War Rocket Ajax

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War Rocket Ajax is the world’s most explosive comic book and pop-culture podcast, featuring interviews with comics professionals, reviews, rankings and more.

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War Rocket Ajax episodes:

04.22.2024
Episode 678 - Dark Side of the Sun
Matt and Chris took some listener questions this episode, including about our own comics, the price point of monthly comics, our dream entrance music, and much more!
04.15.2024
Episode 677 - Raw After WrestleMania
Let's get Raw once again! This time around, we're talking about moments featuring Judge Dredd, Magneto, the Transformers, and yes, a Dragon Ball character.
04.10.2024
Comics Catch-Up 059: Dragon Ball Super Tournament of Power
To honor the legendary Akira Toriyama, we read a story from Dragon Ball Super that Chris says embodies everything great about Dragon Ball! And guess what? It ruled.
04.08.2024
Episode 676 - Jurgies Into Mystery #6: Thor vs. Thanos
Yes, it's time for Thor #25! Not only do Thor and Thanos do battle in this monumental issue, but Mangog gets got. We go through it all beat by beat.
04.01.2024
Episode 675 - Only in Comics f/ Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum
Our close personal friends Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum are back on the show this week to talk all things Minor Threats: the second volume of the main series, The Fastest Way Down, and the upcoming Barfly! Plus, we get...
03.29.2024
Every Story Ever Special: March 2024
Spring is here, and it's time once again to rank comic book stories! This time, we've got some Batman, some early Fantastic Four, and yes, Witchblade.
03.25.2024
Episode 674 - Zoop and Zalad f/ Jordan Plosky
One of the co-founders of the comics crowdfunding platform Zoop, Jordan Plosky, joins us for the show this week to talk about his own crowdfunding/capital campaign, the comic that made him love comics, staying creator-focused, and a whole lot more!
03.18.2024
Episode 673 - Raw 3:16
Time to get Raw once again! We're celebrating 3:16 day (a little late) by ranking some of comics' rawest moments, including some involving Goku and Batman!
03.14.2024
Comics Catch-Up 058: Red Sonja (2013)
Matt and Chris read the first arc of Gail SImone's 2013 run on Red Sonja, and simply couldn't help comparing it to other things, even though it's probably unfair.
03.11.2024
Episode 672 - Splortch Zone f/ Jeremy Whitley
Longtime friend of the show Jeremy Whitley returns this week to ostensibly talk about his new book The Cold Ever After, but mostly end up discussing AEW Revolution!
03.04.2024
Episode 671 - Jurgies Into Mystery #5: Thor vs. Thanos Round 1
We're reading the Dan Jurgens/John Romita Jr. run on Thor once again, and we're building up to the big clash in #25 as Thanos collects the artifacts (and one person) he needs to unleash a wave of death across the...
02.29.2024
Every Story Ever Special: February 2024
After doing some list cleanup, we're back to ranking comics! Including a very, very bad Justice League story.
02.26.2024
Episode 670 - Fantasy or Sci-fi? f/ Kel McDonald
Longtime pal Kel McDonald returns to the show this week to talk about their new book, Murky Water, which is funding now on Kickstarter! Plus: what kind of Pokemon gyms we would have, werewolf songs, and the differences between fantasy...
02.19.2024
Episode 669 - Three Daves f/ Dave Baker
The writer and artist of the new book Mary Tyler Moorehawk returns to the show this week to talk about taking a big swing on a project, footnotes, Star Trek rawness, how jokes evolve, and a whole lot more!
02.14.2024
Comics Catch-Up 057: X-Men Red (2022) #1-10
We're finally reading Al Ewing and (mostly) Stefano Caselli's Arrako-based X-Men book, and spoiler: It rips.
02.12.2024
Episode 668 - Mutant Hurting Factor (Listener Questions Special)
A special Sunday record, a special live-to-tape episode where we answer your questions!
02.05.2024
Episode 667 - Jurgies into Mystery #4: The Enchanters Defeated
It's time once again to dive into the Dan Jurgens run on Thor, and this time, we're wrapping up the Enchanters story and digging into what might just be the peak of the run: The Thanos arc! Covering Thor (1998) #17-21.
01.31.2024
Every Story Ever Special: January 2024
It's time once again to rank comic book stories, starting with one Matt promised to revisit last time: Emperor Doom!
01.29.2024
Episode 666 - Raw as Hell
It's a special Thursday Night Raw episode, as we rank listener-submitted comics moments specifically about the devil, hell, and demons!
01.22.2024
Episode 665 - It's His Name f/ Tom Kraft and Rand Hoppe
The founders of the Jack Kirby Museum join us for this week's show to talk about their new collection of the Sky Masters of the Space Force Sunday strips, plus lots more Kirby stuff!
01.20.2024
Comics Catch-Up 056: S.W.O.R.D. (2020)
Before we can read all the raw moments in X-Men Red, we have to catch up with Al Ewing's prelude, his 11-issue S.W.O.R.D. series!
01.15.2024
Episode 664 - Gordies the 13th
Matt and Chris return to the Flash Gordon Memorial Auditorium (adjacent to the Krystal Loch Campground) for another award show, with categories selected by you, the listeners!
12.30.2023
Every Story Ever Special: December 2023
We're closing out the year by once again ranking some comics stories from best to worst on our list of more than 1,500 comics!
12.18.2023
Episode 663 - A-Santa-sin Nation f/ Matt Fraction and Kyle Starks
It's our annual Christmas special, and we're springboarding off of last year's discussion of the Terminator vs. Santa Claus to decide what other would-be assassins might have plans to take out Big Red and become Father Christmas themselves!
12.13.2023
Comics Catch-Up 055: Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer
It's a Christmas comic! It's a Keith Giffen comic! It's very wacky! So what did we think of this 1985 one-shot?
12.11.2023
Episode 662 - Raw Christmas Eve
In our last regular episode of the year, we had to add some more entries to the list of the rawest comics of all time!
12.04.2023
Episode 661 - Tony Don't Snack
We're taking some of your listener questions on this week's show, leading to long discussions about Venom, snacking, reading, and much more!
11.29.2023
Every Story Ever Special - November 2023
On this very special Every Story Ever Special, we get to 1,500 ranked comics stories on the list!
11.20.2023
Episode 660 - A Raw Thanksgiving
Gather 'round the turkey with us as we determine some of the rawest moments in comics history!
11.16.2023
Comics Catch-Up 054: Black Widow (2016)
This month, we're catching up on the 12 issues of the Mark Waid/Chris Samnee run on Black Widow! And we're particularly invested in the unusual way it was made.
11.13.2023
Episode 659 - If It's Good, Do It f/ Paul Grist
The creator of Jack Staff joins us for the show this week to talk about his new book from Rebellion, Smash!, as well as favorite characters, British vs. American comics, pulling together British comics history, changing his art style, and...
11.06.2023
Episode 658 - Jurgies Into Mystery #3: Marnot Revealed
We're digging back into the Dan Jurgens/John Romita Jr. run on Thor, and we're getting some guest artists this time after the Dark Gods are defeated and a mysterious figure is unmasked! Covering Thor (1998) #12-16.
10.31.2023
Every Story Ever Special: October 2023
Boo! Time to put some scary comic book stories on the list, don't you think?
10.30.2023
Episode 657 - The Candy Bowl f/Benito Cereno
Benito Cereno is back for our annual Halloween special, and 24 candies are duking it out in a tournament to determine who reigns supreme in treats!
10.23.2023
Episode 656 - A Little More Dirt f/ Alex de Campi and Erica Henderson
The creative team behind the new book Parasocial joins us for the show this week to talk about how color can create horror, how to handle actual parasocial relationships, actors and fans, putting subtitles in a comic, and a whole...
10.19.2023
Comics Catch-Up 053: Fate Part 2
We're finishing out the (first) saga of Jared Stevens: The Man Called Fate on this episode. Can issues 11-22 overcome the problems of the first half of the series, or maybe discover some brand new ones?
10.16.2023
Episode 655 - Bruce Wayne Can Hoop (Listener Questions special)
On this week's episode, Matt and Chris are taking your listener questions once again!
10.09.2023
Episode 654 - Raw Saturday Night
It's time once again for us to rank some of the rawest moments in comics, and we get a definite top-spot contender this time!
10.04.2023
Every Story Ever Special: September 2023
As we always say in our famous catch phrase, "Time to rank the comics!"
10.02.2023
Episode 653 - Jurgies Into Mystery #2: Battle With the Dark Gods
We continue our re-read of the Dan Jurgens/John Romita Jr. run on Thor with issues #6-11 this week! Things get intense and, briefly, gross!
09.25.2023
Episode 652 - Peer Pressure f/ Paul Allor
The writer of Pink Midnight Presents: Barber Psychic joins us this week to talk about whether the series really is a horror anthology, never playing D&D, "Yes and," movies about barbers, and much more! NOTE: Just to be clear, Paul uses...
09.18.2023
Episode 651 - Feel the Vibe of It f/ Tim Seeley and Jordan Blum
Two of the writers of Dark Horse Comics' Minor Threats spinoff series The Alternates join us for the show this week to talk about weirdo superheroes, the beauty of the characters no one else likes, the mythology of pre-Covid conventions,...
09.14.2023
Comics Catch-Up 052: Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers
For our belated celebration of the birthday of the King of Comics, Jack Kirby, we're reading this 1981 Pacific Comics series of his that we've never read before! So how does it stack up?
09.11.2023
Episode 650 - Power Level 8 f/ Mark O. Stack
Longtime friend of the show Mark O. Stack returns to the program this week to talk about his new crossover comic funding now on Kickstarter, The Relentless Adventure! Plus, we discuss the joy of superheroes just hanging out, the history...
09.04.2023
Episode 649 - Thursday Raw Thursday
Time to rank some more of the rawest moments in comics! Remember: When the time comes, you better fight like hell.
08.31.2023
Every Story Ever Special: August 2023
Chris is back in the saddle, and he's here with Matt to rank some comic book stories once again! One of them is Weapon X, so they spend a long time on that one.
08.28.2023
Episode 648 - Edit That Out f/ Marlene Thompson
Matt is joined by his wife Marlene this week to take some listener questions!
08.14.2023
Episode 647 - Fighting Game Birthday
Matt went to visit Chris in Minneapolis for his birthday, and they recorded something every day about what they did!
08.07.2023
Episode 646 - The Split Second After (Listener Questions Special)
We took your listener questions on the show this week, and it led to a long discussion about what makes a good comics fight, among other things!
07.31.2023
Episode 645 - Jurgies Into Mystery #1: The Jurgie Begins
Come with us to Asgard. Or what's left of it, anyway. We're starting our reread of the Dan Jurgens/John Romita Jr. run on Thor with issues #1-5 this week!

What's War Rocket Ajax about?

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War Rocket Ajax episodes:

Episode 678 - Dark Side of the Sun

Episode 677 - Raw After WrestleMania

Comics Catch-Up 059: Dragon Ball Super Tournament of Power

Episode 676 - Jurgies Into Mystery #6: Thor vs. Thanos

Episode 675 - Only in Comics f/ Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum

Every Story Ever Special: March 2024

Episode 674 - Zoop and Zalad f/ Jordan Plosky

Episode 673 - Raw 3:16

Comics Catch-Up 058: Red Sonja (2013)

Episode 672 - Splortch Zone f/ Jeremy Whitley

Episode 671 - Jurgies Into Mystery #5: Thor vs. Thanos Round 1

Every Story Ever Special: February 2024

Episode 670 - Fantasy or Sci-fi? f/ Kel McDonald

Episode 669 - Three Daves f/ Dave Baker

Comics Catch-Up 057: X-Men Red (2022) #1-10

Episode 668 - Mutant Hurting Factor (Listener Questions Special)

Episode 667 - Jurgies into Mystery #4: The Enchanters Defeated

Every Story Ever Special: January 2024

Episode 666 - Raw as Hell

Episode 665 - It's His Name f/ Tom Kraft and Rand Hoppe

Comics Catch-Up 056: S.W.O.R.D. (2020)

Episode 664 - Gordies the 13th

Every Story Ever Special: December 2023

Episode 663 - A-Santa-sin Nation f/ Matt Fraction and Kyle Starks

Comics Catch-Up 055: Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer

Episode 662 - Raw Christmas Eve

Episode 661 - Tony Don't Snack

Every Story Ever Special - November 2023

Episode 660 - A Raw Thanksgiving

Comics Catch-Up 054: Black Widow (2016)

Episode 659 - If It's Good, Do It f/ Paul Grist

Episode 658 - Jurgies Into Mystery #3: Marnot Revealed

Every Story Ever Special: October 2023

Episode 657 - The Candy Bowl f/Benito Cereno

Episode 656 - A Little More Dirt f/ Alex de Campi and Erica Henderson

Comics Catch-Up 053: Fate Part 2

Episode 655 - Bruce Wayne Can Hoop (Listener Questions special)

Episode 654 - Raw Saturday Night

Every Story Ever Special: September 2023

Episode 653 - Jurgies Into Mystery #2: Battle With the Dark Gods

Episode 652 - Peer Pressure f/ Paul Allor

Episode 651 - Feel the Vibe of It f/ Tim Seeley and Jordan Blum

Comics Catch-Up 052: Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers

Episode 650 - Power Level 8 f/ Mark O. Stack

Episode 649 - Thursday Raw Thursday

Every Story Ever Special: August 2023

Episode 648 - Edit That Out f/ Marlene Thompson

Episode 647 - Fighting Game Birthday

Episode 646 - The Split Second After (Listener Questions Special)

Episode 645 - Jurgies Into Mystery #1: The Jurgie Begins