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Some of My Friends Read Comics 234 – Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Vol. 5 + Thunderbolts #7

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Spooky season is swampy season here at SOMFRC and we’re back to Swamp Thing! We’re reading volume 5 of Alan Moore’s run with issues #51-56.

Swamp Thing has no more world-ending catastrophes to worry about, but his girlfriend’s being persecuted for being into plants! Nothing to do but take over Gotham, get into a fight with Batman, and then spend a cool time in space.

Then we move onto Thunderbolts #7, where the team disobeys a direct order from Baron Zemo!

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/359jfmsy

Next Time: We check out Garth Ennis’s time with John Constantine in Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits (Hellblazer #41-46)

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.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/2rmr3n2w

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

Some of My Friends Read Comics 232 – Dazzler: The Movie + Thunderbolts #5

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Whelp, we tried to will a Dazzler movie cameo into existence, but Deadpool & Wolverine was unfortunately Taylor Swift-less.

Nevertheless, we still press on to read Dazzler: The Movie, the 12th in Marvel’s Graphic Novel line from the 80s, in which Dazzler meets a lot of terrible men who promise her a fast track to stardom.

Then we continue our long read of Thunderbolts with issue #5, which has a dude in the shadows! Classic!

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/52drs63s

Next Time: Iron Man and Dr. Doom meet in DOOMQUEST (Invincible Iron Man #149-150)

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 230 – Hulk: Rick Jones’ Bachelor Party & The End + Thunderbolts #4

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We haven’t read nearly enough Hulk on this show, so we’re looking at a couple different stories by Peter David.

First up is the wedding of Rick Jones from issues #417-419, in which Captain America gets very bashful about a bachelor party.

Then we check out The Incredible Hulk: The End, a one shot about the last days of the Hulk’s life. We’ll tell you why it doesn’t feel like a comic book!

And of course, we continue our long read of the Thunderbolts with issue #4 in which they accidentally gain a new member!

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/422subpb

Next Time: The Death of Captain America Pt. 2 (Captain America 2004 #31-36)

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 226 – April Fool’s Day 2024: Spider-Ham Fights Baron Zebro + Carol Danvers Dates Her Son + Earth X Finale

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April Fools! We’re doing some weird comics today, because that feels like it makes sense.

We wanted to read Peter Porker and we only picked issue #16 because it had Baron Zebro in it. 

Then we read Avengers #200 because it’s said to be one of the worst issues of all time, and it definitely deserves that accolade.

And we finally end Earth X in issue #X, in which Spiders-Man wears a hard hat.

The best thing in all these comics is the cool dinosaur that attacked Avengers Mansion.

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/4ehda2vb

Next Time: I Hate Fairyland, Pt. 2

Some of My Friends Read Comics 225 – Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama + Earth X #12

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With the passing of Akira Toriyama, we wanted to take a look at his most famous work, and one of the most popular manga/anime series of all time, the Dragon Ball series.

We go back to the first volume from 1986 and it’s not what we expected!

Then we continue Earth X with #12 in which… uhh… we can’t remember anything that happened. Did anything happen?  DID ANYTHING HAPPEN??

MP3: https://tinyurl.com/4nmmx5z5

Next Time: April Fools Day where Carol Danvers marries her son in Avengers #200 + Spider-Ham meets Baron Zebro in Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #16 + the Earth X Finale!