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Is this DG Chichester/Scott McDaniel Daredevil epic a secret hidden Marvel gem from the early '90s? Or is it as bad as everyone says? Only one way to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show, we're covering the super-sized, 100-page special where Fantastic Four returns during Hickman's run on the book! Not only are there some great guest artists, there might just be the best Johnny Storm story of all time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're ranking comic book stories once again, including some classic Uncle Scrooge, Judge Dredd, and X-Men stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're rating swords once again on this week's show, one of which Matt and Chris can't quite come to agreement on. Plus, a major top chopper and a serious bottom chopper! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Writer Fred Van Lente returns to the show this week to talk about his new Boom! Studios series Vampyrates! We obviously talk a lot about vampire lore, as well as pirate flags, what media we'd want to experience again for the first time, and what the ocean does. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's hard to deny the ambition of Frank Miller's 43-year-old breakout prestige-format series...but does it actually hold up? Our answer may surprise you (or it may not). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're taking your listener questions on this week's episode, including several about one of our favorite directors! Plus, wrestlers acting, Doctor Who, Mark Waid's Captain America, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're diving back into the Jonathan Hickman run on FF, where we blow through the Black Bolt/Kree stuff as quickly as fast as we can so we can get to the good stuff. That includes our heroes walking through a door which is also a guy and Dr. Doom really Dooming out over getting set on fire! Covering FF #6-11. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the W...

We're ranking stories once again, including some Spidey Super-Stories! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're dual wielding this week, with our second I to X of Swords episode in a row! This time, we're rating a particularly beautiful real-life sword, as well as one from a card where there is a matched set...of nine. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

We're rating swords on the show once again this week, with two Power Rangers submissions, a whip-like sword from Soul Calibur, and much more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris and Matt both tried to read a Mask comics miniseries back when it came out, but bounced off because it was nothing like the movie. Now we're returning to the original John Arcudi/Doug Mahnke miniseries to see how they hold up 30-plus years later! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards...

We took some of your listener questions on this week's show, including inquiries about failsons in comics, Superman's boots, Yakuza, who AEW should honor with a women's tournament, and more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

HickMania continues on this week's show as we read issues 1-5 of Hickman's run on FF! We talk about Spider-Man replacing Johnny on the team, Doom coming on board, and some very bad Reeds. Plus, artist changes already! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices....

We're rating more swords on this week's show, including two different things that can be described as a "chainsword"! Plus: a Sailor Moon sword, a version of Excalibur, and a sword that requires a truck. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

It's time to rank comics once again! And this time, we're reaching back into the Silver Age for a whole bunch of stories! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're taking your listener questions on this week's show on topics including Mario princesses, Muppets, gritty reboots, burgers, and a whole lot more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Chris are catching up on what just might be the most late-Bronze-Age Batman comic there is, where Bruce is just so, so sleepy! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That's right, we're rating swords once again on this week's show, and one of them is made of lightning! We also rate a very cool D&D sword, a video game sword we love, and much more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's HickMania time once again, and one member of the Fantastic Four is doomed to die! We talk about how well Hickman and artist Steve Epting did at putting all four members in credible danger, and how well the death was ultimately handled! Covering Fantastic Four #583-588. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing th...

Time to rank more stories? You know it! And we even get one this time that cracks the top 100! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for more sword ratings on this week's show, including some from more anime we're not sure we should watch, X-Men comics, D&D, and real life itself. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Schkade returns to the show this week to talk about the Flash Gordon newspaper strip, the new Lavender Jack collection, Berserk, the downsides of talkin' trash, and much more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Longtime friend of the show, member of the crew even, J. Gonzo, joins us for the show once again this week to get really serious about what it means to be an artist in 2026! We get into feeling out of place among professionals, wanting to avoid being perceived as greedy, the speculator market, and a whole lot more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Joi...

This month, we're looking back to the 1968 magazine where Norman Osborn returned as the Green Goblin! He and Peter do drugs, and it's all lovingly rendered by John Romita Sr. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to help us keep doing the show and get rewards! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices