The Last Comic Shop Podcast

Girl Power! It's all about the Woman of Steel this week!  First, it's a review of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Everly!  Then it's the review of the new Supergirl movie starring Milly Alcock & Jason Momoa!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com  ...

Get ready for some fireworks as we continue our annual tradition of covering a Captain America comic series in honor of the 250th Independence Day of America! This year's entry is Captain America: Operation Rebirth by Mark Waid & Ron Garney! Plus we're pitting the most famous condiments up against each other in "The Last Sauce Shop" tournament bracket challenge!    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts:...

We are celebrating Mikey Wood's birthday by revisiting the very first time our favorite Pittsburgh based comic creator and aficionado ever stopped by the shop to share in his love of all things funny books!   Plus we take a look at Torpedo Volume 1 collecting the various crime noir gangster stories of one of comic book's most famous hitmen by Enrique Sanchez Abuli, Jordi Bernet, and Alex Toth.   ...

We are getting gothic this week celebrating the return of the legendary comic book creator Mike Mignola to both story and art with his book "Bowling with Corpses & Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown"! Plus we announce the 2026 nominees for induction into the prestigious Eisner Award Hall of Fame for comics! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott   Get all of your comic book...

By The Power of Grayskull! It's a double dose of Masters of the Universe with this late entry to Movie "May"hem 2026!  First, it's a review of the original Masters of the Universe mini series from DC Comics released in 1982! Then it's the review of the new Masters of the Universe movie starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes and Jared Leto!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scot...

Dust off your fedora and oil up those web shooters as we take a look at the latest adventures of Spider-Man Noir in comic book form! That's right, it's the Gwen Stacy Affair mini series written by Erik Larsen! Plus we welcome back Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics & show runner of the annual Pittsburgh based 3 Rivers Comic Con to talk about this year's event! Host: Andy La...

 Movie "May"hem 2026 comes to a close this week with a double dose of the Caped Crusader: Batman!   First up, its volume two of the highly acclaimed Absolute Batman series by writer Scott Snyder and artist Nick Dragotta which you can find in comic stores under "Abomination"!  Then, it's the Ultimate edition version of 2016 movie "Batman v. Superman, Dawn of Justice" directed by Zack Synder!    Hos...

Welcome back Last Comic Shop Fans! It's time to help kick off your summer season right by introducing the latest in the Last Comic Shop Podcast's collection of past episodes all linked together in one extended play mix!  Every May over at the Last Comic Shop, the gang celebrates the unique relationship between comic books and the cinema by showcasing comics and those movies that feature the same c...

All Aboard! We're keeping Movie "May"hem on the tracks this week with our review of SnowPiercer, the post apocalyptic tale of a train keeping the last of humanity alive amid a frozen wasteland! First up is the original 1982 French graphic novel written by Jacques Lob and illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette. Then, we review the 2013 movie by Academy Awarding director, Bong Joon-ho, starring Chris Eva...

We're getting Quacky this week with our annual Movie "May"hem event pairing movies & the comic books they were inspired from! Yes, it's the first 8 issues of the 1970s comic book series "Howard the Duck" written by Steve Gerber!  Plus we look back at one of the most infamous comic book adaptations of all time with the 1986 Howard the Duck movie starring Lea Thompson and Tim Robbins!    Host: A...

We're kicking off Movie "May"hem 2026 this week! Our month where we pair comics and the movies inspired by them.  First up, its Volume One of the highly acclaimed Lone Wolf & Cub manga by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojim which you can find in comic stores under "The Assassin's Road"!  Then, it's the 1972 Lone Wolf & Cub movie "Baby Cart in Peril" featuring Tomisaburo Wakayama and...

We are boldly going where no comic book podcast has gone before this week with our review of the Star Trek mini series "Red Shirts" by Chris Cantwell & Megan Levens! Plus, we take a look back at years worth of our fans feedback of various past episodes with a new segment we call "Listener Comments"!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott   Get all of your comic book supplies a...

What would the DC Universe be without Superman? We hopefully will get answers to that with this week's Read Pile Review of "Justice League of America: The Nail" by Alan Davis & Mark Farmer!  Plus it's another round of our fan favorite game "Scenarios" where we dare ask the question: Which Superhero would be the best at being a Barbecue Cookout Grill Master?    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad...

Take a deep dive into one of the most acclaimed graphic novels released in 2025 as we test our mythological mettle against "Drome" by Jesse Lonergan!  Plus another round of our most popular comic book related game: Blind Rankings! Who's the Most Powerful Female Super Hero? What's the most important position in baseball? See where we rank things when we don't know what selection is coming next!!   ...

It's the Team Up of Century! Finally after decades, two of comic book most well known characters in Superman & Spider-Man join forces in a collection of stories done by a host of amazing creators! We cover them all in this exciting look at Superman/Spider-Man Issue 1!  Plus, with Marvel and DC playing nice again, we talk about our wish list for upcoming crossovers between these two historic co...

We're wrapping up one Last Comic Shop month long event by teasing the next one! Yes, it's a preview of our upcoming Movie "May"hem month where we pair comics and the movies inspired by them.  First up, its Volume One of the highly acclaimed Punisher: Max series by writer Garth Ennis and artist Lewis Larosa which you can find in comic stores under "In the Beginning"!  Then, it's the 2008 Punisher:...

On the heels of the hit second season of Daredevil: Born Again, we are using our fourth pick for the Merry Marvel March Society to take a closer look at the Man Without Fear! Only it's an OLD MAN Without Fear as we review Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven!   Plus we welcome fellow comic book podcaster, Zach Thompson, from Thompson's Comic Corner to chat about the curre...

We are hoping to get lucky with this week's pick for the Merry Marvel March Society! It's the dystopian future of the Marvel 616 with "Earth X" by Jim Kruger, Alex Ross, and John Paul Leon!    Plus we look at the movies and comics released at the same time as issue 1 of this series in January of 1999!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summar...

The Merry Marvel March Society for 2026 continues this week with the X-man turned cosmic defender, Phoenix! Yes, it's volume 1 of the 2024/2025 self titled series by Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo, and more!   Plus, it's the 5th Annual Mighty Marvel Trivia Challenge! Test your knowledge of all things Marvel against our panel of comic book geeks!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith...

It's the Kick Off to The Merry Marvel March Society in 2026 with 5 straight weeks of Marvel Comics!  As an added treat, we're welcoming comic book creator, John Davis, to the shop to talk about this selection: Spider-Man issue 17 by Ann Nocenti, Rick Leonardi & more!    Plus we'll be chatting about his upcoming comic book series, Terror Destruction Death Drones, set to hit Kickstarter next mon...

Learn about some of the strangest Golden Age comics ever created courtesy of the Fantagraphics collection: "I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets!" created by Fletcher Hanks.  Plus another round of our most popular comic book related game: Blind Rankings! What's the Weirdest Comic book Crossover? Where's the most iconic fictional location? See where we rank things when we don't know what selec...

Reach deep into those buck bins, kids! This week we are reviewing an obscure 1980s cyberpunk fever dream called "Tailgunner Jo" by Peter Gills with artwork by Tom Artis. Plus it's an Olympic sized round of our classic game "Mash Ups!" See how we pair classic comic book characters with some of the most popular Winter Olympic games at random with hilarious results!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Ch...

Blast off this week into our review of arguably one of the most famous indie comic book series with Maggie the Mechanic, a Fantagraphics reprint collection of Love and Rockets stories written and drawn by Jamie Hernandez.   Plus we take look at a recent list compiled by CBR.com of the Top 100 Comic Book Story lines of All Time! Which ones do we agree with? Which ones have we already covered on the...

It's another YEAR OF CHAD pick as we review arguably one of his favorite comic runs ever with the Rob Liefeld years of New Mutants/X-Force recently collected in the X-Force Omnibus!    Plus we welcome fellow comic book podcaster, Zach Thompson, from Thompson's Comic Corner to chat about his favorite and least favorite members of Marvel's Mightiest Mutants!     Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smit...

Welcome back Last Comic Shop Fans! It's time for the latest in the Last Comic Shop Podcast's collection of past episodes all linked together in one extended play mix!  The recently wrapped up Season 5 of the show had so many incredible episodes reviewing some of the best of what the comic book world has to offer. But we wanted to showcase some of our absolute favorites in this mega pack we like to...