WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics

Calling this a Mini-Episode is selling it short, this WIZARDS ½ installment is crammed full of comics fun! Steven and Michael break down WIZARDS Top 10 Comics list, while Adam reviews the 1993 DC Comics Bloodlines event. Plus more changes as we present the final Amazing Art segment and Michael morphs the Contest Quiz into a giveaway where YOU can win. Hunks, Babes and so much more. Listen now! Tha...

Aye Caramba! Episode 28 is packed with radioactive retro comics fun as Adam, Michael & Steven are joined by Erik Johnson aka @illustratorerik to explore the launch of Bongo Comics featuring The Simpsons, interviews with comics legends John Byrne, Barry Windsor-Smith, Sam Keith and Joe Quesada. Plus the crew learn previously unrevealed “secrets” about Adam, review The Good Guys by DEFIANT and s...

This edition of WIZARDS 1/2 is full of new segments and special guests! Michael & Steven review the Top 10 Comics of October 1993, Adam reviews the Marvel 2099 Comics crossover "Fall of the Hammer" and discover what books Michael's been reading lately. Plus our Hunk and Babe of the Month gets a female perspective as @AnnieXFlowers joins the mini-episode crew. All this and more! Thanks to our m...

BONUS EPISODE! Join Adam and Steven as they go back in time to explore the wonders of ComicFest '93 through the pages of the Wizard Souvenir Program Guide to the event. Special guest, Dean aka @RevengerLamar actually attended the convention and shares awesome stories of seeing totally 90's costumed characters, promotional merchandise and even a run-in with Gareb Shamus himself! Thanks to our month...

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! It's time to experience the ultimate shameless 90's comics podcast gimmick, WIZARDS The Patreon Guide To Comics! Ready to get EXTREME and join the Cool C.O.R.P.S. to become one of the WIZARDS elite? Listen as Adam explains all the perks you'll get by becoming a Patreon member and figure out which rewards will make you geek heart glow. We're excited to bring you even more of o...

Exciting announcements abound on Episode 27 as Michael and Adam reveal the identity of their NEW co-host and the details of WIZARDS The Patreon Guide To Comics! Plus discussions of Jim Lee’s plans for the future of WildC.A.T.S franchise, Alan Moore’s legacy in comics, the hottest new artists of 1993, Manga in America, Jeff Smith’s Bone comics and more! Get one of our NEW WIZARDS designs today at t...

In this mini-episode Michael explores reader art, fan-made comic heroes, custom action figures found in Wizard number 26 and gets help from the listeners to complete the Spider-Man themed contest quiz. Plus, Adam gets sexy with the Hunk and Babe of the Month and reviews Spider-man 2099 issues 11-15 on the 2099 Hotline. Get one of our NEW WIZARDS designs today at this link https://www.teepublic.com...

Adam and Michael are joined by @regalfan aka Jody Yerdon for Episode 26 to explore the unraveling of DC's Crisis On Infinite Earths in 1993, debate whether artist Mark Bagley revealed the ture original concept sketch for Carnage, Valiant Vision 3-D gimmick, Liefeld leaving EXTREME Studios and just what are the scariest comics stories? Plus a review of Elseworlds "Superman: Speeding Bullets" and mo...

On episode 10 of The Wizard Files we're joined by Brian Warmoth, who reveals how he made his tunnel vision dream of writing for Wizard magazine a reality, successfully gave the burgeoning Web Comics scene the spotlight and managed to make a big enough impression that Gareb Shamus remembered his name! Plus stories of flaming skateboards, super hero actors skipping out on bar tabs and just what was...

Episode 25.5 gets interactive as Michael takes the Contest Quiz with the help of a listener, we announce the winners of the Wizards25 giveaway, Adam reviews X-Men 2099 issues 1-4,  Michael shares updates on DC's Death Metal and The 3 Jokers and more! Get one of our NEW WIZARDS designs today at this link https://www.teepublic.com/stores/wizards-the-podcast-guide-to-comics?ref_id=12330 Thanks to our...

Merry X-MAS from WIZARDS! To celebrate the season we're ripping through the wrapping on the Wizard X-Men 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition magazine with adamantium claws. Adam and Michael are joined by a duo of X-Perts, Jeff @NLogan77 and Chris Sheehan @AceComics to discuss the history of Marvel's Mutant franchise from the 60's through the 90's and share some laughs along the way. It's a holida...

On the 4th and final installment of our exploration of the Roger Corman Fantastic Four movie, Adam joins Michael and Steven to share his thoughts on the film, then the guys reveal their favorite FF comics stories. Plus, the exclusive debut of an original song inspired by the romance Sue Storm and Reed Richards. Thanks to our monthly supporters Steve Bada Matthew Strange Hombre Richard Cocchi Andre...

NEW EPISODE! NEW LOOK! It’s our 1 year anniversary and for the 25th episode of WIZARDS we’re celebrating in style. Join Adam and Michael as they announce X-citing new show art, a giveaway contest and what is WIZARDS The Patreon Guide To Comics for 2021? Exploring issue 25 of Wizard we talk Daredevil’s armored costume, Jim Shooter’s Warriors of Plasm, the most expensive comics of the 90’s, share ou...

For episode 9 of The Wizard Files we’re joined by Ryan Dunlavey who first became part of the Wizard magazine staff in the 90’s, then returned years later to provide humorous original illustrations in the 2000’s. Hear tales of working shoulder to shoulder with Gareb Shamus on cover design, getting chewed out by fanboys for trying to sell ToyFare exclusive figures on eBay and how one of his drawings...

For the 3rd episode of our Roger Corman Fantastic Four film discussion, Michael and Steven break down the infamous ending with it’s disappointing special effects and provide their final review of the movie overall. Plus the duo reveal their list of which big budget super hero films are WORSE than this unreleased and buried film.  Thanks to our monthly supporters Steve Bada Matthew Strange Hombre R...

BIG CHANGES for WIZARDS 1/2 in episode 24.5! Is this end of "FLAME ON'? Michael gives up on embarrassing himself with the contest quiz based on a listener suggestion and refuses to ever read another Hunk and Babe of the Month! Plus Adam reviews Punisher 2099 #11-12 and provides a special announcement about an exclusive video coming to our YouTube Channel. This one is a game changer, Geeks! Thanks...

In the 2nd installment of our 4-part bonus exploration of Roger Corman's Fantastic Four movie from the 90's, Michael and Steven dig deeper into the film's plot and give their reviews of the later big budget Fantastic Four films from 20th Century Fox. Plus Steven's story of meeting Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis at a signing and why he passed on the Corman movie soundtrack at comic conventions. Th...

Paxton Holley joins us for episode 24 of WIZARDS to talk the origins of Batman’s Knightfall saga, the multimedia launch of Malibu’s Ultraverse, Peter David ditching X-Factor to revamp Aquaman at DC and Jim Shooter creating his DEFIANT line of comics. It’s 90’s comics nostalgia at its finest, so listen now! Get one of our three WIZARDS designs today at this link https://www.teepublic.com/stores/wiz...

Joining us for Episode 8 of The Wizard Files is Paul Florez from the Generations of X podcast who tells the tale of being caught between simultaneous offers to intern at Marc Silvestri’s Top Cow, Marvel Comics and Wizard magazine. Then prepare to hear stories of interviewing top comics talent like Ron Marz and Greg Pak, plus you’ll discover the question Paul asked in an interview with Joss Whedon...

Once in a generation there is a film so notorious, so legendary, that it’s only heard about in whispers in the back of a comic book shop. For 90’s comics fans, that movie was Roger Corman’s Fantastic Four. Rumored to be so bad Marvel wouldn’t allow it to be released, the film lived in infamy as a bootleg video and remains unreleased to this day. But WIZARDS had to know the truth, so Michael and su...

On mini-episode 23.5, Michael explores fan art, original reader comic heroes including a Canadian super team that's NOT Alpha Flight and flubs even more iconic superhero catch phrases. Adam phones in on the 2099 Hotline to cover the further adventures of Ravage 2099 and it's all here on WIZARDS 1/2! Thanks to our monthly supporters Steve Bada Matthew Strange Hombre Richard Cocchi Andrew Burt Brand...

Adam & Michael are joined by Chris Bailey aka @charltonhero for Episode 23 to talk the Image/Valiant crossover Deathmate, Erik Larsen jumps into the 'Who Created Venom?' debate, sex and violence in DC's Vertigo comics, the destruction of vintage Power Rangers toys, a Wizard exclusive comic by Rob Liefeld and more 90's comics nostalgia on The Podcast Guide To Comics! Get one of our three WIZARD...

WIZARDS 1/2 is back with Michael blushing at the scandalous return of Hunk and Babe of the Month, enjoying fan art and cursing the Wizard staff for their choosing trivia questions that baffle him. Plus Adam shares his thoughts on this issue's custom comics action figures and reviews Doom 2099 #11-13 featuring a tale set in Wakanda 2099 and the revelation of who inherited the Eye of Agamotto from D...

Russ Burlingame joins us for this episode of The Wizard Files to talk about his internship at Wizard magazine which saw Russ the Rookie become the go-to guy for Dan Jurgens, witness the chaos caused by Gareb Shamus launching Black Bull Comics, breaking a Marvel Knights merchandise story to Joe Quesada and more. Plus, get a preview of his project documenting the making of Josie and the Pussycats fr...

For Episode 22 of WIZARDS, Adam and Michael are joined by Tom from toy-lines.com to talk the 10 Worst Action Figures of All Time according to Wizard magazine, a canceled 90’s Wonder Woman toy line, discovering Elseworlds comics posters in dive bar restrooms, favorite X-Men villains, the best version of DC’s Justice League, ridiculous 90’s gimmick covers and more. Plus we review X-Factor #92 and X-...