Kray Z Comics And Stories

Cory!! and Joe read lots of comics and at least once a month they go over some of the ones they have and let you know if you should BUY them, BORROW them, or simply IGONRE them! Th comics they review this time are:

• The 25^th anniversary of Kingdom Come
• Marvel Mini Comics
• Rain Like Hammers – Image (Cory said it was a one shot, but it’s part one of the five part mini-series)
• The Vein – Oni Press
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Boom!
• Gullivera – Humanoids Press

They also discuss:

• Comics News – The New Mighty Marvel Masterworks reprints are discussed.
• Another million selling comic
• WWE Network moving to Peacock.
• You can read all of the Plastic Man run by Jack Cole for FREE!!!!
• Joe loves him some Elvis movies

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

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This episode, Cory!! and Joe gets some Deep Cuts from their collections. Comics that are a bit obscure, a little bit strange, and stuff you may or may not have heard of. Thsi elads into stories of obscure comics and TV history as well as:

Did Warner Brothers create a Blazing Saddles TV series? The answer may surprise you.

Joe is having a lottery fantasy

Hawkeye and Two Gun Kid as a comic?

Hanna Barbera comics are touched on Twice

Why did Harvey Comics close down? We have TWO answers

Selling greeting cards or seeds!

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

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Cory!! got a comics question for the Wrestling show he does over at pwinsider.com where he was asked:

What comics universe reboot is your favorite?

So, in this episode, Cory!!and Joe discuss their favorite reboots, what makes a good reboot and what doesn’t work, and how reboots have been used through the history of comics!

They also discuss:

• Cory!! and Joe take time to remember comics artist Liz Safian Berube
• A discussion of Crisis on Infinite Earths and the after-effects
• When was the First Post-Crisis Superman appearance
• How did Mark Waid get fired from DC Editorial
• HAS Marvel ever done a line-wide reboot?
• Comics that picked up numbering from other publishers

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

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It’s time for Cory!! and Joe to go through the Catalog of upcoming comics known as Previews! This time, it is for comics that start to come out in March of 2021. And yes, it’s called January because you need to order them by the end of January.

They highlight new series, hardcovers, trade paperbacks and other things that are NEW that they are either getting or are interested in, or want to point out to listeners.

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Comics are expensive, especially when you read as many as Cory!! and Joe do. How are they able to buy the ginormous amounts of stuff they do? They are cheap. They look for cheap comics. And this week, they give you their secrets, from cheap digital comics to finding Omnibuses cheap, they have the scoop on how to enjoy the most comics for the least dollars.

They also discuss:

• What they did over the holidays
• Cory sends a message to Hulk Hogan
• Joe went through small towns to get to St Cloud Comics
• New Year’s Eve music countdowns
• Why some comics are called Cheese

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

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Cory!! and Joe have a big ol’ stack of comics and they want to review them so you can know if you should BUY: Spend your hard earned cash on these comics, BORROW: read them on a service like Comixology Unlimited, Marvel Unlimited or DC Universe, or pick them up ina library, or IGNORE: Don’t waste your time ro money on it. The comics they review are:

• The Other History of the DC Universe #1 – DC
• Mad Magazine #17 – DC
• Happy Hour #1 and #2 – Ahoy comics
• The Autumnal #1 – Vault Comics
• Crossover #1 – Image
• A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night – Behemoth
• The Union #1 – Marvel
• Wolverine” Black, White and Blood #1 – Marvel
• King In Black #1 – Marvel
• X-Men: The Art And Making Of The Animated Series
• Fantastic Four Road Trip One Shot: Marvel

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

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It’s time for our annual tradition. FESTIVUS!!

As it is Festivus, we have the Airing of the Grievances! Cory!!, Joe, and special guests Dangerous Dan Mohr and Stephanie Cofell give their grievances for 2020, so you should be amazed it’s not a 20 hour episode!

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Out on the internet, Cory!! found a sales chart from the old magazine The Comics Reader, showing the top 100 selling comics from the month November 1980. So, Cory!! and Joe go through it, discussing the comics, the history behind them, and putting ti all in context. So, they pull a Casey Casem and discuss the comics on the list, as well as:

• What was the Comics Reader?
• How were X-Men sales in the late 70s and early 80’s.
• Creators who were great on some books and not so great on others.
• Comics from November 1980 that have skyrocketed in value
• The dominance of Richie Rich
• Which of these books are they still interested in
• The sales history of Batman in the 60’s and 70’s

So, you get to listen in and get the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

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It’s time for Cory!! and Joe to go through the Catalog of upcoming comics known as Previews! This time, it is for comics that start to come out in February of 2021. They highlight new series, hardcovers, trade paperbacks and other things that are NEW that they are either getting or are interested in, or want to point out to listeners.

They also discuss:

• Why we are the longest running episodic comic book podcast in history
• Stuff comic shops can do that Amazon does
• Cory!! Complains about the lack of Yoe Books.
• Why was Star Wars Dark Empire announced by Epic, but published by Dark Horse back in the day?

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

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