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Some of My Friends Read Comics 229 – Ms. Tree + Thunderbolts #3

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We’re reading some detective comics this week! No, not the Bat. We’re reading a lesser known PI published by Renegade Comics in the 80s: Ms. Tree, written by Max Alan Collins with art by Terry Beatty.

We jump into the middle of the book and read issues #18-23 in which Ms. Tree deals with the death of her archnemesis… and kills a ton of people.

We were expecting a little more noir and a little less Punisher.

Then we continue Thunderbolts with issue #3 in which the former Masters of Evil meet the current Masters of Evil!

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/a8b5fp24

Next Time: Hulk 417-419 (Rick Jones’ Bachelor Party) & Hulk: The End

Some of My Friends Read Comics 228 – X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills + Thunderbolts #2

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It’s another classic X-Men story! We’re reading God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson from 1982, which served as the inspiration for the X-Men 2 film.

We get to know the evil reverend, Stryker, who has made some… questionable life choices. But why didn’t they make him a reverend in the movie? 

Then we continue our long read of Thunderbolts with issue #2, which contains the ugliest statue ever erected to honor a superhero.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/yv68jk5n

Next Time – Ms. Tree: Heroine Withdrawal

Some of My Friends Read Comics 227 – I Hate Fairylnd, Vol. 2 + Thunderbolts #1

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It’s time to go back to Fairyland! We loved the first volume of Skottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland when we read it back in 2020, so we thought we’d check out volume 2.

Will the art still manage to simultaneously be cute and grotesque? You know it!

Also, we begin our next long read with Thunderbolts #1 by Kurt Busiek and Mark Bagley, with villains posing as heroes. How devious!

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/32ytc5wf

Next Time: X-Men – God Loves, Man Kills

Some of My Friends Read Comics 090 – Venom: Lethal Protector + Crisis 11

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You want teeth? Venom’s got teeth!

As his first movie approaches release, we thought we’d read his first titular miniseries, Venom: Lethal Protector from 1993.

Venom travels through time*, fights five different versions of his own symbiote spawn, and deals with three different dudes in suits.

And we’ve got a special no-prize going out to the first listener to count all the teeth in these issues!

PLUS! We read the penultimate issue of Crisis on Infinite Earths…and it’s good?

MP3: https://bit.ly/2IioPTB

Next Time: We wrap up Crisis on Infinite Earths with issue #12 and start our next long reading project, Secret Wars (1984) #1!

*Venom does not travel through time.

Some of My Friends Read Comics 072 – Amazing Spider-Man #400: The Death of Aunt May

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Aunt May. It’s really a miracle that she lived as long as she did. The woman was in her 70’s for about 30 years, always on the verge of death from some disease or another.

In 1995, writer J. M. DeMatteis agreed and finally killed her off in Amazing Spider-Man #400.

There were also a bunch of Spider-Clones running around. Don’t worry, we’ll talk about that. Of course we’ll talk about that.

MP3: http://bit.ly/2rdKbMW

Next Time: She-Hulk (2004) #1-6 by Dan Slott