War Rocket Ajax

Someone sent us some more Heathcliffs, so we ranked them this month. We ranked some other comics, too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're judging all the Great Indoor Fight bouts we can this week, pitting your entrants against one another in a battle for the ages! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Chris are back on the Mark Gruenwald Captain America run this week, reading the first seven issues from 1987. It's got everything! The bad (Nomad) the good (Super Patriot) and the D-Man (D-Man)! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this month's catch-up, you recommended that we read the sequel to our beloved Unbelievable Gwenpool series. Was it a worthy follow-up? Listen and find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Matt took a bunch of your listener questions for this week's show, and they run the gamut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The co-showrunners of Marvel's MODOK on Hulu and the writers of MODOK: Head Games, Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum, join us for the show this week to talk about potentially getting MODOK to Harley Quinn status, who they couldn't use for the show, how comedic MODOK should be, the animation team on the show, giving MODOK a family in the 616, and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a couple of...

We ranked some good comic strips and some bad other comics, among other things, this month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The creator of The Legend of La Mariposa, James Lawrence, joins us for the show this week to talk about getting into lucha libre in Britain, El Santo movies, living the gimmick, Zubaz pants, Ribera Steakhouse, designing luchadors and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris judge a Great Indoor Fight bout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Pride Month, and your suggestion of a LGBTQ+ series for us to read was this 12-issue mini by Steve Orlando and Riley Rossmo, which explores identities human and otherwise! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're finishing up the second half of the first full year of Mark Gruenwald Captain America on the show this week, and it's got all kinds of great stuff! Scourge! U.L.T.I.M.A.T.U.M.! Super-Patriot! Paste Pot Pete! Diplomacy! Join us for the fun! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our old pal, werewolf expert Kel McDonald, returns to the show this week to talk about You Are The Chosen One, The Dead Deception, Patreon, werewolf movies, birthdays, themed bars, drawing cars, and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a listener question that combines two major interests! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The writer and artist behind the new Dark Horse graphic novel Everyone Is Tulip join us on the show this week to talk about being part of the comics club, Star Trek, fame, the harsh realities of comics, misdirection gags, and much more! Plus, Matt and Chris judge a lopsided Great Indoor Fight bout! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Chris are closing out May talking about some of the pop culture they've been consuming over the past few months! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're ranking stories once again, and this one's basically live to tape, since we didn't have a ton of time to edit. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're digging back into the Mark Gruenwald run on Captain America this week, and this time, we're reading the first six issues from 1986. They've got a lot more Serpent Society, the return of Armadillo, a breakup, jugglers, van life, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we're taking your listener questions about comic book lettering, AEW, video games based on comics, the Queen of England and a whole lot more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

By listener request, we're reading as much as we can of this Wildstorm mini-series by John Paul Leon and Brett Lewis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we devoted our entire interview segment to judging as many Great Indoor Fight battles as we possibly could! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two of the minds behind the indie comics collective Ghostfruits join us on the show to talk about Ajax history, following your feelings, parody ads, Spider-Man: Torment, The Far Side, and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris judge two battles in the Great Indoor Fight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We take on some highs and lows as we rank comic book stories submitted by our listeners once again this month! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to your votes, Matt and Chris are kicking off their re-read of the Mark Gruenwald Captain America run this week, starting with the six Gruenwald-written issues published in 1985, #307-312! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month, we're catching up on the first eight issues of this recent DC Comics Digital First, which brings back the original Batman Adventures creative team! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Longtime Ajax pal Elle Collins drops by this week to talk about their new podcast Sword and Podcast, and the genres that inspired it. Also discussed: Mark Gruenwald, streaming services, Bianca Belair, Jason Momoa and a whole lot more! Plus, Matt and Chris take a listener question about More Content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ajax All-Star Chip Zdarsky returns to the show this week to talk about meeting Scott Speedman, hot dogs, going vegan, and his busy schedule! Oh, and all the comics he has coming out, including Batman: Urban Legends, The Silver Coin, Daredevil and more! Plus, Matt and Chris take two more competitors for the Great Indoor Fight! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The subject of and writer of the new autobiographical graphic novel Butts In Seats, Tony Schiavone and Dirk Manning, join us for the show this week! We talk about Tony's history with comics, Dirk's history with wrestling, adapting Tony's long career into a comic, Halloween Havoc 1993, how the title came to be, unicorns, and a whole lot more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...