Monthly Archives: June 2019

They keep forgetting to talk about the Avengers movie, so instead of giving a recap, they discuss the after-effects on the Marvel Movie Universe! They also discuss:

• Cory!! starts promoting a nothing appearance.
• Joe explains the “Joe Prize”
• Joe gets Cory!! to talk Jack Kirby about 10 minutes into the show. Because that’s all you need.
• The origin of the Marvel Movies and why the notoriously cheap head of Marvel greenlit that movie studio.
• Who should be the Big Bad for the next Phase of the Marvel Movies?
• How will the next Spider-Man movie deal with the after effects of Avengers
• The issues with dealing of half of all life returning after 5 years.
• The one movie Cory!! saw in the the theater alone

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

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Cory!! and Joe have been reading comics, and in this episode they review a bunch of them to let you know if you should Buy, Borrow, or Ignore!

Ghostbusters Extreme 35^th Anniversary comic

Star Trek Year Five – #1

Queen of Bad Dreams from Vault Comics

Silver Surfer Black

The Black Order

Dceased #1 and 2

Faithless

Jughead: The Hunger vs Vampironica

Paradox Girl: First Cycle

They also discuss:

It’s another serving of American Food as they go over the new foods at the MN State Fair this year.

Cory explains how to use genre for storytelling in a long rant

Why you shouldn’t bash a comic that someone is buying from you.

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

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There’s been a lot of news coming from the world of comic books in the last few weeks, and rather than having a normal theme, Cory!! and Joe talk about it, as well as a bunch of other topics. It’s like hanging out at the comic shop on a comfortable couch and talking comics.

Without the customers.

They also talk about:

• Cory talks about a great acting story from Marathon Man
• People are always upset about who plays Batman
• Mile High Comics got robbed
• Joe explains why Golden Age comics are hard to find in comic shops in Minneapolis/St. Paul
• Marvel and DC have hired people who work in YA book publishing
• The early days of getting guests for the Minnesota FallCons.
• How Source Comics and Games got Jim Lee for a store signing

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

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One of the things comics readers get every month is a huge catalog of the comics they can ordfer, called Previews. Every month, Cory!! and Joe go through it to point out what is new and interesting. This is the episode where they do that for this month!!! Because of that, it’s super-sized AND they talk about other stuff, such as:

• What character did Marvel LOSE the copyright for?
• Why Cory!! still buys comics by Neal Adams
• Joe gives Marvel a horrible idea
• How is the new Ghost Spider comic gonna get things weird with Spider-Man
• Why is Marvel publishing a Monsters comic and how did Scott Lobdell get into comics foir the same reason
• How Trump’s tariffs may raise the cost of your comics

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

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You know how we had to use a fill-in last week?  Now we get the low down scoop on WHY Joe wasn’t available to record last week!  Was he on a secret mission for the government?  Was he involved in crypto-terrorism?  Did he go out into the world with a vest and pretend to be our own charming and delightful Uncle Rat Bastard?

WE AREN’T GOING TO TELL YOU NOW!   Listen to the episode to find out, geez.

We also discuss:

• -Joe updates us on Spring Con
• -Cory!! updates us on Dell still existing
• -Joe keeps trying to trick Cory!! into going to conventions
• -Joe discusses the cool stuff he picked up at the Minnesota Spring Con
• -Joe and his sainted wife went on vacation
• -Cory reviews Planet of Wrestletopia, Man and Superman and the Star Trek Destiny novels.

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

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