The Comic Source Podcast

Jace and Jay talk about the new comics hitting shops for the week of February 16, 2022. Maniac of New York is Jay's Book of the Week as Maniac Harry visits one of the most iconic places in NYC. The excellent series Deep Beyond comes to a close in a very satisfying way, while the Reckoning War ramps up in Fantastic Four & Queen Goblin & Doctor Octopus continues their villainous ways in Amazing Spid...

Jace and Rocky take a close look at the DC Comics titles hitting comic shops for the week of February 15, 2022. The Flash and Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow are especially great this week. We also get the conclusion of the Aquaman The Becoming series, but it is clearly not the end of the story and neither is the final issue of Nubia and the Amazons. Both of these stories will be continued in upcoming...

Youngblood 8 & 10 -  Story & Pencils - Rob Leifeld, Script - Eric Stephenson, Inks - Danny Miki & Jonathan Sibal, Colors - Christian Lichtner, Kiko Taganashi, Letters - Kurt Hathaway Jace breaks down the final confrontation between Spawn and Chapel. We say the aftermath of this in Spawn #27 but how did it all go down and why? 

Maniac of New York: The Bronx is Burning -  Writer - Elliott Kalan, Artist - Andrea Mutti, Letterer - Taylor Esposito Jace chats with writer Elliot Kalan about the second arc of Maniac of New York. Harry is about to visit an iconic location in New York and we expect readers to go wild! They also talk about the reception for the first volume & the themes being expanded on after the success of the f...

Jace talks with writer Jason Inman about his latest Kickstarter campaign for Super Best Friend #1-2. What happens when Mattie Moore accidently reveals the secret identity of his best friend, the world renowned Captain Terrific? It's classic Silver-Age comic book adventure with all the relevance of modern sensibilities dealing with fame, social media & friendship. Plus there are some great call bac...

The Violator #1-3 - Story - Alan Moore, Pencils - Bart Sears & Greg Capullo, Inks - Mark Pennington, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Jace talks about the Violator mini0series where we meet all 4 of the demons brothers for the first time. Plus we learn how the Violator got his powers back after Malebolgia removed them and trapped his minion in the clown body he uses to hide out on e...

Jace takes a break from the regular series to check out a could of issues of Curse Of The Spawn that fit right in between #20 & #21 of the regular series. First we get the tragic origin of Overt-Kill and his family in #23. Then in #24, we meet an intriguing & extremely dangerous individual that is dispatched to take out the newly christened Overt-War, but he turns defies orders & expectations when...

Spawn-Batman - Writer - Frank Miller, Art - Todd McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Batman heads to New York City to solve a case involving the homeless and Russian Cyborgs. When he meets Spawn the two of them clash in several epic battles before ultimately uniting to defeat a deranged common foe. When they part it isn't exactly as friends or even allies, but they did manag...

Jace has a long in-depth conversation with Brian Michael Bendis as the writer hits his 30th Anniversary working in comics. From his upcoming second volume of the breakout character Naomi, to the futurism inspired Joy Operations, to Ultimate Spider-Man and the creation of Miles Morales, they discuss it all and so much more. Plus a deep dive into navigating the creative waters when it comes to fan r...

Jace talks with JC from Scum and Villainy Cantina in Hollywood, CA about the origins of the bar and how things are going coming out of the Pandemic. Lots of talk about events, both past and upcoming, game nights, livestreams, karaoke and more!  Plus the most important aspect of this nerd bar, the community that has grown up around it with people from around the world feeling at home in this amazin...

Spawn #49 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Greg Capullo, Inks - Danny Miki, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Brian Haberlin & Dan Kemp Terry finally goes to see a doctor about the couch he has and the fainting spell he had recently, though he hasn't told Wanda. Sam and Twitch are one day closer to meeting with their mysterious informant while Spawn is being held hostage! It turns out his cos...

Jace and Jay talk about the new comics hitting shops for the week of February 9, 2022. Bylines in Blood from AfterShock and Amazing Spider-Man 88.BEY are real highlights for the guys. They also give a run down on some other books you might want to be on the lookout for.

Spawn #48 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Tony Daniel, Inks - Kevin Conrad, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Todd Broeker & Roy Young Spawn realizes that changes need to be made and confides in his friend Billy that he is going into hiding. Cogliostro continues to implore Spawn to take some agency over his existence and tells Simmons that hiding out accomplishes nothing. Meanwhile Sam and T...

It's a massive episode covering ALL the DC Comics for the week of February 8, 2022. Not only do we get 16 books, two of them are anthologies. Plus the debut issue of Suicide Squad Blaze is a giant 48 pages! Joker #12 and Titans United were real highlights, Tam Batman #6 is the perfect jumping on point and the perfect pacing continues in Detective Comics.

HEX 11  - Artist/Creative Director - Lisa K. Weber, Head Writer/VP of Development - Kelly Sue Milano, Producer/Editor - Lynly Forrest Jace chats with Team Hex. The talented, creative ladies behind the wonderful world of Hex 11. Harry Potter meets Blade Runner in this richly, detailed narrative where magic has been discovered but then commodified and subsequently controlled by government and corpor...

Spawn #47 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Greg Capullo, Inks - Todd McFarlane & Danny Miki, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Brian Haberlin & Dan Kemp Spawn is convinced by Tremor that Don Vito Gravano is keeping tabs on Wanda, Terry and Cyan despite Spawn warning the mafia boss to leave them alone. Also it's clear that Gravano has some ties to Jason Winn as well. When Tremor and Spawn conf...

Spawn #46 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Tony Daniel, Inks - Kevin Conrad, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Todd Broeker & Roy Young An old foe of Vito Gravano makes his move and he wants Spawn for a partner. Meanwhile, Cogliostro tries to give Spawn a kick in the butt to get him to act out of knowledge instead of instinct and ensure his costume doesn't gain ultimate control.

Spawn #45 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Greg Capullo, Inks - Todd McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Brian Haberlin We get the end of the epic battle between Spawn and the angle, Tiffany, which leaves one of them in VERY poor shape. Meanwhile Sam and Twitch make a decision about their future and a new antagonist may be the most dangerous foe Spawn will have faced yet.

Spawn #44 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Tony Daniel, Inks - Kevin Conrad, Letters - Lois Buhalis, Colors - Todd Broeker & Roy Young There's a new angle hunting Spawn as he tries to regenerate from all the damage he has taken lately, not least of whihc was being dissected by Curse. Plus Sam and Twitch decide that Spawn is the missing link in their investigation, just how they plan on taking h...

Spawn #43 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Greg Capullo, Inks - Todd McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Brian Haberlin Sam and Twitch have to take matters into their own hands when Chief Banks finally fires them. Just then it looks like the information they have on Banks will reveal the conspiracy, Jason Wynn gives the order to go scorched earth and Banks is left holding the bag.

Jace and Jay talk about some of the books hitting comic shops February 2, 2022. we have the debut of a new villain in Jay's Book of the Week Amazing Spider-Man. We get a glimpse into many of the casinoes in the world of Geiger, while we have a fanstastic cliffhanger ending in Crossover #11. Newburn continues to impress with the third issue and Nocterra's second arc feels like it is expanding the s...

Spawn #42 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Tony Daniel, Inks - Kevin Conrad, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Steve Oliff Spawn survived the explosion at Curse's stronghold but at what cost? It will take meeting a little boy who happens to be a comic fan to provide some context to Al Simmons about what's going on, but that doesn't mean that he is even in control of his own body. Meanwhile Sa...

Jace chats with the Co-Founder and CEO of Zoop, Jordan Plosky. The guys talk about the changing landscape of crowdfunding and how Zoop is doing all it can to support creators through the campaign process for logistics and marketing. Plus Jordan gives us a rundown on current campaigns as well as some that are starting soon.

Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics for the week of February 1, 2022, We have the debut of the Monkey Prince series, Dark Knights of Steel and Detective Comics continue to be excellent and Suicide Squad has lead us to the War For Earth 3. Plus Justice League Incarnate #5 gives a rundown or the timeline of all the Crisis that have befallen the DC Universe in the last 40 years. 

Spawn #41 - Story - Todd McFarlane, Pencils - Greg Capullo, Inks - Todd McFarlane, Letters - Tom Orzechowski, Colors - Brian Haberlin, J.D. Smith & Dan Kemp The dissection of Spawn continues as Curse tries to determine how the power is stored inside hellspawns on earth. Meanwhile Jason Wynn finally gets out of the hospital and finds the Violater in his clown persona waiting in this office. Plus Cy...