Comics Are My Happy Place

MARVEL ZOMBIES, BLADE, DEACON FROST & HANNIBAL KING  Boo! Join Colin and Nick as they take a look at the spookier side of the Marvel Universe with a delve into the worlds of Blade and the Marvel Zombies 734. Marvel Zombies  Marvel Zombies (2005) #1 373. Blade  Tomb of Dracula (1972) #10 Blade (2023) #1 375. Hannibal King / Deacon Frost Tomb of Dracula (1972) #53 THIS EPISODE WEN...

AWESOME ANDY, SUPER ADAPTOID, MACHINE MAN, MANDROID, MARVEX & ULTIMO  Nick and Colin discuss The most awesomest Androids of the Marvel Universe! THIS EPISODE WENT OUT UNDER OUR FORMER NAME OF ABOMB TO ZZZAX - PLEASE IGNORE ANY WAYS TO CONTACT US AS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE AND USE THE LINKS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS DESCRIPTION INSTEAD Awesome Androids 188. Awesome Andy  She hulk (2...

MYSTIQUE, AVALANCHE, DESTINY, PYRO, BLOB  Dan returns for a soft reboot of the podcast - all new, slightly different. We meet the second iteration of the X-men's opposite team The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Is Mystique like a salamander? Can Avalanche vibrate himself right off? Which of the gang is also the Marvel universe's Barbara Cartland? The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Reading List X-M...

Nick is joined by James O'Donoghue for a bit of different ep where they force themselves to watch the Spidemanless Spiderman films - which one is worse? Is it all of them? How do they relate to their comic book origins? Are they as dreadful? Sometimes. THIS EPISODE WENT OUT UNDER OUR FORMER NAME OF ABOMB TO ZZZAX - PLEASE IGNORE ANY WAYS TO CONTACT US AS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE AND USE THE LINKS...

ASBESTOS MAN, PASTE POT PETE, IMPOSSIBLE MAN & RED GHOST  WHO IS THE FANTASTIC FOUR'S WEIRDEST VILLAIN? Is it Red Ghost and his super apes? Paste Pot Pete and his pots of paste, the deadliest substance of all? or is it Asbestos Man? It's Asbestos Man. READ ALONG WITH US 175. Asbestos man  Stranges tales (1951) #111 a story  177. Paste Pot Pete Strange tales #104 1962 a story&nbs...

Everything you need to know about the wise cracking JUBILEE, the explosive BOOM BOOM and the unfortunately named SKIDS. READ ALONG WITH US X girls READING LIST 160. Jubilee Uncanny Xmen 1989 #244  Uncanny Xmen 1993 #297 161. Boom boom  X-terminators 2023 #1 162. Skids  X-terminators 1988 #1 163. Armor  Astonishing xmen 2004 #4 THIS EPISODE WENT OUT UNDER OUR FORMER NAME OF...

Nick and Colin put on their trunks and have a lovely splash about with comics creator Fraser Geesin (The Cleaner) as they merrily chat about a bunch of wet and wild aquatic adversaries. What accent would Attuma have? How did Stingray end up being janitor for the Avengers? and is Mr Fish the greatest comics creation since Spiderman? Read along with us Aquatic Adversaries - Fraser Geesin 180. Attuma...

Colin is joined by Henry Widdicombe - founder of Mach Fest the best comedy festival in the UK and now a comics writer himself. They discuss smelly long boxes, sanding and break ups. But more importantly the Braddock Family Tree - Betsy AKA Psylocke, Brian AKA Captain Britain and Jamie AKA Jamie. But who will come out top in the continuing long and entirely pointless list of the greatest Marvel cha...

Nick and Colin discuss the most horrendous of X-men villains, responsible for the Mutant Massacre and their super glam boss Mr Sinister Arclight and The Marauders plus Mr Sinister Uncanny xmen (1981) #211 Uncanny Xmen 1988 #240 (from page 16) Xfactor #10 1986 Hellions 2020 #4 139. Arclight  140. Harpoon 141. Scalphunter / Greycrow 142. Blockbuster  143. Scrambler 144. Prism 861. Riptide&...

David Reed takes another break from his new musical to chat with Colin once again about the Summers family. We meet Scott & Alex's batshit secret bro Vulcan and his ill fated pals Darwin and Sway. Plus take a trip with the most midlife crisising of all Space Pirates - Corsair and the Starjammers. But where will these sort of heroes fit in the pantheon of our Favourite Marvel Character. THANKS...

FANTASTIC FOUR FIRST STEPS SPECIAL! Nick and Colin fiercely debate the merits of 60 year old characters created for kids! Plus a very cack handed slightly scared in case Colin works with the actors review of the new movie! Read along with us 145. Mr Fantastic Fantastic Four 1984 #271 Fantastic four 2009 #572  Fantastic Four 2022 #2 146. Invisible woman  Fantastic four 1961 #284 Fantastic...

Best buds Colin and Nick are back reviewing every Marvel Character with an Ironheart special. They've seen about 1.5 eps of the new series and...it's fine. But who is Ironheart? Has she captured our shrivelled middle aged man hearts? And before that: who is the real Tony Stark? Did he ever soil his iron suit? Does he listen to Eric Clapton and Chris Rea? Is Iron Monger the maddest baddest of them...

Our little run of special guests continues as Nick welcomes comedian Colleen Cheetham-Gerrard (previously a Marvel correspondent herself) to take a look at the many people who have also proved worthy of hefting a mystical hammer and taking up the mantle of the God of Thunder Thor, namely the most famous of the alternates Jane Foster (of course), as well Beta Ray Bill, Thunderstrike and probably th...

Everything you need to know about the X-man called...Cyclops. Colin is joined by special guest David Reed, a brilliant actor and comedian known for his marvellous live and radio shows with sketch group The Penny Dreadfuls. We talk everything Scott Summers - how do his eye lids work? Is he just a big old stick in the mud? That was a very convenient laser gun that suddenly appeared? Plus we discover...

Everything you need to know about Alpha Flight! (Well, half of them anyway...) Nick and special guest David Ferguson (of Believe? The Myths And Conspiracies Pod) are trekking back to the 80s to take a deep dive into Canada's premier (only?) super hero team, Alpha Flight. Will they fare any better than the last time they were talked about on the pod? Did Civil War usher in the basic loss of clearcu...

Colin and Nick are going back to the 90s as they meet yet another junior group of X-men. What in God's name is Monet's back story? What the bejeezus is an Emplate? and how is having a load of extra skins. super power? THANKS to @eyesonlegs for editing and music - follow him on Instagram BECOME A SUPPORTER: See the full character order, suggest characters for us to read and get some great bonus con...

Everything you need to know about Marvel's Olympians  This week, Jamie and Nick get classical as they take a look at the mighty figures of Greek myth who inhabit the Marvel universe. Will they get mixed up between Greek and Roman mythologies? Will there be an unexpectedly graphic description of how Aphrodite came to be? And who is the super secret special guest that joins them drunk about hal...

Everything you need to know about the Avengers in Training! Nick and Colin travel back to the early 2000s to discuss the post Civil War 'let's stop blowing up towns' Marvel training camp in Avengers Initiative. Who are these crazy kids? Where do they get their powers? - Nobody knows! Who was Man-E-Faces? and most importantly is this any good? Colin thinks it's an MCU goldmine, Nick will not be con...

Nick Krik and Colin Hoult are back this time discussing all of Cap's Nazi villains who aren't the Red Skull? Which one is the biggest bellend? We also relate them to modern Far Right Wingers so will probably have to delete this when the fascism really kicks in. THANKS to @eyesonlegs for editing and music - follow him on Instagram BECOME A SUPPORTER: See the full character order, suggest characters...

Everything you need to know about Marvel's Weirdest Animal Villains! It's a takeover episode this week as Jamie and Nick take the reins for a one-off Colin-free episode to talk about some of Marvel's weirdest animal villains. Was Mongoose really just a mongoose? Can two middle-aged man talk about Armadillo without referencing na early 90s UK chocolate bar commercial? And what even is a killer shri...

Everything you need to know about Galactus and all of his Heralds! Including Silver Surfer Such Epic Characters need an Epic guest and we have the Epically Epic comedian and model, Mr David Edwards . He's never read a Marvel comic before and boy is he in for a treat. Who is Galactus? Is he a big man in drag? Are his heralds sort of his boyfriends and girlfriends? Does he wear pants? These are just...

GIANT SIZE X-MEN 50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL 1 Nick and Colin are joined by comedian Nat Metcalfe as they discuss his favourite Marvel character: Colossus! This ties in beautifully with our plan to cover every member of the 1975 New (at the time) X-men for their 50th anniversary. Did Colossus choose his own dungarees when he became the Proletarian? Why do the best people suffer the most in Marvel (an...

Everything you need to know about the magical mistresses of Marvel. Krik and Col get all hot under the collar as they meet a bevy of black magic ladies. including Eternal Sersi and more of the sultriest sirens of Marvel. Asking questions like when is it ok to move on from your son becoming a cosmic entity? is it possible to disguise yourself whilst showing your ENTIRE FACE? and perhaps most import...

ALL the minor characters in Daredevil Born Again. Dan, Nick and Colin put the world to rights again as they discuss the really obscure characters popping up in the recent Daredevil series. Can a man do ANYTHING with a sword? Is White Tiger's origin really that he found some stuff in a bin? Is Sons of the Tiger's Bob Diamond the worst and most racist Marvel character ever? (except the actual Nazi o...

Discover all the characters from the Thunderbolts* movie Colin and Nick discuss all the characters appearing in the upcoming and apparently actually very good movie thunderbolts*. Including die hard Republican Captain America clone USA (gent), Black Widow's deadly sort of sister Yelena, Taskmaster AKA Tony Masters! AKA the best dressed man in comics and meta marvel The Sentry. Plus the evolution o...