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WE'RE BACK ......and since our "summer hiatus" ran a little longer than planned, we decided to drop an EXTRA LONG, EXTRA EPIC EPISODE to make up for our absence, along with a SPECIAL GUEST as well! So join us, as we welcome back author DAN DICKHOLTZ , who teams up with us once more as we discuss the fascinating failure that was ATLAS COMICS! Please LISTEN , LIKE , and REVIEW us on: A...

The Paris Olympics are upon us and what better way to celebrate the Games than joining the Masked Faces & Secret Bases podcast as we revisit the groundbreaking MARVEL SUPER HERO CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS. Before SECRET WARS, before CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS, CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS brought together all the Marvel heroes for the comic industry's first limited series. But of course, the path to this...

After FRANK MILLER revamped the character, DC was at a crossroads regarding BATMAN. How to proceed after such a radical reset? MIKE W. BARR stepped in and, along with artists ALAN DAVIS, PAUL NEARY and newcomer TODD MCFARLANE, sought to continue reimagining the Dark Knight Detective. What they created glanced back into the rich history of the Caped Crusader, while also introducing new friends and...

Released in October of 1985, REVENGE OF THE LIVING MONOLITH was a pretty standard Marvel story, blown up to widescreen proportions by being issued as a graphic novel at a time when the medium was fairly new. But dig a little deeper and the importance of this tale begins to grow. Through circumstances unforeseen and not yet apparent, REVENGE OF THE LIVING MONOLITH presents a run of the mill superhe...

It’s May 4th so of course we’re releasing…an episode covering STAR TREK ! Star Trek issues 33-36 , published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987 to be precise. As the release of Star Trek 4 approached, Len Wein and the rest of the creative team took it upon themselves to make certain that continuity was cleaned up and aligned before THE VOYAGE HOME . Did they succeed? Does it all make sense? Does it eve...

In our SPRING ANNUAL SPECTACULAR , the MF&SB team traverses the multiverse as they welcome DAN DICKHOLTZ , author of WAVELENGTHS: Covering Sci Fi in EVERY Reality ! George Lucas renowned as a horror impresario? A string of blockbusters and streaming series based on pulp characters dominating the box office? The 70's TV landscape shaped by multiple Gene Roddenberry properties? We all know n...

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man...NO MORE!! Well, for short time, anyway. Even Spider-Man couldn't escape the wave of darkness that shrouded the comic industry during the 80's, and we don't just mean his costume. In the pages of the ALL NEW, ALL DARING Spectacular Spider-Man , a young writer named Peter David plunged Spidey headfirst into the grimness and grittiness of the era, k...

The Tick . Grendel . Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . Ralph Snart ?!?! The 1980's were an exciting and fertile time for independent comic publishers, and NOW! Comics burst upon the scene with a mixture of licensed titles and original ideas that carved out a unique place on the spinner racks. Join us as the MF&SB trio wax nostalgic about the meteoric rise and inevitable fall of NOW! Comics......

SOMETHING is coming, from the deepest recesses of space...a CRACKLE of cosmic energy...a calamitous BOOM rips apart the silence of the galaxy....is it Darkseid and his minions? NO, it's KIRBY, JACK KIRBY, the legendary creator of universes with a boundless imagination. Join the MF&SB trio as they discuss THE KING lending his unique writing and artistic talents to the greatest heroes of the DC Univ...

Collectors Item! First Issue Extravaganza!!!! It's the inaugural episode of MASKED FACES & SECRET BASES , so Mick , Matt & the all questioning Commentator , Todd , take some time to tell their comic origin stories, list their favorite characters, preview future episodes, and even weigh in on recent MCU casting. All this for just 75 cents! (OK, it's free...) Join us through a journe...