The Two-Headed Nerd Comicast

What IS the deal with Galactus anyway…?!                   In this week’s episode: our New Comics Review Show returns! Featuring a fatherly spin on Deadpool, a nude Benjamin Franklin, outer space animal wranglers, a cuddly koala covered in gore, and MORE! After that, we reveal our must-read new […] The post Deadpool, Action Comics, Red...

Pour a bowl of sugary cereal and cozy up in front of the TV! In this episode: the Cosmic Longbox salutes comic books based on cartoons! With the recent release of X-Men ’97, it seemed fitting for the CLB to focus on eight issues based on classic toons from our misspent youths. Each back issue […] The post Comics Based on Cartoons! Back Issue Comics Review Show #737 appeared first on Th...

Break out your pink crop tops…X-Men ’97 is HERE! In this week’s episode: New Comics Reviews return! Featuring a return to our childhoods in X-Men ’97, cute animals in deadly battlesuits, giant mechs that break our brains, Batman’s Pal Lenny Bruce(?!), and MORE! After that, we reveal our must-read new comic picks for next week […] The post X-Men ’97, Batman...

Tarps off, boys! It’s time for a DONNYBROOK! In this episode: Slack Issue Presents Batman vs Ra’s al Ghul! We reveal AND remedy our secret shame…that we have never read the iconic Batman Vs. Ra’s Al Ghul battle depicted by Dennis O’Neil, Neal Adams, and Irv Novick! The saga was reprinted this week in the […] The post Back Issue Comics Reviews Episode 735: Batman...

Welcome to the Rick Remenaissance! In this episode: the Cosmic Longbox salutes Giant Generator’s Rick Remender! With this week’s release of Napalm Lullaby #1, it seemed fitting for the CLB to focus on eight issues from throughout Remender’s career. As usual, we use the THN “Buy It,” “Skim It,” or “Leave It” rating system, which […] The po...

By Crom! New comics reviews are BACK! In this week’s episode: New Comics Reviews return! Featuring pigment-challenged grim reapers, hillbilly body horror, a completely unexpected reboot of Marvel’s Ultimate X-Men, the return of Conan’s barbaric comic magazine, and MORE! After that, we reveal our must-read new comic picks for next week in the THN Sanctum […] The post New Com...

  Pour some magic stink milk out for poor Chuck… In this episode: we’re joined once again by THN favorite and host of the upcoming Swords and Scrolls podcast, Jared Cvetas, for the epic conclusion of our back issue comics discussion of Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz’s ELEKTRA ASSASSIN! As usual, we use the THN […] The post Back Issue Comics Reviews: Slack Issues Presents...

  Someone call a doctor…we drank the stinky magic ninja milk! In this episode: we’re joined by THN favorite and future podcaster WOOLY TOOTS to give our back issue comics reviews of the legendary Frank Miller/Bill Sienkiewicz collaboration: ELEKTRA ASSASSIN! As usual, we use the THN “Buy It,” “Skim It,” or “Leave It” rating system, […] The post...

If You Find This, I’ve Already Been Displaced By Dutch’s One Hand! In this episode: New Comics Reviews return this week, featuring the latest from the diseased mind of Matt Kindt and Flux House, the launch of Ram V and Si Spurrier’s Hand-iverse, the return of one of Team Youngblood’s most legendary(?!?!) members, cosmic disaster […] The post New Comics Reviews #730: T...

EVERYONE, we can’t stress this enough…do NOT. DATE. DAREDEVIL! In this episode: the Cosmic Longbox is feeling…romantic? I guess it didn’t get the memo that Matt Murdock is the WORST BOYFRIEND IN THE HISTORY OF COMICS, because it has us discussing eight Back Issue Comic Reviews featuring the Many Loves of Daredevil! As usual, we […] The post THN #729 Back Issue Show: T...

New Comic Book Reviews are BACK! Really! In this episode: New Comic Book Reviews return this week, featuring some Real American Heroes, Ollie Queen’s return to glory, Kid Cudi’s Moon Man, the official launch of the Ghost Machine Shared Universe (I’m calling it the “GoMacS” Universe) and MORE! After that, we reveal our must-read new […] The post THN #728 New Comi...

It’s THN’s First New Comic Book Reviews of 2024! In this episode: New Comic Book Reviews rexturn this week, featuring Bizarro’s new groove, an even newer take on the OLD new take on Spider-Man, exploding Khund warriors,  a BEEFY new Fist of Khonshu, and MORE! After that, we reveal our must-read new comic picks for […] The post THN #727 New Comics Reviews: Ultimate Spider-Ma...

Two Headed Nerd’s Best Comics of 2023! We’re celebrating the best comics of 2023! Join us as we hand out statues of Beppo the Super Chimp for categories honoring the best comics, characters, and creators of the year. This year’s winners include Robots in Disguise, the Fist(s) of Khonshu, gamma-powered lawyers, and the most unlikely […] The post Two Headed Nerd’s Best...

The Cosmic Longbox is agnostic but can’t resist HOLIDAY COMICS! In this episode: the Cosmic Longbox is feeling holly AND jolly AND forcing the nerds to review and discuss 8 classic comic books set during the winter holidays! As usual, Joe and Matt use the THN “Buy It,” “Skim It,” or “Leave It” rating system, […] The post THN #725 Back Issue Show: The...

The only thing that can beat a giant starfish is an even GIANTER starfish! New Comic Book Reviews return this week, featuring Beast Boy going full kaiju in Titans: Beast World, Nightcrawler’s origin redeemed in X-Men Blue: Origins, Joe inventing a new genre of metal music inspired by Bloodrik, and MORE! After that, we reveal […] The post THN #724 NEW COMIC BOOK REVIEWS: X-Men Blue Orig...

Superman Returns…FINALLY! The Slack Issues SuperCrew has reunited one more time for this very special Post-Thanksgiving episode: the Grand Finale of our EPIC Death & Return of Superman 30th Anniversary retrospective! Who will live? Who will die? How does Steel make the mouth move on his metal face mask?! We examine all these questions and […] The post #723: Back Issue Show: Slack I...

Higher, Further, Faster! The Marvels Are HERE! The Cosmic Longbox is celebrating the recent release of Marvel Studios’ THE MARVELS – Carol Danvers, Kamala Khan, Monica Rambeau, and MORE! This week, we’ll be reviewing eight back issue comics starring characters featured in The Marvels, as well as more of the mightiest maidens to bear the […] The post THN #722 Back Issue Comi...

The Ultimate Universe is BACK! Or IS it…?! New Comic Book Reviews return this week, featuring robutts in disguise, robutts racing cars, single dad horror drama, the kinda sorta return of AN Ultimate Universe and MORE! After that, we reveal our must-read new comic picks for next week in the THN Sanctum Sanctorum. And finally, […] The post THN #721 NEW COMIC BOOK REVIEWS: Ultimate Univer...

Welcome to THN’s 13TH ANNUAL HALLOWEEN (METAL?) SHOW! Yeah yeah…we know what you’re thinking: the Metal Show went away for a few years when we were worried about Apple cracking down on our music use, and when we brought it back in 2020 we stopped counting. And yeah, while it’s true that Matt didn’t actually […] The post #720 Back Issue Comic Reviews: The Cosmic...

You’ll never look at a cuddly cartoon bear the same way again! New Comic Book Reviews return this week, featuring the return of a Golden Age legend, a man living through the ultimate identity crisis, Japanese ghosts sightings, serial killing cartoon animals, and MORE! After that, they reveal their must-read new comic picks for next […] The post #719 NEW COMICS REVIEWS: Sandman, Subgenr...

May the Bluest Beetle Win! The Blue Beetle movie is a fading memory, so obviously the Cosmic Longbox has forced the Nerds to prepare EIGHT BACK ISSUE COMIC REVIEWS featuring the BLUEST of Beetles (except for Dan Garrett… SCREW that guy). We’ll judge these issues with THN’s “Buy It,” “Skim It,” or “Leave It” rating […] The post #718 Back I...

We got relaunches for DAYS on this week’s THN! New Comic Book Reviews return this week, featuring new series for Wonder Woman, Captain America, Flash, Green Lantern John Stewart, AND Ms. Marvel! Plus a quick detour for some demonic culinary delights and MORE! After that, they reveal their must-read new comic picks for next week […] The post #717 NEW COMICS REVIEWS: Wonder Woman, Captai...

THN is breaking faces and exorcising demons! New Comic Book Reviews return this week, featuring a mysterious mission for the Birds of Prey, murderous teen cultists, stuffed animal slaughter, Daredevil’s new career path, and MORE! After that, they reveal their must-read new comic picks for next week in the THN Sanctum Sanctorum. And finally, you’ll […] The post #716 NEW COMIC BOOK...

The Reign of the Supermen has (finally) begun! The Slack Issues SuperCrew is back! In this very special Labor Day episode, the Crew has reunited for Part One of the finale of our EPIC Death & Return of Superman 30th Anniversary retrospective. The end is nigh and the Reign of the Supermen begins HERE! Oil […] The post #715: Back Issue Show: Slack Issues Holiday Special – Reign of th...

The Force is strong with the THN NERD NEWS RECAP! In this episode, Joe and Matt recap the latest comic-themed Nerd News, including early reactions to Star Wars Ahsoka, Blue Beetle’s “win” against Barbie at the box office, the slow demise of Comic Book Resources, Nightcrawler’s two moms, Marvel’s upcoming Sabretooth War, and MORE! Plus, […] The post THN NERD NEWS...