Comic Book Club

On this week's live show, Vera Brosgol ("Plain Jane and the Mermaid") + Aubrey Sitterson and Megan Hutchison ("Archie Comics: Judgement Day").

It's the season finale of X-Men '97 and we're recapping all the big moments on "Tolerance Is Extinction, Part 3." While half the team lies in the clutches of Bastion, the other team is dealing with Magneto -- leading to an epic showdown between Xavier and his old friend. Meanwhile, Sinister visits the beach that makes you old, Bastion rips off Cable's arm, and it all ends with a huge time-travelin...

On the Stack podcast for the week of May 15, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Doom #1, Action Comics #1065, and so many more!

On this week's live show, Steve Orlando and Matthew Medney ("Gungnir") + Asia Simone ("Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur: Wreck and Roll").

The X-Men split into the Blue and Gold teams to take down Magneto and Bastion as we recap Episode 9, "Tolerance Is Extinction, Part 2." After Rogue and Sunspot join Magneto on Asteroid M, the team has 12 hours to convince him to restart the magnetism of the world before everyone dies. Meanwhile, the other team is trying to take down Bastion, only to run into Mister Sinister's corruption of Cable....

On the Stack podcast for the week of May 8, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for The Boy Wonder #1, Energon Universe 2024 Special #1, and so many more!

On this week's live show, guests Eric Powell and Gideon Kendall (Dark Horse Comics "Lester of the Lesser Gods"), and Matthew Schofield ("Steamroller Man").

The three-part X-Men '97 Season 1 finale begins with "Tolerance Is Extinction, Part 1" as Bastion activates the Prime Sentinels, and Magneto goes HAM. Scott, Jean, and Cable fight their way away from Bastion's army. Wolverine and Nightcrawler team up to protect Rogue. And Jubilee and Roberto deal more with the subtle prejudice of Roberto's Mom. All leading up to a classic "Magneto was right" from...

On the Stack podcast for the week of May 1, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Blood Hunt #1, Superman: House of Brainiac #1, and so many more!

It's a Comic Book Club Crime Comics Spectacular! With guests Gary Phillips ("Cold Hard Cash"), Dennis Hopeless ("She's Running On Fumes"), Lee Loughridge ("Midstate"), and Rob Hart ("Blood Oath").

The season's big villain is revealed as we recap X-Men '97 Episode 7, "Bright Eyes," on our podcast. With Gambit dead, Rogue is going HAM trying to track down Bolivar Trask and Henry Gyrich. Meanwhile, the rest of the team deals with mourning in their own way... And trying to help the remains of Genosha. Sunspot comes out as a mutant to his Mom, thanks to Jubilee. And Captain America guest stars!...

Writer Dan Watters joins Alex for a special dive into Skybound's new book Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! What was it like collaborating with Ram V in a different way for this project? What is the enduring appeal of Gill-Man? Plus, a little bit about his upcoming run on Destro, as part of Skybound's Energon Universe.

On the Stack podcast for the week of April 24, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #150, Spectregraph #1, and so many more!

On this week's live show podcast, guests Brian Michael Bendis ("Phenomena: Matilde's Quest"), plus Zack Quaintance ("Death of Comics Bookcase").

Right on time, we're rolling out our podcast recap of X-Men '97 Episode 6, "Lifedeath - Part 2." After the devastating attack on Genosha, we're jumping to Xavier in space, and Forge and Storm on Earth. Following up on the previous episode, Forge has been bitten by The Adversary. Now it's up to Storm to battle her internal and external demons to save him. Meanwhile, Xavier and Lilandra are in space...

On the Stack podcast for the week of April 10, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Nightwing #113, Cobra Commander #4, and so many more!

On this week's live show podcast, guests David Pepose ("Space Ghost") and Christof Bogacs ("Under Kingdom").

We're recapping the epic fifth episode of X-Men '97 "Remember It" on our podcast, as everything changes forever, again. While Cyclops is wrestling with Jean Grey drama back at the mansion and getting grilled by Trish Tilby, Magneto, Rogue and Gambit head to Genosha. Once they get there, their own romantic tensions come to a head. And once things seem to be settled, they go as wrong as possible......

On the Stack podcast for the week of April 10, 2024, we've got new comic book reviews for Action Comics #1064, Ultimate X-Men #2, and so many more!

On a special episode of our DCU podcast, we're reacting to the just released Joker: Folie à Deux trailer. Particularly given at least one of us hated the original, what do we think about the first look at the musical trailer featuring Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix?

On this week's live show podcast, guests Tessa Hulls ("Feeding Ghosts") and Alex Schumacher ("The Effects Of Pickled Herring").

It's time for the Season 2 finale of Invincible, "I Thought You Were Stronger," and Angstrom Levy is pulling out all the stops to destroy our hero. After Levy takes Debbie and Oliver hostage, Mark is thrust through the multiverse, leading to a horrific final confrontation. Meanwhile, in space, no one can hear Omni-Man reach an emotional catharsis. And we speculate about what might happen in Season...

X-Men '97 focuses in and rolls out two stories on Episode 4, "Motendo / Lifedeath - Part 1," and we're recapping the whole thing. In the first part, Jubilee and Roberto take on Mojo in a deadly video game. In the second, Storm and Forge try to get her powers back, but an evil owl stands in her way. Plus, so much relationship drama in such a short period of time!

On this week's comic book review podcast for April 3 2024 we've got reviews for Deadpool #1, SHAZAM #10 and many more.

On this week's live show podcast, guests Patton Oswalt, Scott Hepburn and Jordan Blum ("Minor Threats"), Alex Paknadel ("Cult of the Lamb"), and Dan Crothers and David Yu (VeVe).