Transformers, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Marvel: The Untold Story (Rob Liefeld, John Byrne, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Jackson, and more), Three Fingers by Rich Koslowsky, Alpha Flight, Excalibur and Alan Davis, Domino and Colossus, Drew Hayes’ Poison Elves #1 from the Outlaw imprint of Ape Entertainment, Pacific Rim, Evil Dead, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Kirby and Kamandi, a Marvel Now overview (All-New X-Men, Avengers, Avengers: Arena, Cable and X-Force, Uncanny X-Force, Deadpool volume 4, Fantastic Four and FF, Indestructible Hulk, Iron Man, New Avengers, Savage Wolverine, Thor: God of Thunder, Thunderbolts, Uncanny Avengers, Young Avengers, and more), Showcase: Justice League of America volume six, John Carter and the Gods of Mars, Creepy Presents: Richard Corben, Fringe, Skottie Young, Amelia Cole and the Unknown World, and much more!
The great Carl Potts and Alien Legion, Ryan Stegman and the I Draw Comics Kickstarter, Rick Remender’s Fear Agent (EC Comics, Jerome Opena, Kieron Dwyer and Sea of Red, Salgood Sam and Mark Sable’s Dracula: Son of the Dragon, and more), Infinite Horizon by Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto from Image, Dark Horse’s Eerie #1 (David Lapham, Bill Dubay, Rafa Garres, the incomparable Richard Corben, Bernie Wrightson, the Heavy Metal movie, Den, and more), Darwyn Cooke, Jeff Lemire’s Underwater Welder for Top Shelf (Matt Kindt, Sweet Tooth), Jonathan Hickman’s string of Fantastic Four done-in-ones, Crystar: Crystal Warrior, Avenging Spider-Man by Zeb Wells, Joe Mad, and others, New Teen Titans, Planet of the Apes, Silver Surfer: Parable by Stan Lee and Moebius, Walt Simonson and Doctor Who, Richard Starking’s Elephantmen #42, Jason Aaron and Scalped, Adventure Time #7 and LSP, Falling Skies, and a whole mess more!
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Pendleton Ward and Adventure Time, Bravest Heroes, and Ben 10, Menage a 3, the Walt Simonson Thor Artist’s Edition from IDW, Joe Kubert, the long-lost 1987 Penta hotel Creation Convention cassette tape, Marvel’s New Universe, Mark Millar and Tommy Lee Edwards’ 1985, Mike Allred and Mark Bagley on Matt Fraction’s Fantastic Four family of books, Chris Tucker, Transformers: Regeneration One from Simon Furman, Andrew Wildman, and Stephen Baskerville from IDW, Larry Marder’s Beanworld 3.5 from Dark Horse, Marvel Now and licensed books, Matt Kindt and Super Spy from Top Shelf, Double Barrel #3, Julian Lytle’s ANTS, Walking Dead #19, and a whole mess more!
All the pieces are back in place as we ramble through Revival by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton from Image, Mike Schwartz’s Oceanverse, Won Ton Soup volume one by James Stokoe from Oni Press, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Weapons of the Metabaron with Travis Charest and Zoran Janjetov from Humanoids (incorporating Frank Herbert and David Lynch’s Dune, Moebius, H. R. Giger, Sienkiewicz, Flash (Aaaaaaaaaaah!) Gordon, and more), Ron Garney and Fantastic Four #606, Jeff Parker and Dale Eaglesham’s Hulk #53 and Alpha Flight, Jonathan Hickman and Ryan Bodenheim from Image, The Homeland Directive by Robert Vendetti and Mike Huddleston from Top Shelf, David’s tale on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Detective Comics #526, trade dress and Dark Horse’s Creepy and Eerie Archives, Juxtapoz #137, Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey’s Comic Book History of Comics from IDW, Terry Moore’s Rachel Rising, Fury MAX by Ennis and Parlov, Dynamite!, and a little about Before Watchmen: Minutemen #1. You’ll live.
Chaos is the name of the game this week as we kick the insanity up a few notches while talking about the 999 Challenge, Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 from Stan Lee Comics, Alex Saviuk, and the fine folks at Archie (including the Spider-Man newspaper strip, Sonic, Archie, Mega Man, and more), an extended look at Jonathan Hickman’s run on Fantastic Four (John Byrne, DOOM, the Waid/Wieringo run, etc.), The John Romita Amazing Spider-Man Artist Edition from IDW (Steve Ditko + Amazing Annual #1 with the Sinister Six, Ross Andru, Gil Kane, Romita Jr, Romitaman, Kingpin, Arch-nemeses, Morbius, and more), Dean Haspiel and Make Mine Me, The Believer #88 from McSweeney’s, John Carter and the Gods of Mars, Cartoon Network’s DC Nation block, Adventure Time, David Lapham’s Age of Apocalypse, and a couple buckets more!
We throw a whole mess of stuff at the fan in this old-school EOC episode, including Invincible Iron Man by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, and Attila Futaki’s Severed #6 and 7 from Image, Critical Millennium: The Dark Frontier by Andrew E. C. Gaska, Dan Dussault, and Archaia (incorporating Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand, The Dapper Men, and more), Gates of Gotham by Snyder, Kyle Higgins, and Trevor McCarthy, Avengers Vs. X-Men, superstar writers (including Alan Moore, Jason Aaron, Gail Simone, Bendis, Roy Thomas, Ed Brubaker, Morrison, The New 52, and more), Fantastic Four, Alan Davis and Captain America, Brian Wood’s DMZ, and a whole mess more!
X-Mas gifts are opened and subjects are spoken such as Skyrim, High School of the Dead Color Omnibus volume one, Parker: The Martini Edition, Nexus, the Kindle Fire, Ryan Stegman, Deadpool, Pat Loika, Jim Woodring’s Congress of the Animals, Jack Kirby’s OMAC, MetaMAUS from Pantheon Books, John Byrne’s Fantastic Four Omnibus, Mercy Heights, Looking for Group, Doctor Who, Jacques Tardi (Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot, Adele, Arctic Marauder and more!), Pertograd, Pokemon, Shawn Pryor and M.A.S.K., the Craftsman circular saw, Matt Wagner’s Mage, Magik: Storm and Illyana, Tintin, Alien Legion: A Grey Day to Die, the Kamandi Omnibus, The Ocean of Time by Jon Strongbow, Mudtown, Theo Ellsworth’s Sleeper Car, The Stumptown Files, The Uncouth Youth, Neil Gaiman’s Instructions, Stupid Tales of Wolverine, The Gangsta Rap Coloring Book, The Bad Azz Mofo Book of Blaxploitation, Meanwhile…, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Book of Th’ Dead, Destroy All Monsters, Too Much Coffee Man coffee, La Mano del Destino and J. Gonzo, City of Glass, Freak Angels, Evan Dorkin’s Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad, Dan Clowes’ Death Ray, Gene Colan, TMNT, The Arrival by Shaun Tan, Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow, Ken Dahl’s Monsters, My Mommy Is in America and She Met Buffalo Bill by Regnaud and Bravo, Years of the Elephant by Willy Linthout, Casanova, Savage Sword of Conan, John Buscema, Secret Warriors, X-Men Rarities, Neonomicon, Cosmic Odyssey, Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson from Fantagraphics, Jesus Hates Zombies, War of the Independents, Longshot, Ian Fleming, The Tooth by Bunn and Kindt, Amazing Spider-Man: Hooky, Jack Kirby’s The Demon, Andy Sidaris, Savage Hawkman, Rachel Rising, Amazing Spider-Man, Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan’s Conan, and a whole mess more!