The Comics Counter Podcast

It's true folks! You gotta listen in on our DC K.O. chat from this week's episode because Juan was right while Nick and Austin foolishly doubted him! We discuss that, plus Austin's American dream, double splash pages, and all the best in this week's comics! Dungeons of Doom #1 Babs: The Black Road South #1 Supergirl #9 Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #5 DC K.O. #3 Blood and Thu...

There's a lot going on in this one folks! Two James Stokoe books! A deadly serious Kyle Starks joint! Absolute first appearances! A new Bad Idea! This week's got the goods at the Comics Counter! Hank Howard: Pizza Detective in The Two Hollywoods #1 Absolute Superman #15 Absolute Batman Ark-M Special Carmen Red Claw #1 The Twilight Zone #3 The Devil on My Shoulder #2 Absolute Green Lantern #10 Ulti...

Happy New Year everybody! This New Year's Eve is a particularly special one because it falls on a Wednesday! That means that we got new comics coming out just as 2025 is about to be shuddered away, kicking and screaming. The releases might be few this weeks but we've still got lots to chat about including:   Ultimate Endgame #1 Ultimates #19 The Hanging Marian Heretic #2 Punisher: Red Band #4 Pred...

Ho Ho Ho, comics readers! It Christmas this week, so you know what that means... More comics! Juanta Claus and Nick Frost go throw all their favorite picks this week, check it out!   Absolute Wonder Woman #15 Flash #28 Absolute Martian Manhunter #7 Creepshow #4 Harley & Ivy: Life and Crimes #2 Gunpowder Prophets #3 Sonic the Hedgehog #83

You better believe it, folks! This week's picks not only features some of the best surprise visual artists of the year, but also the funnies title of the year! Check it out! Wrestle Heist #1 New Space Age #1 Strange Tales #3 Everything Dead & Dying #4 GI Joe #16 Survive #14 Star Trek: The Last Starship #3 Exquisite Corpses #10 Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #5

Check it out folks! We got a great selection of comics this week; from Snowpiercer homages to killer billionaire clowns, this one's got it all! We also talk Five Nights at Freddy's for some reason and bring up the Steven Universe movie. Do it up! Books Discussed: Our Soot Stained Heart #1 The Ordained #1 Assorted Crisis Events #7 Supergirl #8 Aquaman #12 Wonder Woman vs. Lobo Absolute Batman #15 U...

Holy cow, we made it 75 issues y'all! How are things this week, they going good? Anyhow we, unfortunately, did not receive the full shipment of books this week in time to record, but we did get them in time for new comic book day! So we've got a pretty Marvel heavy discussion as well as some Dark Horse, IDW, and BOOM! Studios. Fun chats are still had, check it out! Fantastic Four #6 Hulk Smash Eve...

Happy Thanksgiving, folks! Boy do we have a more than healthy serving of violence this week. From cartoon violence to very serious violence, as well as, always, all the best in this week's comics! Infernal Hulk #1 Deadhead #1 The Devil on My Shoulder #1 DC K.O. #2 Justice League Unlimited #13 Survive #3 Universal Monsters: Invisible Man #4 Absolute Wonder Woman #14 Absolute Batman #14

Apologies for the lateness folks! It was the computer's fault! Honest! Anywho we got a boatload of finales this week along with some TinyOnion discourse, GI Joe talk, and only the best in this week's releases... also Sonic the Hedgehog came out this week. Batman/Deadpool Nova: Centurion #1 The Twilight Zone #2 Absolute Flash #9 Sonic the Hedgehog #82 GI Joe #14 Ultimates #18 Exquisite Corpses #7 E...

American Caper #1 Hellboy and the BPRD: The Ghost Ships of Labrador #1 TMNT vs Godzilla #1 Strange Tales #2 Aquaman #11 Blood & Thunder #7 Transformers #26 Superman the Kryptonite Spectrum #4 Ultimate Wolverine #11

... or at least, as much as anyone else can! Anywho, howdy folks! it's yet another great release week for comics! We've got some wonderful new starts, as well as a special collected edition, and... a deck of cards?!?! Check it out!!!   Harley & Ivy Life & Crimes #1 Alien vs. Captain America #1 Assorted Crisis Events #6 Death Dog #1 Turn Loose Our Death Rays and Kill Them All! No Place #1 A...

Good evening, fellow comic readers, bleh! On this, the week of Halloween, we come together to enjoy all sorts of sales at the shop and, even better, some wonderfully perfect comics! Check it out y'all! Godzilla vs Kansas City The Beauty #1 Return to Sleepy Hollow #1 Voyeur #2 Black Cat #3 Robowolf #2 Feral #17 Batman & Robin Year One #12 Imperial #4 Runaways #5 Absolute Batman Annual 2025

Boy did things get all sorts of strange in this one! Not only did we have several overlapping titles this week, but our heroes were certainly in more spirit with Thanksgiving than Halloween as they struggled to take hold of their sanity and composure with each other... while talking about a comic called Thanksgiving no less! Check it out folks! Sonic the Hedgehog Chaotix 30th Anniversary Special O...

Howdy folks! This Wednesday, we've got plenty of spooky offerings at the shop as well as some old familiar favorites and unlikely crossovers! Check it out! Hector Plasm Hunt the Bigfoot #1 Fantastic Four Gargoyles #1 Save Now #1 G.I. Joe #12 Absolute Flash #8 Punisher Red Band #2 Adventures of Lumen N. #2 Captain America #4 Battle Beast #6 Monster Fan Club #3

We are back from the world famous Bedrock City Convention! Thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hi, it was a total blast! This week we talk zombies, tournaments, and robots! Check it out! DC KO #1 The Deluge #1 Marvel Knights: The Punisher #1 Transformers #25 Strange Tales #1 Amazing X-Men #1 Marian Heretic #1 G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #321 Everything Dead and Dying #2 Absolute Batman...

Step right up for this one folks! It's an (almost) oops all starters issue! We've got one-shots,  new mini's, new ongoings, returning ongoings, and new story arcs this week! It's a total blast as we finally get to talk about a book by one of our favorite artists and people in comics! You won't wanna miss this one folks! Mabel & Francince Adventure Time's The Bubbeline College Special Gunpowder...

You read it right, folks! We've got a double sized, jam packed spectacular this week! First off, it's business as usual as your comic book guys, Austin, Nick, and Juan, manically rant, rave, and, riot over this week's best releases! After that, we've also got a very special Q&A presentation with Ignition Press' own Jeremy Haun and Leah Williams to promote their soon to be classic Murder Podcas...

It's crossover time y'all! After 2 decades of animosity, Marvel and DC have joined forces to cross it on over in the soon to be classic Deadpool/Batman anthology special. We've also got talks about sharks! Robots! Predator! Check it out! Deadpool/Batman Black Demon Tales: Mechanica #1 The Voyeur #1 Flow #1 Predator Kills the Marvel Universe #2 New Gods #10 Ultimates #16 Exquisite Corpses #5 Absolu...

All apologies for the delay folks, your humble editor ran afoul of some computer errors. We got some great chats this week! We've got Ignition Press' exciting first release, Murder Podcast #1, a new Bad Idea book, a new Punisher book, and the end of DWJ's colossal run on Transformers! Check it out! Murder Podcast #1 It Killed Everyone But Me #1 Survive #1 Punisher Red Band #1 Absolute Batman #12 B...

It's a complex question with a simple answer folks! We catch up All-New Venom and read more comics is what we do! Please note that, due to forces outside of our control, we had a delay in shipping from one of our distributors and were cut for much needed reading time. All apologies. In the meantime, we still talked some mighty good comics! Adventures of Lumen N. #1 Imperial War: Exiles It's Jeff a...

We are back with another week of comics folks! Nick wants people to jot things down, Juan wants to talk about Willard, and Austin needs a new mic this week. All that ain't gonna stop the boys from talking about the best of this week's releases! Check them out! Cry Wolf Girl Doomed 2099 Universal Monsters: The Invisible Man #1 Masterminds #1 Hellboy and The B.P.R.D.: Professor Harvey is Gone Laser...

Howdy folks! It's another Wednesday, which means we've got some new comics releasing at your favorite LCS... Bedrock City! This week our pals Juan and Austin put on their best NPR voices as their buddy Nick retreats to Portland, Oregon, can they pull it off? Absolutely! Books discussed: Predator vs. the Marvel Universe #1 Supergirl #4 Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1 Transformers #23 Valiant B...

New week! New comics! New bits! That's right folks, as Tom Scioli wrote in his book I Am Stan, "Comics never stops". We've got a wide variety of picks this week from the most indie to the most mainstream! Books discussed: Hellboy in Love: The Art of Fire #1 Tama #1 Godzilla: Escape the Dead Zone #1 Fortress #1 All-New Venom #9 Robot Todd #3 Captain America #2 Ultimate X-Men #18 Absolute Green Lant...

Ok folks, maybe we went on for a bit about what song some 90's Image characters would walk up to, but we also got plenty of that comic shop talk without the shop! Check it out! Hero Cave Justice League Unlimited Superman #1 Facsimile Godzilla vs Boston Lucky Devils #4 News From the Fallout #2 Sonic the Hedgehog #80 Ultimates #14 Gehenna #2 Out of Alcatraz #5 Assorted Crisis Events #5 DC x Sonic #5