Make Mine Manga!

Personal obligations again keep the boys apart, but never fear! John is here, and he brought his sisters Erin, Christina, and Lauren along for a very fun pub quiz. Does watching the movie give you enough information to pass the book report? Let’s find out!

Whenever we need some easy reading, we remind ourselves that comics are a serialized medium and look for single issue stories. Are any of these stories (about Cloak and Dagger, Spider-Man, and Daredevil) buried treasures!

Yes! But which one?

What better way to pass your post-holiday food coma than by listening to a couple of knowledgeable blokes discuss the life and death of the most important literary figure in history?

Comics history, that is. And the assertion is that Wolverine is the most important. Discuss.

Planet Hulk is empirically one of the best Marvel comics ever made… but what about the stories that came next? The boys tackle World War Hulk and Banner’s vengeful rampage. Then we turn our attention to Hulk’s companions in Aftersmash: Warbound, and find ourselves surprisingly moved by the relationship between a couple of rocky bros.

This year, we’re thankful for… comics! But are we thankful for THESE comics? Give the episode a listen and find out what we thought of Photon and Love Unlimited featuring Ms. Marvel and Red Dagger.

As long as it’s still seasonally appropriate to watch Over the Garden Wall, it’s still seasonally appropriate to have a Halloween episode. Our annual return to Marvel Zombies brought some surprises in the form of Marvel Zombies 5, and our nostalgia buttons were definitely pressed when we read the RL Stine-penned Man-Thing. Did we actually like the stories? Listen to the episode and find out!

Once again, the demands of the real world have preempted out usual schedule, but never fear! John is here to reminisce about a series of short stories he holds in high regard: the frequent Marvel collaborations between Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale.

Legacy superheroes often star in compelling stories. How do the children of Wolverine fare in Orphans of X?

Plus, the boys take a look at the future past (or is the the past future) of a galaxy far, far away in Star Wars: Legacy. Now a Legends title!

The Masters of Evil may take center stage on this week’s discussion of Avengers: Under Siege and Thunderbolts, but you won’t believe how much Burn Notice we can manage to talk about at the same time.

The real world has been a beast lately, so the boys are taking a week off from the grind of… reading… comics.

To help pass the time, though, Stephen is here with three recommendations for favorite comics books.

That’s “books about comics,” not “comic books.” Here’s a good opportunity to practice those language comprehension skills that may have been left fallow for a while!