Comic Book Bears Podcast

Our esteemed compatriot Caleb was traveling for work during our last regularly scheduled episode of September, so for this episode it is just Steve and Billy Z manning the Comic Book Bears mics! First up we talk about two recent Absolute (or partially Absolute) books from DC! Saturday, September 19th was this year's date for the annual Batman Day and a new one-shot book - Batman of Two Worlds #1 -...

As we transition from summer to fall, the CBB boys (Caleb, Billy Z and Steve) are back with another dose of comic book discussion for your earbuds! After shorter than usual opening ramblings, we get right into the roundtable. On this ep we chat about the new Legion of Super-Heroes reboot from DC Comics by the team of Joshua Williamson and Hayden Sherman (complete with a huge faux pas thanks to a B...

As August draws to a close the CBB boys effectively say goodbye to Summer 2026 with this new audio episode. (Yeah, yeah, yeah - we know summer lasts until September 22nd this year but let's be practical.) Listen in as Billy Z, Steve and Caleb first memorialize the angelic Dolly Parton and the incredible Tim Curry whom we both lost last week. Then it is onto our comic round table where we discuss a...

On our first Comic Book Bears livestream for August 2026, the CBB boys (Steve, Caleb and Billy Z) spoke about Spider-Man: Brand New Day soon after it was released to cinemas. Here we are at the end of the month and it is still dominating the global box office, and now that livestream is here in audio form! The movie is the 38th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the fourth film in the MCU S...

While many bear fellas were headed to Provincetown for the annual Bear Week goings on two weeks ago, your honorable and distinguished Comic Book Bears Podcast boys were keeping the funnybook flames alive at home just to present this new audio episode to you! Steve, Caleb and Billy Z start off with the big ticket news item of a change in the Editor-in-Chief position at Marvel Comics. Then from ther...

The Comic Book Bears Podcast returns to the movies in this new episode, and this time it is for the Maiden of Steel! Supergirl was recently released on June 26th with Milly Alcock starring in the title role of Superman's cousin, Kara Zor-El. Directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Ana Nogueira, it is the second film set in the DC Universe (DCU) following last year's Superman. The film also star...

When Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster contracted with National Periodical Publications to publish their creation Superman in 1938, it was not only the beginning of the Man of Steel's legacy as one of the most important fictional characters ever created, it also was the start of Jerry's decades long battle over control of the character and for fair compensation and credit. This is all covered in The Su...

Another HeroesCon is in the books and the Comic Book Bears are looking back on their times in Charlotte this past June 12-14! Joining them on this new audio episode is good friend Brian Newberry of the Comics Discourse 114 podcast! Hit play to hear Brian, Caleb, Steve and Bill Z talk about what they did in and around the con including many of their gets! Regarding new books, there was a touch of B...

HeroesCon 2026 in Charlotte is almost upon us!!! And Caleb, Bill Z and Steve are raring to get over to the Queen City (!) for what has become the Comic Book Bears home convention, taking place on June 12-14! The CBB Boys talk about what comic professionals will be appearing, what panels are on the schedule and what they will be hunting for!  There is still enough time though for a roundtable discu...

THIS IS THE WAY! There's a new Star Wars movie out now so of course Bill Z and Steve take a break from comic books to bring back our good friends podcast veteran Craig Lantz and The Reel Gay Movie Show's Mike Lovins to discuss The Mandalorian and Grogu!! The movie was directed by Jon Favreau, who co-wrote the film with Dave Filoni and Noah Kloor. Based on the Disney+ television series The Mandalor...

Writer/Artist Steve Bryant has appeared on our podcast more times than any other guest, and we are thrilled to bring him back for another appearance! This time around Steve returns to discuss his best known work, Athena Voltaire! Athena is a globetrotting aviatrix who takes on Nazis, secret societies, mythical beasts, and unspeakable occult creatures in the 1930s! Launched online in 2001, the seri...

It's the end of another month and that means we have new Comic Book Bears Podcast audio episodes for you to enjoy!  Earlier in the month it was the 24th annual Free Comic Book Day (and the first-ever Comics Giveaway Day - don't worry, we explain the distinction) and CBB boys Bill Z and Steve give a rundown of the free books that were available from retailers. After that it's onto this episode's fu...

In a rare quick turnaround from livestream to audio episode (less than 24 hours), the Comic Book Bears boys are back with their latest! Steve, Caleb and Billy Z don the symbolic black armbands sadly on this episode as we eulogize legendary comic writer Gerry Conway who lost his battle with cancer this week. We talk about his career and one of his earliest comics (Daredevil #77 from 1971) and then...

We have two episodes coming to you in audio form from our April livestream and here is the first!! Billy Z, Steve and Caleb got together in the middle of the month to discuss new books and it was an even split: half DC and half Indie! First from the house of Superman and Batman, we have the Mad About DC one shot, where some of the biggest names in comics take on DC characters and concepts a la Mad...

Recorded on a rare Sunday night outing for the Comic Book Bears, this latest audio episode finds CBB boys Steve, Caleb and Billy Z reconvening on the sabbath to talk about some great comics! These include Superman/Spider-Man (the latest DC/Marvel crossover), the 2026 Absolute Wonder Woman Annual (detailing Diana's adventure with Athena and Medusa), The Death of the Silver Surfer (a speculative fin...

On this latest Comic Book Bears audio episode, recorded this past March 12th (hence the episode title), we return with another set of six recent books to delve into! Hit play to hear Bill Z, Steve and Caleb weigh in on this sextet of slick papered spectaculars! We talk about D'Orc #1, the Image book that has become an out of the gate hit with readers and speculators alike! We discuss C.O.R.T.: Chi...

With good parts of the US having had to deal with more snow, the Comic Book Bears are back with you to present their latest storm of funnybook talk! Bill Z, Steve and Caleb bring out the books from the top of their stacks and, after some news chat including the impending return to the Australian Outback for the X-Men and Paramount's bid for Warner Brothers, there are some great books we have on th...

Hearts and Cupid's arrows were in the air when we recorded this most recent Comic Book Bears episode this past Valentine's Day! And what an assortment of comic book candy do we have for you this time around! Hit play to hear Caleb, Bill Z and Steve discuss the Dreadnok War storyline in Image's current G.I. Joe series, The Vision and The Scarlet Witch's Fear the Reaper arc by Steve Orlando and Lore...

Recorded this past MLK Birthday, the CBB boys took advantage of the federal holiday by getting together to discuss recent comics!! Steve, Caleb and Billy Z roundtable six new books, so hit play to hear the hairy, heavy chit chat about Hulk: Smash Everything (Marvel), Aquaman #12 which features the title character's K.O. battle with Hawkman (DC), the Absolute Batman: Ark-M one-shot (DC), the new ho...

The Comic Book Bears Podcast is back for its first audio episode of 2026! After getting caught up with what their holidays were like (including a little bit of early Geek Gets show and tell) Bill Z, Steve and Caleb take us into the first rotation of the 2026 virtual spinner rack to talk about recent comics! DC is represented by Absolute Wonder Woman #15 (the first ever team up with Absolute Batman...

The final Comic Book Bears Podcast audio episode of the year finds us providing our picks for the best of comics for 2025! Hit play and discover what each of the CBB boys - Caleb, Bill Z and Steve - selected for our favorites in a number of categories: Best Series, Best Single Issue, Best Graphic Novel, Best Writer and Best Artist! We also chime in on what our other favorites were for 2025 in musi...

Join us for the penultimate audio episode of the Comic Book Bears Podcast for 2025! Unfortunately Caleb was unable to join us so in his seat we welcome back to the show longtime friend Jon Runyan of Comics By Night and A Comic Book Look! Listen in as Steve, Billy Z and Jon roundtable a bunch of recent comics including Strange Tales (Marvel), Nightwing Annual 2025 (DC), Matt Kindt's Space Scouts (D...

One more new Comic Book Bears Podcast audio episode for November! Recorded on a livestream before Thanksgiving 2025 but hitting your ear buds after, Bill Z, Steve and Caleb discuss some of the comics they were thankful to have read recently - the origin expanding Mr. Terrific: Year One (DC), the spicy sci-fi romance of Maria Llovet's Artificial (Image), the action packed Skinbreaker from Robert Ki...

Time for another Comic Book Bears audio episode from one of our recent livestreams! And this time Steve, Caleb and Billy Z have a whole bunch of cool books in this comic roundtable! And it kicks off with Deadpool/Batman #1, the first new Marvel/DC crossover in 21 years! We have more Marvel books on the docket with Avengers #s 29 and 30 as well as the premiere issue of Amazing Spider-Man: Torn #1!...

We are almost at Halloween and the CBB boys are back with another new audio episode! Since the last episode was horror themed, we opted to travel down our familiar round table route for this one. Join us to hear Caleb, Bill Z and Steve talk about a host of new comics! Both DC and Marvel have new crossover events starting up so we first discuss DC K.O. #1 (and the prologue issues associated with it...