The Comic Panel Podcast

Calling all Foodies and Fantasy Fans! The Comic Panel is once again covering Delicious in Dungeon by Ryōko Kui. In this episode you'll get to hear all about the different monster cuisine that Laios and party cook up as well as the fun and funnys j adventures they get up to while trying to save their friend from the red dragon. Get ready as we review Dungeon Meshi volumes 1 through 5.  The Comic Pa...

Imagine being a mushroom...wait, no, that ain't right. Let's try again. Imagine being a ghost....Nope, start over. Imagine being an unhappy restaurant owner. Ugh, let's start over, again. Meet Katie, she runs a successful restaurant, everything she wanted. But her friends left her, her boyfriend left...She's just unhappy. One day, she finds a mushroom that allows her to go back to a time in her li...

Hellboy: Seed of Destruction vol 1 is the comic we'll be reviewing in this episode. A paranormal investigator is determined to unravel the mystery of the murder of his mentor which brings him closer to man who created him. Will Hellboy get to the bottom of the mystery? Who even is this mystery man?  The Comic Panel airs Mondays and Saturdays at 5pm AKST on KSUA 91.5 FM, the people's radio in Fairb...

You love em and you love to hate em. The two crazy cats of Gotham and the frenemies of Riverdale meet in this clash of the ages. When Veronica's dad makes a deal that threatens a precious ecosystem, Poison Ivy cannot just stand idly by. With Harley's help, they plan a kidnapping to force an end to the deal. Things quickly get out of hand and through magic the Gotham crime couple switch bodies with...

Welcome all! This is our review of Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow. Supergirl defends a young girl named Ruthye from a vicious bounty hunter, and now, Ruthye wants her help to track down another, the man who killed her father. Will Supergirl be able to find this bounty hunter? Is Supergirl going to be able to protect this girls innocence from the evil in the world? We discuss this and more on this epi...

In the future, humans and AI finally coexist in peace and har.... Who are we kidding? The developers who made AI in this future world programmed AI with a bias. In this future, humans and AI coexist with the same friction that exists between humans today. This is how Indira and Fawn's relationship starts out, with friction, but will it stay that way? Find out that and more while you enjoy our revi...

You remember scary stories your parents would tell you when you were a kid. Well, for Jim, he doesn't need his parents to tell him scary stories. He's living in one. He's the sole survivor of the brutal murder of his friends by some...thing. Everyone believes it's his fault, everyone except Erica Slaughter. Erica, a butt-kicking monster hunter comes to Archer's Peak to investigate and finds hersel...

Meet Edison Crane, the world's smartest man, and he won't let you forget it. A genius, nobel-prize winning scientist, successful businessman, Olympic athlete, composer, and an expert in the occult. His genius mind needs to be constantly challenged. The world is in peril from a time traveling cult and only he can stop them. Enter his next challenge. Enjoy our review of Prodigy of Mark Millar! The C...

Golden Age Wonder Woman characters and sensibilities in the 21st century! From the mind of Grant Morrison and the art of Yanick Paquette come with us as we explore this new take on Wonder Woman's origin and world. Enjoy our review of Wonder Woman Earth One! The Comic Panel airs Mondays and Saturdays at 5pm AKST on KSUA 91.5 FM, the people's radio in Fairbanks, Alaska. You can also listen to us as...

Welcome to our review of Monstress, we are so glad you could make it. Witness the story of an Arcanic named Maika. A one-armed Arcanic with a vendetta. Her vendetta brought her into the cross-hairs of the Cumea, where witches go to college. Enjoy our review of this lore-rich story, full of action and twists!  The Comic Panel airs Mondays and Saturdays at 5pm AKST on KSUA 91.5 FM, the people's radi...

So, you're a struggling writer. You left home because you wanted to prove you could make it in the real world. But now you're back home. Things haven't changed much, but one silver lining, you and your friend discover a black hole. But that's not the best part, this black hole gives you powers, the powers of Radiant Black. Enjoy our review of Radiant Black by Kyle Higgins. The Comic Panel airs Mon...

Get ready as The Comic Panel reviews the webcomic Tiger Tiger by Petra Erika Nordlund. Meet our parazoologist sea captain, Lady Ludovica...uh, I mean, Captain Remy. You aren't supposed to know her secret identity as she has assumed the identity of her brother, Remy, in order to study the sea creatures known as sponges.  The Comic Panel airs Mondays and Saturdays at 5pm AKST on KSUA 91.5 FM, the pe...

Here we are again, reviewing Spawn. Enjoy this review of Todd McFarlane's Gunslinger Spawn. It's Spawn but a cowboy! I know what you're thinking, you've covered Spawn before? Yes! And you can listen to our review of Spawns first vol 1 on these episodes: The Comic Panel: Spawn part 1 The Comic Panel: Spawn part 2 The Comic Panel: Spawn part 3 The Comic Panel airs Mondays and Saturdays at 5pm AKST o...

Imagine, if you will, that you are being hunted. Just for being different. Just for being you. Mutants know this feeling very well. They only have two safe havens, the haven of the brotherhood or the haven of Charles Xavier and his X-Men.  Witness their beginnings as told in the Ultimate Universe.  Enjoy as we review Ultimate X-men vol. 1: The Tomorrow People! The Comic Panel airs Mondays and Satu...

Welcome to this review featuring Ana and Zeno. Ana is a former mayor, Zeno a man who just finished his dissertation! In this story we get to see their relationship unfold...apart. Oh, they we together in their younger years, but due to life, they could never be together. A story written by Jordi Lafebre, witness a journey...told in reverse.  The Comic Panel airs Mondays and Saturdays at 5pm AKST o...

Picture this, you're a kid with a lot of anger. That anger is partially fueled by a father who abandoned you and a mother who neglected you. What would you do? See, what Dane McGowan did was attempt to burn down a school. Not the healthiest way to handle that by far. Even more, Dane McGowan is recruited by a team of freedom fighters. They also abandon him. Want to know how Dane handles that? Find...

Finally, we are reviewing King in Black. This episode is essentially a sequel to our Absolute Carnage episode since the Absolute Carnage event set up the King in Black event. This story features Eddie Brock, Spider-Man, and many other superheroes in the Marvel Universe as they try to stop Knull, the king of the symbiotes, as he tries to take over the world. There are many twists and turns and surp...

Have you ever felt in a rut? Life isn't what you expected but you just don't see any other way out? Well, Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad who feels the same way. She works at a job she hates, her boyfriend doesn't make enough money to pay rent so he's crashing with her. She's not even sure if she wants to stay in the relationship. Meiko knows this isn't the life she wants, but she doesn't hav...

Gotham has a new defender. Gotham has a new addition to the police force. Both deal with the darkness of Gotham in their own way. Batman and James Gordon. Batman tries to save Gotham from the crime and the inept and ignorant police department. Gordon tries to uphold the law and ends up being hated by his coworkers and gets in the muck himself. Will these two be able to clean up Gotham? Find out ab...

Two Marvel Comics events back to back, no way! Welcome, today we are covering House of M. When Wanda Maximoff suffers a mental breakdown at the loss of her children and husband, she is convinced to rewrite the world. This new world that she creates has mutants as the majority race and superheroes are celebrated, even mutants. However, it's not real and there are a few people who know it and they m...

As a event to set up King in Black, this book features Carnage and Venom like you've never seen them before. Carnage is resurrected by the king of the symbiotes, Knull, and goes on a rampage, framing Eddie Brock for the carnage wrought on Ryker's Island. His ultimate plan? To steal Eddie's symbiote. Enjoy our review of the Marvel comics event known as Absolute Carnage! The Comic Panel airs Mondays...

Planetes is a hard science fiction manga series following a small spacecraft crew as they carry out space debris cleanup. While the job is not glamorous, it is essential to their space faring futuristic earth. One crewmate, Hachirota Hoshino, is forced to stop working when he develops a deep space disorder. Hachi then shifts focus towards joining the prestigious Jupiter Exploration Mission and res...

The KKK in Metropolis? Yeah, whodathunk, even the citizens of Metropolis didn't see that coming. Turns out even though Metropolis is a safe haven of acceptance, even in 1946, people filled with hate still exist. This story features the adventures of Superman as he fights off evil and learns more and more about his past and the children of a Asian immigrant family who just moved to Metropolis. Thei...

When a Russian cosmonaut, who has been stranded for decades by his government, comes back to earth with god-like powers, he comes promising to bring world peace... but can he be trusted? A team of superbeings get sent to bring this guy in and he does not go down without a fight. As part of the Valiant comics Universe, this book features the likes of X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Livewire, and Eternal Warri...

Imagine being wronged by someone in your past. Imagine a guy coming up to you with proof of their wrongdoing, a gun and 100 bullets, and says you will be given full immunity from your actions, whatever you decided to do with what you've been given. Even the best of us could probably say that's a tempting offer. Well prepare for this story about a woman who lost her husband to gang violence and was...