Tomb of Ideas

Roll for initiative, Tomb-Believers! You have encountered a very special episode of the Tomb in which James and Trey are joined by the Fire and Water Network ‘s Irredeemable Shag and comics and video game writer David Gallaher to play the 1980’s Marvel Super Heroes Roleplaying Game (affectionately known as FASERIP) from dearly departed TSR!!! Turn order is: David as “The Judge&#8...

Welcome back, Tomb-Believers, to the TOMB OF IDEAS, or should we say TOMB OF INFERNO! That’s right, it’s our third installment of our summer-long (and then some) look at the event to was burning up the X-books of 1988 and half the Marvel Universe with it and you (yes YOU) lucky listener, are invited along for the ride. Not just you, however, as we will also be joined on this journey of...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! We’re continuing with the second installment of our summer(ish) event covering all of the 1988-89 X-Men storyline INFERNO. This week we are joined by noted X-Men fan and Cinepunx Pod-Daddy Liam O’Donnell! He’s here to help us get through a bunch of Marvel comics that are surprisingly light on X-Men: X-TERMINATORS #1 & #2 AVENGERS #298 AMAZING SPIDER...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! June is upon us, and as we have promised (threatened?) for the last several episodes we are spending the summer covering the 1988-89 Marvel event INFERNO ! We’re starting at the very top with  several issues that serve as something of a prelude to the event proper. This week we are discussing: UNCANNY X-MEN vol. 1 #239 X-FACTOR vol. 1 #33-35 While this epic event spans a...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! We have made it to the finish line! In this episode we conclude our coverage of the 2021 HEROES REBORN event. As with our previous episodes, we have a couple of tie-in issues that further flesh out the supporting characters and status quo of President Coulson’s altered Marvel Universe while in the main book the Squadron Supreme of America finally comes into direct...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! This is the penultimate entry in our miniseries covering the 2021 Marvel event HEROES REBORN! In this installment we spend a lot of time with the Nighthawk Family (and also Power Princess shows up). Our issues for this week are: HEROES REBORN #5 HEROES REBORN: AMERICAN KNIGHTS #1 HEROES REBORN: MARVEL DOUBLE ACTION #1 HEROES REBORN #6 HEROES REBORN: SQUADRON SAVAGE #1 As...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! Join us for the second installment in our deep dive into the 2021 HEROES REBORN event! This week we get some interesting glimpses into the various ways in which the Marvel universe has been altered. The issues we’re covering in this super-sized episode are: HEROES REBORN #3 HEROES REBORN #4 HEROES REBORN: YOUNG SQUADRON #1 HEROES REBORN: SIEGE SOCIETY #1 HEROES REB...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! Pay no attention to the edges of reality warping around you! This week we are talking about the premier super-team of the Marvel Universe, the original line-up of powerful protagonists who have protected Earth for decades: The Aven  The Squadron Supreme of America !!!  Don’t worry – this isn’t some delayed April Fool’s joke. We’re kicking of...

Attention Freaks! From the hosts of TOMB OF IDEAS comes a BRAND-NEW PODCAST about the most gruesome G.I.s of World War II, DC Comics’ CREATURE COMMANDOS! In this inaugural episode we look at: Weird War Tales Vol 1 93 “The Creature Commandos” Weird War Tales Vol 1 97 “The Faceless Enemy!” Weird War Tales Vol 1 100 “Dinosaur Convoy” As always, you can send a...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! It’s the end of the month, and as such we have finally arrived at the thrilling conclusion to MARCH OF THE APES! To wrap up this event, we’ve got one of our patented All-New, All-Different TOI Grab Bag episodes! That’s right – three “random” Marvel comics, just like you’d find in a polybag on a spinner rack back in the day. This...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! This week we continue our MARCH OF THE APES with a look at MARVEL PREMIERE issues 45 and 46 , featuring the furry lupine fury of MAN-WOLF or, as he’s referred to in this issue, STARGOD !!! “But James and Trey”, I hear you say, “Man-Wolf isn’t an ape, he’s a werewolf!” and that is indeed true oh observant listener, but no one ever...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! This week we’re going bananas and kicking off a three-part series we’re calling “March of the Apes.” To start things off, we’re discussing a wild trilogy of stories from issues 9, 10, and 21 of Marvel’s PLANET OF THE APES magazine. Returning to help us out is podcaster, friend of the show, APES fan, and all around good guy Andrew Leyla...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! We have finally made it to the end of our issue-by-issue coverage of the entire FRANKEN-CASTLE story arc! If you’re reading along at home, this week we’re discussing DARK WOLVERINE #89 and FRANKEN-CASTLE #20-21. Does this run stick the landing? Will Frank’s quest for revenge against Daken pay off in any meaningful way? Can the final issue possibly live...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! We’re back with the third installment (gods help us) in our multi-episode discussion of the 2009-2010 story arc “Franken-Castle,” in which The Punisher is killed and rebuilt by the Legion of Monsters into a Frankenstein-esque monster. This week, Frank gets some payback in FRANKEN-CASTLE #17-19 and DARK WOLVERINE #88 and never know who will show up, bub!...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! We’re back with the second installment in our multi-episode discussion of the 2009-2010 story arc “Franken-Castle,” in which The Punisher is killed and rebuilt by the Legion of Monsters into a Frankenstein-esque monster. This week, Frank goes on the offensive in THE PUNISHER vol 8 #14, 15, and 16. Plus there’s a cameo from the Lord of Vampires him...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! This week on the ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT TOMB OF IDEAS, we’re embarking on a multi-episode story arc! At long last (and apparently with much listener excitement, if our social media is to be believed) we are talking all about FRANKEN-CASTLE. That’s right, we’re talking about that time right in the midst of the Dark Reign era when The Punisher aka Frank C...

Happy HORRORdays, Tomb Believers! We’re wrapping up 2022 and celebrating the season with the 1991 MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL! This 80-page anthology features 8 different stories starring a cavalcade of Marvel characters: the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Captain America, the Punisher, Thor, and even ol’ flame head himself, Ghost Rider! And, in true Christmas special fashion, we ha...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! On an ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT TOMB OF IDEAS, it’s our first grab bag episode, where we take three “random” Marvel Horror comics and discuss them in the grand tomb tradition! This episode James and Trey are tickled to be hosted noted kaiju artist, webcartoonist, and mixologist Sean McGuinness of NeoMonsterIsland and Twisted Kaiju Theater fame in his perso...

Podcast Log, Stardate 47634.44 In their ongoing mission to explore the spookiest corners of the Marvel Universe, Captain James Hickson and Commander Trey Lawson have encountered a pair of strange, new comic book issues that are taking them where no podcast has gone before. Well, okay – lots of podcasts have gone there before, because we’re talking about STAR TREK! But this is the first...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! This week continues our exploration of the late 1990s Man-Thing storyline that began with MAN-THING vol 3. First, we wrap up that volume with issues 7 and 8, followed by the Man-Thing stories in STRANGE TALES vol 4 #1 and 2 and, finally, PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL 1999. In addition to that, we are joined by the writer on all of those comics – J. M. DeMatteis!...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! This week in the ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT Tomb of Ideas, we kick off the first of two episodes looking at Marvel’s late 90s revival of MAN-THING! In this episode we’ll cover the first six issues of MAN-THING vol. 3 by J. M. DeMatteis and Liam Sharp, featuring cameos by Doctor Strange, a certain anthropomorphic talking water fowl, and more! And be sure to check...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! In this, the first episode of the ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT TOMB OF IDEAS we welcome “X-Men ’92” and “Deadpool: Bad Blood” writer Chad Bowers as special guest host as we look at times those Merry Marvel Mutants have faced off against dreaded Lord of the Vampires. That’s right, it’s X-MEN VS DRACULA!!! In this episode we’ll be...

Greetings, Tomb Believers! This October in the Tomb, Cineween is HOWL-oween! We’re kicking off the spooky season with the brand-new, officially official, canonically MCU event on Disney+: WEREWOLF BY NIGHT! That’s right – none of that “it’s connected because Michael Keaton showed up for two minutes at the end” nonsense (yep, we’re talking to you MORBIUS)....

  Greetings, Tomb Believers! Trey and James are back, and once again they have inadvertently conjured a special guest from beyond the veil (i.e., Texas). This week your intrepid hosts are joined by Drew Edwards – he’s a Best of Austin winner, co-host of the Castle of Horror podcast, a Ringo-nominated comic book writer, and the creator of HALLOWEEN MAN COMICS. In addition to talkin...

  Greetings, Tomb Believers! We’re back…from beyond the grave! And to celebrate, Trey and James are acquiescing to listeners’ requests – nay, listeners’ DEMANDS! – and sitting down to watch the 2022 Sony Pictures Releasing film MORBIUS. But if you want to hear what they think, you’ll have to watch it too! That’s right, this episode is a feature-...