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This week on Nerds United, Greg and Mike discuss the regular chit chat and discuss some comic book acquisitions. There’s even an fun story about buckling up some comics to keep them safe on the road (check out the YouTube video for that). Teaser trailer for The Boys season 4 as well as a rippin’ … Continue reading Nerds United 350: The Best (and Worst) of Marvel → The post...

This week on Nerds United, Mike and Greg get together for what they think is a short episode (SPOILER: It’s still almost an hour) and while they don’t have a formal “main topic,” they do spend some time on some news and notes. For example…does Tom Holland need creative control of the next Spider-Man movie? … Continue reading Nerds United 349: Futures of Spider-M...

Happy Thanksgiving! This week on Nerds United, the guys continue the years-long tradition of Turkey Before Turkey. There was some moderate comic book acquisition in the short week, as Greg shares his pick-ups. And while Greg was getting comics, Mike was at the theater watching The Marvels, so the Co-Host of the Year talks about … Continue reading Nerds United 348: The Marvels, Blue Beetle, C...

This week on Nerds United, Greg and Mike admit that neither of them did a ton of reading in the past week. But the guys have plenty to discuss. Greg finished Under the Dome and while the premise was really interesting at the outset, he found the ending to be a bit lacking. But Loki’s … Continue reading Nerds United 347: MCU’s Essential Viewing (Phases 1-3) → The post Nerds...

This week on Nerds Untied, Mike and Greg discuss the season finale of Gen V and the timeline for its end and season four of The Boys. Greg is behind on Loki Season Two but hopes to get caught up in the next few days. Greg is watching Under the Dome, a show from a … Continue reading Nerds United 346: We CAN Read, We Just Didn’t This Week → The post Nerds United 346: We CAN Read, W...

This week on the show, Mike and Greg share their top must-see movies from each of the last few decades, back to the 1980s. Before that part of the show, the guys discuss some comics they have been reading. Gen V wrapped up its first season and at the same time, Invincible Season 2 started … Continue reading Nerds United 345: Our Must-See Movies Since the 1980s → The post Nerds United 3...

So let’s just get into it. In the course of the discussion, the guys talk about the second season of The Santa Clauses, coming to Disney+ this holiday season. Greg mistakenly said Kumail Nanjiani was in the first season before Mike corrected him, stating it was in fact Kal Penn. Mike continued to state that … Continue reading Nerds United 344: It Was an Honest Mistake → The post...

This episode, at least the first ten or fifteen minutes, is dedicated to birds. All the years I’ve known Mike, and I had no idea he was an amateur ornithologist. After that, we get into some recent comic book acquisitions and books we’ve been reading. Mike is pretty excited for Greg to get his hands … Continue reading Nerds United 343: This Episode is for the Birds → The po...

This week on the show, Mike and Greg share their experience of going to the college football game Friday night between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Illinois Fighting Illini. It was Mike’s first ever college football game, and he’s now a Husker convert. After telling the tales of Friday night, both Mike and Greg discuss … Continue reading Nerds United 342: Gen V, Ahsoka, Only...

This week on Nerds United, Greg and Mike are joined by another longtime voice from the Jittery Monkey Podcast Network. Kevin Hunsperger, the host of My 1-2-3 Cents, sits in to discuss the Netflix docuseries WRESTLERS. If you’re not aware, WRESTLERS is a seven-episode series on Netflix that focuses on Ohio Valley Wrestling, both the … Continue reading Nerds United 341: Netflix’ WR...

This time around on the ol Nerds United podcast, Mike and Greg discuss recent comic book acquisitions and what they’ve read. Gargoyles, Booster Gold, Man Thing, Astro City, Dark Knights of Steel, Once and Future, We Live, and a couple of characters, maybe you’ve heard of them, Batman and the Joker. Then the duo discussed … Continue reading Nerds United 340: Blind Rank X-Men Movie...

This week on Nerds United, the guys face the stunning realization that Greg is out of shape. Mike is a stud who goes to the gym but also likes food. Greg likes food and doesn’t go to the gym. You see the problem. So the guys talk a little bit about vegetables. Honestly, I think … Continue reading Nerds United 339: Exercise and Aquaman → The post Nerds United 339: Exercise and Aqu...

Well, Nerds United is back after a few weeks. We’ll call it Greg’s Sabbatical. We were quite derelict in the meantime as far as putting topics on social media. So we doubled down and did not one but TWO blind rankings. We did DC heroes and Marvel heroes. We hope you enjoy the show and … Continue reading Nerds United 338: Catching Up and Marvel/DC Hero Blind Rankings → The p...

Holy schnikes! This episode has Greg and Mike in the same room! Relive the glory days as the duo records from Studio A, aka Greg’s kitchen table. This week, the guys go off the rails a little bit and discuss all sorts of odd topics. But eventually they cycle back to discussing comic books and … Continue reading Nerds United 337: Comic Books and Comic Book Movies → The post Nerds...

This week on Nerds United, Mike and Greg have some laughs by blind-ranking DC villains. But first, Greg gives his massive list of comics he has acquired and read and Mike shares the one he finished. A few anecdotes and recapping a trip to Meramec Caverns in Missouri and then we’re off and running! As … Continue reading Nerds United 336: Blind Rankings of DC Villains and a LOT of Comics...

Howdy pardner! This week on Nerds United, Mike and Greg take existing and/or announced MCU characters and draft their own Avengers teams. Are there any surprises along the way? You betcha! Also the guys are pretty pumped about the second season of Loki. And the guys had a lot of really nice things to say … Continue reading Nerds United 335: Building the Next Avengers → The post Nerds U...

This week on Nerds United, the guys review what they’ve watched, from The Flash (SPOILERS) to Transformers: Rise of the Beasts to some shows, like Twisted Metal. There are a few notes on some news tidbits. But the bulk of the episode is about concerts, including some of the musical acts we’ve seen. At the … Continue reading Nerds United 334: Concerts! → The post Nerds Unite...

This week on Nerds United, Mike and Greg rank the six Mission Impossible movies that have been out for more than a week (no Dead Reckoning Vol. 1). But before that, the guys go on a trip through what they have watched and read. There’s talk about what heaven may be like, though no one … Continue reading Nerds United 333: Ranking the Mission Impossible Movies → The post Nerds Unit...

This week on Nerds United, Mike regales us with tales of his recent trip to El Paso, Texas, and how you definitely do not want to have to drive there if you can avoid it. What have the guys read or watched in the past week? And what headlines made the cut to discuss? As … Continue reading Nerds United 332: Mike Went to El Paso but Didn’t Listen to the Song → The post Nerds United...

It’s not even cold yet, but this week, Greg and Mike are picking some characters that, if they were given control of CW, they’d use to rebuild the CW-Verse. Meanwhile, it was announced this week that James Gunn has his Superman and Lois Lane. And Mike may not be a professional wrestler, but he could … Continue reading Nerds United 331: Let’s Reboot the CW-Verse → The...

The guys are back after a weekend of Greg being out of town and another weekend of Mike enjoying time with family that is in town. So there’s a lot of catching up to do. Shows/Movies we watched Spider-Man – Across the Universe The Flash Secret Invasion The Bear Smallville (again) Comics we read/are reading … Continue reading Nerds United 330: Greg and Mike, Back Again → The...

This week on Nerds United, Greg sits down with a couple of past guests who are also really good friends, Joe Dodd and Justin Holman. These two creators have gone rogue and are working on what they call the next evolution of comic books, a CYOA of sorts in the digital space known as Discord, … Continue reading Nerds United 329: Lost Realms with Joe Dodd and Justin Holman → The post Nerd...

This time around on Nerds United, Mike and Greg take a look at some memorable moments in sports movies. Before we do, we want to remind you to head over to www.zoop.gg/c/fulltilt and support our friend Jason Copland and his book Full Tilt. You have just a few days left to support that campaign. The post Nerds United 328: Take Us Out to the Ball Game Sports Movie appeared first on Jittery Monkey Po...

It’s time for a new episode, a new issue, as it were. It’s Wednesday, recognized as New Comic Book Day in most parts of the world. So why not spend this episode talking about a new comic book from an old friend. Jason Copland is back on the show. You may remember him from Episode … Continue reading Nerds United 327: Jason Copland and Full Tilt → The post Nerds United 327: J...

This week on Nerds United, Mike and Greg take a look back over the last five years and decide their favorite rewatchable movies.  They also discuss the news and notes of the week and talk about the content coming off of Disney+ and Hulu, a board game based on a graphic novel about a board … Continue reading Nerds United 326: Our Most Rewatchable Movies of the Last Five Years → The post...