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We get going on the Jonathan Hickman Fantastic Four run proper in this episode, and while there are clearly some seeds being planted for big future stories...it also really reads like a comic from 2009. It even seems to follow on the previous run more than we expected. Covering Fantastic Four #570 - 574. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA P...

We're taking your listener questions on this week's episode, including Qs about candy, what swords we would be, how much Spider-Man can eat, bad Riddler designs, 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/adchoices

We're rating more swords on this week's show, and this time they include: something that's not a sword, a sword that's way too big, a sword that is also a hammer, and lots 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

Time to rank stories once again, with stories from Matt Wagner and several creators who disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle! 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

HickMania begins this week with what very much feels like a prologue to not just Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four run, but maybe...his whole Marvel saga? And yet it still feels like it's a little too long. 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 mega...

We're reading the 2023 update to Matt Wagner's first comic work from 1983. How does it hold up? 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

Our good pal Kyle Starks is back on the show this week to talk about his Kickstarter for the latest volume of Where Monsters Lie! Plus we discuss how humor comics are viewed in the industry, genre shifts, basketball, 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 yo...

We're rating swords once again on this week's show, and one of them...takes souls. 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

Our longtime pal Elle Collins drops by the show this week for a super-sized chat about "Superman," "Fantastic Four: First Steps," and how superhero movies seem to be changing at this particular moment. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to rank more stories! This time, we're taking on some Dragon Ball, a PSA comic, Batman just before "Year One," and much more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We took your listener questions on this week's show, including one about DC Comics championships. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robin's first five-issue mini-series from 1991: Good, average, or secretly bad? We dig into this Chuck Dixon/Tom Lyle trip to France (and Spain and Hong Kong) to find out. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We unexpectedly find our first I, a real bottom chopper, as we rate more swords on this episode! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time for a Jurgalogue. We're finishing our re-read of the Jurgies with a story not written by Dan Jurgens. It's the Michael Avon Oeming-written "Thor Disassembled" Ragnarok story from Thor #80-85. So how does it compare to the 79 issues before it? We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to rank stories once again, including one 2000s Avengers story we'd rather not. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The creators of the new comic based on the Doughboys podcast join us to talk about turning a podcast into a comic, selling direct to fans, the Ren & Stimpy "gross-up," Doughboy from Marvel Comics, and much more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finish up the Dan Slott/Mike Allred/Laura Allred run on Silver Surfer on this episode, and we finally rank the whole thing! Where does it end up? We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt was getting ready for Heroes Con when he and Chris recorded, so enjoy this edit-free episode where we rate some more of your sword submissions! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show, we're very pleased to welcome back Jeremy Whitley, editor of the Aces and Aros Anthology, which is funding now on Kickstarter! We talk about editing vs. writing, self-discovery, how he got involved in the anthology, and lots more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The artist behind a new illustrated version of "A Christmas Carol," titled Scrooge is on the show the week to talk about the project, funding now on Zoop! We also discuss returning to old ideas, working with Todd McFarlane on Spawn, drawing for role playing games, and a lot more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

That's right! It's May! And we're ranking stories, including some classic Tim Drake Robin stuff. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Based on your suggestion, we finally read the entire 2014 volume of Silver Surfer, which has a kind of Doctor Who vibe to it. Spoiler: It's great. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We rate more famous swords on this week's show! Do we manage to find our elusive I? We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finish up the Dan Jurgens run on Thor on this week's show, and it finishes pretty strong! Covering Thor (1998) #75-79. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's show, we took your listener questions, including one about the most influential living writers, who we named immediately. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices