Peacemaker Season 1 review - USComics cast
Tear your world apart, once the magic starts...DC/Gunn & HBOmax have done the impossible, turned a D-level character into the most interesting, timely and fun-to-watch property on their roster (sorry Harley). Charlie may say different, but Jon NEVER saw it coming. Join the boys as they break down the best, better and bestest of Peacemaker:Season 1. AAWA USComics drops BIG news regarding the short-term and long-term plans of the best damn comic book you’ve never read!

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I feel the need…..the need for nostalgia! Who better than America’s pocket-sized leading man to deliver it? Tomcat Cruise and the summer blockbuster are back, baybay, so grab your aviators, your sun block and your Memberberries! Top Gun:Maverick is only the most recent Legacy Sequel, and Los Hermanos Rivera & special guest Casey have something to say!

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Save Red Dead Online - Thor Love and Thunder - Kenobi
They say that the Wild West only lasted 30 years, yet it spawned countless heroes, villains and legends. It also produced one of the greatest & most beautiful open world games of all time, by the name of Red Dead Online. Sadly, the videogame would only last 3 years however, as creator RockStar Games recently announced the end of an era. These ol’ cowhands are crying into their 10 gallon hats over the news. AAWA Thor and friends debuted their most recent Viking-flavored comedy, while Obi-Wan wrapped his on again/off again love affair with the baddest SM Daddy in the galaxy!

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Defective Comics continues to shock the funny book cinematic world as Gunn & Co. do to Superman what Kryptonite, Lex Luthor and the Red Sun couldn’t; your boys have thoughts. AAWA Charlie sharpens his pencil in anticipation for John Wick 4 and it’s spin-off “Ballerina”, while Jon professes his love for 2016’s Han Solo comic book like the scruffy lookin-nerf herder that he is.

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When Dr. Egon Spengler tells you NOT to do something, ya listen.  But when a 100 foot marshmallow man is causing a ruckus, stepping on churches and acting a fool in general, it takes a radical idea. That’s right boys and girls, you CROSS THE STREAMS! Today that’s exactly what we’re doing when Twitch’s own clown prince of crime joins us for a very special show. @Jokers_Stream_ is here to chat with the Rivera boys about streaming great content, AAWA that divisive season finale of Last of Us, as well as the delay of Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League! “You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?”

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Ahsoka Tano, hero of the Clone Wars and rebel amongst rebels, is back and she has brought the whole cadre of Filoni creations with her! An entirely new section of the Star Wars saga has been given the live-action treatment, and the Rivera Bros. have thoughts! AAWA Charlie fuels up the “Taco” and gets SPICY with his take on Blue Beetle, while Jon readies his latest elevator pitch to the powers that be!

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There is a brand new anti-hero and he’s not from a 4-color funny book. Maxwell Jacob Friedman is better than you and you may not know it yet! The AEW Champ and his company are setting paid fan attendance records and your fav podcast tag-team have thoughts! AAWA, Jon is looking to “Finish Him!” as Mortal Kombat 1 hits the re-boot button, meanwhile Charlie hits the button for the top-floor and throws a brand new elevator pitch!

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One Piece - The Batman 2 - Elevator Pitch - USComics Cast
Come aboooooard and bring aloooooong, all your hopes and dreams. Together we will find everything that we’re looking for…. (assuming what you’re looking for is the best damn pirate-themed series to hit the open sea since Black Sails) ONE PIECE! Yet another beloved anime series has been adapted to live-action and this time, its a Gum Gum Gamechanger! AAWA Matt Reeves’ The Batman 2 is building up a head of steam and the details are coming in hot and heavy. Charlie is all about those alleged new co-stars for the caped crusader, while Jon takes the elevator to the top floor, and regales us all the way with a NEW pitch!

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With the Writers and Actors Unions in the midst of a Tom Seaver level STRIKE, NYCC ’23 was relegated to the comic book artists, cosplayers, vendors and FANS! Ghostbuster Charlie was front and center and is ready to drop the knowledge! AAWA-Jon was surprised to see that LOKI 2 has magically appeared on Disney+ just in time for spooky season. Is Marvel finally back on track for the current phase, or have the ghouls and goblins scared up another misstep? Finally, Charlie scares up a new elevator pitch for our ear holes and wallets, will it be a trick, or a treat?

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As we all come out of our Halloween candy induced diabetic comas, let us take the opportunity to feast our eyes on something completely NEW! Comic book superstar Tony Daniel brings us EDENWOOD, a new series from Image Comics, chronicling an eons-long series of multiverse wars between demons and witches which has found Earth as its latest and final battleground. Image is seeing to it that “Spooky Season” never ends, and the Rivera Boys have thoughts! AAWA Charlie heads back to school with GEN V on Amazon Prime, while Jon pitches a Contra adaptation decades in the making!

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After an earth-shattering betrayal, (and an insanely successful Season One) Mark Grayson - AKA “INVINCIBLE”, fights to rebuild his life. In the face of apocalyptic threats, he discovers new allies and wrestles with his greatest fear - that he might become his father. A tall order for an 18 year old kid that has ZERO mustache game! AAWA Jon dries his tears long enough to lament the finale of the Attack On Titan anime. An absolute, all-time GIANT of the genre. Meanwhile Charlie gets locked and loaded for a Real American Elevator Pitch. Cobra is already shaking in their boots over his Gi Joe spin-off!

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Higher? Further? Faster? Together? Carol Danvers has got some company now, and we ain’t talking about the Kree. Apparently not many folks have caught this latest offering from Marvel, but yer boys have and they have thoughts! Does this flick deserve to be flushed down the wormhole, or does it just take a Supreme Intelligence to figure out what’s going on? AAWA For months, the “Undernet” has been on fire with hype for w0rldtr33 by James Tynion IV. Finally we get a collected edition of his work, so get your binge on! Meanwhile Jon slips on his shades and checks his bubblegum supply, all in preparation for his “They Live Too” Elevator Pitch!

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Not so long ago….in the mysterious land of Toronto, Canada. Scott Pilgrim was dating a high schooler…. AGAIN. Debuting on Netflix, in all it’s animated glory; Scott, Ramona, Knives, Wallace, Stacey, Julie, Stephen, Kim, Young Neil, and the Evil 7 are all back! But after a graphic novel, major motion picture, and video game, is there any story eft to tell? Feed another coin into the slot and find out! AAWA Loki and Gen V have both wrapped in time for Thanksgiving break, and yer boys have thoughts, meanwhile Charlie slips into that elevator as if he was piloting a mech-suit and throwing down with the neo-sapians. That’s right, his EXO-Squad pitch is up next!🇺🇸

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🎵Superior Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does even more than a regular Spider-Man can. Bailey Briggs who the hell is he? Now Supernova is after the wrong Spidey. LOOK OUT! Doc Ock screwed up being Spider-Man!🎶 Superior Spider-Man #1 has infested the comic shops, and the Rivera’s have thoughts! AAWA the most famous blood-sucker is back in four-color funny book format with Skybound’s Universal Monsters:Dracula. Does the Count still have what it takes, or should have he been left in the crypt? Meanwhile Jon returns us to the 25th century with his Buck Rogers elevator pitch! To quote Twiki, “bedeep, bedeep, bedeep, bedeep!”

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When the McCallisters plan a family trip to France and end up sleeping in on the morning they are scheduled to fly out, they end up leaving their precocious baby boy behind. Unfortunately two bumbling house burglars are looking to break in to stately McCallister Manor on that same weekend, so young Kevin has to defend his home from evil-doers! Wait……that’s the plot of Home Alone, but it has a STRIKING resemblance to Merry Little Batman. This version sees Damian Wayne playing to roll of domestic terrorist, and the Rivera boys have thoughts! AAWA the second season of What If has dropped in all it’s hypothetical glory, meanwhile your gruesome twosome get distracted by looking at 2023 in the rearview mirror. "Keep the change, ya filthy animal!”

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When any degree of tragedy inevitably comes into our life, you’ll often hear the old chestnut, “It could be worse”. What people are referring to in that case…is the Von Erich family. Unquestionably the most cursed name in the wrestling business…and that’s saying something. That curse is depicted (and somewhat downplayed) in the film, The Iron Claw. Your boys have thoughts. AAWA the Rivera’s take a look at what’s coming down the line in ’24 and Charlie picks up where Fritz left us in ’27, with his elevator pitch for a Metropolis remake!

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Say what? Pardon? Huh? Oh…you say you’re ready for some undeniably adult content from Marvel? (Not in THAT way ya perv) Well say no more, because here comes ECHO…echo….echo, and she means business! Ms. Maya Lopez is back in her own show on Disney+ so put the kids to bed and get ready for some action-packed ish! AAWA yer boys are joined once again by the creator of Banjo & Buckshot, Christian Cordes, as Jon takes us on an epic adventure (with a unique spin) with his Jason and the Arogonauts pitch!

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“If I can change, and you can change, everybody can change!” When a Drago spin-off was announced in the midst of Sly Stallone’s very public prize fight with producer Irwin Winkler….. we were #TeamRocky. Now that the dust has settled and The Siberian Express is moving forward at full speed, it’s just about time to climb back in the ring. AAWA Chip Zdarsky is back with Avengers:Twilight, it’s not exactly what you’d expect, meanwhile Charlie is locked and loaded with his Dirty Harry elevator pitch. You gotta ask yourself a question; Do I feel lucky?”. Well, do ya punk?

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When it comes to Kaiju, nobody has done it better or longer than Godzilla! In between modern slugfests with King Kong, ‘Zilla dropped an absolute classic re-telling of how his scaly hijinx got started. With an incredibly positive reception, there was really only one way to make a good thing great… re-release it in black and white! Nobody thought they would “pull the trigger”, but they did!

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Down one founder, we looked to the Garden State for reinforcements, and the Co-host of Live From the Secret Stash, Christian Cordes has answered the call! Our new power-couple is getting into the Spy business, with the all-new Mr. And Mrs. Smith reboot on Prime. AAWA they do their best to summon the POWER with season 2 of Netflix’s He-Man: Revolution, and Christian sets up shop in the elevator and pitches his big-budget Nerf flick!

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“Time…is a funny thing. The past, the future, it all gets mixed up. There is only one way to keep it straight, always remember who you are.” If “who you are” is a fan of the original American-anime, then you def have “mixed up” emotions as the Netflix live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender is set to drop! It doesn’t matter if you are team water, fire, earth or air, we are ALL #TeamAang! AAWA Charlie knows there is only one hero that can handle the Joker, and it ain’t Bruce Wayne. Somebody light up the Chip-Signal! Finally Jon has the GLOW as he hits us with his The Last Dragon 2 elevator pitch. "Who’s the Master?!”

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Oh that sweet little Muad’Dib is back in all his big-eared, adorability! Chalamet and Co. are up to their sandy, Arrakis hi-jinx once again, and like OG fan-boy Stilgar….we are here for it. So sit back, and pass the Melange! AAWA Jon takes a good long look at the MANY additional entries into the Dune franchise and examine which might make successful adaptations moving forward. Meanwhile Charlie takes the Xavier Mansion’s elevator up to the top floor and regales us with HIS X-Men pitch!

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We’ve all had experiences and encounters with the unknown, and the unexplainable. We haven’t seen anything like this though. The Parables tell of an unimaginable evil, commanding an army of ghosts, with the power to kill by fear itself, you are literally scared to death. THIS was that threat that your heroes, Jon & Charlie faced at the WORLD premiere of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, in NYC last night. They have plenty to say! AAWA Charlie regales us with his favorite Real Ghostbusters cartoon plots, while Jon takes us to the top floor of the firehouse with his Ghostbusters Franchise elevator pitch! “It’s Miller time!”

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It’s 1997, Bill Clinton is in the White House, Biggie is gunned down in LA, Tyson is biting ears, and South Park debuts on Comedy Central, BUT you’re not allowed to watch it, so you comfort yourself by watching the greatest cartoon about angsty mutants since TMNT! The X-Men are on TV in all their 4-color glory, so heat up the hot pockets, pour yourself some HI-C and get comfy! But wait…..it’s 2024, and those stinkin’ muties are BACK (this time on Disney+) and the boys have something to say! AAWA Mark Grayson, not to be outdone, makes a glorious return of his own in Invincible season 2.5 on Amazon and Jon couldn’t be happier, meanwhile Charlie looks to the waterline and gets the team ready for ‘Zilla the ONLY way he knows how, assemble the G-Force for his latest elevator pitch!

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When you remake a cult classic, you had better come correct (or you might end up with a knife sticking out of your gut). At this point, Patrick Swayze has had his work remade so many times, he may as well be King Kong! Roadhouse is the most recent flick to be retread, this time by Amazon. Did the Bezos bunch drop a Double Deuce on our hearts? Your boys have thoughts, and they’ll be nice…until it’s time to not be nice. AAWA Arrakis takes us into its sandy embrace once again as Dune: Awakening gets set to launch its closed beta. This new Open-world MMO just may be the biggest Survival game ever, meanwhile they can’t take the sky away from Jon as he plays the big damn hero and pitches his Firefly prequel!

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Dynamite Comics is bringing Space Ghost back from the dead by giving him the Thundercats treatment! This is no late-night talk show and it sure as heck-fire ain’t no kiddy-story. Space pirates, hijackers and nefarious characters beware, a powerful cosmic vigilante now metes out justice throughout the known galaxy, bringing vengeance to those who prey upon the defenseless. Evil cannot hide from the gaze of Space Ghost! AAWA Valiant Comics sets to re-relaunch Alien Books 4-color funny books, but they have a little spring cleaning to do first, meanwhile Charlie rides the elevator like a runaway T-rex with his Jurassic sequel/alternative pitch!

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This week, Dev Patel pulls triple duty as Director, Star and co-writer of Monkey Man! An action thriller that debuted at South by Southwest, but is now slugging it out in movie theaters nationwide! Kid/Bobby/Monkey Man has nothing but fisticuffs and revenge on his mind in this slobber knocker of a flick; Hanumān would be proud. AAWA Constant Readers have been under Stephen King’s trance since Carrie debuted 50 years ago this month, and the fellas have thoughts, and Believe It Or Not…Jon rides to the top floor to receive his super-powered alien suit and grants us the followup to The Greatest American Hero that the world has been waiting for!

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Boy Kills World… a fever dream action film that follows “Boy”, a deaf person with a vibrant imagination. When his family is murdered, he is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish thoughts and become an instrument of death. Charlie… a punk that sees movies without his awesome bother Jon. Whelp, at least Jon can ask him if it’s worth watching! AAWA Jon runs his baby brother through the glass house and grills him on the Thir13en Ghosts the reside there, while Charlie shows us who the law is AGAIN, with his Dredd 2 pitch!

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This week the boys talk World-Enders & Game-Changers. It’s salty AND sweet in the land of four-color funny books, join your favorite brothers in a good laugh and cry!

In brightest day, in blackest night, these DC plot-lines REALLY bite!(ep:56)

This week the boys are joined by USComics’ very own Stan the MAN! The conversation touches on Michael Keaton’s return to the DC cinematic universe and the role of the all mighty dollar in the world of Comic books!

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Every week we’re going to dive into the world of comics and pop culture to give you some insight into the hearts, souls and minds of the creators of a brand new Comic book publisher launching in early 2019.

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