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Some of My Friends Read Comics 254 – Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees + Ultimates #1

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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.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/2b669c7u

Next Time: Silver Surfer (2014) #1-5 by Dan Slott & Mike Allred!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 237 – The Death of Captain America Pt. 3 + Thunderbolts #10

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We’ve finally reached the end of Ed Brubaker’s classic run on Captain America in issues 37-42. Steve Rogers is dead, probably forever, but now we’ve got Bucky running around with the shield.

We also get some other clown who thinks he’s Steve, and the Red Skull is trying to get his puppet elected as president while also doing some time travel shenanigans.

Then we get to the beginning of the end in Thunderbolts #10. The secret is out! But how???

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/txhfwaxc

Next time: Batman: Hush Pt. 1 (Batman #608-613)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 231 – The Death of Captain America Pt. 2 + Thunderbolts Annual 1997

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Watch out crooks, there’s a new Captain America in town. And he’s got a gun! Steve Rogers is dead and Bucky is taking over as we pick back up with Ed Brubaker’s run on Captain America in issues #31-36.

Then we continue reading the Thunderbolts with an interlude in the Thunderbolts ’97 Annual as we learn all about how the team came together.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/2p92b548

Next Time: Dazzler: The Movie (Marvel Graphic Novel #12) (in four weeks)

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 214 – One Piece, Vol. 1: Romance Dawn + Earth X #1

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It’s manga time!

Until now, we’ve only covered manga adaptations of video games, but we’re jumping into our first long-form manga with the wildly popular One Piece by Eichiro Oda. 

We read the first volume to figure out just who this straw hat kid is and why this book has spawned a whole media empire.

Then we get into the meat of Earth X with issue #1, in which we try to determine if Spider-Man is a cop now.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/yc2snzaj

Next Time: Harrow County, Vol. 2: Twice Told

Some of My Friends Read Comics 213 – Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Vol. 4 + Earth X #0

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Swamp Thing! Do you still make our heart sing?

We return to Alan Moore’s classic series with Volume 4: A Murder of Crows, which collects issues #43-50 where we get some nice redesigns of Swamp Thing’s flora.

We also tie into the Crisis and meet lots of other heroes, plus we get some more insight into what John Constantine is like.

Then we move onto our next long read with Earth X #0, which is set in the future… we think. It’s hard to tell after this introductory issue.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/2brsa4re

Next Time: One Piece Vol. 1: Romance Dawn

Some of My Friends Read Comics 198 – Young Avengers, Pt. 1 + Knightfall #5

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We’re jumping back to mid-2000s Marvel with a 2-part look at Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung’s Young Avengers, a brand new teen superhero team starring Kate Bishop, Cassie Lang, and some other friends from the MCU!

We also get to spend plenty of time with Jessica Jones, Captain America, and Iron Man as they try to figure out just who the Young Avengers are and why Kang is involved.

Then the Joker hires a Scarecrow-knockoff in Chapter 5 of Knightfall in Batman #494.

MP3: https://bit.ly/3XYQyyH

Next Time: We finish Young Avengers with issues 7-12!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 192 – Namor’s First Appearances + Brave & the Bold #197

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With Namor appearing in the movies soon for the first time in Black Panther, we go waaaaay back in the past to 1939 to read the first appearance of the Sub-Mariner in Marvel Comics #1, published back when they were called Timely Comics.

Then we read the Namor stories from Marvel Mystery Comics #7-10 to see him attack New York and fight the Human Torch and basically be the biggest a-hole of all time. It’s very entertaining!

Then we finish our tour through the life of Earth-2’s Batman with Brave and the Bold #197, in which Batman recalls the way he and Catwoman fell in love.

MP3: https://bit.ly/3Ef9T7f

Next Time:

  • We go back to the Age of Apocalypse with X-Calibre
  • We start our next long-read, Batman: Knightfall, with Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 

Some of My Friends Read Comics 169 – Age of Apocalypse: Legion Quest & X-Men Alpha + The Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck #10

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We don’t get around to the X-Men often enough, so we’re gonna make a commitment to jump in more often by exploring one of their biggest events, the Age of Apocalypse.

We’re starting with the prelude in the 4-part Legion Quest storyline where Professor X’s son goes back in time to kill Magneto, and then we get introduced to an alternate reality in X-Men: Alpha #1.

We also continue The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck with chapter 10 in which Scrooge settles down in Duckburg.

MP3: https://bit.ly/3mLn8nl

Next Time: Hulk – Future Imperfect

Some of My Friends Read Comics 155 – Loki (2004) + Amazing Spider-Man #8

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Loki is everybody’s favorite trickster god and in 2004 he finally got his own 4 issue mini-series by Robert Rodi with painted art by Esad Ribic.

It starts with a victorious Loki, which means he doesn’t have to use any of his fun trademark trickery throughout the book. Hooray!

After reading that, we move onto Amazing Spider-Man #8 in which we see the least likable version of Peter Parker there has ever been.

MP3: https://bit.ly/3w9pChJ

Next Time: Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Vol. 2 (Captain American 2004 #8-14)