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Welcome back to the Comicast! In this episode, Jeff, Madison and Sam BAMF! into the world of Nightcrawler, the blue-skinned, teleporting X-Man with a rich and complex backstory. Specifically, we'll be looking at two Nightcrawler storylines: 'Nightcrawler: The Devil Inside' by writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and artist Darick Robertson, and 'Nightcrawler: The Winding Way' by...

Welcome back to the Comicast! We're wrapping up our two-and-a-half episode long coverage of Green Lantern and the Blackest Night event, so be sure to listen to our last two episodes before starting here, as spoilers abound! We ended the last episode talking about the final battle and some of the aftermath, but avoided too many spoilers so that we could have a more in-depth discussion for the...

Welcome back to the Comicast! This week, Jeff, Madison, and Sam bring you part one of our first two-part episode around the DC crossover event: Blackest Night! With black rings raising dead heroes and villains, Hal Jordan and other ring-slingers from different corps, tribes, and armies are forced to band together to put the fallen back to rest before Nekron can extinguish all light (and life) in t...

Welcome back to the Comicast! Jeff, Madison, and Sam kick of the new year by going back in time to the beginning of one of Sam's favorite sagas in comics: Geoff Johns' Green Lantern! We received a request for an episode on the Blackest Night event that turned the DC universe upside-down and liked the idea so much that we decided to throw in a bonus episode to dip our toes into the vast s...

Welcome back to the Comicast! After another couple of weeks of delays, colds, and day-to-day chaos, Jeff, Madison, and Sam are getting back into the swing of things! Again! In this episode, we discuss Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows, written by Dan Slott, Jody Houser, Gerry Conway, and Ryan Stegman with art from Andy Kubert, Scott Hanna, Nick Roche, Nathan Stockman, Ryan Stegman, Juan Frigeri, and Bri...

Welcome back to the Comicast! After a couple of weeks off, Jeff, Madison, and Sam are getting back into the swing of things! This week's series is Plastic Man by Gail Simone with art by Adriana Melo. Former crook Eel O'Brian works to clear his name after being framed for murder and save the world from a supervillain cabal that may or may not exist, all while taking street-wise Pado Swaka...

Welcome back to the Comicast! Jeff, Madison, and Sam dove head first into "Aquaman: The Becoming," written by Brandon Thomas, with beautiful art by Diego Olortegui! Jackson Hyde is pulled into a conspiracy in the never-ending conflict between the underwater kingdoms of Atlantis and Xebel, challenging Aqualad to uncover the conspiracy and graduate to full-fledged Aquaman in the process! R...

Jeff, Madison, and Sam took a break from Sam's depressing catalogue of stories and take a look at Marvel's 1602. Written by Neil Gaiman (creator of the Sandman series recently adapted by Netflix) with art by Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove, this story brings Marvel's stellar cast to Elizabethan England where twists and turns abound! Sir Nicholas Fury and his apprentice Peter Parquag...

Jeff, Madison, and Sam are back after an unplanned couple of weeks off! This episode, they take a look at Injustice: Year One. The crew skims the surface of the world in which Superman is pushed well beyond his breaking point after the Joker kills Lois Lane and most of Metropolis. Friends become foes and fists fly for a year's worth of super-battles paving the bloody road to Superman's R...

After a busy week of work, school, and life throwing curveballs at Jeff, Madison, and Sam, they agreed to take a break from reading. This week, they catch up on their takes on the recently released Thor" Love and Thunder, Ms. Marvel, Stranger Things, heroes that share names, and some general chitchat. Requests are coming in through our socials below - follow us and leave a request or recommen...

Welcome back to the Comicast! This week, Jeff, Madison, and Sam take a break from their beloved limited series and take a look at Thor's encounters with Gorr, the God Butcher, in preparation for the theatrical release of Thor: Love and Thunder! This episode provides background on the characters of Thor and Gorr for those unfamiliar with the comic iterations of the characters, while taking a d...

Welcome to another episode of the Comicast! This week, Jeff, Madison, and Sam discuss the recent Obi Wan Kenobi series release and Marvel video games before we take a dive into the world of Marvel's Dark Ages! Tom Taylor and Iban Coello tell a story about a world in the Marvel Multiverse in which all the power has gone out, and there is no getting it back. Years after the world goes dark, a n...

Welcome back! We ended our pilot episode with the intent of coming back to finish our discussion on the DC Black Label title-turned-trilogy by Sean Murphy, and we finally did it. Madison takes over for Max and tells Jeff and Sam why the Joker going good can be such a headache. We had a lot of fun diving into how we all interpreted this novel and the characters it presented! Let us know if you want...

Jeff, Madison, and Sam catch up on some gaming news and discuss D octor Str a nge in the Multive r se of Madness and the recent Moon K night s eries on Disn e y+ before tak i ng a d eep d i ve into the 2017 Ei s ner Award winning graphic novel written by Tom King and Illustrated by Mitch Gerads (with breathtaking covers by Nick Derrington) . Come for the art, stay for the story, and beware the dan...

Hey there! Thanks for checking out our first official episode. Jeff, Madison, and Sam have teamed up to discuss some recent goings-on in the world of comic books, comic characters and some recent movies before getting into what you, the listener, can expect from this series as we move forward with a stronger format and schedule. Stick around and join in on the conversation by following us on our s...

Join Jeff Max and Sam in the pilot episode of our podcast, discussing Batman: White Knight! Writer/Illustrator Sean Murphy, tells a story of a Batman that went too far - driving the Joker sane! The Clown Prince of Crime reforms himself to become Gotham's White Knight. But can he be trusted? We're eager to interact with our audience! Feel free to follow us on Twitter @AKNF_Comicast and In...