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Episode 73 - Vampire Ninjas, Cosmic Plots, Your Local Comic Shop

6/27/2020

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Is Marvel actually going to shake things up this time? 

Weekly Pull Highlights: June 24, 2020
  • Bleed Them Dry #1
  • Captain America Marvels Snapshot #1
  • That Texas Blood #1
  • S.O.S #1
  • Avengers Empyre #0

​What a week in comics! Brand new Marvel throwing us into the deep end of the new Empyre event, incredible new indie comics putting genres on their side, and a super sweet compilation all about the joys of your local comic shop. The world might be crazy, but comics keep us grounded, folks. Let's get into it!  
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Episode 71 - Horror Tropes, Jumping on Points, New Perspectives

5/30/2020

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Horror tropes and some not-so-tropey horror. 

Weekly Pull Highlights: May 27, 2020
  • Rogue Planet #1
  • Dead Day #1
  • Avengers #33
  • The V-Card #4
  • Doctor Aphra #1

It's beginning to look a lot like new comics in here! From new beginnings, to quality endings, we've got everything from Star Wars, to alien planets, to potential reboots galore. Things are finally starting to feel a little more business as usual, but we still hope you're safe and sound. Join us for more, NEW, Cover B! ​
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Powered Gaming - Marvel Champions

4/25/2020

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A game that's fun, challenging, but not punishing. 

​Time for another gaming review to help you get through stay-at-home! These week we're talking about the cooperative card game game, Marvel Champions; a surprisingly balanced, easy-to-learn living card game featuring your favorite Marvel heroes. Even if you're not into the big-name card games (like your Magics or Yu-Gi-Ohs), this is an excellent option if you're looking to kill an hour or so. 
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Episode 58 - BatSpider, Gruesome Viruses, the Death of Miles Morales

1/11/2020

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Miles really is the better Spider-Man. 

Weekly Pull Highlights: January 8, 2020
  • Star #1
  • Marvels X #1
  • The End Miles Morales #1
  • Ruins of Ravencroft Carnage #1
  • The Clock #1

​A whole lot of books on the shelf, but not a ton of "Oh man, this is the best book ever!" type of titles. Plus, Tee is awfully salty about the direction of Star #1 (in a good way) and Ruins of Ravencroft Carnage (in a not as good way). Oh well, you listen to us for the opinions, right? (We're so sorry.) 
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Honorable Mentions: Episode 55 Follow-Up

12/16/2019

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All hail (a more nuanced and complex) Doom! 

Honorable Mention Highlights: December 11, 2019
  • Doom 2099 #1 (W: Chip Zdarsky; A: Marco Castiello)
  • Harley Quinn's Villain of the Year (W: Mark Russell; A: Mike Norton)
  • Captain Marvel #13 (W: Kelly Thompson; A: Lee Garbett)
  • Hack/Slash 15th Anniversary Special (W: Tim Seeley, Sam Eggleston, Brian Crowley, Jeff Bohn, Greg Ellner; A: Dan Leister, Jules Shapirov)
  • Criminal Macabre The Big Bleed Out #1 (W: Steve Niles; A/CA: Gyula Nemeth)

Doom 2099 #1 (Marvel Comics) 
I have really been enjoying the more considerate depictions of Doom lately; yeah, he's a bad guy, but now he's a bad guy with DEPTH. This one shot was no different, plus it rocks house with a great twist at the end that I should have seen coming, even if I didn't. Props to you, Chip.

Harley Quinn's Villain of the Year #1 (DC Comics) 
An awards ceremony issue where the winners we're actually voted on by readers. Honestly, this was super fun and I wish DC would do this every year. I don't know about you, but I actually voted on the various categories and it was cool seeing how my votes measured up compared to the winners.

Captain Marvel #13 (Marvel Comics) 
Yeah, so, CALLED IT. Ain't nobody dead (I guess?), and of course she's not REALLY evil. But I love that Kelly brings back characters from previous books she's written, and does so unapologetically. This book felt like a nice return to form, so even though I CALLED IT, I'm looking forward to the next issue.

Hack/Slash 15th Anniversary Special #1 (Image Comics) 
Nothing too fancy, but a nice reflection on the series if you've been a fan for a long while like I have. Tim Seeley does make a promise of something new to come, so I hope he follows through with that and gives us some more of Cassie Hack in the future.

Criminal Macabre: The Big Bleed Out #1 (Dark Horse Comics)
This book is trying too hard to be noir, filling in the "she walked into my office, and I knew I was done for" private eye monologue with a gruff guy's tale about falling for a vampire. Unfortunately, the only character I seem to really care about is our quiet, ghoulish partner-slash-protagonist's-friend, and he just wandered into the darkness. So, there's that.

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Honorable Mentions: Episode 52 Follow-Up

11/25/2019

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Even when infected with Carnage, a cat is still a cat. 

Honorable Mention Highlights: November 20, 2019
  • Hazel & Cha-Cha Save Christmas #1 (W: Gerard Way, Scott Allie; A: Tommy Lee Edwards)
  • Badass #1 (W: Adrian Nelson; A: Adrian Nelson)
  • Heartbeat #1 (W: Maria Llovet; A: Maria Llovet)
  • Absolute Carnage Captain Marvel #1 (W: Emily Lerner; A: Andrea Broccardo)

Hazel & Cha-Cha Save Christmas #1 (Dark Horse Comics)
Well, that was a festive romp through the 'Umbrella Academy' universe! Admittedly, not a whole lot goes on in this book, but if you like the irreverent feeling of the original series, or if you're a fan of Hazel & Cha-Cha's antics, you won't be disappointed. 

Badass #1 (Arctic Press Comics)
There's a lot of subtle world building in this book without wading slowly through all the nuance of a whole new universe. A cool play on the "what happens if we have heroes with god-like abilities around," it's an interesting view to see things from the humans who may or may not match up. 
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Heartbeat #1 (BOOM! Studios)
This book was... a LOT. Like, wowzer. Incredibly dramatic, incredibly dark, but also incredibly stereotypical in the strangest "coming-of-age" sort of way. A girl goes to a school above her economic class, is bullied, lives a hard and frustrated life... and walks in on a dude eating the popular girl's heart. Not sure I'll be picking up issue two, but it was definitely an experience. 

Absolute Carnage Captain Marvel #1 (Marvel Comics) 
The part with Carnage seems sort of superfluous in this book, but gosh-darn it if I don't love watching Carol interact with Goose. That alien cat is one of my favorite things to get popularity in Marvel right now. It's also probably one of the best depictions of what it's like to have a cat that I've seen in quite some time. I think my cats could be possessed by Carnage, but that could just be my reasoning of why they keep attacking my Christmas tree. 
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Episode 52 - The Value of Miniseries, Deadpool of Clay, Being Ungrateful

11/23/2019

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Don't forget to be ungrateful today! 

Weekly Pull Highlights: November 20, 2019
  • Olympia #1
  • The Question: the Deaths of Vic Sage #1
  • Captain Marvel #12
  • Deadpool #1

Ready to feel sentimental? Preparing for Thanksgiving, we dive headfirst into the sweet and funny Olympia, by father/son duo Curt & Tony Pires. But with family gatherings come (un)friendly debates, so we wade into the morally ambiguous new Black Label title, "The Question: the Deaths of Vic Sage." Finally, just like your favorite holiday recipe, we cover the enjoyable, if not exactly what you were expecting, new run of Deadpool by Kelly Thompson. Happy Turkey Day! 
Remember that livestream we mentioned? 
We'll be doing a 24-Hour livestream for charity with our gaming group TinkTinkGames on November 30th starting at 4pm EST. Join us for gaming, hilarity, and a decent into madness as we get further and further into sleep debt. All proceeds from the event will be benefitting The UFHealth Shands Children's Hospital and the Children's Miracle Network. Consider donating on our fundraiser page here. You can watch our stream on Twitch, too - just look for TinkTinkGames! 

​Thanks for supporting us and helping us make a difference this holiday season! 
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Episode 48 - X-Men Brady Bunch, The Mask is Back, Heavy Sighing

10/18/2019

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And that's the way they became the Summers Bunch! 

Weekly Pull Highlights: October 16, 2019
  • X-Men #1
  • Black Panther and the Agents of Wakanda #2
  • Crazy #1
  • Captain Marvel #11
  • Tales from the Dark Multiverse: Knightfall #1
  • Strayed #3
  • The Mask: I Pledge Allegiance to the Mask #1
  • Archie & Sabrina #708
  • The Marked #1

​Now back to our regularly scheduled programming! This week Chris covers all sorts of new titles, including the return of 'The Mask' and the much-anticipated X-Men #1. Meanwhile, Tee faces her comic demons with a whole slew of unsatisfying titles and the imminent fear of disappointing Kelly Thompson (seriously, still love you, girl). Oh, and we'll be on vacation next week - so be sure to check the blog for your weekly comic update instead! ​
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Episode 41 - Marvel/Sony Dispute, Flerken Invasion, Ultra-Violent Nicktoons

8/23/2019

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No flerken' technical difficulties will stop Cover B! 

Weekly Pull Highlights: August 23, 2019
  • Powers of X #3
  • Marvel Action: Captain Marvel #1
  • Marvel Comics Presents #8
  • Deadpool Annual #1
  • Strayed #1
  • Pretty Violent #1
  • Bad Reception #1
  • Year of the Villain: Black Mask #1
  • Pearl #12

​Technical difficulties can't keep us down! Join us as we discuss the pending divorce between Marvel and Sony, and watch helplessly as poor Peter Tingles cries in between his two unwavering parent-folks! We also talk comics, including a couple titles about cats, a couple titles about serial killers, and more updates on the Powers of X series (didn't we just read one of those?)! 
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Episode 17 - Silly Seals, Caviar and Brandy, Captain Marvel

3/8/2019

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Our spoiler-free Captain Marvel movie review! 

Weekly Pull Highlights: March 6, 2019
  • Ronin Island #1
  • Morning in America #1
  • Female Furies #2
  • Black Order #5
  • Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal #1
  • Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History #1
  • Darth Vader: Dark Visions #1

My Goodness, there sure is a lot of comics and news topics to discuss this week. Good thing we laid out our time properly to give each item the appropriate amount of discussion time.

....oh, whoops...
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Rushed, overly-complicated schedule aside, we cap off this episode with our review of Captain Marvel COMPLETELY SPOILER FREE!


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