Wizard declares the Best of the Best in comics for the year 2000, a Last Woman Standing Battle between Batgirl and Batgirl (?) and Mort of the Month. Plus, former WIZARDS co-host and Fantastic Four superfan, Steven Tsapelas stops by to give his review of Fantastic Four: First Steps. All this an more on a ver fun, mini-episode!

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In this sneak preview of Wizards the Podcast Guide to Comics Patreon Exclusive podcast "Super Cinema" Adam, Michael, and Pete dive deep into #superman  2025 directed by #JamesGunn, and #fantasticfourfirststeps  starring #pedropascal  and #VanessaKirby.  In this slightly spoiler free review we share with you a sampling of the fun we have over on #Patreon and all the goodness we geeks found in these two massive #blockbuster #movies.  For this and more follow us on the links below.

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Former Marvel Comics employee and co-host of the Dollar Bin Bandits podcast, Mike Farah joins us to talk the origins of Ultimate X-Men and The Dark Knight Strikes Again, WIZARD's rankings for the 10 Toughest Superhero Teams, the inspiring story of Michael Turner and more.

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Comic book writer, Todd Matthy of Dynamite's Robots vs Princesses joins Adam to referee a Last Man Standing battle between Namor and Aquaman, review Just A Pilgrim from Black Bull, explore new Image Comics of the early 2000's and Mort of the Month. Plus tons of 80s cartoon talk and so much more. 

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In this unlocked archive episode of Super Cinema brought to you by Wizards The Podcast Guide To Comics, we discuss all the various iterations of Superman on TV, the good, the bad, the great, and why would they make that?  Join, Adam, Michael, Mike, and Pete as we discuss this and more.  You can find this and more on our Patreon Exclusive Super Cinema Series.  

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In this interview collaborators and friends, Bart Sears and Mark McNabb share stories of their time together at the Joe Kubert School, working for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, designing Hasbro's COPS N' Crooks line of toys, creating iconic covers for Wizard magazine and so much more.

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Adam and Mike Schwartz explore issue 111 of Wizard featuring a TON of Stan Lee and Joe Quesada stories, Wizard's picks for 80's cartoon comic book dream teams, a Fantastic Four movie Casting Call by Jeph Loeb, plus more superhero movie and comic news of the year 2000.

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Adam returns to respond to Mike and Michael's criticism of the show during his absence, then dives into a Last Man Standing battle between Bizarro and Venom, reviews the JLA/Witchblade crossover and Killraven 2020, plus the criminal records of comic book writers, rare Golden Age DC Comics ashcans and more!

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Mike Schwartz and Michael Cannetti host this episode while Adam is on a family road trip, discussing "comic book convicts" writing in to the magazine, Joe Quesada becoming Editor In Chief of Marvel Comics, Mark Waid taking over JLA, Alex Ross' ideas for a Spider-Man movie costume and more.

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More fun to be had with issue 109 of Wizard as we discuss a Last Man Standing battle between Space Ghost and The Tick, Garth Ennis casts a The Punisher movie, explore the original 7 comics to get a 10.0 grade from the CGC and so much more!

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