Some of My Friends Read Comics 102 – Avengers Forever Pt. 1 + Secret Wars 12

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 Vincent Goodwinavengers endgame, avengers forever, carlos pacheco, classic avengers, immortus, janet van dyne, kang the conqueror, kurt busiek, some of my friends read comics, somfrcLeave a comment

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Have you ever heard of the Avengers? Well they’re FOREVER. They fought dinosaurs in the wild west and they tried to stop Skrull Nixon in the ‘50s.

Kurt Busiek chronicles their foreverventures in Avengers: Forever, a 12-issue limited series from the late ’90s.

As far as I can tell, it’s about 2 Hank Pyms stopping 3 Kangs, or something like that. We read the first 6 issues of Forever + the finale of Secret Wars with issue 12! We’ll miss that floating suburb of Denver!

MP3: https://bit.ly/2GEK8Q3

Next Time: Avengers Forever 7-12 + Uncanny X-Men 183 (Secret Wars epilogue)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 101 – Detective Comics 1000 & 27 + Secret Wars 11

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Vincent Goodwinalex maleev, batman anniversary issue, batman first issue, bill finger, denny o'neil, detective comics 1000, detective comics 27, dr. doom, geoff johns, greg capullo, marvel secret wars, neal adams, scott snyder, some of my friends read comics, somfrcLeave a comment

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Detective Comics just released their milestone 1000th issue, so of course we had to read it! But of course we had to take a look back in time and visit the first appears of Batman aka “The Bat-Man” in Detective Comics #27 as well.

Did Detective Comics #1000 do better or worse than Action Comics #1000?

Then we approach the end of Secret Wars with issue #11.

MP3: https://bit.ly/2OXwYA6

Next Time: Avengers Forever (1998) 1-6 + Secret Wars Finale!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 100 – Batman: Year 100 + Secret Wars 10

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 Vincent Goodwinbatman year 100, batman year one, best batman comics, comic book podcast, dc comics, dystopia, elseworlds, futuristic comics, jose villarrubia, paul pope, some of my friends read comics, somfrcLeave a comment

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It’s our 100th episode!

And as we do with every anniversary, we celebrate with Batman! This time it’s Batman: Year 100 by Paul Pope, a story that takes place in 2039…aka Batman’s 100th year.

Then we continue our read of Secret Wars with issue 10. Galactus may be defeated, but Doom’s about to Doom.

We also marked this momentous occasion the only way three nerds know how: by talking about more nerdy things. Here’s to 100 more!

MP3: https://bit.ly/2UbDHeP

Next Time: Batman reaches his own anniversary with Detective Comics 1000 (out on store shelves today!) and we read the first appearance of Batman in Detective Comics 27 (May 1939)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 099 – Kree-Skrull War Part 2 + Secret Wars 9

March 14, 2019 Vincent Goodwinavengers, best 1970s comics, captain marvel movie, john buscema, kree-skrull war, major marvel comics events, neal adams, roy thomas, sal buscema, some of my friends read comics, somfrcLeave a comment

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We continue our last episode by finishing off the Kree Skrull War from Avengers 94-97.

We’re not entirely sure when the war started, but we do know that a fake senator (alien in disguise!) is trying to take down the Avengers by making the public scared of aliens. Bad move, dude.

And then the Inhumans show up?

We’re also nearing the end of Secret Wars with issue 9.

MP3: https://bit.ly/2T4gQNy

Next Time: We celebrate our 100th episode with Batman: Year 100!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 098 – Kree-Skrull War Part 1 + Secret Wars 8

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 Vincent Goodwinavengers, best marvel events, captain marvel movie, carol danvers, mar-vell, marvel event comics, marvel secret wars, neal adams, roy thomas, sal buscema, skrulls, some of my friends read comics, somfrc, super skrullLeave a comment

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We’ve been talking about a lot of “Event” comics recently, and this week we’re going back to what could arguable be called the first big Marvel event, the Kree-Skrull War from Avengers 89-97.

We’re splitting it up into two parts, reading issues 89-93 this time, plus the continuation of our Secret Wars read with issue 8.

Two different Marvel events in one episode?

They said it couldn’t be done.

MP3: https://bit.ly/2tDYo46

Next Time: Kree-Skrull War Conclusion! (Avengers 94-97)

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Some of My Friends Read Comics 097 – Nightwing: Year One + Secret Wars 7

February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 Vincent Goodwinbarbara gordon batgirl, batman, chuck dixon, comic book podcast, dc comics, dick grayson, jason todd, nightwing, nightwing origin, nightwing year one, robin quits, scott beattie, scott mcdaniel, some of my friends read comics, somfrcLeave a comment

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For Valentine’s Day, we wanted to cover a comic book couple that we haven’t spent much time with: Dick Grayson & Barbara Gordon. Turns out Nightwing: Year One didn’t have quite as much Batgirl in it as we thought it would, but don’t worry…

Smooching.

Does.

Happen.

Join us for Nightwing 101-106 and Secret Wars 7.

MP3: https://bit.ly/2UVW0kZ

Next Time: We get ready for Captain Marvel by checking out the Kree-Skrull War Part 1 (Avengers 89-93)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 096 – Spider-Man: The Death of Jean DeWolff + Secret Wars 6

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 Vincent Goodwin80s comics, best spider-man comics, daredevil, death of jean dewolff, peter david, peter parker, rick buckler, sin-eater, spectacular spider-manLeave a comment

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We tried to read Spider-Man: The Death of Jean DeWolff, but I think we must have picked up the wrong comic.

DeWolff, Spider-Man’s long-time friend in the NYPD, was barely in it!

We did get a little story about Daredevil and some villain named Sin-Eater?

And then we talked about politics even though we promised we wouldn’t. Plus Secret Wars rolls on with issue 6!

MP3: https://bit.ly/2WwdqGH

Next Time: Nightwing: Year One (Nightwing 101-106)