Thursday Mar 16, 2017
Weird Comics History, Episode 20: DC Comics - Zero Hour (1994)
Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill
Chris and Reggie talk about old comic books and comic book history every week! Features new podcasts such as X-Lapsed - as well as the archives for Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, Weird Comics History, and much much more! Dive in today!
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Sunday Mar 12, 2017
Sunday Mar 12, 2017
In this episode, the mutant kids will have their say when Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read Marvel Comics' Generation X #1 from 1994! They provide some detailed biographies of the creators Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo, and then try to pick apart the complex web of events that are 1990s and early 2000s X-Men comic books. Then, our muties talk about other youth-based comic book teams. Tell your parents you're not following their rules and pull the posters from your bedroom walls, because we're talkin' 'bout my Generation X!
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BREAK: Trailer for FOX Television's Generation X film from 1996
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
Sunday Mar 05, 2017
Comics investigators Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into the seedy underbelly of the Marvel Comics Universe when they detail the nefarious doings of The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1 by Nick Spencer and Steve Lieber! After some creator biographies, including Nick's political past--and present!--our duo go through the entire issue, providing background information on every character. Then they discuss other "unlikely" superhero and supervillain teams in comics history! Plug in your headphones and keep this on the D.L.--this episode is a heist!
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TAGS: comic books, history, Marvel Comics, Superior Foes of Spider-Man, Nick Spencer, Steve Lieber, Ocean's 11-style heist, crime does not pay, Marvel Now!, Superior Spider-Man
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
The treadmill goes explosively covert when Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) read the first issue of WildC.A.T.s Covert Action Teams by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee! They'll go through every blessed panel of this Image Comics launch title from 1992, and detail Jim Lee's storied career from his rejection letters to becoming co-publisher of DC Comics. The fellas also discuss other volumes in the WildC.A.T.s series and its curious mainstream popularity in the mid-1990s. So pull on your draping face-masks for a high energy, gut-blasting episode...of secrecy!
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INTRO MUSIC: Theme song from the WildC.A.T.s cartoon, 1995
TAGS: comics, history, Jim Lee, WildStorm, Image Comics, WildC.A.T.s, Brandon Choi, 1990s, comic book speculation
X-Lapsed
One man's attempt not to drive himself mad while he reinvests in Marvel's Mutants after a few years away!
Hope we survive the x-perience!