In this episode, we kick off Myth Takes, a miniseries on the intersection of comics and mythology, with a book in which an A-list superhero gets a mythological upgrade: Wonder Woman Vol. 1: Blood, by Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang, published by DC Comics!

This companion piece of sorts to our previous Wonder Woman episode explores the character’s reboot as part of the 2011 New 52 relaunch of DC titles—a reboot that takes the Greek mythology that’s always been a part of her world and moves it front and center by revealing her to be the daughter of Zeus, king of the Greek pantheon!

Can Diana navigate her new family (and some less-than-ideal tropes) while protecting her human friend Zola from the wrath of Hera? And can she scale that Mount Olympus of comic-book epics known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:
•  Are comics the new mythology, man?
•  Anatomy Lesson Syndrome
•  Split happens
•  Can you get better from being a statue?
•  Some striking character designs
•  John Constanti—we mean, Lennox
•  Our Dangerous Habits episode
•  Wonder Woman: Dead Earth
•  Wonder Woman/Conan

Join us in two weeks when we discuss Journey Into Mystery: Fear Itself!

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Episode 135 – Wonder Woman (2011) Vol. 1: Blood

In this episode, Myth Takes, our miniseries on comics and mythology, continues with a look at Stan Sakai’s Eisner Award-winning Grasscutter saga from Usagi Yojimbo Vol. 3, issues #13-22, published by Dark Horse Comics!

Usagi Yojimbo, Sakai’s long-running series featuring rabbit ronin Miyamoto Usagi, draws from Japanese history and folklore to create a fully realized world populated by anthropomorphic rabbits, cats, bears and other animals, all rendered in Sakai’s detailed yet accessible art style. 

Can Usagi keep Grasscutter, the legendary sword of the gods, out of the hands of a shadowy cabal—and survive an encounter with his mysterious nemesis, the sinister and murderous wolf Jei? And can he and his friends find safe passage to that Hidden Fortress of comic-book epics known as ... The Comics Canon?
Discussed in This Episode:

•  Runaways (the Usagi story, not the Marvel comic)
•  The Hidden Fortress
•  Saturday Morning: Cartoons’ Greatest Hits
•  Groo the Wanderer
•  Space Usagi and Senso from The Usagi Yojimbo Saga: Legends
•  Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles

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Episode 137 – Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter

(Content warning: Body horror and a couple of anatomical references)

We kick off The Tomb of the Crypt, a miniseries on horror comics, with our very first manga title—Umuzaki: Spiral Into Horror by Junji Ito, published by Viz Media!

In this chilling tale that Nerdist referred to as “the Watchmen of horror manga,” a small Japanese town becomes plagued by ... spirals. This everyday shape begins showing up in increasingly unsettling ways: A spiral-shaped scar on a girl’s forehead grows in size until it consumes her; two boys slowly mutate into giant snails; and a sentient hurricane becomes obsessed with a teenaged girl, to name but a few. And then things REALLY get weird.

Can high-schoolers Kirie and Shuichi figure out what’s happening to Kurouzo-cho before their lives are irrevocably altered? And can this superbly realized saga twist and shout its way into that widening gyre of graphic-novel gruesomeness known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode!

•  Forget it, Shuichi. It’s Spiraltown
•  Tomei by Junji Ito
•  The Drifting Classroom
•  A Walk Through Hell Vol. 1

Join us in two weeks as The Tomb of the Crypt continues with the 2018 Image series Infidel!

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Episode 145 – Uzumaki: Spiral Into Horror

In anticipation of the eagerly awaited Spider-Man: No Way Home, we look back at one of the most universally reviled stories in comics history: 2007’s Spider-Man: One More Day by J. Michael Straczynski and Joe Quesada, published by Marvel Comics!

Quesada, then Marvel’s editor in chief, wanted to reset everyone’s favorite wisecracking wall-crawler and magically undo his longstanding marriage to Mary Jane Watson. So of course what better way to return Spidey to his roots than to ... shoot Aunt May and have ol’ web-head make a deal with the devil??!

Can this poorly conceived, editorially mandated event possibly be as bad as its reputation? Or can it somehow rise above its bad rap and swing its way into that Brand New Day known as ... The Comics Canon?

Discussed in This Episode!
•  The last gasp of ’90s superhero comics
•  Comics’ complicated and confusing numbering system
•  What happened to, you know ... that one more day?
•  Curt breaks down the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer
•  Silver Surfer (1968) #3
•  Make Way for Tomorrow
•  Batman: Sword of Azrael
•  Knighted by Gregg Hurwitz and Mark Texeira

Join us in two weeks as we celebrate 150 episodes of The Comics Canon with a look at Alan Moore and Curt Swan’s Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

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Episode 149 – Spider-Man: One More Day

In 1986, after decades of sneering supervillains, mad scientists and interplanetary despots, the Man of Steel was finally confronted with a foe even he couldn’t defeat—an editorially mandated reboot! 

But before he could fly off into the post-Crisis on Infinite Earths sunset, he’d have to deal with deadly new versions of some of his classic foes in the two-part farewell Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?, courtesy of superstar writer Alan Moore, quintessential Superman artist Curt Swan and legendary editor Julius Schwartz! (Content warning: Things get a bit dark.)

And as if that weren’t enough story for our landmark 150th episode, we also crack open The Superman Super-Spectacular from 1963’s Action Comics #309, featuring a guest appearance by none other than President John F. Kennedy!

Can 60s Superman protect his secret identity from Lois Lane and Lana Lang for the umpteenth time? Can 80s Superman protect his friends—and himself—when his rogues gallery gets a lethal upgrade? 

And can these stories survive a trip to that Bottle City of Comic-Book Candor known as ... The Comics Canon?

Discussed in This Episode!
•  The unfortunate timing of Action Comics #309
•  The bottle city of Kandor’s greatest foe!
•  Let’s just say we briefly mention the website Does the Dog Die?, if you catch our drift
•  Lloyd Llewellyn
•  Don Rickles and Goody Rickels in Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen
•  Superman Breaks Loose from Superman (Vol. 1) #233

Join us in two weeks, when we hope to welcome a very special guest!

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Episode 150 – Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

We’re back, baby! Just in time for the March 4 release of The Batman, we discuss Batman Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, published by DC Comics!

Following on the heels of 1986’s acclaimed The Dark Knight Returns and DC’s post-Crisis on Infinite Earths reboot, this four-part origin story (originally published in Batman #404-407) is steeped in the hard-boiled atmospherics of pulp, noir and gritty 70s crime flicks.

Will grizzled police detective Jim Gordon prevail against Gotham City’s corrupt police force? Will a newly returned Bruce Wayne become the Dark Knight Detective we all know and love? And will this bare-knuckled take on Batman’s beginnings take flight in that dimly lit back alley known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode!
•  Was the bat all in Bruce Wayne’s head?
•  The Roman: A missed opportunity
•  Selina Kyle’s apartment 
•  Daredevil: Born Again
•  The City of Glass graphic novel adaptation 
•  The Batman: Year One animated movie
•  Curt likes The Batman 

Join us in two weeks as we extend our stay in Gotham City with a discussion of Batman: The Long Halloween!

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Episode 155 – Batman: Year One

Our Batman two-parter concludes with a discussion of Batman: The Long Halloween by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, published by DC Comics!

This popular miniseries serves as a de facto sequel to Batman: Year One, despite marked differences in size, tone and style, as a serial killer known as Holiday terrorizes Gotham City’s underworld over the course of a tumultuous year, providing the backdrop for a shift in the city’s criminal power balance from organized crime toward garish supervillains like the Joker, Scarecrow and Poison Ivy.

Can District Attorney Harvey Dent bring down Carmine “The Roman” Falcone with his sanity intact? (Spoiler alert: No.) And can this influential tale survive a night in that haunted house of crime capers known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode!
•  The January Man
•  The Godfather and other movie reverences
•  Solomon Grundy not have salad fork!
•  Batman: Dark Victory and Batman: Joker War
•  The Penny Plunderers
•  The Big Heat
•  Tales of the Batman: Steve Englehart

Join us in two weeks as we extend our stay in Gotham City with a discussion of Batman: The Long Halloween!

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Episode 156 – Batman: The Long Halloween

(Content warning: Slavery, rape, and execution)

True Stories continues with a spirited discussion of Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez.

This captivating graphic novel from 2021 follows Rebecca Hall’s efforts to shed light on the unheralded role of Black women in slave uprisings in the early 18th century and the institutional obstacles she faced along the way. Aided by the inventive artwork of Hugo Martinez, she gives voice to women who sacrificed so much for the cause of freedom. 

In This Episode:

•  Treason against the state
•  Spoiler alert for Toni Morrison’s “Beloved”
•  The evolution of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade
•  Louis Riel by Chester Brown
•  Atlanta Season 3 Episode 4: “The Big Payback”
•  Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds 

Join us in two weeks as we take a short break from our True Stories miniseries with a look at Thor: The God Butcher!

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Episode 160 – Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

In this episode, we wrap up our True Stories miniseries on nonfiction and autobiographical comics with a look at Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography, published by Drawn & Quarterly!

Writer and artist Chester Brown (Yummy Fur) chronicles the career of Riel, the Canadian political leader and freedom fighter, in a flat, dispassionate style that holds the reader at arm’s length, blunting some of the story’s natural drama. The result is nonetheless a fascinating portrait of an important figure in Canadian history. But is that enough to gain entry into that House of Commons known as ... The Comics Canon? 

In This Episode:
•  The return of The Quizzical Canonical(Canadian bands edition)!
•  Mr. X by Dean Motter
•  Revolutions podcast
•  2 versions of 1 song about Louis Riel
•  We Stand on Guard
•  Steve Skroce

Join us in two weeks as we review Paper Girls Vol. 1!

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Episode 163 – Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography

(Content warning: References to suicide and hate crime)

What better way to round out the spook-tacular month of October than with a werewolf, ghosts, zombies, a serial killer and underwater vampires? All that and the debut of everyone’s favorite Sting impersonator in the first half of Alan Moore’s ambitious American Gothic storyline from The Saga of The Swamp Thing (issues 37-42 and 44-45), published by DC Comics!

Everyone’s favorite muck monster travels across the U.S. encountering an unsettling series of supernatural horrors. But are they all part of a larger, more sinister design? Can Swamp Thing trust his new colleague, the manipulative John Constantine? And can these terrifying tales scare their way into that American Horror Story known as ... The Comics Canon? 

In This Episode:

•  Reckoning with Moore’s feelings about his earlier works
•  A dream team of horror-comic artists
•  Swamp Thing #56: My Blue Heaven
•  Winchester ’73
•  The Rampaging Hulk
•  Ice Cream Man Vols. 1 and 2

Join us in two weeks as we commemorate “Noirvember” with a look at Paul Karasik and David Mazzuccheli’s adaptation of Paul Auster’s City of Glass!

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Episode 172 – Swamp Thing: American Gothic (Part 1)

In this episode, we return to a fantastic world of dragons, princesses and stupid, stupid rat creatures with Bone: The Great Cow Race, written and drawn by Jeff Smith, published by Cartoon Books and Scholastic!

Things get fast and furious when Phoney Bone attempts to fix the annual cow competition of the title with a little help from a certain “mystery cow.” Meanwhile, a lovelorn Fone Bone races for his life, pursued by the mysterious rat creatures! And what’s behind Thorn’s disturbing dreams about a cavern full of dragons?

Can Phoney and Smiley Bone defeat defending champion Gran’ma Ben? And can this charming tale cross the finish line on that fast track to glory known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:

•  Real Men Don’t Eat Quiche
•  What’s the deal with this cow race, exactly?
•  Sign PEN America’s petition to protest Missouri book bans
•  Dope by Sara Gran
•  RASL by Jeff Smith
•  The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal
•  Finding Batman by Kevin Conroy and J. Bone
•  Curt’s favorite Kevin Conroy moment

Join us in two weeks as we discuss the Green Lantern/Green Arrow anti-drug story Snowbirds Don’t Fly by Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams!

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Episode 174 – Bone Vol. 2: The Great Cow Race

Content warning: racism, drug abuse, death by overdose.

Bryan Stratton and Robb Milne from the Marvel by the Month podcast return to discuss a pair of pioneering DC comics stories: No Evil Shall Escape My Sight! from Green Lantern #76, and the Snowbirds Don’t Fly two-parter from issues #85-86, by Denny O’Neil and Neal Adams!

1970’s GL/GA #76 kicked off a run of socially conscious comics that found straight-laced space cop Hal Jordan and liberal archer Oliver Queen confronting such hot-button issues as racism, the environment, and government treatment of Native Americans in ways the superhero genre hadn’t seen before. 

This unprecedented run arguably reached its peak with Snowbirds Don’t Fly, which unflinchingly addressed the issue of teen drug abuse (just one month after Marvel’s take on the topic in Amazing Spider-Man)!

These comics were inarguably groundbreaking, but are they hard-hitting enough to warrant inclusion in that After-School Special known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:

•  “Only there’s skins you never bothered with—the black skins!”
•  Similarities to Amazing Spider-Man #96-98
•  The Question, by O’Neil and Denys Cowan
•  The introduction of Green Lantern John Stewart
•  Hard Looks: The Adapted Stories of Andrew Vachss
•  The Vigilante, as seen in Peacemaker
•  Runaways from New Teen Titans #26-27

Join us in two weeks as we get into the holiday spirit with a collection of Christmas comics featuring the Caped Crusader!

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Episode 175 – Green Lantern/Green Arrow: Snowbirds Don’t Fly (With Marvel by the Month)

In this episode, we look at the source material for one of the upcoming DC movies recently announced by James Gunn: The Authority Vol. 1: Relentless, collecting The Authority #1-8 by Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch and Paul Neary, published by Wildstorm Comics!

When the U.N. superhero team Stormwatch is slaughtered by xenomorphs from the Aliens film franchise (...wait, what?), The Authority steps out of the shadows, determined to save the world by any means necessary—and to change it, as well.

Can this team of attitude-heavy heroes defeat an army of flying super-terrorists and thwart an invasion from an alternate Earth? And can they muscle their way into that superpowered sphere of influence known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:
•  We need to talk about Kaizen
•  That Regis: He’s just so darn bad!
•  More nerdy speculation on upcoming DC movies
•  Tyler Cross: Black Rock
•  Peanuts from Dec. 10, 1973
•  Grimjack: The Manx Cat

Join us in two weeks as we engage in some pre-April first tomfoolery with a look at Ambush Bug!

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Episode 182 – The Authority: Relentless

One year (almost to the day) since we discussed the first half of American Gothic, we round out the scare-iffic month of October with a look at the final five issues (Swamp Thing #46-50) of this groundbreaking storyline by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette and others, published by DC Comics!

First, Swamp Thing and John Constantine rub elbows with DC’s superhero elite in the midst of the Crisis on Infinite Earths! Then things really get cooking, with a shocking revelation in the Amazon rainforest, a not-so-shocking betrayal in Brazil, and a star-studded battle against Darkness itself as Heaven hangs in the balance! Oh, and Abby Arcane is arrested as a sex criminal!

Can the Avocado Avenger and his allies tip the scales in the climactic showdown of light vs. dark? And can this epic finale book passage on that prestigious Jungle Cruise known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:
•  Aren’t we over the Phantom Stranger’s shtick by now?
•  Curt comes after Mufasa of “The Lion King”
•  Double Walker by Michael W. Conrad and Noah Bailey
•  The Fisherman by John Langan
•  Reservation Dogs on Hulu
•  The Replacements’ Tim: The Let It Bleed Edition on Rhino Records

Join us in two weeks as we visit a key moment in John Constantine’s past with a look at Hellblazer #11: Newcastle: A Taste of Things to Come!

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Episode 197 – Swamp Thing: American Gothic (Part 2)

Just in time for Christmas, Emmy-winning writer (and co-host of The Flop House) Dan McCoy joins us to unwrap a trio of Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge stories by the late, great Carl Barks!

In “Only a Poor Old Man,” Uncle Scrooge’s first full-length adventure, everyone’s favorite spats-wearing billionaire fights to protect his fortune from the Beagle Boys in a rollicking heist tale.

In “Luck of the North,” Donald drags his nephews to rescue his insufferable cousin Gladstone Gander in a madcap, Tintin-esque adventure. 

And in “A Christmas for Shacktown,” Donald, Daisy and the boys try to raise money to give the denizens of Duckburg’s poverty-stricken neighborhood a memorable Christmas celebration.

Can Donald and company prevail against industrious thieves, a polar bear and a bottomless pit? And can these tales safely find their way to that Island of Misfit Toys known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:
•  There’s a lot to admire about the Beagle Boys
•  Isaac Asimov’s iCarly
•  Kevin shares an embarrassing story
•  Pogo by Walt Kelly 
•  I Must Be Dreaming by Roz Chast
•  Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey and Pius Bak
•  Iron Man # 215-216

Join us in two weeks as we pause to take a look back before plunging ahead into 2024!

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Episode 201: A Carl Barks Christmas (With Dan McCoy)

In this not-so-mini mini-episode, we look back on the last episodes, each ranking our 10 favorites. How many titles did we agree on?

We also discuss Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the Transformers movies, the current state of the Big Two publishers, comic strips, some things we’d like to cover in the coming year, and a possible reconsideration of one of our most controversial decisions! Plus: Curt opens a present live on-air!

Join us in two weeks as we resume our regular programming with a look at Emily Carroll’s A Guest in the House!

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One-Shot: The Comics Canon All-Stars 2024 (The Best of Our Second 100 Episodes)

Content warning: Mentions of suicide; general gaslighting, psychological domestic abuse.

In this episode, we look back at one of the best-reviewed books of 2023: A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll, published by First Second!

Shy, awkward Abby is newly married to widowed dentist David and adjusting to domestic life with him and his pre-teen daughter Crystal. But David’s stories about his past wife, Sheila, don’t add up. And there’s more to Abby than meets the eye, as well – as becomes apparent when she strikes up a halting friendship with Sheila’s ghost!

Can this gripping story survive a night in that haunted mansion of horror stories known as ... The Comics Canon?

Recommended in This Episode:
•  Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World by Naomi Klein
•  Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy, by Bill Griffith

Join us in two weeks as we kick off a two-parter looking back at historic matchups between the Hulk and the Thing! First up: Rounds 1 and 2, from Fantastic Four #12 and #25-26!

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Episode 202: A Guest in the House

In this episode, IT’S CLOBBERIN’ TIME as we kick off a two-part look at one of Marvel Comics’ most storied traditions: epic slugfests between the Hulk and the Thing! Specifically, the first two face-offs between these fearsome foes in Fantastic Four #12 and #25-26, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby!

First, everyone’s on their worst behavior as General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross enlists the FF’s aid in subduing the Hulk, who’s accused of sabotaging a military experiment! 

Then, with his teammates sidelined, it’s up to Ben to stop the angry green goliath from rampaging across New York City, in a knock-down drag-out brawl guest starring the Mighty Avengers!

Can the ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing prevail against the jade giant? And can these stories go the distance in a title match against ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:
•  A literal card-carrying communist
•  How pretty young ladies can help their men
•  “Aunt Petunia was pretty hardcore!”
•  Giant-Man’s pill problem
•  What If? Season 2 and Echo
•  Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan
•  Marvel Two-in-One #46
•  Curt introduces an unscheduled order of business

Join us in two weeks as we polish off this two-parter with a matchup of more recent vintage: The Thing vs. The Immortal Hulk from Fantastic Four (Vol. 6) #12-13!

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Episode 203: Hulk vs. Thing, Rounds 1 and 2

Our two-part look at Hulk/Thing fights wraps up with a look at one of the twosome’s more recent titanic tussles in Fantastic Four Vol. 6, issues 12 and 13, by Dan Slott and Sean Izaakse, published by Marvel Comics!

But first, because this episode drops on Valentine’s Day, we discuss the wedding of Ben Grimm and Alicia Masters in Fantastic Four Vol. 6 issue 5, most notably the story “4-Minute Warning” by Dan Slott and Aaron Kuder!

Then it’s time for the main event, as the Immortal Hulk interrupts Ben and Alicia’s honeymoon, with a little help from Alicia’s father, the pernicious Puppet Master!

Is this really our last episode discussing these Marvelous melees? (Who knows?) Can the Thing keep the Immortal Hulk from endangering an entire seaside resort before he reverts back to all-too-human Ben Grimm? And can either of them prevail against that titanic tag team known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:
•  Kevin responds to Curt’s song from last episode
•  We talk about whether we should talk about Cerebus
•  Curt’s article on the ends of Bone and Cerebus
•  Point of Origin from Fantastic Four Vol. 6, issues 14-19
•  Do A Powerbomb
•  The Thing Vol. 1 #6, “Mindscape”

Join us in two weeks as we make a long-overdue return to the world of manga to discuss Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 1: The Assassin’s Road!

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Episode 204: Hulk vs. Thing – The Last Round?

On this episode, we take a long-overdue look at one of the most influential manga of the last 50 years: Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima! Specifically, selected stories from Vol. 1: The Assassin’s Road, as published by Dark Horse Manga!

Who is this taciturn assassin known as Lone Wolf and Cub? Why does he push his young son across feudal Japan in a wooden baby carriage with a banner that reads “Son for Hire, Sword for Hire?” How did he get to be such a proficient killing machine? And can father and son survive their harrowing journey along that Road to Perdition known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:
•  “I’m Ogami Itto, and this is Jackass!”
•  Daigoro’s tricked-out baby cart
•  The return of everyone’s vampire-slaying pig!
•  Dune: Part Two
•  Fullmetal Alchemist Vol. 1
•  House of R on the Lone Wolf and Cub trope

Join us in two weeks as we discuss the 1982 Wolverine miniseries by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller!

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Episode 205: Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 1 – The Assassin’s Road

On this episode, it’s the return of “Miller March,” featuring a month of Frank Miller comics! First up is the 1982 miniseries Wolverine by Chris Claremont and the aforementioned Mr. Miller, published by Marvel Comics!

The very first comic series to feature Wolverine’s name in the title takes Logan to Japan, where his lady love Mariko has entered into an abusive marriage arranged by her father, the crime lord Shingen. His heart broken by Mariko, humiliated by Shingen, Logan spirals into a dark night of the soul as he’s pursued by the deadly ninja clan known as the Hand!

Will Logan’s new friend Yukio stop trying to make “Gotcha!” happen? Can Logan redeem himself, defeat his enemies and regain Mariko’s love? And can this miniseries fight its way ino that House of Flying Daggers known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:
•  There sure are a lot of ninja in 1980s Japan
•  Does the Hand recruit from Cobra?
•  Avengers: The Impossible City
•  Shōgun
•  X-Men Epic Collection: The Fate of the Phoenix
•  Doctor Who: The Fourth Doctor Anthology
•  Curt’s appearance on The Origin Story Podcast

Join us in two weeks as we revisit our most controversial episode with a FRESH NEW LOOK at Batman: The Dark Knight Returns!

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Episode 206: Wolverine (1982)

Explicit (a few swears scattered throughout) and content warning (brief mentions of death by suicide and attempted sexual assault)

This isn’t a podcast—it’s an operating table, and we’re the surgeons! 

This time, we revisit one of our most controversial episodes (okay, pretty much our only “controversial” episode) with the first installment of a two-part, in-depth reexamination of Frank Miller’s 1986 landmark miniseries Batman: The Dark Knight Returns!

Does this paradigm-shifting, game-changing series hold up to scrutiny nearly 40 years since its publication? And what are its chances of finally gaining entry into that Home for the Emotionally Troubled known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:
•  Howard Chaykin’s American Flagg
•  Buy-ins you have to make when reading a Batman comic
•  What’s the deal with the Mutant gang?
•  Curt gets something off his chest
•  Late Night With the Devil
•  Aard Labor, Tom Ewing’s breakdown of Cerebus, on Freaky Trigger
•  Christine by Stephen King
•  The unique terror of calling girls back in the landline era

Join us in two weeks as we conclude this two-part look back and once again render judgment on The Dark Knight Returns!

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Episode 207: Return of The Dark Knight Returns Part 1

Content warning (death by suicide)

Our reexamination of Frank Miller’s Batman: The Dark Knight Returns continues! How good IS this story, really? Will things go differently than they did in our fourth episode way back in 2016, allowing this universally acclaimed 1986 miniseries to avoid nuclear winter and score a ticket to that David Endocrine Show studio audience known as ... The Comics Canon?

In This Episode:
•  The only Bartleby the Scrivener reference you’ll hear in a comics podcast this week!
•  What’s the deal with the flying bomber Garbage Pail Kids?
•  The 99% Invisible Power Broker Book Club
•  Robert Caro’s The Path to Power
•  Douglas Wolk’s Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean
•  Some Fantastic Four movie talk

Join us in two weeks as we discuss Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith, by Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer!

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Episode 208: Return of The Dark Knight Returns Part 2

One of our co-hosts is quarantined at home, so we’ve decided to postpone our next proper episode until we can be together in person! Meanwhile, Curt surprises Kevin with a pop quiz on quotes from books we’ve covered on the podcast. How good is Kevin’s recall? (Spoiler: It’s bad! Very, very bad!)

Quizzical Canonical 5: Word Balloons

In this episode, Curt and Kevin drift off to that eternal, amorphous realm of the subconscious known as The Dreaming (with a brief stopover in Hell) as they try to interpret the fantastical goings-on in The Sandman: Season of Mists, collecting issues 21-28 of the DC/Vertigo title The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and various artists.
  
Morpheus, the lord of Dreams, pays a long-overdue visit to Hell to right a past wrong, only to find the place empty. Turns out Lucifer, the first of the fallen, no longer wants to be warden of the wicked, and hands Morpheus the key to his domain of the damned.

Will the dumbstruck dream king fall prey to the scheming gods, demons and otherworldly entities who’ve converged on the Dreaming with devious designs on Hell? Or can he rid himself of this bestial burden and close on a dream home in that fanciful realm of imagination known as … The Comics Canon?

Things Discussed in This Episode: 

• We go off the rails in record time
• A Brief History of The Sandman
• What does Destiny actually do?
• The curriculum vitae of Sandman supporting characters
• Fashion choices of the Endless
• Morpheus as Anthony Weiner
• The Headmaster Ritual

Join us in two weeks as we rocket to the farthest reaches of space to explore the star-spanning epic Saga Vol. 1 by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples!

Until then, please rate us on iTunes, send us an email, or hit us up on Twitter or Facebook, and we may read your comments in an upcoming episode. And as always, thanks for listening!

Episode 15 - The Sandman: Season Of Mists

In this episode, Curt and Kevin travel to a galaxy far, far away to mark the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story with a discussion of Darth Vader #1-6, published by Marvel Comics!

Following the events of Episode IV: A New Hope, Darth Vader finds himself on the outs with Emperor Palpatine. Enlisting the aid of a “rogue archeologist” and a pair of murderous droids, the Dark Lord of the Sith begins pursuing his own agenda, building a private army and tracking down the hotshot Rebel pilot who brought about the destruction of the Death Star -- a young man named Skywalker …

Will his new allies be enough to keep the Empire’s heavy-breathing hatchet man one step ahead of his master? And will his mastery of the dark side of the Force be enough to gain him entry into that mystic order known as … The Comics Canon?

Things Not Discussed in This Episode:
• Carrie Fisher, who died after this episode was recorded

Things Discussed in This Episode:
• The Star Wars Minute
• The challenges of a tie-in comic
• We enjoy saying “Black Krrsantan”
• The Emperor’s Sith List
• Why Darth Vader needs a private email server
• Evil Space Lorelai Gilmore
• The Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Invisible Helmet
• Flashpoint is a really cool song!
• Journey Into Mystery: Fear Itself
• Darth Maul: Apprentice
• Chad Vader: Day Shift Manager
• Hardware Wars
• Star Wars by Jason Aaron and John Cassaday
• “Not an imaginary story!”

Join us in two weeks as we indulge in some Dangerous Habits to discuss Garth Ennis’ debut run on John Constantine: Hellblazer!

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Episode 24 - Darth Vader

In this episode, Curt and Kevin don their finest trench coats, open up a fresh pack of Silk Cut and throw back a couple of pints of holy stout as they discuss the Dangerous Habits storyline from John Constantine: Hellblazer issues #41-46, published by DC Comics!

John Constantine has faced down more than his share of demons and other supernatural threats. But everyone’s favorite chain-smoking magician may have finally met his match when he’s diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. To make matters worse, he’s in for one Hell of an afterlife, having just made an enemy of the devil himself!

Can comics’ premier punk-rock prestidigitator con his way out of eternal torment? And can he somehow fast-talk his way into that sweet hereafter known as … The Comics Canon?

Things Discussed in This Episode:

•  It’s our anniversary!
•  Sting’s “Tantric Jazz Rock” Period
•  The ideal John Constantine
•  John Constantine vs. Doctor Strange
•  Skrip: America’s favorite writing fluid!
•  Death Star Canteen
•  Swamp Thing: American Gothic
•  The Exorcist III
•  Alcohollywood
•  Jason Aaron’s Mighty Thor
•  Archie Vol. 1

Join us in two weeks as we enroll in college with Marvel Comics’ nuttiest superhero in The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power!

Until then, please rate us on iTunes, send us an email, or hit us up on Twitter or Facebook, and we may read your comments in an upcoming episode. And as always, thanks for listening!

Episode 25 - Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits

In this episode, Kevin and “Old Man Holman” mark the release of the new Logan movie by gassing up the Spider-Mobile for a road trip across a post-apocalyptic wasteland to discuss Wolverine: Old Man Logan, collecting Wolverine #66-72 and Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size #1, published by Marvel Comics.

Fifty years after the villains of the Marvel Universe teamed up to defeat the world’s heroes, a haunted Logan has forsaken violence to live a peaceful life of farming with his wife and two children. But when he can’t pay his rent to the vicious Hulk Gang, the promise of a financial windfall leads him on a dangerous cross-country trip with the blind archer Hawkeye.

Can the man formerly known as Wolverine outrun rampaging dinosaurs, creepy Moloids and his own dark past long enough to save his family? Can he keep from popping his claws and returning to his savage ways? And can he gain admittance to that alternate reality known as … The Comics Canon?

Things Discussed in This Episode:

• Giant Size Man-Thing
• Kevin mispronounces Morry Hollowell’s name
• Where Curt draws the line
• Reading comics on a tablet
• #NotmyHawkeye
• Kevin’s fanboy struggle
• The post-apocalypse economy
• Curt likes a big map
• Paste Pot Creek and Otisburg
• “Poor Poor Pitiful Me”
• “Gigglin’” Glen Weldon
• Hawkeye Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon
• Secret Wars
• Logan
• Asterios Kokkinos’ The Five-Minute Podcast
• Legion

Join us in two weeks as we switch gears to discuss a very different comics character getting the cinematic treatment: Daniel Clowes’ Wilson (along with Ghost World and Art School Confidential).

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Episode 28 - Wolverine: Old Man Logan

In this episode, Curt and Kevin get ready for the third comics adaptation in as many episodes with a discussion of the landmark Teen Titans storyline The Judas Contract, as featured in The New Teen Titans issues #42-44 and New Teen Titans Annual #3, published by DC Comics!

These Teen Titans aren’t just kid sidekicks anymore -- they’ve dealt with supervillains, marauding aliens, a deadly cult leader and even the horrors of wedding planning. But when they’re captured by the world’s deadliest assassin, they find themselves facing the biggest threat of their budding careers: the tremendously powerful, emotionally unstable Terra!

Can the young man formerly known as Robin rescue his teammates from a cigarette-smoking 16-year-old girl and her judgment-impaired mentor, the menacingly named Deathstroke the Terminator? And can everyone’s favorite teen heroes graduate from the kids’ table to that school of hard knocks known as … The Comics Canon?

Things Discussed in This Episode:

•  The Uncanny X-Men
•  Beast Boy’s relentless and insufferable sexual harassment
•  Deathstroke’s ... er, problematic relationship with Tara Markov
•  Robin’s green baby onesie
•  The unfortunate hand-waving of Tara’s mental illness
•  The Teen Titans’ extremely lax vetting process
•  Young Avengers: Sidekicks and Family Matters
•  The Uncanny X-Men and the New Teen Titans
•  Teen Titans Go!
•  The Doom Patrol

Speaking of the Doom Patrol, join us in two weeks as we discuss the first arc of Grant Morrison's critically acclaimed run with the "World's Strangest Heroes," Crawling From the Wreckage!

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Episode 30 - New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract

In this episode, Curt and Kevin trek across Bifrost, the rainbow bridge and wade into the ongoing conversation about diversity in superhero comics as they discuss Thor Vol. 1: The Goddess of Thunder, collecting Thor (2014) #1-8 by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman, published by Marvel Comics!

The son of Odin is no longer worthy to wield his mighty hammer, Mjolnir! When a mystery woman picks up the hammer and receives the power of the thunder god, this turn of events doesn’t sit well with the hammer’s original owner—or with Odin, the recently returned ruler of Asgard!

Can this new Thor hold her own against the combined might of an enraged All-Father, the sinister dark elf Malekith, the evil Roxxon Corporation, its minotaur CEO, and a horde of frost giants? And can she swing her enchanted hammer long enough to nail down a spot in that pantheon of divine stories known as … The Comics Canon?

Things Discussed in This Episode:

• Our new relationship with Creative Loafing Atlanta
• Thor’s unfortunate first attempt at diversity
• Fear Itself
• Why Thor Lost His Hammer
• Thor is the woman, Odinson is the guy—got it?
• Did diversity really hurt Marvel’s sales?
• The Goddamned
• Jason Aaron’s run on The Incredible Hulk
• How Rocket Raccoon Rescued Bill Mantlo
• Curt remembers comics blogger Tim O’Shea 

Join us in two weeks as we get ready for the long-awaited Wonder Woman movie with a look at the comic-book origins of everyone’s favorite Amazon!

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Episode 33 - Thor: The Goddess Of Thunder

In this episode, Curt and Kevin celebrate their two-year podcasting anniversary with a special birthday two-fer, as they discuss the classic Superman birthday story For The Man Who Has Everything by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons from Superman Annual #11, published by DC Comics, as well as its animated adaptation from Justice League Unlimited! 

Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman arrive at Superman’s arctic hideaway to wish him a happy birthday, but find the Man of Steel immobilized by a sinister-looking plant known as the Black Mercy. Before they can figure out a plan of action, they’re confronted by the alien warlord Mongul, who reveals that Superman has been put into a coma, dreaming of an idyllic existence as a husband, father and geologist on his home planet of Krypton! 

Can our overmatched heroes stop Mongul from conquering the Earth? Can the Man of Tomorrow wake up from his seductive fantasy in time to save them? And can this fearless foursome gain entry into that Fortress of Solitude known as … The Comics Canon? 

Things Discussed in This Episode:  

•  The Silver Age and the Bronze Age
•  The kiss that hasn’t aged well
•  Kevin can’t pronounce “fetishization”
•  Curt’s love for Justice League Unlimited
•  How much cash do you give Superman for his birthday?
•  Hey, is that Mike Farrell?
•  For the Girl Who Has Everything
•  What IS Ninja?
•  Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
•  DC Universe: The Stories of Alan Moore

Join us in two weeks as we prepare for the release of the hotly anticipated Black Panther adaptation with a discussion of Black Panther: The Client, by Christopher Priest and Mark Texeira! 

Until then, please  rate us on iTunes, send us an email, or hit us up on Twitter or Facebook, and we may read your comments in an upcoming episode. And as always, thanks for listening!

Episode 50 – Superman: For the Man Who Has Everything

In this episode, Curt and Kevin conclude their trilogy of Marvel origins episodes with a look at the comic book beginnings of everyone’s favorite mutants! Then, they gear up for the new season of FX’s Legion with a look at the issue that inspired a key moment from the show! 

First, the comic that started it all: X-Men #1! Who are these mysterious teenagers with bizarre super-powers? Who is their stern, slightly scary taskmaster? And when the mysterious master of magnetism known as Magneto threatens a U.S. missile base, can our milquetoast mutants save the day? 

Next it’s the book that launched the X-Men as we know them today: Giant-Size X-Men #1! When the X-Men are captured by a mysterious foe, Charles Xavier assembles a new squad to rescue them. This international mishmash of mutants—including Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler and Colossus—has some impressive powers and even cooler costumes. But when it comes to defeating Krakoa, The Island That Walks Like a Man, do they have any chance atoll? 

And last but not least, Charles Xavier recounts his own quasi-origin story in Uncanny X-Men #117, including a no-holds-barred psychic skirmish with the nefarious Shadow King … a mental melee dramatized (after a fashion) in Legion’s first season! 

Do these uncanny tales have what it takes to graduate to the top of that class of peerless periodicals known as … The Comics Canon? 

Things Discussed in This Episode:  

• Curt’s got Legion fever
• Were the original X-Men a cult?
• Jean Gray’s problematic welcome
• The disappointing truth about what the “X” stands for
• The colorful diversity of Giant Size X-Men #1
• Aye, an’ Banshee sure is Irish, me boyo!
• The trouble with Thunderbird
• Kevin questions Krakoa’s mutant bona fides
• The Hollywood backlot version of Cairo
• Our Jessica Jones episode
• Curt breaks down episode 7 of Legion
• X-Men: Schism
• Wolverine and the X-Men  Vol. 1
• X-Men: Deadly Genesis

Join us in two weeks as we make a left turn at Albuquerque to discuss a pair of stories that pair DC superheroes with Looney Tunes characters: The Coyote Gospel from Grant Morrison’s Animal Man and 2017’s Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1!  

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Episode 55 – X-Men Origins

In this episode, Curt and Kevin prepare for the March 8 debut of Captain Marvel with the first of two episodes on Marvel Comics characters with that name! First up: the Kree warrior Mar-Vell, as seen in The Thanos War from Captain Marvel Vol. 1, #27-33!  

This Captain Marvel was an alien soldier who became a superheroic protector of Earth in order to capitalize on a lapsed trademark. In these issues from 1973 and 74, writer and artist Jim Starlin made the character more than just a savvy bit of brand management, tapping into the counterculture of the era to give him the power of “cosmic awareness,” injecting his adventures with psychedelic flair—and introducing the world to the galactic menace of Thanos! 

With the aid of professional sidekick Rick Jones and the mighty Avengers, does our groovy galactic guardian have what it takes to defeat an insane god? And can he survive the long, strange trip to that state of higher consciousness known as … The Comics Canon? 

Things Discussed in This Episode:

•  The complicated history of the name “Captain Marvel”
•  Similarities to Jack Kirby’s Fourth World
•  Why does Rick Jones have an Avengers ID?
•  Mar-Vell’s secret affair with an Avenger!
•  The Time-Mind Sync-Warp!
•  Thanos gets psychedelic, man!
•  The Infinity Gauntlet
•  Deadly Class
•  The Death of Captain Marvel 
•  Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968


Join us in two weeks as our series on the Captains Marvel continues with a look at Carol Danvers in Ms. Marvel #1 (1977) and Captain Marvel: In Pursuit of Flight! Until then, don’t forget our snazzy Comics Canon merchandise and the King Krackle digital brushes from our friends at Category 4! 

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Episode 78 – Captain Marvel: The Thanos War

(Note: Due to some sound issues, we were forced to re-record a couple of spots in the first few minutes of the podcast.) 

In this episode, we kick off 2021 with one of the best-reviewed books of 2020: Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru, published by DC Comics! 

Taking inspiration from the 1940s radio serial The Adventures of Superman, this three-issue limited series follows the Chinese-American Lee family as they arrive in Metropolis, where they’re met with open arms, but also unintentional microaggressions and racist jokes. They also attract the attention of the Klan of the Fiery Cross, which kicks off a campaign of intimidation to drive them out of town, including cross-burning and kidnapping! 

Can young Roberta and Tommy Lee help the Man of Steel stop the Klan before lives are lost? Can Superman make sense of his troubling visions and discover the truth about his alien heritage? And can this book find a home in that promised land known as ... The Comics Canon? 

In This Episode:
•  Do certain story choices diminish the threat of the Klan?
•  The secret origin of Tommy Lee
•  Superman vs. Hollywood by Jake Rossen
•  The Adventures of Superpup
•  Caliban’s War and Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey
•  Superman: The Unauthorized Biography by Glen Weldon
•  Flash Gordon: On the Planet Mongo by Don Moore and Alex Raymond

Join us in two weeks as we discuss Raina Telgemeier’s Eisner Award-winning 2010 graphic novel, Smile!

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Episode 127 – Superman Smashes the Klan

Combining corporate intrigue, James Bond-style espionage and more than a hint of social relevance, it’s perhaps the defining Iron Man storyline—and arguably informs Robert Downey Jr.’s mega-popular portrayal of the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In this episode, we strap on the jet skates to discuss Demon in a Bottle—specifically, The Invincible Iron Man issues #123-128, by David Michelinie, John Romita Jr. and Bob Layton, published by Marvel Comics!
As the pressures of being a billionaire industrialist superhero begin to mount, Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) increasingly turns to alcohol. When unscrupulous competitor Justin Hammer takes control of Stark’s armor, causing the death of a foreign diplomat, even his best friend James Rhodes and professional bodyguard Bethany Cabe may not be able to pull him out of his downward spiral.
Can the Armored Avenger prevail against a dozen super-villains—and his growing addiction? And can this famous story infiltrate that island fortress known as ... The Comics Canon?
In This Episode:

•  “You rentable clodpate!”
•  Death Be Not Proud 
•  Some LGBTQ+ comics recommendations
•  Some thoughts on our Tintin episode
•  Iron Man Epic Collection: Stark Wars
•  Invincible Iron Man: World’s Most Wanted
Join us in two weeks as we discuss Nimona by Noelle Stevenson!
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Episode 131 – The Invincible Iron Man: Demon in a Bottle

The Comics Canon is the podcast that renders judgment on the greatest comic book stories of yesterday and today. Each episode, Curt Holman and Kevin Moreau take a critical and completely subjective look at one of the biggest stories and most seminal moments in the medium’s history, as they decide: Does this belong in the pantheon of classic and iconic tales known as … The Comics Canon?

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