This might be it. The worst comic we’ve ever read. Marville, a miniseries from 2002 written by Marvel’s Editor in Chief at the time, Bill Jemas.
It’s a fever dream of a comic that starts as a Smallville parody, but it becomes more. Oh it becomes so much more!
Please join us for this bizarre piece of garbage. Then we keep going with Ultimates in issue #9, where there’s a fairly inconsequential fight!
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Next Time: Archie Meets Batman ’66!
We’ve never read a Supergirl comic and it’s time to change that! We’re taking a look at Tom King & Bilquis Evely’s 8-issue miniseries, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, which also serves as the inspiration behind her new movie.
But is it secretly a Coen Brothers movie in disguise???
Then we’re continuing The Ultimates with issue #8 where we meet some new cast members!
MP3: https://tinyurl.com/5emd2hv9
Next Time: We celebrate April Fool’s Day with Marvel’s Smallville parody, Marville (2002)!
It’s The Heroic Age! All the Marvel heroes are friends again and there are no villains! Or something like that, and the Avengers want to keep it that way. So they’re training up a team of brand new recruits in Avengers Academy while also lying to them. Perfect.
We read an unprecedented NINE issues of this series, all so we get to Taskmaster and talk about him.
Then we continued Ultimates with #7, and it definitely had some pictures in it.
MP3: https://tinyurl.com/5b5jvn2a
Next Time – Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
We’re going back to the early 90s to another Robin miniseries where the Joker is wild. It’s called Robin II: Joker’s Wild, and Batman’s not in this one, Robin’s flying solo!
We get some interesting looks at how he interacts with Batman’s supporting cast when he’s not around. And we also meet some of Robin’s own supporting cast. We didn’t know he had friends.
Then we go onto Ultimates #6 where we distinguish the Ultimates from their 616 counterparts.
MP3: https://tinyurl.com/3kwcsbsh
Next Time: Avengers Academy (2010) #1-9
Woop woop! X-Men alert! It’s a double-sized grab bag of X-titles! First up, we’re taking a look at Uncanny X-Men #200 where Magneto is on trial in Paris in front of the UN. We get some weird twins and some space aliens.
Then we finally get into the Age of Apocalypse finale with X-Men Omega.
And then we gotta keep going with Ultimates #5, in which we get meet the Incredible Inappropriate Hulk.
MP3: https://tinyurl.com/nhff5p5y
Next Time: Tim Drake fights the Joker for the first time, in “Robin 2: The Joker’s Wild!”
Marvel and DC crossovers are back! This time they come to us in the form of two one-shots called Deadpool/Batman and Batman/Deadpool, with a few bonus short stories in each comic.
Are these two collabs better than the big events from years past? We’ll find out, and then we’ll jump into Ultimates #4, where we finally get a villain… almost.
MP3: https://tinyurl.com/2d5j4xav
Next Time: Magneto goes to United Nations in Uncanny X-Men #200 + we finally end the Age of Apocalypse in Age of Apocalypse: Omega!
It’s the holiday season, so we’re reading… oh it’s not a holiday comic. That’s ok, it’s Grant Morrison’s Animal Man!
We’re taking a look at his first 5 issues from the early 90s, where we’ll analyze cell reconstruction and Looney Tunes.
Then we continued our long read of the Ultimates with issue #3 in which… we still don’t have a villain.
MP3: https://tinyurl.com/cd5r8zss
Next Time: Marvel & DC crossover for the first time in 20 years with 2025’s Deadpool/Batman & Batman/Deadpool!
Surfs up, it’s time for some Silver Surfer comics!
Many years ago, we read a single Eisner-nominated issue of Dan Slott and Mike Allred’s run on the book, but now we’re going back to read the first 5 issues from their reboot in 2014. We meet the Surfer’s new companion, Dawn Greenwood, as she tries to teach the Silver Surfer some manners, and make friends with a bunch of aliens. Glorp!
Then we continue our long read of Ultimates with issue #2, in which we almost have all of the introductions out of the way.
Next Time: Animal Man by Grant Morrison #1-5
It’s been a little while since we did a non-superhero indie comic, so we’re reading about some cute animals living in a cute animal town where everyone knows everyone and they’re all happy… until the murders start happening.
It’s Patrick Horvath’s Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, and it’s simultaneously adorable and gruesome.
We’re taking a look at the first volume to see how apt the Dexter comparisons are.
Then, we’re starting a new long read with The Ultimates #1, in which our alternative universe Avengers team… is mostly absent.
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Next Time: Silver Surfer (2014) #1-5 by Dan Slott & Mike Allred!
We’re finally at the end of Alan Moore’s Swamp Thing! When we last left him, he was stuck in space on an alien planet, making the best of his situation with whatever plants he could find.
Will he ever make it back to Earth to see Abigail? Or will he just putz around with Adam Strange and Hawkgirl for a while?
We’ll find out in issues 57-64!
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Next Time: We continue spooky season with “Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees” by Patrick Horvath! Plus we start our next long-read with “The Ultimates #1”
All My Friends Are Right Here 