Host Derek Coward talks about Fantastic Four, the second volume of Bitter Root, and a couple of Kickstarters he has backed recently: Tales of The Dark Tunnel from Afterburn Press and The Standard Comics Encyclopedia.
– Ringo Award Nominees – Promotions and New Hires at BOOM! Studios – A look at Final Order Cutoffs – We take a look at the House of Slaughter Free Comic Book Day comic – We dive into Something is Killing the Children #19 – We get some history reading Dark Blood #2 – Good Luck #3 confused us, but in the best way – We finally get a chance to talk about Once & Future with #19 – And a quick look at next week’s list of new releases
Phil, Kevin and Andy are drinking in that indie comic noise as Phil fights summer audio trouble by which we mean Phil needs a new mic (hopefully his new contract will come with that).
Fan Expo takes over Wizard conventions
Andy is still reading past number one for Fight Girls and Die!Namite Lives (#2 for both)
We do discuss Fight Girl #2 by Frank Cho and Sabine Rich (AWA Upshot) (in 2 different spots in the show)
Using GI JOE ARAH (IDW) Andy gripes about a first appearance in a recent issue (#281) that has created a bit of a price bump in that one issue that he missed so we discuss hot recent first appearance issues.
Barbarella #1 by Sarah Hoyt, Madibek Musabekov, Ivan Nunes (Dynamite)
Steve catches up on the 2nd Darth Vader series and the 1st act of Star Wars – War of the Bounty Hunters while Andrew & Kevin keep New Warriors August afloat with our 12th New Warriors segment, this time issues #29-31! @marvelnoise #MN373
This episode we discuss James Tynion IV and his Substack announcement. We take a look at EVE #4 to discover what happened at the end of last issue. Mighty Morphin’ #10 reveals the origin of someone/something. We continue to gush over this series with Mamo #2. And we wrap up with a look at the New Day’s origin in WWE: The Power of Positivity #2.
Another in the summer breeze series makes everyone feel fine as Phil, Kevin, and Andy navigate this ever changing indie comic book world.
From Wiki: “Summer Breeze” is a song written and recorded by Seals and Crofts. Released in 1972, it reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the US. In 2013, it was ranked No. 13 in Rolling Stone′s “Best Summer Songs of All Time”. [That’s high.]
My Hero Academia, Vol. 1 and 3 by Kohei Horikoshi (Viz Media LLC)
Compare and contrast the two most recent Shadowman series from Valiant
Shadowman (2018) #1-11 by Andy Diggle, Stephen Segovia, Renato Guedes (Kevin just discusses the first few issues). [He was supposed to read #1-11].
Shadowman (2020) #1-3 by Cullen Bunn, Jon Davis-Hunt, Jordie Bellaire (#4 is out but not reviewed at time of recording).
Evergreen Thanks to Dave K for the Always Awesome Graphics
A Recent Reads Roundtable with The Marvels #1-3, The Black Cat Annual #2, Planet-Sized X-Men #1, Heroes Reborn, Gamma Flight #1, and Kevin’s Toy Korner (Marvel Legends!), then our 11th segment covering all-things-New-Warriors-in-the-’90s with the 4-issue Night Thrasher Limited Series! @marvelnoise #MN372