More fun from Wizard 128 with returning guest, Phillip Sevy discussing Wizard's picks for the Top 10 Most Influential Comic Book Artists of All Time, exploring the many comic book references on The Simpsons, a look at the new Cable/Soldier X creative team, a goofy Last Team Standing battle pitting the Avengers against the Justice Friends and more!

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Special guest, Chris Denmead from The Spidey Dude Radio Network joins us to dive into the Spider-Hype of the comic book world during the release of the first Sam Raimi Spider-Man film as featured in the Wizard Spider-Man Special from 2002. Jenkins/Ramos, Straczynski/Romita Jr and more! Plus learn all about his Bernie Wrightson documentary being shown at Comic Con International in San Diego this year.

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Adam and Mike Schwartz explore issue 128 of Wizard, discussing the excitement of the Geoff Johns/Scott Kolins The Flash series, the origins of Free Comic Book Day, Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in Spider-Man and more. Plus, the announcement of the two comic creators who won the online poll to become the new competitors in our long-running Hype Machine segment.

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Michael and Adam are so excited about the 2026 Summer movie season that they just had to get together to talk about their anticipation for films like Mortal Kombat II, The Mandalorian and Grogu, Masters of the Universe, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Supergirl and more. Which do they think will be blockbusters and which had them scratching their heads? Listen now and find out, Geeks!

Mike Schwartz joins Adam to dive deeper into the 10th anniversary issue of Wizard magazine. Join these reunited co-hosts as they discuss a Last Team Standing battle between the rogues galleries of Spider-Man and The Flash, explore the 10 Greatest comic book stories of the decade, Top 100 Covers of All Time, an interview with Willem Dafoe about playing Green Goblin in Spider-Man and an interview with the collaborators of Garth Ennis. All this and "Justice for Rob Liefeld"? Listen now!

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We celebrate the 10th anniversary of Wizard magazine with returning WIZARDS co-hosts, Steven Tsapelas and Michael Cannetti, exploring the 25 biggest events that rocked the comics world from 1991-2001, behind the scenes stories from Wizard history, announcing the winner of the Jim & Todd's Hype Machine competition and more! Missing Mike Schwartz? Don't worry, he's joining the celebration as the co-host of the 1/2 episode.

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Managing Editor of Comics Beat and co-host of Comic Book School on YouTube, Deanna Destito joins us to talk about her early days as an intern for Wizard magazine. Hear stories about interviewing Stan Lee, Brian Pulido and other comic book creators. Plus, some real talk about what is was like being a young female in the Wizard bullpen, tips for successful collaboration in comic book creating and more.

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On this 1/2 episode we're reviewing the Image Comics 10th anniversary hardcover, a Tigra mini-series by Christina Z. and Mike Deodato Jr. from 2002, plus Hulk: The End by Peter David and Dale Keown. Also, an interview with Chuck Dixon about jumping ship to CrossGen in 2002, a Casting Call for an Image Comics movie, Mort of the Month and more!

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Longtime podcaster and comic book fan, Michael DiGiovanni joins us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Image Comics as presented in Wizard issue 126. Plus, Wizard tackles the biggest mysteries of comic books, Frank Miller's $1 million paycheck for The Dark Knight Strikes Again and more.

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We say farewell to our friend and co-host, William Bruce West on this episode, then explore the rest of issue 125 of Wizard magazine.

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