The Secret Origins of Mint Condition: Comics, Movies, TV, Sports, Gaming and more

In this week’s episode, we talk about the current state of the comic book industry. We cover topics that include: the price of comics, trade paperbacks and omnibuses, telling a good story, artists deserve to get paid, and more. If you enjoy this episode, please like, share and subscribe to the podcast. You can reach us at Secretoriginsmc@gmail.com and visit the Facebook group The Secret Origins of...

This week, we pick up where we left off at the end of our Star Trek episode. With crewman Chris having returned from his travels in the Delta Quadrant, the USS Mint Condition is ready to continue its mission. Chris gives us his numbers 3-5, and then the entire crew gives their first and second picks of our favorite Star Trek episodes of movies. SPOILER AHEAD!!! If you don’t want anything about the...

In this week’s special sports edition, we look at the upcoming World Series, the continued disappointment in the NY football teams (especially the Jets), who or what is at fault when a team or player doesn’t live up to expectations, and we also talk NHL, PBA and boxing. If you enjoy this episode please like, share, and subscribe to the podcast. You can reach us at Secretoriginsmc@gmail.com, visit...

In this week’s episode, we continue celebrating Halloween with our special guest, Patrick Louie, and talking about our Top 5 favorite horror, sci-fi, monster or Halloween movies and TV. SPOILERS! As we do with most of our lists on the show, we will be talking about plot points and details of these shows and movies. If you don’t want anything spoiled for you, please look through the show notes and...

In this week's episode, we are kicking off our Halloween celebration with our guest, Patrick Louie. Patrick shares his own Mint Condition secret origin with listeners, talks about his time working in haunted houses, his favorite Halloween costumes, and working in his current job: restoring iconic movie props. If you’re interested in some of the work Patrick talks about, it can be found here: http:...

Star Trek: The Frequently Discovered Country  In this episode, with Chris on an away mission it is up the remaining crew of the U.S.S Mint Condition to boldly go where every science fiction and pop  culture fan has gone before. We’re talking Star Trek, with returning guest Josh Bernhard, given the vast nature of the Star Trek universe that we could explore, we have limited our first entr...

In this week’s episode, we welcome special guest Josh Bernhard, who visits and discusses his secret origin with Mint, how his love of writing led him to working in the world of television and film, and how he balances his creative process with earning a living. Along the way we have a discussion about “bad guys” and how to take creative criticism. If you want to see some of Josh’s work, Pioneer On...

Secret Origins Sports Edition “Fail Mary” In this pre-October Sports Edition episode, we once again cover the disaster that is New York sports with the possible exception of The Yankees. Even that ain’t guaranteed. We also cover what to watch for in October and some MMA news. If you enjoy this episode please like, share, and subscribe to the podcast. You can reach us at Secretoriginsmc@gmail.com a...

The Secret Origins of Mint Condition Episode 4 Top 10 (part 2) In this episode we continue with our top 10 lists of comic books and comic book story lines, culminating in our number 1 picks. Again we go into many of the details of our favorite books, so if you haven’t read these books and don’t want anything spoiled for you, please read through the notes and skip ahead. If you enjoy this episode p...

Warning Comic Book Spoilers Ahead!!! In this weeks episode, we dive into our top 10 comics and comic book storylines. We go into many of the details of our favorite books, so if you haven’t read these books and don’t want anything spoiled for you, please read through the notes and skip ahead. If you enjoy this episode please, like, share and subscribe to the podcast. You can reach us at Secretorig...

In this weeks episode we discuss who were our top five childhood heroes in pop culture, and then compare that to our current top five. We look at how our choices relate to who we are and note the characters who cross over between all three of our lists. If you enjoy this episode please, like, share and subscribe to the podcast. You can reach us at Secretoriginsmc@gmail.com and visit the Facebook g...

In this week's episode, it’s all about sports - mainly New York sports. Mainly, in fact, New York baseball and football! We talk about the Yankees, the Mets, the Giants and yes, even the Jets. We also talk about fandom, positive and negative ways we’ve seen it expressed, and how the pandemic has affected sports this past year leading into this year. As a show note, we had some technical issues dur...

In this first episode, The Secret Origins crew discusses the store Mint Condition and how it brought them together. : 36 Introduction to the episode, the origin of what Mint Condition was, how James, Joe and Chris met, and what got them into comics : 52 James starts the discussion about the origin of Mint Condition 2:30 James, Chris and Joe recollect when they first went to Mint Condition 9:13 the...

In this pilot episode, James, Joe and Chris briefly discuss the pilots of television shows that started out rough but the show became great.