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Normally, Cory!! gives Joe the idea for the episode ahead of time so that Joe can prepare, but not this time. No, this time, Cory!! springs the topic on him…

THE SPIDER-CLONE SAGA!!

You read more on the clone saga here:  http://lifeofreillyarchives.blogspot.com/

They don’t go over the story as much as what it was like for retailers and fans. They talk about how it went on for over a year, how to order the special issues and more! It’s the most infamous story in Marvel history, and they talk about it here! They also discuss:

• When Joe met Stan Lee!
• They review the comic from the burlesque troop The Lalas  http://www.thelalas.com/
• GOLD comics!
• The baby of Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson
• The LAST time Joe rags on Cory!! about Fallcon 2016

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

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Joe starts with a bang, talking about the Clone Conspiracy! And you know when it comes to clones and Spider-Man, that’s a recipe for success! They then discuss why they stop reading specific comics, now, when they worked in comics retail and when they were younger fans. It’s an episode about what make you drop a comic!

• Cat cosplay covers.
• Talk about sales figures, what we know and what we don’t know
• They talk about great comics runs and ones where things fell apart.
• The Beyonder from Secret Wars…what happened to him?
• Early comics subscription services
• The death of Robin
• CAPTAIN ARMADILLO!!!

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

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Cory!! and Joe talk about an article on The Outhousers about how we need to get comics back on newsstands. They talk about pre-ordering comics, why comics won’t work on the newsstands and other issues around the current distribution of comic books and graphic novels.

http://www.theouthousers.com/index.php/features/136167-die-industry-die-or-why-letting-comics-fail-is-the-real-only-way-to-save-the-industry.html

They also discuss the new Tilting At Windmills about how DC Rebirth is doing well and Marvel’s Civil War 2 isn’t doing as well. Joe and Cory!! talk about how retailers would handle both events and what it means for the future of the comics market.

http://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-253-was-dcs-rebirth-a-commercial-hit-or-failure/

• Ellison Gift and News
• The birth of annuals
• Why comics moved to the direct market
• How comic retailers were a weird, paranoid lot in the 80’s
• Comics publishers who died when the newsstands dried up
• What do returnable comics mean for a comic shop
• Valiant – Why?
• Cory!! Screws up and calls Nightwing Nighthawk and Black Knight Dark Knight.  What a moron.

We’ve also got freaking and geeking and the usual Much, Much more!!

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Angel Medina drops by to talk about comics and wrestling while Joe’s Internet cuts out and drops the entire show. It’s a way to drop in on what it’s like to sit around with us after a convention where we talk like a bunch of nerds! They discuss all sorts of things like:

• Their favorite 70’s comics that still hold up
• AWA in the 80’s
• Things they liked about both comics and wrestling – Continuity
• The 80’s Chicago comic cons

Sadly, the recording stopped before we got to freaking and geeking, but it’s still a lot of fun!

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The summer is over! So instead of complaining about how summer has ended, they do what they always do, talk comics!! Their topic this week is the X-Men! When did they lose interest, when does it seem like comics fans lost interest and is there anything that can make them the top super-hero comic again?

• Cory!! talks about his time at Lion Con
• Joe beats up on Cory!! for retiring from conventions
• What the website ICV2.com is used for by retailers
• Cory!! gives the details on how they get the projected comics sales are figured out
• Are there any new rock bands that anyone cares about?
• What the hell happened with Dark Beast?
• THEY TALK ABOUT JACK KIRBY BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY DO!!!

Freaking and geeking, the usual shenanigans and the usual much, much more!

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Joe was off for a week, so he and Cory!! talk about what they did on their summer vacation as well as:

• Cory!! discusses the Mad Magazine Board game and playing it on camera at Lion Con
• Cory!! gives advice to comic shop owners around the world
• Joe tells his tale of horror as he was not able to visit a comic shop on his vacation.
• Joe talks about his time away from the internet
• Cory!! discusses the Ed Brubaker run on the X-Men
• They discuss the dearth of classic underground comix available in trade paperbacks
• And after the endcap music, Cory!! fills you in on his big announcement from Lion Con

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Kray is out of town, but the show must go on, so we’ve got substitute host Dangerous Dan Mohr! That’s how easy you can replaced on this show, so Cory!! better look the hell out as he can be replaced with a damp mop. Dan and Cory!! talk about the upcoming Lion Con appearance, and interview the Head Poo-Bah of Lion Con himself Justin Willard:  https://www.facebook.com/LionConmn/

• The Hasbro universe coming together at IDW
• Cory!! explains why the DC Universe didn’t really come together until the 70’s
• Why Gotham is giving people cognitive dissonance
• Fixing the problem with the DC movies vs the DC TV shows
• Dan breaking the rule of improv to mess with a fellow cartoonist
• Dan tells stories about working at The Source in St Paul and some Nick Post stories.

There’s also freaking and geeking and the usual much, much more!

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