Comic Talkers

For this episode, the Comic Talkers continue discussing Dark Horse Comics as Brandon and Mari review some of the earliest Hellboy Comics ever written entitled "Seed of Destruction." Written by Mike Mignola with art by John Bryne. Tune in as the they discuss what they loved about the story, what they did not like, along with ways that this series could have been improved. Join in on the c...

For this episode, the Comic Talkers take on the discussion all about Dark Horse Comics. Tune in as Mari and Brandon go over some of their favorite comics that have been created by Dark Horse Comics, some of their favorite characters from these comics, plus what they would pitch to Dark Horse Comics? Join in on the conversation and get the latest updates on the podcast by following Comic Talkers on...

The Comic Talkers finish with Boom! Studios Month as Mari and Brandon put on their creative hats on as they prepare a pitch to Boom! Studios on what comic books they would love to create for the company. What will they pitch? Who will they ask to write and draw their comics? And how many issues will their series be given? Tune in to find out. Join in on the conversation and get the latest updates...

For this episode, the Comic Talkers continue on with Boom! Studios Month as Brandon and Mari review the comic book series "Folklords" written by Mark Kindt with art by Matt Smith. Tune in as the they discuss what they loved about the story, what they did not like, along with ways that this series could have been improved. Join in on the conversation and get the latest updates on the podc...

The Comic Talkers continue on with Boom! Studios Month as Mari and Brandon take on the discussion on who their top five characters are that have been created by Boom! Studios. Remember these are their personal lists, not an overall list, and these characters are not listed in any particular order. Who will make it onto their lists? Tune in to find out. Join in on the conversation and get the lates...

The Comic Talkers kick off Boom! Studios Month as Mari and Brandon discuss what they feel are their top five comics and or comic book series when it comes to Boom! Studios. Remember these are their personal lists, not an overall list. What series will make it onto their Top 5 lists? Tune in to find out. Join in on the conversation and get the latest updates on the podcast by following Comic Talker...

For this episode, the Comic Talkers continue on with Image Comics Month as Bryce, Brandon, and Mari review the comic book mini-series "God Country" written by Donny Cates with art by Geoff Shaw, tune in as the they discuss what they loved about the story, what they picked out of the comic series, along with ways to improve upon the series. Join in on the conversation and get the latest u...

The Comic Talkers continue on with Image Comics Month as Mari and Brandon put on their creative hats on as they prepare a pitch to Image Comics on what comic books they would love to create for the company. What will they pitch? Who will they ask to write and draw their comics? And how many issues will their series be given? Tune in to find out. Join in on the conversation and get the latest updat...

The Comic Talkers continue on with Image Comics Month as Mari and Brandon take on the discussion on who their top five characters are that have been created by Image Comics. Remember these are their personal lists, not an overall list, and these characters are not listed in any particular order. Who will make it onto their lists? Tune in to find out. Join in on the conversation and get the latest...

The Comic Talkers kick off Image Comics Month as Mari, Brandon, and Bryce discuss what their Top five comics and or comic book series are when it comes to Image Comics. Remember these are their personal lists, not an overall list. What series will make it onto their Top 5 lists? Tune in to find out. Join in on the conversation and get the latest updates on the podcast by following Comic Talkers on...

To round out Green Arrow Month, Comic Talkers Mari, Brandon, and Bryce take on a discussion that will help clear up some areas when it comes to Green Arrow. For this episode, they will be going over some common misconceptions of Green Arrow throughout his comic book career. Is Green Arrow and Batman the same type of hero? Is Oliver Queen a serial cheater? The relationships with the Arrow Family an...

For this episode, Comic Talkers Mari and Brandon discuss two forgotten archers, lost and forgotten about within the DC Universe, Mia Dearden and Emiko Queen. Mia was introduced in Green Arrow Vol. 3 #2 in May 2001 and was created by Kevin Smith and Phil Hester. Emiko was introduced in Green Arrow Vol. 5 #18 in May of 2013 and was created by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino. Tune in as the Comic T...

For this episode, Comic Talkers Mari and Brandon continue to talk about Oliver Queen coming back from the dead, but not without some complications as they go over the last five issues of Kevin Smith's "Green Arrow: Quiver" storyline. Follow Oliver as he and Batman take on The Demon, Etrigan. Also some old friends come back into Oliver's life. Plus we find out who Stanley Dover tr...

For this special segment of Anime Talkers, William, Tyrone, Leo and guest Brandon discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of live action anime adaptations. Tune in as they discuss some of the worst live action anime adaptations, and what animes they would pitch to be adapted. And even how they would improve some of these live action films. Join in on the conversation and get the latest updates on...

For this episode, Comic Talkers Mari and Brandon sit back and relax as they relive Oliver Queen coming back from the dead, but not without some complications as they go over the first five issues of Kevin Smith's "Green Arrow: Quiver" storyline. Follow Oliver as he suddenly returns to the land of the living, shocking friends and family. How will Green Arrow adapt to a world without s...

The Comic Talkers head to Star City to kick off Green Arrow Month. And what a great way to start this month by creating our own Green Arrow Museums. Tune in as the Comic Talkers create a museum for Oliver Queen, Roy Harper, and Connor Hawke. Tune in as Mari, Brandon, and Bryce discuss their first introductions and origins, powers and abilities, their best team and team-ups, best moments, and essen...

The fight of the century! A duel of wits! And a great way to end Spider-Verse Month as Comic Talkers Brandon, Mari, with special guest Darren Soto take on the discussion of who would win in a fight: Miles Morales (defended by Darren) or Virgil Hawkins a.k.a. Static Shock (defended by Mari). Darren and Mari will discuss each character's origins, powers and abilities, best fights, and how they c...

For this episode, William, Tyrone, and Leo go over one of the most popular animes within the past ten years, One Punch Man. Created by ONE and Yusuke Murata in 2009, One Punch Man finally received an anime series in 2015. Since then, we have been able to follow Saitama and Genos on their crazy adventures in order to become heroes. Tune in as William, Tyrone, and Leo discuss the highlights of the a...

Presents from your Friendly Neighborhood Comic Talkers. For this episode, Mari, Brandon, and Bryce continue on with Spider-Verse Month by going over their Top 5 Spider-Man Comics/Runs. Remember, these are their personal picks, not an overall list. Also, this does not only have to be Peter Parker Storylines alone, these picks could also derive from other Spider-Verse Characters. What stories will m...

The Sinister Six, a group of some iconic Spider-Man villains that work together to defeat Spider-Man. This team, over the years, have had many renditions. For this episode, Comic Talkers Mari and Brandon continue on with Spider-Verse Month as they form a Sinister Six team with the intentions of taking down the Spider-Man. There are six members (including one of these members that either has never...

Welcome to the Spider-Verse Museum, where Spider-Verse characters are put on displayed for the whole world to see. Since Peter Parker's (the original Spider-Man) first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 in August 1962, there have been many alternate versions of Spider-Man all throughout Marvel Comics. For this museum segment, Comic Talkers Mari, Brandon, and Bryce will discuss fifteen Spider-Ve...

The Comic Talkers travel throughout the multiverse and band together as they prepare for Spider-Verse Month. For this episode, Comic Talkers Brandon, Bryce, William, and Tyrone go over some of the theories that surround the movie “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse.” Is Spot the main villain or is there someone bigger pulling the strings? Is Kang the main villain of this film? Will Miles be backs...

In 2011, DC Comics decided to create a comic book event that would revolve around Barry Allen (The Flash) to help reboot the entire DC Universe. Enter "Flashpoint," written by Geoff Johns with art by Andy Kubert which tells the story of Barry Allen, as he decides to enter the speed force and travel back in time to save his mother. Barry is successful, but not without consequences that ha...

So far this month the Comic Talkers have covered a lot of speedsters within the Flash Family. But there is one Flash that has not yet been covered, Bart Allen. For this episode, Comic Talkers Mari, Brandon, and Bryce cover Bart's first arc as The Scarlett Speedster entitled "The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive - Lightning In A Bottle." Written by Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo with art by...

There are a lot of speedsters in the DC Universe that tend to be forgotten about; overshadowed by four Flashes that have been mainstays in the comic book world (Jay Garrick, Barry Allen, Wally West, and Bart Allen). That's about to change because for this episode, The Comic Talkers discuss six forgotten speedsters as they cover their origin stories, powers and abilities, and some interesting f...