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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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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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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!
ComicTropes
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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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This week it’s ALL NEWS, with endless comic and pop culture developments to dig through! Including: The Buffy revival and Sarah Michelle Gellar reveal the new Vampire Slayer! Amazon Prime absolutely isn’t making a Judge Dredd series with Karl Urban, so definitely don’t obnoxiously demand it from them until they actually do, haha! IDW announces even more TMNT spin-off comics including Shredder, Casey Jones, and a first-ever reprint run of Peter Laird and Jim Lawson’s currently-unfinished “Volume Four”! Krysten Ritter is back to knock some sense into Hell’s Kitchen as Jessica Jones in the next season of “Daredevil”! “Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow” has just wrapped filming, and the DCU train is picking up speed! The Mario movie sequel will be called “Super Mario World”, suggesting potential and unforgivable Birdo erasure! The Eisner nominations have been announced, and they include Tom King, a whole slew of Absolute DC heroes, James Tynion IV’s Department of Truth, Santos Sisters, PeePee PooPoo (tee-hee), and even more!
Oh yeah, and the trailers! We dig into the new teasers and trailers and teaser-trailers for SUPERMAN (and its many, many characters), IRONHEART (the series Marvel forgot they made), PEACEMAKER SEASON TWO (I’m seeing double – four John Cenas), and even a possible glimpse at SPIDER-NOIR (provided they’re not all AI fakes)! All that and some serious journalism from ComicsBeat covering the financial crimes of a former IDW president! This one’s got it all!!
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