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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Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Greetings, Cosmic Treadmilleers! In this episode. Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) give the full details about why there hasn't been a new episode of Cosmic Treadmill in a while, and when we can expect a new episode! It's a lot of talk and almost none of it is about comics, you might want to miss it!
chrisandreggie.com
weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com
Monday Sep 02, 2019
Monday Sep 02, 2019
It's Labor Day in America... and while a lotta folks might think of barbecues and getting the day off from work, your host's (@acecomics) mind goes immediately to the man who hosted the annual MDA Telethon every year, Jerry Lewis! Year after year, the sight of Jerry Lewis' face would signify to many children that Summer vacation was over... and it was now time to go back to school. We'll discuss a little bit of that here today.
Also, we'll touch on the part of the comics hobby I (for whatever reason) always equate with Summer vacation: the trading cards! I'll teach you all where in the box those sneaky distributors always put the holograms!*
*If you don't get a hologram, that only means the retailer mixed up the packs. The Cosmic Treadmill assumes no liability for misspent monies.
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/06/adventures-of-jerry-lewis-105-1968.html
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Cosmic Treadmill Episode mentioned:
Episode 7: New Teen Titans: The Judas Contract https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-epfvm-8a2b4d
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HOT TAKE: Letters Page from Tales of the Teen Titans #47 (October, 1984) Re: Judas Contract fall-out!
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@cosmictmill @reggiereggie
weirdsciencedccomics.com
chrisisoninfiniteearths.com
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Wednesday Aug 28, 2019
Who ever said there can only be one? For today, we are ALL immortal. Join your host, Chris (@acecomics) for stories of how hypochondria, an overactive imagination, and a tiny directionly-challenged bird made him recently question his own mortality... as well as an exercise in comparing and contrasting two takes on the weird DC Comics character, Resurrection Man!
Where else but during Super-Blog Team-Up: Immortal will you hear anyone talk about both versions of Resurrection Man?
All that, and details for my top secret Cheerios Diet... which, admittedly isn't too hard to crack the code on. Remember, before starting any diet or exercise program to confer with an idiot who babbles into your ears for an hour and change on Wednesdays.
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Original Discussions:
Resurrection Man (vol.1) #1 https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/06/resurrection-man-1-1997.html
Resurrection Man (vol.2) #1 https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/06/resurrection-man-vol2-1-2011.html
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Cosmic Treadmill Episodes Mentioned:
Episode 11, Angel Love: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-kp742-6c86ac
Episode 88, Young Heroes in Love: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-hutyc-902d41
The History of Super-Blog Team-Up: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-3xtbr-9f1609
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HOT-TAKE:
Letters Page from Angel Love #4 (1986) https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2016/09/angel-love-4-1986.html
Chris' Angel Love Page: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/p/angel-love.html
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Super-Blog Team-Up: Immortal
Comic Reviews by Walt - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Highlander
The Super-Hero Satellite - Peter Loves Mary Jane (One More Day)
Comics Comics Comics - Dr. Fate
Between the Pages - Big Finish: Doctor Who's Finest Regeneration
The Unspoken Decade - Opposites Attract: Archer and Armstrong
DC in the 80's - Bug: The Adventures of Forager (DC's Young Animal)
Black, White and Bronze - What Price Immortality? A Review of Red Nails
The Daily Rios - Arion the Immortal (1992)
In My Not So Humble Opinion - It Came From the 1990s: Ivar the Timewalker
Vic Sage's Pop Culture Retrorama - I am Legend
Source Material Comics Podcast - Vamperella: Roses For the Dead
Dave's Comic Heroes Blog - Multi-Man
Magazines and Monsters Podcast - Avengers-Kang: Time and Time Again
Magazines and Monsters Blog - Avengers-Kang: Time and Time Again
Radulich in Broadcasting Network - TV PARTY TONIGHT: Jupiter Ascending
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@cosmictmill @reggiereggie
weirdsciencedccomics.com
chrisisoninfiniteearths.com
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Greetings Weekly Warriors! This time out, we discuss a book that, if you've been following along at the blog, is long overdue: Action Comics Weekly #601! We look at, and break down all six features... but only after discussing everything that led up to the Chris is on Infinite Earths blog's change in direction as of February, 2019. It's the story of missing diplomas, hungry ATM Machines, and crippling anxiety. A super-fun time as always... so, check it out!
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Original Discussions:
Action Comics Weekly #601:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2019/02/action-comics-weekly-601-1988.html
Action Comics Weekly Preview Edition:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2019/05/action-comics-weekly-preview-1988.html
The #ActionComicsDaily Page, with every story discussed (so far):
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/p/action-comics-daily_3.html
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Episodes Referenced:
Hal Jordan's Action Comics! Cosmic Treadmill, Episodes 114-117:
https://www.chrisandreggie.com/2018/11/chris-and-reggie-box-set-volume-12-hal.html
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HOT TAKE: X-Clamations Letters Page from X-Force #118 (2001)
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chrisandreggie.com
@cosmictmill @reggiereggie
weirdsciencedccomics.com
chrisisoninfiniteearths.com
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
Wednesday Aug 14, 2019
This week, in a weirdly Marvel-centric outing... Chris (@acecomics) takes you back to the Spring of 2010, during a time when two comic book teams took over much of his reading: the Brightest Day-era JLI... and a book he finally found at a most apropos time, Strikeforce: Morituri. Join him as he makes many poor comparisons between agreeing to undergo the "Morituri Process" and accepting a temp job!
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For "Mor" Morituri...
Cosmic Treadmill, Episode #57 - Strikeforce: Morituri #1 (1986)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-9jqnf-7472e5
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/07/justice-league-generation-lost-1-2010.html
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HOT TAKE: Letters Page from X-Force #117 (2001) featuring actual hot takes from people who haven't yet read the book they're writing in about!
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chrisandreggie.com
@cosmictmill @reggiereggie
weirdsciencedccomics.com
chrisisoninfiniteearths.com
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Wednesday Aug 07, 2019
Hey Everybody, today Chris (@acecomics) checks in on the "Electric Blue" era for the Man of Steel, while catching up with some 1st Issue Special alumni (in both the Dingbats on Danger Street and the Green Team) and sharing an overlong personal story of his own teen-age preciosity. If you're just interested in the comics content and not the rambling idiot telling you about his inability to cope with a cross-country move... you're fast-forward finger is in for quite the workout!
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2017/08/adventures-of-superman-549-1997.html
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HOT-TAKE: Letters Page from Superman (vol.2) #128 (October, 1997) Re: Reader thoughts on the new-look Superman!
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chrisandreggie.com
@cosmictmill @reggiereggie
weirdsciencedccomics.com
chrisisoninfiniteearths.com
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Wednesday Jul 31, 2019
Blessings and Riches, my friends... for today is a day like no other. Ladies and Gentlemen, it's Vartox Week!
Today Chris (@acecomics) shares the story of how a hairy-chested mustachioed alien stranger saved his blog from terminal burn-out! It's a discussion about the frustrations associated with the creation of content, getting into one's own head, and attempts at side-stepping writer's block.
All that and a Bronze-Age issue of Superman to boot!
Celebrate Vartox Week responsibly... and remember, this is the one week a year where we're all Valerians!
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Original Discussion:
https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/08/superman-281-1974.html
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Vartox Week Page:
http://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/p/vartox-week.html
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Cosmic Treadmill, Episode #111 (Deep-Dive on Vartox)
https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-2482v-9c3fd5
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Cosmic Treadmill Classic: Weird Comics History, the Comics Code Authority
https://www.chrisandreggie.com/2018/03/chris-and-reggie-box-set-volume-1.html
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HOT-TAKE: Letters Page from Superman #285 (March, 1975) Re: The First Appearance of Vartox!
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chrisandreggie.com
@cosmictmill @reggiereggie
weirdsciencedccomics.com
chrisisoninfiniteearths.com
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Wednesday Jul 24, 2019
Greetings fellow comic-hunters! Today Chris (@acecomics) will take you on a collector's journey when he shares the story of a white whale that had eluded him for over a decade! It's the story of the hunt for... Lady Cop!
After giving the low-down on just what "1st Issue Special" was, and the very titled resonated with a man who grew up during the comics speculator craze, he prescribes his own Curmudgeonly Collect-mandments... which might just (though, hopefully won't) ruffle a feather or two. It's the story of a babbling Luddite... you won't wanna miss it!
Oh yeah, we also actually read the thing... and, learn all about inner-city crime, first-aid, venereal disease, and answer the question of: What's stronger, a live grenade... or a garbage can?
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Cosmic Treadmill Classic: Godzilla vs. Barkley #1 (1993) Dark Horse Comics https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-8z3gn-92ab97
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Original Discussion: https://www.chrisisoninfiniteearths.com/2018/04/1st-issue-special-4-1975.html
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HOT-TAKE: A Usenetter's take on Crisis on Infinite Earths http://www.dcinthe80s.com/2016/03/usenet-fandom-more-crisis-on-infinite.html
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chrisandreggie.com
@cosmictmill @reggiereggie
weirdsciencedccomics.com
chrisisoninfiniteearths.com
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!