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- 487: The Beast is New Boot Goofin’
It’s official: The X-Men are coming to the MCU, and they’re looking at a young cast to kick things off! And that means it’s time for a ZERO ISSUES CASTING CALL! (which used to be a thing in Wizard Magazine, but that was cancelled years ago, so tough rocks!) We’ve got a list of 22 prospective cinematic mutants and we all have an actor and/or actress or two chosen for each role, except for a couple where someone was just stumped! We’re no Andrea Romanos or Sarah Finn Baileys, but let’s give this a shot!
Choose your Wolverine: Daniel Radcliffe, pro wrestler Pete Dunn, or Pablo Schreiber? Could Cillian Murphy be convinced to shave his head to be Professor X? Was Jayme Lawson born to be Storm? Could Tom Lennon bring his dry wit and new-boot-goofin’ to Hank McCoy? Is it possible to cast a better Magik than Anya Taylor Joy? Could we have a First Class of up-and-coming actors playing Cyclops, Phoenix, Iceman, The Beast, and Angel? Can you imagine a Skarsgård as Nightcrawler and/or Mr. Sinister? Should Adrien Brody, Michael Shannon or Mads Mikkelsen wear the helmet of Magneto? All this and many more! To me, my fan-casted X-Men!
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1 hr - 486: We were Talking about the Mole Man
It’s FANTASTIQUE FOUR – ZEE BABY’S FIRST STEPS!Film Reactions! Spoilers!Twilight!Rodney Dangerfield!Spinning Restaurants!Jive Bunny & the Master Mixers!Everything you expect from us and less!Direct Download: MP3
58 min - 485: You Put Your Robins in the Trunk
It’s LAVA LAMP episode time!Which means…. the boys just talk about a bunch of different things. A meandering episode where they discuss things like the Toxic Avenger teaming up with Jesus Christ, or whether they can recall a superhero flying economy at any point?Other topics that come up?….-Julian McMahon Dr Doom-Ranking all the Batmobiles-What’s your Mount Rushmore of comic characters?-Hellboy/Mike Mignola-Stephen KingAnd whatever else comes up…Join us won’t you?Direct Download: MP3
49 min - 484: Superman is a Movie
Superman is out, and we have seen it, so now we spoil it in an episode-long review/debate! Some of use loved it, some of us opposite-of-loved it, some of us are undecided and need to watch a video essay so that we can make that our opinion of the movie. Come, won’t you, to listen to three nerds argue about a comic book movie? At the end of the day, at least, there’s one thing that we can all agree on: The Mighty Crabjoys suuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.
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48 min - 483: “He’s Complicated!” and other Shooter Stories
Jim Shooter — the legendary writer and editor behind reviving the Legion of Super-Heroes and other DC titles in the ’60s, then his reign as Editor-in-Chief at Marvel during their ’70s-’80s hot streak, founder of Valiant Comics, and much more — sadly passed away on June 30th at the age of 73. So we’re taking a look back at the true titan’s legacy, his career and the history he made, and the “complicated” reputation he earned in the comic industry. Everyone has a story about Shooter, and we share some of our favourites from the comic biz’s wild history! Including a few personal near-brushes with The Tall One, discussing his works that left a particular impression on us, and his truly unbelievable origin story as a 13-year-old comic reader who was hired by DC and became one of their most important writers!
But first, we warm up with a very weird round of Character Storm, where one of us picks a name and the other two have to invent a character around it! Find out just who is… Rickety Tin? The Six Shooter? Dazz Lurhman? And a charming little tangent about the, uh, leading causes of death in Victorian London leads us to the sensational character find of 2025: FISTULA!
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47 min - 482: Hershey Kisses, and So On
I am the law, and so can you! This week, we are– inexplicably, unexplainedly, baffingly– taking the time to watch Judge Dredd, the 1995 Sylvester Stallone-led flop. What did we think? Did we love it? Are you about to listen to an hour of the three of us just gushing about Rob Schneider? No.
But first, in the Warmup, we let you know about (mostly) some of our favourite comic book-based Youtube channels! Because when you’re done listening to this, you might need something just a touch more thought out. Maybe. Perhaps. Here are some links!
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50 min - 481: My Jesus is Bigger than your Jesus
Ok. THIS one is a bit of a meandering conversation.This week’s episode starts with a Dad game (What if Bucky was Annihilus’ dad and other fun questions).And the main topic is comics and authoritarianism. And we DO discuss that. We do. But we jump all over and it just becomes a fun romp through various fields of things, jumping back & forth to authoritarianism and back out again.Hear about Tom Cruise, murder robots, Herman Minnesota and the driest sandwiches in America, DC Decisions, Saga and the schedule of that comic, Julian Chambliss, STOPP, Death of Stalin, and how a discussion of how a friend’s online religious post in the US led to talking about Stallone’s armwrestling masterpiece ‘Over the Top’.Strap in for the ride and join us, won’t you?Direct Download: MP3
52 min - 480: Bruce Said Bronson Lives in Boston
It’s Dramatic Reading time once again — that’s when we perform a classic comic radio-drama style while commenting and making jokes about it throughout! This time we take you back to 1972’s The Brave and the Bold #99, where Batman rents the old Wayne summer home from… Bruce Wayne… himself, for some reason! There he finds his parents’ ashes and an elaborate plan to resurrect them from the dead! But before he can hatch a plan, he has to contend with nightly sleep-walking possessions by OLD MANUEL, a harpooner of local legend! Sounds like a fine time for a shaggy-haired Barry Allen to come visit, and the aforementioned brave and bold heroes are soon sunk into a supernatural plot that might break DC canon as we know it! Can Batman overcome the ghosts of his dead parents? Can The Flash be quick enough to outrace the pull of Hell? Will one or both of our heroes mix the Wayne’s ashes with booze and drink it? Hey, also, why doesn’t Thomas Wayne have a moustache, and since when were the Waynes cremated? FIND OUT! RIGHT NOW! On this week’s Zero Issues.
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48 min - 479: Doctor Nosexy, and other Legitimate Medical Professionals
Doctor doctor, what do I do, I’ve got a bad case of talkin’ ’bout doctors! Also nurses, and medical professionals (and the medical field) in general! This week, we go over some very obscure medical characters (for example: Dr. Death, the original boneitis-haver!), Merk quizzes us on what is the made-up medical comic (spoiler: even the real ones sound dumb), and we imagine what it would be like if Frasier were part of the Marvel Universe. So, basically, just your average episode!But before all of that, we take some time to discuss the recent passing of Peter David, as well as highlight some of the amazing stories that he wrote throughout his lengthy career as a writer.So grab an out of date magazine and get comfy, because you’ll be waiting for about 45 minutes!Direct Download: MP3
44 min - 478: I’m Gonna Say Longer Dick
How many comic characters have been replaced? Whether temporarily, for a good stint, or permanently? Quite a few apparently, when the boys delve into the topic and start uncovering a slew of them. From Blue Beetle to Dr Fate, Ms Marvel to Green Lantern(s). Then there’s the Thors and the Spider-Guys. They go pretty in depth into the numerous replacements for Captain America and Batman. By this point they’re asking ‘who hasn’t been replaced?!’All that plus a Bry led replacement quiz!Oh, the hosts…. they’re not who they say they are!Direct Download: MP3
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A weekly podcast series hosted by three bald indie comic artists. Join us as we discuss, analyze, and obsess over comic books and all things pop culture!