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Some of My Friends Read Comics 233 – Iron Man: Doomquest + Thunderbolts #6

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It occurs to us that we’ve never actually read an Iron Man comic, and with the recent dual-casting of Robert Downey Jr. as both Iron Man and Doctor Doom, we decided to take a look at Doomquest from Iron Man #149 & 150. The metal bros travel back in time to (friend of the show) the medieval era!

Doctor Doom rides a horse and that’s enough reason to read this comic.

Then we move onto our long read of Thunderbolts with issue #6 which requires a periodic table to enjoy.

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Next Time: The Saga of the Swamp Thing, Vol. 5 by Alan Moore (Swamp Thing 51-56)

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

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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 101 – Detective Comics 1000 & 27 + Secret Wars 11

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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.

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

Some of My Friends Read Comics 092 – Afterlife with Archie

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We’re back! After a little break, we’re picking up right where we left off with a Halloween episode in December.

We read Volume 1 of Afterlife With Archie, which of course led us to some discussion about Netflix’s “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and the CW’s “Riverdale” TV series.

We also continue reading Secret Wars with issue 2 and Vince fills us in on how his personal Justice League is coming along.

MP3: https://bit.ly/2RBM0w9

Next Time: We remember Stan Lee with Amazing Fantasy 15, Fantastic Four #1, and Avengers #1!

Some of My Friends Read Comics 091 – Crisis on Infinite Earths Finale + Secret Wars 1

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We’ve reached the final issue of Crisis on Infinite Earths!

And as our first long-read book ends, we jump right into our next one and begin Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (yes, that’s the full title).

We look back at the entirety of DC’s first event and what it meant for comics as a whole before reading Secret Wars #1 to see what direction Marvel took for their first event.

And we’ll keep reading an issue of Secret Wars every episode to see how the story progresses!

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Next Time: Afterlife with Archie