The Last Comic Shop Podcast

Walloping Webspinners Last Comic Shop Fans! Have we got a treat for you this Labor Day weekend!   It's another of our carefully curated collection of past episodes from our evergreen archives all spun together into one extended play experience! Get ready True Believers for a Sinister Six Pack of Shows all featuring the one and only Spider-man including reviews of:    Kraven's Last Hunt: Originally...

Rewind to this year's Live Stream For the Cure event as the Last Comic Shop Podcast takes a look one of the strangest comic book mash ups of all time with "The Punisher Meets Archie"! Plus fans challenge us to come up with some of the greatest hypothetical mash ups ever! From Captain Kirk vs. Steven Seagal to Jughead vs. Wimpy, get ready for the hilarity!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith,...

The Last Comic Shop Podcast tackles a giant sized modern day fable with "We Called Them Giants" by Kieron Gillan and Stephanie Hans this week! Plus a good old fashioned random trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Summer Bloc party!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Revisit six past episodes of the Last Comic Shop Podcast featuring The Man of Steel all in one Mega Pack!   Perfect for extended listening/streaming, these Superman shows from our evergreen archives deliver some of the best comics featuring that champion from Krypton!    Episodes in this Pack:    1) Superman: Red Son & Superman 2025 Movie Review. Originally aired 7/15/2025. 2) Superman: Super...

We've got one of the most interesting guests in the history of the Last Comic Shop Podcast this week as we welcome the supremely talented artist, Cynthia Von Buhler, on the show!   We'll be chatting about her versatility as a stage producer, children's book author, and latest turn as a graphic novelist with the Minky Woodcock series from Titan Comics including the latest entry "The Girl Called Cth...

It's 96 ounces of Kick ass Batman this week as we look at the first 6 issues of the new Absolute Batman series by Scott Synder and Nick Dragotta! Plus we treat our fans with more Blind Rankings! Who are the best Batman writers? Who was the sexiest Lois Lane? See how we rank when we don't know what's coming next!?!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

The First Family of the Marvel Universe are taking center stage this week as it's all about the Fantastic Four!  First we've got the original 3 issue arc from the classic FF #48-50 featuring "The Coming of Galactus" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby!  Then blast off with our movie review of Fantastic Four: First Steps starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby! Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA...

We continue our march towards the 2025 Eisner Awards this week with "Helen of Wyndhorn" by Tom King and Bilquis Evely nominated for "Best Limited Series" at this year's awards. Plus hear our predictions for the rest of the winners of comic books most prestigious industry award to be given at San Diego Comic Con later this week!   Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

Up in the Sky! It's A Bird! It's a Plane! It's an entire episode about SUPERMAN!   First, it's a review of the famous Elseworlds story where Superman becomes a Commie with "Red Son" by Mark Millar & Dave Johnson. Then its time for a movie review of Superman directed by James Gunn!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott

With the long awaited sequel to the original "Old Guard" movie dropping on Netflix this week, we are taking a trip back in our Last Comic Shop archives to our previously unaired review of the first 2020 movie as well as the comic book series that inspired it by Greg Rukka & Leandro Fernandez!   Host: Nicole Larson  Co Hosts: Andy Larson, Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Ethan Larson

Get ready for some fireworks as we continue our annual tradition of covering a Captain America comic series in honor of the Independence Day of America! This year's entry is Captain America: Castaway in Dimension Z by Rick Remender & John Romita Jr! Plus we're pitting the most famous ice cream flavors against each other in "The Last Ice Cream Shop" tournament bracket challenge! Make sure to vo...

We are celebrating Comic Con season at the Last Comic Shop with some great interviews straight from the floor of this year's 3 Rivers Comic Con in Pittsburgh PA!  Listen to some tremendous industry stories from writers and artists creating some of your favorite comic books today! Hosts:  JA Scott & Ethan Larson Interviewers: Andy Larson, Chad Smith, & Mikey Wood   Interview Guests: Tom Sci...

We are blasting into the past with a love letter to Image Comics of the 1990s with  a review of "Local Man" by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs! Plus we announce the 2025 nominees for induction into the prestigious Eisner Award Hall of Fame for comics! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Get ready for another amazing comic book creator interview as we welcome the talented, Paul Allor, to the Shop this week! Writer of both incredible creator owned books and some of the hottest licensed properties out there, we are excited to hear what Paul has to say! Plus it's Paul's pick for our Read Pile Review this week as we take a look at "Hey, Wait..." by the Norwegian cartoonist Jason.   Ho...

Hal Jordan makes his triumphant return as one of DC Comics most famous superheroes in this week's book: Green Lantern Rebirth by Geoff Johns & others! 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 Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott Guest Panelist...

Revisit the final days of the Cold War with our final Movie Mayhem selection of 2025!  First up, it's the thrilling spy genre comic known as "The Coldest City" by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart. Then we take a look at its big screen blockbuster movie adaptation in "Atomic Blonde" starring Charlize Theron and James McAvoy!   Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Nicole Larson

We're without Fear this week for another Movie Mayhem featuring Marvel's most famous blind, billy club wielding avenger, Daredevil! First up, its a collection of issues from #271-282 by writer Ann Nocenti and artist John Romita Jr. which you can find in comic stores under "Heart of Darkness"!  Then, it's the 2003 Daredevil movie from 20th Century Fox featuring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner!   Ho...

Who Knows what comic books and movies we'll be covering on this week's "Movie Mayhem" special? The Shadow Knows!! First, it's the Howard Chaykin 1980s comic book reboot of the pulp super hero, with The Shadow: Blood & Judgement! Then we take a look back at the 1994 movie adaptation of the character starring Alec Baldwin & John Lone. Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mi...

Our Fourth Annual "Movie Mayhem" pairing comic books and movies based on them kicks off with some not so ready for prime time heroes this week!   First, it's a review of the recent Thunderbolts series "World Strike" by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing with art by Geraldo Borges and Nico Leon. Then its time for a movie review of Thunderbolts* starring  Florence Pugh and Sebastian Stan!   Host: Andy...

One of our favorite comic book creators returns to the shop this week as Ben Morse stops by to talk about his upcoming sequel to his "We are Scarlet Twilight" series entitled: The Cobalt Crisis! Plus Ben picks our weekly read pile review book this week as we take a look back at Matt Wagner's re-imagining of one of Batman's first adventures as a crime fighter with "Batman & The Monster Men"! Ho...

We're covering the legendary comic book artist, Rob Liefeld, final project with Marvel this week, as he bids farewell to his creation, Deadpool, in grand style with the epic "Deadpool Team-Up"! Plus if we had all the cash in the world, what comic books would be on our all time "must have" wish lists for our collections? Listen in for some of our selections which may surprise you! Host: Andy Larson...

We take a look at the effects of trauma on superheroes this week with Tom King & Clay Mann's examination of mental health in the DC Universe with "Heroes in Crisis". Plus what were some of the biggest comic book character reboots or re-imaginings in history? Which ones worked? Which ones failed? We discuss! Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood

Curious where Marvel's Infinity Gems first came from? We welcome back George from Shortbox Summary to help us explore their origins in these issues of Adam Warlock done by Infinity Gauntlet creator Jim Starlin!   Plus we look at the music, movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as these issues in September of 1975!   Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist...

Take to the Skies this week as we review the Eisner award winning "Barnstormers" by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay! Plus will this be the final episode with Andy Larson as the host of the Last Comic Shop Podcast? Listen in and find out more!!   Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Nicole Larson, and Mikey Wood

Change is always good, but is the legendary Steve Ditko's mid 70s run on Shade,the Changing Man, from DC Comics any good? We review this obscure series this week to find out! Plus we all know Steve Ditko co created not only Spider-Man, but tons of his iconic villains and supporting cast. But who are our favorite Steve Ditko creations outside of the Spidey Mythos? We'll list them on this week's sho...