Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

We knew going in that the X-Men in the Copper Age would be too broad a topic to spotlight in just one episode, so in this installment we confine ourselves to the years 1980-85. It's a serpentine saga of Secret Wars and samurai weddings; of the Brood and the Brotherhood; of doomed romance and Dire Wraiths; of Morlocks and mohawks! Everything X-Men (and New Mutants) between John Byrne's departure an...

Our fiftieth-anniversary Avengers retrospective marches on into the Eighties, with honorary Geek grand-marshal Chris Eberle at the head of the parade. Listen and learn how the Avengers cope with the disgrace and betrayal of founding member Hank Pym; emotional fallout from Avengers #200; new friends and foes stemming from the twisted family heritage of Thanos; the Vision gone haywire; the royal riv...

Time again for Previews! Chris Eberle from Wild Pig Comics joins us in studio to go through the July catalog for items shipping to stores in September. (1:19:27)

Time for another round of Off the Rack reviews. In this episode we discuss Astro City #1 from Vertigo, Daredevil: Dark Nights #1 from Marvel, and Six-Gun Gorilla #1 from BOOM! (1:20:14)

After some talk about upcoming Comic-Con exclusives and the obligatory Doctor Who chat, we discuss comics in the first half of 2013 - what we're currently reading, what we're behind on in reading, and our pull lists. (1:04:43)

Time once again for Uncle Sal! We talk Chicago sports, the San Diego Comic-Con, his family, and even a little about comics. This episode introduces the instant classic story 'The Recital'. (2:47:28)

In this episode we get Murd's thoughts on the end of Age of Ultron (spoilers), follow up on Jamie's reaction to the storyline, and discuss BOOM! Studios' acquisition of Archaia. We also talk with Teras Cassidy and Marie-Claude Bourbonnais about 'Geek Nation Tours' and their plans for this year's New York Comic Con. (1:11:50)

Several longtime guests of our show have Kickstarter campaigns currently running that we'd like to spotlight. We talk to Kevin Volo about 'Max & Thorne', Dave Wachter about 'The Guns of Shadow Valley', and Josh Finney, Kat Rocha, and Patrick McEvoy about 'World War Kaiju'. (1:38:06)

The Time Bubble is running on Mountain Time, as Murd, just returned from the Denver Comic Con, reminisces about a batch of comics he bought during his last trip to Colorado, twelve years ago! Featured are the last pre-Straczynski Spider-Man story; a few classic Bronze Age Superman tales; and some high and low points of cosmic superheroics, '90s style! (2:25:26)

This is the 'Podcast Peak Assemble!' panel from the Denver Comic Con that featured members of Comic Geek Speak, Reel Nerds, and the So Like, You Know podcasts. We talk about our various shows, how we got started, tips on podcasting and more. (53:56)

It's the finale of Age of Ultron as we go over issue 10. What does this mean for the future of the Marvel Universe(s)?  (58:24)

This month, DC 'occupies' Off the Racks with not one, but two selections, The Movement #1 and The Green Team: Teen Trillionaires #1, flanked by Battlestar Galactica #1 from Dynamite Entertainment. (1:08:14)

Superman is back on the big screen in a big way, and having borne witness to the super-spectacle, a group of Geeks (including lost son of CGS Kevin Moyer!) share their impressions of 'Man of Steel.' Listen as we train our heat vision on the cast of characters, the new costume, the narrative structure, the somber tone, the already infamous Superman/Zod climactic clash, and a host of other topics re...

Pants moderated the Spotlight on Gerry Conway panel at the recent Denver Comic Con which we present for you here. Mr. Conway discusses how he started working in comics at DC, moving over to Marvel and working on Spider-Man, his brief tenure as Editor in Chief at Marvel, going back to DC Comics and more. (51:03)

The repercussions of what Wolverine did at the end of Age of Ultron issue 6 are dealt with in the next three issues of the series. We go over issues 7 to 9 of Age of Ultron and discuss what it all means as the story heads towards its conclusion. (48:19)

Pants traveled down to Charlotte, NC for Heroes Con this past weekend and did several interviews. Listen to talks with Vivek Tiwary writer of the upcoming Dark Horse book 'The Fifth Beatle', Buzz, Eric Nolen-Weathington from TwoMorrows Publishing, Jeremy Whitley from Action Lab Entertainment and more. (1:30:23)

Sunday afternoon at Denver Comic Con 2013, Katie Cook, Andy Price, Tony Fleecs, and Thom Zahler gathered in a packed auditorium, full of boisterous buckin' Bronies, to engage in a panel discussion of their work on IDW's line of 'My Little Pony' comics, with our very own Murd ridin' herd as moderator! How'd that turn out, you ask? Listen for yourself--it's magic! (50:34)

Jamie got to moderate a panel at the Denver Comic Con on one of his favorite writers - Denny O'Neil. If you've seen a comic in the last 40 years you should recognize his name! (46:54)

It's Previews time again! We go through the June catalog for items shipping to stores beginning in August. (56:09)

Welcome to the Bronze Age, X-Men - hope you survive the experience! Join us, and CGS lecturer-in-residence Chris Eberle, as we pay homage to one of the most successful comebacks in comics history, recounting the X-Men's rise ('Like a Phoenix...!') from reprint limbo to the heady heights of the Claremont/Byrne/Austin run! With a special in-studio appearance by a genuine, first-printing copy of Gian...

Adam, Jamie D., and Pants headed out west for the second annual Denver Comicon this past weekend. Listen as we recap the Rocky Mountain highs and lows of our con experience, including the panels we moderated, the geek-rock concert we attended and other Denver nuggets including a chat with the Sixth Doctor - Colin Baker. (1:04:34)

Concluding our two-part focus on the Avengers in the 1970s. From the Serpent Crown to the Korvac Saga, from the resurrection of Wonder Man to the mysterious parentage of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, from the induction of the Beast to. . . whatever the hell was going on in Avengers #200, we hit all the major beats of Marvel's flagship super-team title in the latter half of the Decade of Decad...

As we take some time off from recording due to the Memorial Day holiday and convention travel, we present another collection of unaired clips from the podcast. There's behind the scenes silliness, pre-interview chatter, discussion on the 'Highlander' movies, 'The Office' finale, and more. (1:12:38)

Shelton Drum, founding father of Charlotte, NC's Heroes Convention, sits down with us for a laid-back chat about his lengthy experience as a comics collector and retailer; the current back-issue market; and the outlook for this year's double-sized Heroes Con! (55:26)

The season finales of 'Arrow' and 'Doctor Who' aired last week so we decided to discuss them as well as the seasons as a whole. Spoilers Sweetie! (59:04)