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Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

This is Episode Two Hundred and Four, with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discussing all of the recent Marvel announcements from A to Ri; as well as Midnighter; Marvel in the Eighties and DC in the Nineties; Transformers vs. GI Joe; Marvel Fanfare, Comixology Unlimited: Dark Night: A True Batman Story, and, believe me when I tell you, so very much more in this two and a half hour podstravaganza!    Show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Here is Episode Two Hundred and Three, with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discussing Wonder Woman Earth One by Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette; The Fix by Steve Lieber and Nick Spencer; The Brave and the Bold; Girl Over Paris; Jupiter's Legacy by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely; Jughead, Judge Dredd, Jeff's poor spending choices, and much, much more!  Show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester peer cautiously at issues 147-159 of the Fantastic Four, by Gerry Conway, Rich Buckler, Joe Sinnott, Len Wein, Roy Thomas, and others. The shocking conclusion of the Reed and Sue split! The stunning marriage of Crystal and Quicksilver! The terrifying world of Mahkizmo! The disturbing triumph of Doctor Doom! You will find all of these discussed, albeit with not quite those adjectives, in this two hour comic book assault on the New York skyline of your common sense. Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Time for Episode Two Hundred and Two, wherein Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester spend a lengthy amount of time digressing from the subject of the films of Federico Fellini, before finally returning to the topic of comics forty minutes later. Funnybooks under discussion include Batman Rebirth, Superman #1, Detective Comics #1 and Batman and Robin Eternal, Jughead, Madwoman of the Sacred Heart, the Keith Giffen/John Rogers run of Blue Beetle, the graphic novels Something New and Rolling Blackouts, old issues of Star Trek The Next Generation, Imperium, the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl and so much more in this two hour podcast.     Show notes, speedy but sensible, are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Today, in our two hundred and first episode, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester answer questions submitted by listeners for episode two hundred, and also discuss the ending of Captain America: Steve Rogers #1.  Other topics include our creative picks for DC's Rebirth titles,  Marvel's Future Fight video game, comics for people who liked Batman vs. Superman, mutants vs. Inhumans, John Constantine vs. Thanos, the Legion of Superheroes, the Jack Kirby book we would not recommend and much more in this two-plus hour podcast.   Show notes  of a post-episode 200 sort are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester gaze at issues 134-146 of the Fantastic Four, by John Buscema, Joe Sinnott, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, Rich Buckler, and Frank Giacoa. Unfortunately, those issues also gaze back! Gerry Conway brings the deep cuts to this run of issues and Jeff and Graeme work their hardest to staunch the bleeding! Villains famous and obscure return, marriages and eras are rent asunder, and not even the scarlet tresses of Medusa can hold the FF together! Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Today, on their two hundredth episode, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss Captain America: Civil War, pick our own teams of comic characters to represent #TeamGraeme and #TeamJeff, talk about the too-short life and powerful influence of the recently passed Darwyn Cooke, and take calls from our listeners in this two-plus hour podcast. Show notes  of a bicentennial sort are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Jeff and Graeme are getting ready to record Episode 200 of Wait, What? Do you want to be on the episode? Give us a call with your well-wishes or snarky disses at (415) 843-1836!

Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester sit down to talk about comic books we like, including Elektra Assassin by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz; Captain America by Nick Spencer and Daniel Acuna; The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson; Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips; 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank; Panther by Brecht Evens; Sun Bakery by Corey Lewis, and much, much more. The quick, brown show notes jump over the slow lazy podcast at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester ponder issues 126-133 of the Fantastic Four, by John Buscema, Joe Sinnott, Roy Thomas, Gerry Conway, Ross Andru, and Ramona Fradon. Roy Thomas brings us three mini-epics featuring the Inhumans, the Frightful Four, and just about anyone with an underground kingdom, as well as the terrors of his post-marital psyche with the split between Reed and Sue, Johnny and Crystal, and the introduction of the woman called Thundra! And we are here to partially hide our eyes at all of it! Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Today, we have a very special episode of the podcast for you—an unscheduled minisode preempting Baxter Building Episode 16  so that Graeme and Jeff can talk about the firing of Shelly Bond from Vertigo and the reaction on the Internet including the identity of a serial sexual harasser at DC.   It is a mostly serious discussion from two traditionally non-serious dudes so we hope that we do not make a hash of it, and that you join us for this hour long conversation.   Baxter Building 16 is postponed for only a few days. Very brief show notes for this minisode are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester mourn the lost podcast that was supposed cover issues 126 through 133! Yes, the dreaded TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES wiped out a two-plus hour podcast. But in its wake, we offer this quick apology that offers you part of a dramatic reading of issue 126, The Way It Began, by Roy Thomas, John Buscema, and Joe Sinnott. We hope it will tide you over while we re-record and remix episode 16! While you're waiting, why not catch up on previous show's show notes at waitwhatpodcast.com? We also welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Today, it is Graeme McMillan versus Jeff Lester versus Batman versus Superman versus I Hate the Internet by Jarett Kobek!  Yes, in this two hour-plus spoiler rich episode, we discuss all the ins and outs of BvS:DoJ, the DC Rebirth announcements, the rumors of Suicide Squad reshoots and the amazing new book, I Hate The Internet, by friend of the podcast, Jarett Kobek! Tough but fair show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester curl up in your ear to discuss Patience by Daniel Clowes, Dept. H by Matt Kindt, Harley Quinn by Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palimiotti, and Chad Hardin, This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, the Secret Wars related miniseries now hitting Marvel Unlimited, Neil Gaiman, internet outrage and more!  Fast but efficient show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester ponder issues 119-125 of the Fantastic Four, by John Buscema, Joe Sinnott, Roy Thomas, and the series co-creator Stan Lee. Whether you want to see Ben Grimm and Johnny Storm battle apartheid, or The FF battle the mysterious Gabriel, the equally-mysterious Monster from the Lost Lagoon, or the not-quite-so-mysterious-anymore Galactus, these issues of the FF have something for everyone as long as you do not mind that something being disappointment. Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester return to be neurotic about erotic comics, adamant about Superman: The Coming of the Supermen by Neal Adams, steely about Man of Steel directed by Zack Snyder, mulish about the Dark Knight of Frank Miller series, and just kinda bitchy about Superman Unchained by Scott Snyder and Jim Lee. Speedy show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are back with a podcast recorded on the day of the ComicsPro DC Rebirth announcements.   Perhaps understandably, for the bulk of this two-plus hour podcast, we will be discussing information as it is announced, speculating about what kind of sales might come along, and looking at the current sales of All-New All-Different Marvel.  Also, we talk about the first issue of Power Man and Iron Fist by David Walker and Sanford Greene, Sex Criminals 14 by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, Batman 49 by Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette,and the creative runs on Wonder Woman and Justice League. Speedy show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Welcome back to Baxter Building, the podcast reading through the first 416 issues of the Fantastic Four! Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester come from the Blue Area of the Moon to behold Stan Lee, John Buscema, Joe Sinnott, and Archie Goodwin find a direction with issues 111-118 of the Fantastic Four, post-Jack Kirby. Join us for a jumbo sized episode as we mind the Overmind, referee The Thing and the Hulk battle it out on the streets of New York, and also kibitz Fantastic Four: The Lost Adventure a lost open quote classic close quote from the Jack Kirby era. Show notes eagerly await you at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!

Today, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester bring you two-plus hours to discuss the rumors of a June DC Relaunch. Graeme is here to give us a lot of history and context, and Jeff is here to give us a lot of unsubstantiated theorizing.   We also talk about the near-total failure of the DCYou; the likely failure of All-New Different Marvel; Scooby Apocalypse and the Hanna-Barbera reboot comics; the achievements of Tom King; that one page in Enigma; Black Magick by Greg Rucka and Nickola Scott; and a What If story featuring Miracleman you just might have to hear to believe.  Show notes are available at waitwhatpodcast.com, we welcome your comments and questions at WaitWhatPodcast@gmail.com, and we invite you to look out for us on Twitter, Tumblr, and Patreon!