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Join Mike, Micah, Bill and Jay (Modern Lover) as they discuss a boat load of comic books like Blackest Night, Justice League of America, Hellblazer, Secret Six, Beasts of Burden, Milk and Cheese, Johnny DC, Comics for Kids, Azrael, Black Panther, The Incredibles, Batman Books, Sweet Tooth, Incorruptible, Orc Stain, Forgetless, Darkness/Pitt, Sweet Tooth, Sword, New Jersey Gods, Project Superpowers, Wonder Woman, Buck Rogers, The Goon, Archie and much much more. We also discuss tons of TV like The L-Word, Zena, The Prisoner, Dr. Who, Pawn Stars, Lost, Oz, Batman The Brave and The Bold, Star Wars Clone Wars, Freakazoid, The Human Target, Looking for the Next Iron Chef, Durham County. Movies include Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, Daybreakers, Princess and the Frog, Invictus, Twilight, Star Trek The Undiscovered Country, Observe and Report, and more……Plus some food over the holidays and an announcement. Enjoy the marathon of an episode.

Tags: Archie, Avatar, azrael, Batman Books, batman: the brave and the bold, Beasts of Burden, black panther, blackest night, buck rogers, Comics for Kids, Darkness/Pitt, Daybreakers, Dr. Who, Durham County, Forgetless, Freakazoid, hellblazer, Incorruptible, Invictus, johnny dc, justice league of america, Looking for the Next Iron Chef, Lost, Milk and Cheese, New Jersey Gods, Observe and Report, Orc Stain, oz, Pawn Stars, Princess and the Frog, project superpowers, secret six, sherlock holmes, Star Trek The Undiscovered Country, Star Wars Clone Wars, Sweet Tooth, sword, the goon, The Human Target, the incredibles, The L-Word, the prisoner, twilight, wonder woman, Xena

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Host Derek Coward talks about the just completed Wednesday Comics.

Tags: batman, blackhawk, catwoman, deadman, green lantern, hal foster, Hawkman, howard chaykin, jack kirby, kamandi, kyle baker, metal men, paul pope, prince valiant, ryan sook, strange adventures, supergirl, superman, teen titans, the demon, the flash, the shadow, wonder woman

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Mike and Eric open the show with top 5 lists of “bromances” (man, I hate that word) in DC Comics. We then move on to some quick miscellaneous comics talk including Wonder Woman and Green Arrow/Black Canary. Our full reviews/annotations are for –

Batman: The Widening Gyre #1 – 00:12:29 to 00:24:03
Justice Society of America #30 – 00:24:03 to 00:34:52
Supergirl Annual #1 – 00:34:52 to 00:44:59
Action Comics #881 – 00:44:59 to 00:52:34

Tags: action comics, batman the widening gyre, green arrow/black canary, justice society of america, supergirl, wonder woman

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From September 20, 2007:

“Around Comics welcomes Australian artist Nicola Scott. Listen in to hear how Nicola got her start in comics and how she manages her collaborations from the other side of the globe. Nicola is staying on art duties for Birds of Prey for now, and she discusses the beginning of Sean McKeever’s run as writer on the series. Find out how Nicola almost became a real life Wonder Woman and why Gail Simone fears for the life of My Little Pony. If you’re a DC fan and enjoy Nicola’s work, she has some great news for you as well.”

Tags: around comics, birds of prey, family friend, gail simone, nicola scott, sean mckeever, wonder woman

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This week Mike and Eric start the show with a quick round up of several recent comics we read which includes Wednesday Comics, Green Arrow/Black Canary 22, Solomon Grundy 5, Wonder Woman 34, JSA vs Kobra 1 and 2, Strange Adventures 5, Justice League of America 35, Justice Society of America 29, Teen Titans 71, Secret Six 11, North 40 1, Final Crisis Aftermath: Run 3, Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape 3 and The Nobody OGN. Then we move into a huge Blackest Night spoiler discussion with –

Blackest Night #1 (00:21:00 to 00:53:25)
Green Lantern #44 (00:53:25 to 01:04:23)
Blackest Night: Tales of the Corps 1 – 3 (01:05:27 to 01:12:47)

And finally we throw in some discussion of JLA: Cry for Justice #1 (01:12:47 to 01:21:12).

Tags: blackest night, blackest night: tales of the corps, final crisis aftermath: escape, final crisis aftermath: run, green arrow/black canary, green lantern, jsa vs kobra, justice league of america, Justice League: Cry For Justice, justice society of america, north 40, secret six, solomon grundy, strange adventures, teen titans, the nobody, wednesday comics, wonder woman

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Mike and Eric top the show with the Top 5 lists of DC Comics we wish more people would buy, along with some listener contributions. Our reviews and annotations this episode are for the following:

Batman 688 (00:18:25 to 00:24:46)
Secret Six 10 (00:24:46 to 00:31:31)
Green Lantern Corps 38 (00:31:31 to 00:39:30)
Green Lantern 43 (00:39:30 to 00:49:46)
Superman 689 (00:49:46 to 00:59:24)

We close the show with some quick non-spoiler discussion of Dead Romeo, Wonder Woman and Justice League: Cry For Justice.

Tags: batman, dead romeo, green lantern, green lantern corps, Justice League: Cry For Justice, secret six, superman, wonder woman

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Hosts Mike Myers and Eric Martin open the show with some back issue discussion of Adventure Comics #435 (1974) and Jack Kirby’s O.M.A.C. issues 1 and 2. we then move in to some non spoiler discussion of Wednesday Comics 1 and 2. We also have an impromptu Top 5 list of our 5 favorite strips from Wednesday Comics.

The full spoiler reviews/annotations this time are for Final Crisis Aftermath: Escape #2 (00:19:49 to 00:23:19) Final Crisis Aftermath: Dance #2 and Ink #2 are quickly discussed (00:23:19 to 00:26:07) Final Crisis Aftermath: Run #2 (00:26:07 to 00:34:59) Last Days of Animal Man #2 (00:34:59 to 00:40:39) JSA vs Kobra #1 (00:40:39 to 00:47:12).

Tags: adam strange, adventure comics, batman, deadman, demon and catwoman, final crisis aftermath: dance, final crisis aftermath: escape, final crisis aftermath: ink, final crisis aftermath: run, green lantern, Hawkman, jack kirby, jsa vs kobra, kamandi, last days of animal man, metal men, metamorpho, OMAC, sgt rock, supergirl, superman, teen titans, the flash, wednesday comics, wonder woman

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Hosts Angie Paman and Derek Coward return with more talk about stuff including jobs wanted and gotten, Comcast dream job, public speaking, Q and A sessions, sick kids, new puppies, throat punching, Youngblood, “the jack kirby of his generation”, Watchmen trailer, Star Trek trailer, Wolverine Origin trailer, Absolute Watchmen, Absolute V for Vendetta, hate for Transformers, love For Transformers, Wonder Woman Barbie, Bad packaging, Dog waste, “It’s a very big responsibility.”, open doors, Screamland, Comics Addiction Episode 77, Interviews, Getting along like cats and dogs, dog alarms, Brian Wood, No hot water, Feeding dogs, The Stack, Lying In The Gutters, Secret Invasion ending and a review of The Spirit.

All of the music on this show is by the band ‘Man Man’ and is played with the permission of the record label Ace Fu Records.

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Tags: absolute editions, ace fu records, barbie, brian wood, children, comcast, comics addiction, jack kirby, jobs, lying in the gutters, man man, movie, public speaking, puppies, rob liefeld watchmen, screamland, secret invasion, star trek, the spirit, transformers, v for vendetta, wolverine origins, wonder woman, youngblood

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Host Derek Coward finishes his look at the best of 2008 by talking about the titles that he has heard good things about but has never checked out yet, best miniseries that didn’t finish in 2008, best #1 comics of 2008 and the best graphic novels.

Related links (*-Amazon link, so help a brother out):
* Rasl Volume 1: The Drift
The Boy Who Made Silence
* House of Mystery
* Young Liars
* Captain Britain and MI:13
‘76
* Tangent: Superman’s Reign
The Infinite Horizon
Stephen King’s The Stand: Captain Trips
* The Twelve
* Love and Rockets: New Stories #1
* Madame Xanadu #1
Comic Book Comics
* Locke & Key
Kick-Ass
* Man With No Name
* Queen and Country Definitive Edition
* Noble Causes Archives
* The Walking Dead, Vol. 8: Made to Suffer
* Hellblazer: The Laughing Magician

Tags: '76, 11 O'Clock Comics, 52, a fistful of dollars, action philosophers, alan moore, alex ross, amazon marketplace, amy reeder hadley, andy diggle, angela paman, b clay moore, babylon five, batman, best of 2008, black canary, black samurai, black terror, blaxsploitation, bone, booster gold, brian azzarello, bruce jones, bruce le, bruce li, bruce wayne, bryan deemer, camelot, captain britain and mi13, captain trips, charles vess, chinese connection, chris marshall, chris weston, christopher neseman, civil war, classics illustrated, clint eastwood, collected comics library, comic book comics, comics code authority, continuity, cool, countdown to final crisis, dabel brothers, dan jurgens, dan spiegle, daredevil, dark horse, dc comics, dead world: frozen over, death defying devil, desperado publishing, detroit comics, dynamite entertainment, ec comics, evil twin comics, evil white cops, fifth week event, first comics, for a few dollars more, fred van lente, frederic wertham, gabriel rodriguez, game of death, Geek Brunch, geoff johns, golden age heroes, graphic novels, green arrow, green arrow year one, green lama, green lantern, greg rucka, guy pearce, heartbreak soup, hellblazer, hellblazer joy ride, hellblazer the laughing magician, hippies, house of mystery, house of secrets, hulk, idw, image comics, inferno, infinite horizon, invincible iron man, irresponsible speculation, j michael straczynski, jackie chan, jackie karma, james caviezel, jamie delano, jay faerber, jeff smith, jim krueger, jlapes, joe hill, john constantine, john stewart, jsa, kick-ass, kung fu movies, legion of super-heroes archives, leonard kirk, leonardo manco, lex luthor, little gold book, locas, locke and key, love and rockets, love and rockets: the new stories, madame xanadu, magneto, manhattan, mark evanier, markosia comics, marvel comics, matt fraction, matt wagner, matthew sturges, mike grell, new universe, next issue project, noble causes, noble causes archives, oliver queen, omega the unknown, oni press, oz, palomar, paul cornell, perhapanauts, peter david, phantom stranger, power girl, project superpowers, proof, psi-force, public domain, queen and country, queen and country definitive edition, racist hero, rasl, ryan dunleavy, salvation run, scott cederlund, secret invasion, sergio leone, seth peck, shared universe, shazam and the monster society of evil, spaghetti western, spider-man, stephen king, steve sadowski, sting, superman, swamp thing, tangent comics, tara chace, the atom, The Boy Who Made Silence, the count of monte cristo, the demon etrigan, the flash, the good the bad and the ugly, the joker, the losers, the man with no name, the odyssey, the programme, The Readerfeed, the stand, the sword, the twelve, the unexpected, the yellow kid, vandal savage, vertigo, Vince Bonovoglia, waiting for the trade, walking dead, wally west, watchmen, wednesday's haul, white event, wonder woman, wonderland, young liars, zero killer, zombie

My mystery comic book finally arrived today from the Amazon Marketplace. Since I have it in my possession and I don’t have to worry about people rushing out to buy it (and therefore driving up the price for me to get it), I can finally make the big reveal.

It is JLA: Secret Origins by Paul Dini and Alex Ross, the only one of their oversized books that I didn’t own.

I haven’t read it thoroughly yet, but I like what I have seen by just thumbing through it. It appears to be a collection of two page retellings of the origins stories of the Justice League of America (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash, Green Arrow (with Black Canary, but her origin wasn’t told.),  Captain Marvel (the real one, you know “Shazam!”), Hawkman (and Hawkgirl, whose origin has always been intrinsically tied to her husband’s), Atom, Plastic Man,  Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern Hal Jordan.

Since I cut my teeth on DC Comics way back when, there  is nothing in here that I didn’t already know but it never looked like this.  There is also a retelling of the Justice League of America themselves, which is restricted to one paragraph. The real treat on the JLA spread is Adam Strange, Zatanna, Metamorpho, The Elongated Man, Phantom Stranger and Red Tornado each getting the Alex Ross treatment for a panel.

After the story, there is an interview with Dini and Ross that includes a lot of sketches and a painting of the Big Seven, which is beautiful and I wish I had a poster of it.

Now my Dini/Ross oversized collection is complete and I can start getting some of the other books that I saw on TreasuryComics.com. This could take a while and get expensive. Luckily for me, I’m not as obsessive about such things as I once was.

Tags: adam strange, alex ross, amazon marketplace, aquaman, atom, batman, black canary, captain marvel, elongated man, flash, green arrow, green lantern hal jordan, hawkgirl, Hawkman, interview, jla: secret origins, justice league of america, martian manhunter, metamorpho, paul dini, phantom stranger, plastic man, red tornado, shazam, superman, wonder woman, zatanna