Category Archives: Podcast

It’s the year 2025, and man is still alive, as is this here podcast!  For YOU it’s only been a week, but for US it’s been nearly a MONTH so Joe needs to catch us up on what he has been up to and Cory!! Has comics news!  They also discuss:

• Joe discusses passing gas for about three minutes, which is the high quality discourse that we are known for and makes us a national treasure. 
• What did Joe and Cory!! do on New Year’s Eve?
• Joe talks about upcoming comic conventions
• Cory goes over the issues with Diamond Comics Distribution the last few months.
• Previews shipping issues as well
• How comics sales turned around in 2024 according the retailers
• One of the local shops that does NOT get new comics hit its year anniversary!

Joe’s Retro Review is Showcase #1

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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It’s the second part of Cory!! And Joe’s review of the Marvel/DC Crossovers omnibus. They discuss what makes a good crossover, what could the future hold, and a discussion of these stories

• Batman/Punisher
  • In this story it’s the time when Azreal has replaced Batman
  • What they thought of it at the time and how it holds up now
• Punisher/Batman
  • This was written by Chuck Dixon, who was writing both characters at the time.
  • Why philosophical differences between characters makes for a better story than just two heroes fighting
• Spider-Man/Batman
  • What was the story gimmick that made this different
• Silver Surfer/Green Lantern
  • This is the first Marvel/DC story where there is a connection between their universes because it was setting up for Marvel vs DC
  • Written by Ron Marz, who had also written both characters
• Silver Surfer/Superman
  • Written by George Perez
  • This one had great comedy bits between all of the characters.
• Batman/Captain America
  • Set in the 1940’s
  • By John Byrne
  • And it was an Elseworlds
• Daredevil/Batman
  • When the crossovers started to become less of an event and more of a formula
• Batman/Spider-Man
  • A great sequel to the first team up between the two
• Fantastic Four/Superman
  • Was originally tabloid size
• Incredible Hulk vs Superman
  • This is Cory!!’s favorite because it was drawn by Steve Rude
• Batman/Daredevil
  • The last of the crossovers until Avengers/JLA

All of this, ma retro review, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in February 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!

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The Marvel vs DC Omnibus has come out and both Joe and Cory!! have things to say about it, including the book itself, the stories, and their memories of when these crossovers came out. So, this week, they discuss:

• Superman vs Spider-Masan
  • What Earth does it take place onb?
  • Stories behind the scenes about the the art
  • How did it come to be?
• Spider-Man vs Superman
  • Why Cory!! Didn’t like thai as much
  • Differences between this and the first big crossover
• Batman vs Hulk
  • Editorial differences between hsi and the previous book
  • JOSE LUIS GARCIA LOPEZ ART!
• X-Men and the New Teen Titans
  • How big a deal this was
  • Walt Simonson art
  • The humor Claremont dropped in
  • How Louis Jones kept Marvel Editorial at bay.
  • Why Marvel and DC quit doing crossovers
• Darkseid vs Galactus
  • How just an odd crossover came about

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!!

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There are things we don’t quite finish up or feel are long enough for an entire episode, and this is one of those “clean up” episodes where we fishing what we started. For example, we finish up the Eisner winners for best new series, where we went over every award winner. We pick up where we left off, starting in 2015. We also discuss:

• Cory!! is horribly behind on everything!!
• They discuss some of the Marvel/DC crossovers
• Local Comic Shops who won an Eisner
• Cory!! Picks 5 obscure comic characters he likes more than he should

All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in January 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!

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Joe and Cory are delayed again so this is LAST week’s episode posting on Monday for THIS week.  How dare they have jobs and lives!  It will happen again! So, to take the edge off, they give a bunch of reviews of funny books, like

• Books of Magic Omnibus – Vertigo
• Fantastic Four 26 – Marvel
• The Kitchen – Vertigo
• Hyde Street – Image
• Go Girl – Image
• Conquest 2099 – Marvel
• Joe goes through a whole bunch of books quickly with short reviews
• Book of Genesis – R. Crumb

We also have:

• A rundown on schedule issues and how they will be addressed.
• A Retro Review of the 1974 Human Torch #1

All of this, the usual shenanigans and Much, Much More!

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The comic book equivalent of the Oscars are called the Eisners, and they are given out every year at the San Diego Comic Con. They are the awards for the best comics as voted on by comic book professionals and since 1988, and in this episode, Cory!! and Joe talk about the winners of Best New Series since those awards began up until 2015!
Do they remember them? Did they buy and read them? And did those series live up to their early potential? They discuss all fo this and much, much more!!

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