Some of My Friends Read Comics 226 – April Fool’s Day 2024: Spider-Ham Fights Baron Zebro + Carol Danvers Dates Her Son + Earth X Finale

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April Fools! We’re doing some weird comics today, because that feels like it makes sense.

We wanted to read Peter Porker and we only picked issue #16 because it had Baron Zebro in it. 

Then we read Avengers #200 because it’s said to be one of the worst issues of all time, and it definitely deserves that accolade.

And we finally end Earth X in issue #X, in which Spiders-Man wears a hard hat.

The best thing in all these comics is the cool dinosaur that attacked Avengers Mansion.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/4ehda2vb

Next Time: I Hate Fairyland, Pt. 2

Some of My Friends Read Comics 225 – Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama + Earth X #12

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With the passing of Akira Toriyama, we wanted to take a look at his most famous work, and one of the most popular manga/anime series of all time, the Dragon Ball series.

We go back to the first volume from 1986 and it’s not what we expected!

Then we continue Earth X with #12 in which… uhh… we can’t remember anything that happened. Did anything happen?  DID ANYTHING HAPPEN??

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/4nmmx5z5

Next Time: April Fools Day where Carol Danvers marries her son in Avengers #200 + Spider-Ham meets Baron Zebro in Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #16 + the Earth X Finale!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 224 – Avengers (1998) by Busiek & Perez + Earth X #11

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It’s time for us to visit the late 90s with Kurt Busiek and George Perez’s relaunch of The Avengers!

Who will be on the new roster? Will we remember any of the history that Busiek digs up? And is it ever a good idea to relaunch a book with an alternate reality story?

Then we go onto Earth X #11 where we say farewell to the character with the best one-liners.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/yue9w6rh

Next Time: Dragon Ball, Vol. 1

Some of My Friends Read Comics 223 – Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One, Pt. 2 + Earth X #10

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Superman’s still a fascist and now his best friend, Lex Luthor, is here to help him change the world in the 2nd half of Injustice: Year One.

Will Superman kill again? He will; he’ll do it a lot. It’s true Superdickery.

Then we continue to Earth X #10 where the Skull continues to be a major asshole as Captain America and his forces attack.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/bdz2j3r6

Next Time: Avengers (1998) #1-6 by Kurt Busiek & George Perez

Some of My Friends Read Comics 222 – Injustice: Gods Among Us: Year One, Pt. 1 + Earth X #9

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When the Mortal Kombat team makes a video game based on DC comic book characters and you need to write the prequel story, what do you do? You turn Superman into a fascist, of course.

We’re reading the first half of Injustice: Year One from 2013, where Superman starts killing people, Wonder Woman supports him, and Batman don’t like it.

Then we move onto Earth X #9 in which the Red Skull has a pretty good line.

MP3: http://tinyurl.com/yckrwucc

Next Time: We finish Year One of Injustice (issues 7-12, or 19-36 digitally)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 221 – The Death of Captain America Pt. 1 + Earth X #8

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We’ve been building up to the Death of Captain America for a few years now, and it’s finally time to read the most memorable moment from Ed Brubaker’s run in issues #25-30! 

Find out if Cap’s supporting characters can sustain the book without him! Also learn a lot about how secret psychic activation codes work.

Then, we move on to Earth X #8, which continues to improve and also prominently features a werewolf astronaut. Coincidence?

MP3: http://tinyurl.com/2dht4f33

Next Time: Injustice #1-6 (or digitally #1-18 – the first half of Year One)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 220 – Spider-Man: The Owl/Octopus War + Earth X #7

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Let’s do some more Spider-Man. Why not?

It’s The Owl-Octopus War from 1982 in Spectacular Spider-Man #73-79 by Bill Mantlo and Al Milgrom.

The Owl gets beat pretty badly, but we also have some great guests in the form of Black Cat, Boomerang, Biff Rifkin, Deb Whitman, Deb’s terrible psychiatrist, Peter’s weird professor, and Peter’s decaying mental state as he falls passionately in love.

And then we move on to Earth X #7 in which stuff actually happens! Someone was secretly evil, and The Thing returns to his rightful place as the true star of this book.

MP3 (Direct Download): http://tinyurl.com/4wju2jjf

Next Time: We finally get to The Death of Captain America with Captain America (2004) #25-30 

Some of My Friends Read Comics 219 – Superior Foes of Spider-Man + Earth X #6

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Let’s get the elephant in the room out of the way first. We’re reading Superior Foes of Spider-Man for this episode, but Spider-Man just isn’t in this book.

is the star of this short-lived comedy series and he’s got a new Sinister Six that he’s formed with four other D-list villains (that’s right – these five make up the Sinister Six.).

Join us as we follow the lives of these losers, and stay with us as we read Earth X #6 where Chewbacca joins the X-Men maybe!

MP3: http://tinyurl.com/29vjmfey

Next Time: Spider-Man – The Owl/Octopus War (Spectacular Spider-Man #73-79)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 218 – Emperor Doom + Earth X #5

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It’s been a while since we read something from the Marvel Graphic Novel series, so we’re going back to read Emperor Doom, a story where Dr. Doom steals Purple Man’s powers and takes over the world. 

Doom actually does a pretty good job, until the Avengers screw everything up.

It’s really all Wonder Man’s fault that world hunger is still a thing.

Then we move onto Earth X #5 in which Uatu continues to be very mean to X-51.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/4dx2dwcp

Next Time: The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1-6

Some of My Friends Read Comics 217 – Spider-Girl + Earth X #4

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We love our Spider-Comics here at SOMFRC, but we’ve somehow never covered Spider-Girl at all, so today we took a look at the birth of Marvel’s alternate future MC2 universe to see what it’s all about.

Little did we know, we would become Spider-Girl Mayday Parker ourselves, and we would truly feel the relationship between her and her parents, MJ & Peter.

Then we go back to our other alternate future storyline with Earth X #4. Hope you like vibranium!

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/shysh9yt

Next Time: Emperor Doom