for not being with her family and quiet fury that the perpetrators were never found. CJ should have been there to defend her family. CJ should have been there to die with her family. And, in the decade since, she might as well have been dead. Until the day a letter arrives. There's no return address, only one word in the letter. It simply reads: Sunflower. CJ's daughter is alive. And now so is CJ. And she will stop at nothing to get her daughter back.

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• Show notes: toomanycomics.com/episode/35
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With Alan out of the country, Brooks hosts episode 34 after a week hiatus with a special guest star - Ashley from Superhero Beach.

The two talk this week's reviews, a little bit of Ashley's pull list and much more.

Debut Review:

• Paper Girls
• Doctor Strange

Other reads this week

• Secret Wars
• “Girls” by the Luna Brothers. Entire 22 issue run.
• Magneto 1 - 7
• Rowan Ruin
• Plutona 2
• Sweet Tooth

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• Show notes: toomanycomics.com/episode/34
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