Monthly Archives: March 2021

No theme this week, just comics talk as Joe and Cory!! haven’t had a time to just talk comics as if they were hanging out at the comic shop, so you get to listen in. This week, they discuss:

• For some reason, Cory!! sounds like he is recording from the bottom of a well. No work yet on if Buffalo Bill told him to put the lotion on his skin or he gets the hose.
• What are Cory!! and Joe’s Holy Grails for collecting
• Joe talks about how the Transformers toys he sold at Hot Comics are still floating around
• A quick history of Marvel’s “Enigma Force” and Cory!! digs into the TRUE first appearance of the concept/character in Marvel Preview #4
• Cory!! wants to borrow $1.5 million from Joe for a comic
• How sales charts have changed since DC left Diamond.
• Joe introduces us to Z2 comics, who do graphic novels about musicians.

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

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Every Month, Diamond comics distribution puts out the magazine Previews, a catalog showing what comics are coming out two months (or more) from now. Also, every month, Joe and Cory!! go through it to highlight the new comics and books they find interesting as help you find new comics you may want to order.

Along the way, they talk comics history, stories abut creators and general shenanigans.

Join them, won’t you?

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After the conclusion of WandaVision, a lot of people are curios about the comics connections. Is it based on the comics, how true to the comics characters is the series, and just what IS the background of these characters. Joe and Cory!! do a rare “Hero History” (a series that used to be done by the magazine Amazing Heroes in the 80’s) to explain the convoluted history of these two characters and their connections. They also discuss:

• Is the Scarlet Witch a mutant? Why or why not?
• What TV character was the inspiration for The Vision?
• Yes, the history of the whole thing is convoluted. I’ll be shocked if anyone can follow the Scarlet Witch’s history the first time through.
• How many times has the Scarlet Witch “turned evil”?
• What happened to the Vision where he wasn’t used much by Marvel for two decades?

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

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After the massive 500th episode, we are not changing a damn thing, we’re gonna talk comics! This week, Joe and Cory!! go over stories they have heard about comics over the years that need clearing up and explaining, like:

Were Professor X and Magneto based on MLK Jr. and Malcolm X?

Were the Secret Wars toys successful?

Did the Super Powers toy line tie in with the Super Friends cartoon?

Dd Marvel vs DC kill the comic market in the 90’s?

• ** Warning: Joe eats an entire blueberry pie in this episode **
• Cory goes into the inspiration for Chris Claremont’s version of Magneto
• LOTS of toy talk from Joe, including how toys may have spoiled movie plot twists
• Joe goes into when comic distributors started selling toys and action figures?
• Cory gives his theory as to why comics sales collapsed in the 90’s.
• BEANIE BABY MADNESS!
• Cory tells the story of the 1949 Timely/Marvel layoffs

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

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