Episode 140: The Sword

Episode 140: The Sword

This week, Vince and I cover a listener-submitted series: The Sword from Image. The series ran for 24 issues, almost entirely created by the Luna brothers (Joshua and Jonathan). I got through all 24 issues, while Vince made it through half the series. We don’t spoil everything that happens in the series, however we do give our honest thoughts on the work, which has its ups and downs. We also cover a lot of titles in our What We’re Reading segment. Lots of good stuff. Enjoy. Discussion The Sword What We’re Reading Vince: Indestructible Hulk, Venom Roger: X-Men Legacy, Forever Evil, Infinity The Hunt, Injustice, Mighty Avengers, Uncanny X-Force New Releases DC Action Comics #23.3 Batman #23.3 (The Penguin) Batman And Robin #23.3 (Ra’s al Ghul And The League Of Assassins) Batman Beyond Universe #2 Batman The Dark Knight #23.3 (Clayface) Detective Comics #23.3 (The Scarecrow) Flash #23.3 (The Rogues) Green Lantern #23.3 (Black Hand) Justice League #23.3 (Dial E) Justice League Dark #23.2 (Eclipso) Justice League Of America #7.3 (Shadow Thief) Superman #23.3 (H’el) Swamp Thing #23.1 (Arcane) Teen Titans #23.2 (Deathstroke) Wonder Woman #23.1 (The Cheetah) Marvel Cable And X-Force #14 Captain Marvel #16 Daredevil #31 Infinity #3 (Of 6) New Avengers #10 Powers Bureau #7 Savage Wolverine #8 Secret Avengers #9 Superior Carnage #3 (Of 5) Superior Spider-Man #18 Thor God Of Thunder #13 Thunderbolts #15 Ultimate Comics X-Men #31 Uncanny X-Men #12 Venom #41 Wolverine MAX #11 X-Men Legacy #17 Image Mind The Gap #14 Morning Glories #31 Zero #1 Others Buzzkill #1 (Of 4) (Dark Horse Comics) Kiss Me Satan #1 (Dark Horse Comics) iTunes | RSS feed If you enjoy the show, please make certain to stop by iTunes and leave us a review!...

Episode 136: Friggin’ Turtles

Episode 136: Friggin’ Turtles

Normally, Vince likes to wait till a story-arc is done before covering it on the podcast, however after reading the last issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he just couldn’t hold it in anymore. This week, we talk about the first three issues of the on-going story-arc, gushing about the writing, the art, hell, even the fight choreography. Everything rocks. We also cover a creator-owned series which was submitted to us for review. The series, Zoe: Out of Time is available quite cheap, and is well worth the cost. It’s not without a few minor issues, but overall, it’s definitely something you’ll want to check out. Also this week, a crapload of different titles in the What We’re Reading segment. Enjoy. Discussion Zoe: Out of Time Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #22-24 What We’re Reading Vince: Infinity, Uncanny X-Force, Astonishing X-Men, Wolverine and the X-Men Roger: Batman Beyond, Justice League Beyond, Superior Spider-Man, Superior Spider-Man Team-Up, Ultimate Comics X-Men, Uncanny X-Men New Releases Marvel: Avengers #18 Avengers Assemble #18 Cable and X-Force #13 Indestructible Hulk #12 Nova #7 Superior Spider-Man #16 Ultimates #29 Venom #39 X-Factor #261 X-Men #4 X-Men Legacy #15 DC: Animal Man #23 Batman and Nightwing #23 Justice League Dark #23 Red Hood and the Outlaws #23 Superman Unchained #3 Wonder Woman #23 Other: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Villain Microseries #5: Karai (IDW) Sixth Gun #33 (Oni) iTunes | RSS feed If you enjoy the show, please make certain to stop by iTunes and leave us a review!...

Episode 117: Hobo What?!

Episode 117: Hobo What?!

News The M Word Remender interview Discussion Fatale #1-5 What We’re Reading Vince: Fantastic Four, Uncanny X-Force, X-Men Legacy Roger: Requiem New Releases Marvel: Age of Apocalypse #14 Age of Ultron #4 All-New X-Men #10 Indestructible Hulk #6 Red She-Hulk #64 Superior Spider-Man #7 Thanos Rising #1 Ultimate X-Men #25 Venom #33 DC: Animal Man #19 Detective Comics #19 Earth 2 #11 Green Lantern #19 Swamp Thing #19 Other: Uber #0 (Avatar) Hypernaturals #10 (BOOM!) Godzilla: The Half-Century War #5 (IDW) Mind the Gap #9 (Image) iTunes | RSS feed If you enjoy the show, please make certain to stop by iTunes and leave us a review!...

Episode 114: Can’t agree on anything

Episode 114: Can’t agree on anything

This week, Vince and I can’t seem to agree on anything. While he enjoyed Uncanny Avengers, I found it lacking, and while he was disappointed in Age of Ultron, I actually quite liked it. You know what that means; I was right. Don’t forget about the current giveaway. There’s still time to get your emails to me at roger (at) comicbookinformer (dot) come for your chance at a signed copy of Uncanny Skullkickers #1. Discussion Uncanny Avengers #3 & 4 Age of Ultron #1 Uncanny Skullkickers #1 What We’re Reading Vince: Superior Spider-Man, All-New X-Men, Secret Avengers Roger: Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Force, Justice League Beyond #18 New Releases Marvel; Age of Ultron #2 Alpha: Big Time #2 Avengers Assemble #13 Avenging Spider-Man #18 Fantastic Four #5 Secret Avengers #2 Thor: God of Thunder #6 Ultimate Wolverine #1 Ultimate X-Men #24 Uncanny X-Men #3 Wolverine #1 Wolverine and The X-Men #26 X-Men Legacy #7 X-Treme X-Men #12 DC: Batman #18 Batman and Robin #18 Demon Knights #18 Suicide Squad #18 Other: Ghost #4 (Dark Horse) Star Wars #3 (Dark Horse) Ghostbusters #2 (IDW) Manhattan Projects #10 (Image) Mind the Gap #8 (Image) Walking Dead #108 (Image) Where is Jake Ellis? #3 (Image) Archer and Armstrong #8 (Valiant) iTunes | RSS feed If you enjoy the show, please make certain to stop by iTunes and leave us a review!...

Episode 108: Making out with himself

Episode 108: Making out with himself

This week, Vince and I tackle more of the new Marvel NOW! titles, with a couple Avengers and some X-Peeps. Honestly, I’ve gotten really tired of the adjective stupidity with the titles, or perhaps we should say lack of imagination. Vince points this out with the “New Avengers”, which doesn’t really jive with the story. Enjoy. Discussion New Avengers #1 Savage Wolverine #1 Uncanny X-Force #1 Young Avengers #1 What We’re Reading Vince: Uncanny Avengers, Wolverine and the X-men, Wonder Woman, The Answer! Roger: Chew, 47 Ronin New Releases Marvel: Avengers #4 Dark Avengers #186 Hawkeye #7 Punisher: War Zone #4 Superior Spider-Man #2 X-Treme X-Men #9 DC: Aquaman #16 Flash #16 Talon #4 Other: Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #1 (IDW) Happy #3 (Image) Invincible #100 (Image) Mara #2 (Image) iTunes | RSS feed If you enjoy the show, please make certain to stop by iTunes and leave us a review!...

Episode 102: Drowning Daken FTW

Episode 102: Drowning Daken FTW

This week’s episode started with an impromptu discussion of the latest couple super-hero movies which have just come out on video: Spider-Man and Batman. Neither of which I really cared for. Well, maybe that’s a little strong. I just have a lot of bad feels about both. There are things which really irked me a lot, and normally, I go into comic book adaptation movies with very, very low expectations. It was a fun conversation which we hadn’t planned. I love tossing those wrenches into Vince’s carefully planned episodes. /insert evil grin here Afterward, we dove headfirst into the latest Uncanny X-Force issues to discuss the amazing work Remender has done. Enjoy. Discussion Uncanny X-Force #30-34 What We’re Reading Vince: Minimum Carnage, All-New X-Men, Chew Roger: Hawkeye #3-4, All-New X-Men #2, Chew, A+X #2, FF #1, Retrovirus #1 New Releases Marvel: All-New X-Men #3 Amazing Spider-Man #699 Avengers #1 Avenging Spider-Man #15 Daredevil: End of Days #3 Deadpool #3 Hawkeye #5 Iron Man #3 Punisher: War Zone #2 Red She-Hulk #60 Thunderbolts #1 Ultimates #18.1 X-Factor #248 DC: Animal Man #15 Detective Comics #15 Earth 2 #7 Swamp Thing #15 Other: Hypernaturals #6 (BOOM!) Hellboy in Hell #1 (Dark Horse) Voltron: Year One #6 (Dynamite) Cyber Force #2 (Image) Guarding the Globe #4 (Image) Invincible #8 (Image) iTunes | RSS feed If you enjoy the show, please make certain to stop by iTunes and leave us a review!...

Episode 091: X-Force Wrap-Up

Episode 091: X-Force Wrap-Up

We’re a little late with this episode, however Sarah started a new shift which prevented us from recording until the weekend. Still, it was a fun episode, shooting the breeze ’bout Rob Liefeld’s recent Twitter attacks, as well as wrapping up all that’s happened in Uncanny X-Force since the Dark Angel Saga ended. Referenced: Liefeld’s Worst 40; Liefeld’s Worst 40 (More); Liefeld’s Twitter stream. Discussion Uncanny X-Force What We’re Reading Roger: Spider-Men #4, Avengers vs X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man (wrong issue stated during podcast… we’ll be covering 692 next week) Sarah: Captain Marvel #2 New Releases DC COMICS All-Star Western #12 Batman Incorporated #3 Batman The Dark Knight #12 Before Watchmen Dr. Manhattan #1 (Of 4) Flash #12 Green Lantern New Guardians #12 Justice League Dark #12 Savage Hawkman #12 Scalped #60 (Final Issue) Superman #12 Teen Titans #12 Voodoo #12 MARVEL COMICS Amazing Spider-Man #692 Astonishing X-Men #53 Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe #4 (Of 4) Fear Itself Avengers TP Fear Itself TP Secret Avengers #30, $3.99 Uncanny X-Men #17 Venom #23 Wolverine #312 Wolverine Annual #1 (The finale to the tale started in FF Annual #33 and DD Annual #1.) X-Men Legacy #272 OTHER Dragon Age Those Who Speak #1 (Of 3) (Dark Horse) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13 (IDW) iTunes | RSS feed If you enjoy the show, please make certain to stop by iTunes and leave us a review!...

Episode 067: Grim Hunt

Episode 067: Grim Hunt

We were thrilled to hear that Jonathan Maberry had been nominated for a Stoker Award for Marvel Universe vs Wolverine, and wish him the best of luck. We’re also very happy that the medium is finally getting a shot at an award this year. It’s about time comics are more widely recognized as being able to deliver great stories, as with traditional books/short stories. So this is the week I’ve been waiting for… well, at least since last week. Vince made me read Kraven’s Last Hunt as well as Grim Hunt, and as became apparent last week, I was nowhere near as enthusiastic about either of these story arcs as Vince is. We tackled the first story arc last week, opening up the flood gates for our argument regarding the second this week. Enjoy. Annoying Vince for the enjoyment of our listeners is all in a day’s work for me. News Stoker Awards Discussion Grim Hunt (Amazing Spider-Man #634-637) What We’re Reading Vince: Uncanny X-Force, assorted Avengers comics Roger: Teen Titans #5, Suicide Squad #4-5, Uncanny X-Men New Releases Marvel Amazing Spider-Man #680 Avengers #23 FF #15 New Avengers #22 Ultimate X-Men #8 Venom #13.4 Invincible Iron Man, Vol 8: Unfixable TPB Punisher by Greg Rucka, Vol 1 Hardcover Uncanny X-Force: The Dark Angel Saga, Book 2 Hardcover DC Batman Beyond Unlimited #1 Justice League #6 Scalped #56 Other Voltron #3 (Dynamite) Invincible #89 (Image) Walking Dead #94 (Image) Samurai’s Blood TPB (Image) iTunes | RSS feed If you enjoy the show, please make certain to stop by iTunes and leave us a review!...

Episode 060: Transforming Thrall

Episode 060: Transforming Thrall

This week, Vince and I tackle the newly-returned (no one saw this coming) Fantastic Four. We also cover Uncanny X-Force, which is prepping for the upcoming Age of Apocalypse. We also give our thoughts on Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm, which was sadly, not nearly as good as we’d hoped. Enjoy. Discussion Fantastic Four 601 Uncanny X-Force 19.1 Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm What We’ve Been Reading Vince: X-Men Legacy #259 & 260, Secret Avengers #20 Roger: Uncharted New Releases Marvel AVENGERS 1959 #5 (OF 5) AVENGERS SOLO #3 (OF 5) NEW AVENGERS #20 SECRET AVENGERS #21 CAPTAIN AMERICA #7 DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #19 GHOST RIDER CYCLE OF VENGEANCE #1 INCREDIBLE HULK #4 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #633 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #677 SCARLET SPIDER #1 SPIDER-MAN SPIDER-ISLAND HC ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #6 WOLVERINE #300 WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #4 X-FACTOR #230 X-MEN LEGACY #260.1 DC BATGIRL #5 BATMAN AND ROBIN #5 BATWOMAN #5 BLACKHAWKS #4 DEATHSTROKE #5 DEMON KNIGHTS #5 FRANKENSTEIN AGENT OF SHADE #5 GREEN LANTERN #5 GRIFTER #5 RESURRECTION MAN #5 SCALPED #55 SUICIDE SQUAD #5 SUPERBOY #5 Other DARK MATTER #1 (OF 4) STAR WARS AGENT OF THE EMPIRE IRON ECLIPSE #2 (OF 5) STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC WAR #1 (OF 5) TRANSFORMERS MORE THAN MEETS EYE #1 iTunes | RSS feed If you enjoy the show, please make certain to stop by iTunes and leave us a review!...

Episode 059: Year in Review

Episode 059: Year in Review

Year in Review “Basically, just a look back at what we liked best over the past year. Not necessarily a “best of” because I’ll be damned if I can remember half the comics I read this year.” – Vince What We Liked Flashpoint New 52 – Batman – Flash Amazing Spider-Man – Spider Island Venom Uncanny X-Force Marvel Universe vs Wolverine Chew Individual Picks Vince: Punisher, Journey into Mystery, Avengers Academy Roger: Death of Spider-Man, The Walking Dead: Karl Gets Shot What We’re Looking Forward To Team Remender (Uncanny X-Force, Venom, Secret Avengers) The Walking Dead (Issue 100) New Releases Marvel Avengers Academy #24 Defenders #2 Fear Itself: The Fearless #6 Hulk #47 Punisher #7 Thunderbolts #168 Uncanny X-Force #19.1 Uncanny X-Men #4 DC Animal Man #5 Huntress #4 Red Lanterns #5 Swamp Thing #5 Other Irredeemable #33 (BOOM!) Flash Gordon: Zeitgeist #2 (Dynamite) Fatale #1 (Image) iTunes | RSS feed If you enjoy the show, please make certain to stop by iTunes and leave us a review!...

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