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HELLOOOOO ACC-tion heroes! This week, we are rebroadcasting our interview with writer, martial artist, meditation master, and friend of the show Steven Barnes! Steven talks about Luke Cage, meditation, and gives our listeners some tips for their own writing!

Hello ACC-tion Heroes! Today we have an interview with two friends of the show--Teresa and Megan (from Dorkadia). Teresa is an old college buddy of Marty and Nick, and she has been involved in Manga, Anime, and costume construction before they became a huge part of our nation nerd consciousness. Let's let Teresa talk about her origin story, the genre's of magna she enjoys, AND how she made Sailor Scout costumes.   Feature one: Manga Nana Revolutionary girl Utena Feature Two: Cosplay Claire Hummel

Hello ACC-tion heroes! Today we just have a dynamic duo--Marty and Tim--to discuss gender and race swapping of Avengers AND the always popular Pullbox!   Feature One: Swapping and Bending Tim notices that a large swath of Avengers have been gender swapped. What other characters does this make sense for?   Feature Two: Pull-box Marty: Letters from Lucardo vol 1, Uncommon Ground (Webcomic) The Defender Tim: Totally Awesome Hulk 15 Hulk 1 Wasp 1& Wasp 2

Hello ACC-tion heroes! We kick off African-American History Month by answering a very important question, and we move into a discussion of the current state of African Americans in comics.   Feature one: Is it okay to punch nazis? Yes.   Feature two: A quick overview of the Big Two Roxane Gay  World of Wakanda David F Walker Spider-Man Jimmy Olsen Kid Flash Deadshot

Hello and Welcome to ALL COMICS CONSIDERED, the comic book podcast with a Heart! Today Hannah (totally not a Xander) and Tim (Maybe totally a Giles) host a great show!   Feature One: Looking Forward Tim: Totally Awesome Hulk #15-17 Big Apple Showdown 15 16 17  Hannah: America Chavez Catching up on Rebirth   Feature Two: Pullbox Hannah: Hulk Writer - Mariko Tamaki Artist - Nico Leon Unstoppable Wasp writer - Jeremey Whitley artist - Elsa Charretier Tim: Nyx #3 Writer - Joe Quesada Pencilier - Joshua Middleton

Hello ACC-tion Heroes! What if...?! and Elseworlds are some of the ways the big 2 explore what would happen if there were significant changes in their canon: What if Aunt May was bitten by the radioactive spider, or if Martha and Jonathon Kent had a flat tire and never picked up baby Kal-el?   This week, we ask each other "What if?!"   Marty: Matt Murdock was a public defender?  Nick:   What if Victor Von Doom was on the Space ship instead of Reed Richards? HANNAH:  What if the DCU only had Shazam and no Clark Kent/superman/Kal-el Tim:  What If: Frank Castle became Ghost Rider?

Hello ACC-tion Heroes! What if...?! and Elseworlds are some of the ways the big 2 explore what would happen if there were significant changes in their canon: What if Aunt May was bitten by the radioactive spider, or if Martha and Jonathon Kent had a flat tire and never picked up baby Kal-el?

 

This week, we ask each other "What if?!"

 

• Marty: Matt Murdock was a public defender? 
• Nick:   What if Victor Von Doom was on the Space ship instead of Reed Richards?
• HANNAH:  What if the DCU only had Shazam and no Clark Kent/superman/Kal-el
• Tim:  What If: Frank Castle became Ghost Rider?

Hello ACC-tion heroes! Last week we asked you to talk about your favorite moments of Good Vs Evil, and today we are sharing some of our own favorite moments!  We even have time for a pullbox! Good over Evil - What are your favorite moments of good triumphing over evil? Marty: Ultimates issue 9; Ms Marvel #11 Nick: Transmet Hannah: Shazam: Power of Hope Kingdom Come (art: Alex Ross/writing: Mark Waid): A human talking sense to Superman, who then raises Captain Marvel’s cape among the flags of the UN The SHIELD agent who refuses to obey Crossbones in TWS. The German who refuses to kneel to Loki in Avengers. The New Yorkers that fight Green Goblin in the Amazing Spider-man 1. Tim: Marvel, and then DC and Archie defeated the repressive, wildly homophobic, and wholly unnecessary Comics Code Authority. Feature one: Pullbox! Marty: X-men/Mister Sinister 221 Tim: Code of Honor Issues #1-4 Hannah and Nick: Thoughts on Supergirl post-CW move. Less female-centric. More ensemble-focused, less Kara-centric. WTF is Jimmy doing becoming Guardian and keeping it secret? Who gives a shit about Mon-El? Losing important themes of the show (family and family you pick, friendship being what makes people heroic, etc) Why no biracial romance? Lost Cat Grant, gained...some guy who’s a jackass/”angry mentor” figure Best part: ALEX’S COMING OUT STORY! LESBIANS WHO CAN KISS! NO SQUICKY ROMANCE WITH MAX LORD! (superman p. good too) As per the 4-part x-over, we know that aliens are a thing in Earth-1 now.  Maybe we’ll get Power Girl in the main 3 Earth-1 shows?

Hello ACC-tion heroes! Last week we asked you to talk about your favorite moments of Good Vs Evil, and today we are sharing some of our own favorite moments! 

We even have time for a pullbox!

Good over Evil - What are your favorite moments of good triumphing over evil?

• Marty: Ultimates issue 9; Ms Marvel #11
• Nick: Transmet
• Hannah:
• • Shazam: Power of Hope
  • Kingdom Come (art: Alex Ross/writing: Mark Waid): A human talking sense to Superman, who then raises Captain Marvel’s cape among the flags of the UN
  • The SHIELD agent who refuses to obey Crossbones in TWS. The German who refuses to kneel to Loki in Avengers. The New Yorkers that fight Green Goblin in the Amazing Spider-man 1.
• Tim: Marvel, and then DC and Archie defeated the repressive, wildly homophobic, and wholly unnecessary Comics Code Authority.

Feature one: Pullbox!

• Marty: X-men/Mister Sinister 221
• Tim: Code of Honor Issues #1-4
• Hannah and Nick: Thoughts on Supergirl post-CW move.
• • Less female-centric. More ensemble-focused, less Kara-centric. WTF is Jimmy doing becoming Guardian and keeping it secret? Who gives a shit about Mon-El? Losing important themes of the show (family and family you pick, friendship being what makes people heroic, etc)
  • Why no biracial romance?
  • Lost Cat Grant, gained...some guy who’s a jackass/”angry mentor” figure
  • Best part: ALEX’S COMING OUT STORY! LESBIANS WHO CAN KISS! NO SQUICKY ROMANCE WITH MAX LORD! (superman p. good too)
  • As per the 4-part x-over, we know that aliens are a thing in Earth-1 now.  Maybe we’ll get Power Girl in the main 3 Earth-1 shows?

Hello ACC-tion heroes! We have five--yes five!--stories of good and evil to talk about this morning! Each one of our storytellers will be getting a pocket constitution! Thanks to everyone who shared a story OR shared a post.   Sergio The story of good defeating evil that I love the most is Angela Queen of Hel. Hella is oppressing angels but the journey is more personal than that. It's a story of love, love between a trans women of color and her beloved lady getting over the evils of Hel itself. It's powerful on so many levels when Angela manages to become the queen of Hel and gets to be free with her love again. Sera and Angela's love combating their own evils, their own fears, and very real threats makes it just such an amazing tale.   Aidan Halligan My choice is actually the opening pages of the Saga series, where Marko and Alana overcome the prejudice that has sustained the seemingly eternal war between their people, fall in love and bring new life into the universe. In doing so, they commit a cardinal sin in the eyes of their people but (in a delightfully gritty and 'real' birth sequence) show the triumph of love over learned animosity. As the Pakeha/European half of an inter-racial couple (raising two kids who have to tick a number of 'ethnicity' boxes on census forms) this felt pretty damn real. Given our current political climate, we need more Markos and Alanas out there who are willing to reject the lessons of hatred and embrace. Just embrace. So yeah, that's my choice. Not a triumph as such (given its place at the start of the narrative) but an act of defiance and rebellion that is all the more real because it marries political/personal so brilliantly.   Fred Zeleny Lots to choose from, but I was surprisingly touched by the recent issue of Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (the latest #1, I think?--pretty sure you’re right, Fred!), where SG meets Brain Drain, realizes something is wrong, and it unexpectedly turns into a tale about growing beyond our past selves and becoming better people over time.   Adam Anthony Also, there was this Alan Moore story, I'm not sure where it was originally printed but it tells the story of a Green Lantern (Katma Tui) who had to try to recruit someone to the Lantern Corps whose species has no concept of light.   Roger!