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Big Kang Baby! Steve Englehart, Sal Buscema, Joe Staton + Dave Cockrum offer up a comic that Kurt Busiek calls the greatest Avengers story ever written!

Ultimate Superman Reborn! Kevin Jank joins Mike-EL & Mike-DELL for the ONE HUNDREDTH episode of your favourite podcast. Before he could go on to ruin Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, and the Doom Patrol, John Byrne ruined Superman! It was 1986, and DC Comics decided Superman needed a change. So, instead of going with proposals by Frank Miller, Steve Gerber or Alan Moore, DC went with Mr. Fixit himself. S...

Journey back to World War II for an all-new Golden Age adventure. Roy Thomas, Frank Robbins + Vince Colletta present: "...And Let the Battle Begin!"

Gerry Conway & Pat Broderick re-introduce everyone's favourite matter transmuting superhero...the one with the head that's on fire, and whose sleeves are baggy and blouse-like: Firestorm! www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

Miles Watson joins Mikes DELL and EL for a look at a pre-S.H.I.E.L.D. Nick Fury adventure, in which Fury appears in only two panels. Instead, we witness the formation Dugan's Deadly Dozen, featuring "Dum Dum" Dugan, "Hoss" Cosgrove, "Ace" Hamilton, "Hillbilly" Wagner, "Bullseye" Miller, "Snakeye" Simpson and all the rest. www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

Gil Kane + Jan Strnad revamp The Atom for the 1980s! If shrinking down to miniature size wasn't cool enough, how about shrinking down to miniature size PLUS dressing up like a damn He-Man toy?

Beware The Claws Of The Cat! Mike-DELL and Mike-EL review the first appearance of Greer Nelson, aka Tiger, aka THE CAT. www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

In which we learn the history of the Earth from 1975 to 3007, featuring the original Guardians of the Galaxy! www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

The World's First Superhero? Or merely a Competent Man? Mikes DELL and EL explore Marvel's adaptation of the Man of Bronze, who's headquarters is called the Fortress of Solitude, who's secret identity is Clark Savage Jr. The man called DOC SAVAGE!

Check this out: King Arthur Meets Star Wars. Box office gold, right? Mike W. Barr & Brian Bolland revive the Knights of the Round Table in the far-flung (yet strangely familiar) future of the year 3000! www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

Bob Meyers joins Mike-DELL + Mike-EL for...Send in the Clowns! This week's pick is the 3rd X-men spin-off to debut in the 1980s: the left-over-X-men-but-in-England, otherwise known as Excalibur. www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

lash, Flash, Kid Flash & Johnny Quick are foiled by Gorilla Grodd! Cary Bates, Irv Novick, Joe Giella, José Luis García-López, Wally Wood, Kurt Schaffenberger, and Murphy Anderson present 80 pages of Flash fun in The Flash Spectacular, aka: DC Special Series #11. www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

Kevin Jank once again joins Mike-DELL & Mike-EL for Dazzler V Rogue: Dawn of X! Straight from the Sisterhood of Evil Mutants (!), the pre-X-men southern belle Rogue exacts her revenge on Allison Blaire, aka: Dazzler! Frank Springer does writing and pencils, while Vince Colletta handles the inks.

Because Kevin Jank demanded it! Wolfpack by Larry Hama, Ron Wilson & Kyle Baker was where we learned that that street toughs think all disabled people are deaf, that nature cannot do math, and that a bong is a pipe. Did we miss anything?

David Anthony Kraft, Mike Vosburg & Frank Springer present the story of Jennifer Walters, She-Hulk, and their two competing boyfriends. Mike-DELL & Mike-EL are up to their old tricks.

Cousin Brandon joins Mike-EL & Mike-DELL for another in-depth look at a Bronze Age comic. Quasar #3 by Mark Gruenwald, Paul Ryan & Danny Bulandi is the classic cosmic comic from the late 80s that launched a thousand podcasts (okay...two), and made Mike-EL a fan of Wendell Elvis Vaughn for life!

The Falcon, Electro, The Legion, Captain America and the President of the United States. How do they all fit together? Answer: they don't! The Falcon #3 by Jim Owsley, Mark Bright + Mike Gustovich present the third issue of Falcon's ill-fated limited series.

*WHEET* *WHEET* That's the sound of HAWKMAN talking to some birds. Betcha didn't know he could do that! Mikes EL and DELL review the Bronze Age Hawkman (aka: Hawkman: Version 2 of 17), in The Shadow War of Hawkman #1 by Tony Isabella, Richard Howell, and Alfredo P. Alcala. www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

Could it be...Hellstrom?! Bursting forth from the early 1970s, the Son of Satan was a bare-chested anti-superhero like non that had ever been seen before. The fourth issue (of the eight published), featured a story by John Warner, with art by Craig Russell & Sonny Trinidad.

What the HELL is 'What The -- ?!' Find out here! Mikes EL & DELL review a grab bag of stories by Peter B. Gillis, Hilary Barta, Marc Siry, Terry Austin, June Brigman, Al Milgrom, Jon Bogdanove, Gwen Dibley & Steve Ditko!

The Punisher shoots stuff. Mike-DELL + Mike-EL examine the third issue of the Punisher's first regular series, by Mike Baron & Klaus Janson. www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

Jolie joins Mikes EL and DELL. Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld #1 by Dan Mishkin, Gary Cohn, Ernie Colón features the first full-length comic appearance of Amethyst, who would go on to appear in several more series over the next 35 years, plus a series of animated shorts.

Carol Danvers works at Woman Magazine; Ms. Marvel is the brand new superhero with a Seventh Sense. How are they connected? The Ms. Marvel that was a professional wrestler and later became the female Thing? Nah. The Ms. Marvel that's a Muslim teenager living in New Jersey? Nope. The supervillain formerly known as Moonstone? No way. Find out the full story right here. www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

Tom DeFalco (de-FAL-co), Herb Trimpe (TRIM-pee) and Barry Windsor-Smith (sah-MEE-tay) present volume 2 of everyone's favourite smart talkin' robot. After years of lying dormant, Machine Man is revived in the far-flung future of 2020. PLUS, meet the Midnight Wreckers: Brain, Hassle, Slick & Swift! www. ComicBookSyndicate.com

Miles Watson joins Mike-DELL and Mike-EL for another fun-filled one and thirteen minutes. Reviewing Fantastic Four #213 by Marv Wolfman, John Byrne & Joe Sinnott. In this issue, Terrax The Tamer battles an old and decrepit Thing, Mr. Fantastic and Human Torch! Meanwhile, H.E.R.B.I.E. does he can to help, and Invisible Girl takes a much deserved nap. Oh, and Galactus and Sphinx punch each other. A...