Contest Of Challengers

All-New All-Different Marvel, more Secret Wars, New DC titles/Divergence, We Stand On Guard, Heck, all-ages single issues. Rest in Peace, Dream.

Secret Wars a-plenty! Literally, like half the episode, and this one is almost 2 hours. Also, DC writers vs Marvel writers, Convergence, pre-Botcon, the 606, and bunches more. 

You know what happened this episode? No one brought us ice cream, that’s what. 

A new song from Adam WarRock. Secret Wars #1. The Star Wars. Barry Allen. A quiz. Podcasting is fun and also bitter.

It’s everybody’s favorite annual episode… the Free Comic Book Day post mortem! And some Batman #40 talk, too.

Patrick and Dal were both at C2E2 at the same time! This was their day. And this is long. Sorry?

It’s not just comics this week as the guys talk about Daredevil on Netflix and both the Force Awakens and Dawn of Justice trailers. But, you know, comics, too.

Free comic books, surveys, KickStarters, selling that which is free, Kaijumax, Gene Ha, and more.

Patrick is a rude jerk. A Turtle “died.” Paste Magazine’s 12 Women that have helped Transform the Comics Industry. Our Graphic Novel racking Survey. And more.

A (very long) Publisher’s Weekly Retailer Survey. 10 years of (new) Doctor Who. New customers means a brief new comic imbalance. 

We’re KickStarting our latest t-shirt! Is Marvel cancelling 33 title? Nope. And we do NOT Talk about that Joker Batgirl cover. You’re welcome.

It’s a potpourri of comic topics this week and Patrick and Dal run ‘em all down, including the post Convergence DC costume changes, Marvel pulling out of SDCC, Gift Bag services and how they inflate sales numbers, and maybe, just maybe, the ROH return of Saoma Joe!    

Spider-Woman #5 is SO GOOD. Wizard Fan Fest? Not so much. And we recap recent events. Plus, robots!

We survived the Jason Aaron / CM Punk signing! And then what starts as a small rant about how we order Marvel Comics turned into an hour-long rant. 

I have no idea what to write here as neither Patrick nor Dal are on this episode…

Discussion of DC’s Divergence. Speculation of cinematic Spider-Men. Alliteration is fun! Mark Waid’s thoughts on Comic Retail and Dal takes a quiz.

Weekly publisher emails; comics published out of order; sale; pre-Toy Fair; Levar Burton, snow sales; and more.

It’s time for the 42nd annual Festival d’Angoulême, and we’re not there! Also, David Tennant, Chris Pratt, and what Image is doing right and maybe not as right.

Are you as tired of these CM Punk questions as we are? Good, because we mainly talk about Marvel’s SECRET WARS and DC’s CONVERGENCE. 

First we Run the Jewels and then we compare our 2014 Top Comic Sales to Diamond’s list of the same.