batman knightfall

Some of My Friends Read Comics 212 – Fantastic Four by Walt Simonson + Knightfall #19 (Finale)

Vincent GoodwinLeave a comment

It’s a time travel story!

This week on the show, we’re reading some Fantastic Four from the early 90s in issues #350 & 352, written and drawn by the great Walt Simonson (don’t worry about issue #351).

We dip our toe into the FF status quo from this era to see a new Thing?

And then another new Thing?!?!

Then we move onto the finale of Knightfall in Batman #500 where our new replacement Batman has his final fight against Bane.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/2fy6y9n5

Next Time: Saga of the Swamp Thing, Vol. 4 by Alan Moore (Swamp Thing #43-50) + Earth X #0

Some of My Friends Read Comics 210 – The Simpsons/Futurama: Crossover Crisis + Knightfall #17

Vincent GoodwinLeave a comment

Bongo Comics has been publishing Simpsons and Futurama comics for decades. With the release of the new season of Futurama, we take our first look at this corner of the comic book universe with the Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis collection, compiling two different 2-issue crossover events from 2002 and 2005.

But how do these gag comics compare with some of the others that we’ve read? And will we be the next voice cast for the Groening-verse?  Kia or Chris?

The answers lie within.

And of course, we continue our long read of Knightfall with Chapter 17 in Batman #499, in which nobody bothers to tell Robin anything at all.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/2p9bwmj6

Next Time: The Eisner Award-winning Nightwing: Leaping Into the Light by Tom Taylor & Bruce Redondo!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 209 – Captain America by Ed Brubaker, Pt. 4 + Knightfall #16

Vincent GoodwinLeave a comment

It’s been a long time, but we’re finally getting back to some of Ed Brubaker’s run on Captain America. We’ve been building up to the big death scene… it’s gonna happen soon! We swear!

Just not in this episode. 

We read issues #18-24 where Cap takes a trip to the UK and fights a giant robot with Bucky, and then the Civil War event breaks out and we spend some time with the ensemble cast.

After that, it’s back to some more of Knightfall with Chapter 16 in Detective Comics 665, where Bruce Wayne learns he can’t fight thugs quite as well while he’s in a wheelchair.

https://tinyurl.com/3nzryjfa

Next Time: The Simpsons/Futurama – Crossover Crisis!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 208 – Spider-Gwen + Knightfall #15

Vincent GoodwinLeave a comment

It’s time to enter the Spider-Verse once again, as we revisit a world where Gwen Stacy became Spider-Woman. It’s Spider-Gwen!

We already read the introductory issue back when we covered Edge of Spider-Verse, but now we dive into the first 5 issues of the ongoing series from 2015 (before it got relaunched with a new #1 later in 2015).

Then, we get back into the main story of Knightfall with Chapter 15 in Batman #498, where Bane takes over the city while Robin & Alfred tell lies and beat up cars.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/yfxudd34

Next Time: We’re taking a short summer vacation, but we’ll be back in 4 weeks to march toward the Death of Captain America with Captain America (2004) #18-24.

Some of My Friends Read Comics 207 – X-Men: Days of Future Past + Knightfall #14

Vincent GoodwinLeave a comment

This show’s been going for over 200 episodes and somehow we’ve never covered Days of Future Past? It’s only two issues too, a nice little self-contained story by Chris Claremont and John Byrne in Uncanny X-Men #141-142 (but we talked about the whole trade which contains #138-143).

Then we continue our long read of Knightfall with Chapter 14 in Showcase’93 #8, in which Two-Face holds a legally accurate mock trial.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/ycx6ue7d

Next Time: Spider-Gwen (2015) #1-5

Some of My Friends Read Comics 206 – Catwoman by Ed Brubaker & Darwyn Cooke + Knightfall #13

Vincent GoodwinLeave a comment

It’s noir time again as we revisit some Ed Brubaker! This time, we’re covering his Catwoman run with artists Darwyn Cooke and Mike Allred which starts in The Dark End of the Street, a collection that contains two whole stories!

The first is Slam Bradley on the hunt for Catwoman which originally ran as backups in Detective Comics 759-762, and then we jump into Catwoman #1-4 from 2002.

And then it’s more Batman as we continue Knightfall Chapter 13 with a strange Two-Face tie-in from Showcase ’93 #7.

—

Don’t forget, Chris & Nick will be doing a live recording of the Your Stupid Minds podcast at Comicpalooza in Houston, TX on Friday, May 26 at 4:30 PM central.  They’ll be covering the 2004 Catwoman movie!

—

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/47hrynrn

Next Time: X-Men – Days of Future Past (Uncanny X-Men 138-143)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 205 – Aliens vs Predator 2: War + Knightfall #12

Vincent GoodwinLeave a comment

Aliens! Predators! Robots! Androids! Monkeys! Asshole Businessmen! Nerds! Marines! They’re all here as we revisit Dark Horse’s AvP crossover universe with 1995’s Aliens vs Predator: War by Randy Stradley.

We check in with Michiko again now that she’s lived with the Predators for a year, and apparently she doesn’t like it!

Then we see the fallout of Batman’s broken back with Knightfall Chapter 12 in Detective Comics 664.

MP3: https://bit.ly/42FHQqV

Next Time: Catwoman: Dark End of the Street by Ed Brubaker & Darwyn Cooke

Some of My Friends Read Comics 204 – Cosmic Ghost Rider + Knightfall #11

Vincent GoodwinLeave a comment

Ok so Frank Castle (The Punisher) is imbued with the Spirit of Vengeance (Ghost Rider) and he goes back in time to kill Baby Thanos, but instead decides to kidnap and adopt him.

Also, Frank was the herald of Galactus for a bit, and THEY FIGHT SPACE SHARKS. Hell of a premise in 2018’s Cosmic Ghost Rider by Donny Cates and Dylan Burnett.

After that, we finally get to the famous bat-back-breaking issue in Knightfall, when Bane scores a big victory in Batman #497.

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

Next Time – Alien vs Predator: War (1995)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 202 – Secret Invasion + Knightfall #9

Vincent GoodwinLeave a comment

April is nearly upon us, and that means we’re about to hit our favorite holiday, April Fools Day, when the world famously decides to all read bad comics together.

For our first bad comic this season, we’re reading Secret Invasion, the 2008 Marvel event by Brian Michael Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu. Which heroes are really Skrulls? Does it matter? Is this comic as bad as we remember?

After answering those questions, we continue our long read of Knightfall with Chapter 9 in Batman #496.

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

Next Time: All-Star Batman & Robin the Boy Wonder Pt. 2 (Issues #7-10)

Some of My Friends Read Comics 201 – Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross + Knightfall #8

Vincent GoodwinLeave a comment

It’s been a long time since we read any Alex Ross but today we decided to take a look at his newest book, Fantastic Four: Full Circle, a story exploring some of the FF’s past with the Negative Zone.

Alex Ross abandons his painterly for something a little different, and he also wrote this book too!

Then we continue our long read of Batman: Knightfall with Chapter 8 in Detective Comics 662, a story that focuses on The Riddler while Batman hangs out with a monkey.

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

Next Time: Secret Invasion #1-8