Tales from the Short Box

We dive deep into the green on this weeks top story with Ram V's Swamp Thing. Also X-Men Draculas, unicorn piss and good old fashioned eco terrorism. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:09:46 – Strange #3 00:13:58 – Knights of X #2 00:18:55 – X-Men '92 House of XCII 00:24:58 – The Closet #1 00:33:34 – The Swamp Thing #1-10 Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreon! All paid memb...

It's a big Marvel heist in our top story with Black Cat: Grand Theft Marvel. Also a world wide power outage, a very VERY bad trip, and our continuing obsession with (friend of the show) Jed MacKay. Pull list (with spoiler time stamps): 00:05:18 – Saga #59 00:10:48 – Action Comics #1043 00:14:36 – Ice Cream Man #30 00:21:25 – Batman – Fortress #1 00:28:17 – Black Cat: Grand Theft Marvel Support Tal...

We got moonarang throwing action in the top story with Jed MacKay's Moon Knight. Also haunted houses, the fate of Conan, and a Dracula Ponzi scheme. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:08:30 – I Hate This Place #1 00:19:59 – Savage Avengers #1 00:27:07 – Immortal X-Men #2 00:39:24 – New Mutants #25 00:45:43 – Moon Knight #1-6 Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreon! All paid m...

Top story this week is the 1930s Chinatown noir thriller The Good Asian. Also a trip down the River Styx, the Real Redwing, and everyone gets their own Genie Pull List (with Spoiler Timestamps): 00:04:23 – Eight Billion Genies #1 00:20:27 – Grim #1 00:27:25 – Captain America – Symbol of Truth #1 00:32:00 – The Good Asian Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreon! All paid members get...

We're finally Diving into The Last Ronin on the top story. Also Mecha King Arthurs, sentient mountains, and everyone's favorite long lost X-Man. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:03:36 – Giant-Size X-Men – Thunderbird #1 00:14:27 – Once & Future #25 00:19:27 – Twig #1 00:22:26 – The Last Ronin #1-5 Support Tales From The Short Box by joining our Patreon! All paid members get acces to your D...

We have some gladiatorial Superman action on the top story as we breakdown the WarWorld Saga. Also Superhero sword and sorcery, a Spider-man jumping on point, and key issue buyer's remorse. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:07:13 – Dark Knights of Steel #6 00:11:59 – Knights of X #1 00:17:12 – Amazing Spider-Man #1 00:20:27 – Something is Killing the Children #22 00:26:41 – Superman: Warwor...

It's all cape books this week with The Death of Doctor Strange as the top story. Also What lengths will Deadpool go to get back on X-Force? How sweaty is Captain America? How many times can we say Flibbertigibbet? Tune in and find out! Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:07:59 – Wolverine #20 00:11:06 – Captain America #0 00:17:04 – Batman Superman World's Finest #2 00:24:03 – Catwoman Lonely...

We go ghost hunting in our top story this week with the newest installment f the Reckless series, The Ghost in You. Also 90s Saturday morning Hox/Pox, Sandman body horror, and Adam ruins escape rooms for everyone. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:09:58 – X-Men 92 House of XCII #1 00:15:07 – Nightmare County #1 00:22:19 – Rain #4 00:27:19 – Radio Spaceman Mission to Numa 4 #2 00:29:26 – Rec...

Kingpin is mayor of NYC and is putting an end to super hero shenanigans in Devil's Reign for today's top story. That should go well for him. Also, 200 year old 8 year olds, cursed nazi gold, and the budding real estate market on Mars. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:08:32 – Little Monsters #2 00:15:22 – X-Force #27 00:23:24 – X-Men Red #1 00:31:43 – Apache Delivery Service #4 00:35:30 – D...

New format, same great TFTSB taste! It's our first episode after a while off and we're excited to be trying out a new show format that focuses more on full story arcs for the top story. Also let's have some fun with legacy numbering. For our top story this week we quantum leap our way through X Lives and X Deaths of Wolverine. Also spilling the prison tea, Sassy Sinister's Secrets, and a giant gri...

More Sword and Sorcery Batman v Superman in this week's top story with Dark Knights of Steel #5. Also dark dimension dark roast, telepathic social engineering, and New York's worst gang. 00:10:58 – Devil's Reign X-Men #2 00:24:57 – Strange #1 00:37:14 – Newburn #4 00:47:17 – Nice House on the Lake #7 00:57:54 – Batman – Killing Time #1 01:01:24 – Dark Knights of Steel #5 Support Tales From The Sho...

Enjoy this special episode of Tales From the Short Box: Now In Trade! This is a preview of our Patreon-First series about our favorite comics and graphic novels now in trade. Nate joins us on loan from Doom Patrol Radio to talk about the awesomely weird Grant Morrison run of Doom Patrol. We chat about scissormen, disembodied brains, and the power of Magical thinking. Support Tales From The Short B...

Join us for some existential body horror as we talk about the new Ghost Rider #1 on the top story. Also a disturbance in the wolverine-force, Martian mind chess, and giant robot babysitters. 00:08:18 – X Deaths of Wolverine #3 00:22:42 – Human Target #5 00:31:28 – Step By Bloody Step #1 00:40:58 – Amazing Spider-Man #90 00:50:22 – Robin #11 00:55:12 – Action Comics #1040 00:59:29 – Saga #56 01:01:...

Bruce learns to cat burgle in Batman The Knight #2 on the top story. Also kaiju collectibles, lil' Dracula, and zero admissions of guilt. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:10:20 – Iron Fist #1 00:18:47 – G.I. Joe Saturday Morning Adventures #1 00:30:33 – The Silver Coin #9 00:48:16 – Rain #2 01:01:14 – Nightwing #89 01:06:03 – What's the Furthest Place From Here? #4 01:10:19 – Amazing Spide...

It's X-men meets T2 in this week's top story as we break down X Deaths of Wolverine #2. Also invisible serial killers, Nazi gold in Vietnam, and the race to eat an evil clown. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:12:10 – Bylines in Blood #2 00:22:56 – Apache Delivery Service #2 00:29:08 – The Joker #12 00:42:03 – The Secret X-Men #1 00:58:37 – New Mutants #24 01:02:32 – Newburn #3 01:05:04 – X...

Join us as we catch up with Moira in X Deaths of Wolverine #1 on the top story. Also the return of Saga, a demon duffle bag, and we get real up close and personal with a cave monster. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:11:12 – Saga #55 00:32:25 – Human Target #4 00:48:09 – Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond #1 01:06:20 – Ice Cream Man #28 01:19:18 – Devil's Reign #3 01:21:29 – Action Comics #1039...

A young Bruce Wayne builds a library in our top story as we discuss Batman the Knight #1. Also stock market crashes, Square Enix character design, and the gang brainstorms a clever burlesque name. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:11:51 – The Silver Coin #8 00:28:17 – Nightwing #88 00:36:21 – Catwoman #39 00:58:42 – Death of Doctor Strange – X-Men Black Knight #1 01:13:18 – Teenage Mutant N...

We dive into the weirdness of the Octoverse in this week's top story with Devil's Reign Superior Four #1. Also life threatening weather, multiverse logic, and everyones favorite red-eyed fuzzy winged cryptid doom prophesy. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:12:35 – Rain #1 00:23:14 – Department of Truth #15 00:42:15 – Robin & Batman #3 00:52:47 – Marauders #27 01:10:02 -Daredevil Woman Witho...

It's our 100th episode! We reminisce over the last 100 episodes as we talk about Inferno #4, the conclusion to the X-Men event that started this whole thing off. Also some hard boiled neo-noir, Krakoan publicity stunts, and a good old fashioned search for Nazi gold. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:14:50 – Bylines In Blood #1 00:35:32 – Dark Knights of Steel #3 00:46:27 – Apache Delivery S...

Happy new year yall! Timeless #1 on the top story. Also superhero spite bagels, Swamp Carnage, and delicious delicious morsels. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:07:01 – Human Target #3 00:26:18 – Swamp Thing Green Hell #1 00:38:43 – Robin #9 00:46:15 – Ice Cream Man #27 00:57:37 – DC vs Vampires #3 01:00:09 – Amazing Spider-Man #83 01:04:37 – Devil's Reign #2 01:11:14 – Timeless #1 Support...

Lots of Jeff Lemire this week with Robin and Batman #2 on the top story. Also store bought remedies for drug test evasion, bad tattoo ideas, and the true human cost of bottomless mimosas. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:10:51 – Primordial #4 00:18:06 – Batgirls #1 00:28:01 – Newburn #2 00:40:17 – The Rush #2 00:54:44 – Mazebook #4 00:59:42 – TMNT #124 01:02:34 – Defenders #4 01:06:09 – Ro...

Join us as we discuss the current state of Krakoa in Infrerno #3 on the top story. Also is the purple man grape flavored? Batman meta cosplay. And Magneto ponders an orb. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:08:42 – Hellions #18 00:31:55 – Devil's Reign #1 00:52:14 – Batman #118 01:04:52 – The Silver Coin #7 01:16:04 – Dark Knights of Steel #2 01:22:22 – What's the Furthest Place from Here? #2...

We're back just in time for the absolute masterpiece of Wonder Woman Historia #1 on the top story. Also Danny Devito writes a Penguin story. Is Santa Claus a tulpa? Did he kill JFK? Listen in and find out! Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:07:09 – New Mutants #23 00:18:17 – Human Target #2 00:30:05 – Department of Truth #14 00:48:02 – TMNT #123 00:56:57 – Action Comics #1037 00:59:53 – Just...

Join us as we discuss truth, justice and a better world with Action Comics in the top story. Also some Hall and Oates discourse, Batman's toxic relationships, and various pieces of Morbius. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:10:58 – What's the Furthest Place From Here? #1 00:34:34 – Robin & Batman #1 00:45:44 – Batman: The Imposter #2 01:00:44 – Amazing Spider-Man #78 01:12:35 – Sea of Stars...

A lot of great #1s and one shots with Newburn #1 on the top story. Also the interworkings of arcade machines, antique slendermen, and we place bets on how Adam hurt his back. Pull List (with spoiler time stamps): 00:10:34 – The Silver Coin #6 00:23:18 – The Rush #1 00:35:45 – the Heathens #1 00:49:04 – Batman Superman and the Authority #1 00:56:55 – The Human Target #1 01:00:24 – Dirtbag Rapture #...