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Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction join us on the show to discuss everything from Pretty Deadly, Milk Fed, social media Chip Zdarsky. We also deep dive on Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli's Spider-Man #1. Lightning Round We Can Never Go Home, Baltimore Vol. 6: The Cult of the Red King, BPRD Hell on Earth Vol. 7: A Cold Day in Hell, Harrow County Vol. 1: Countless Haints, Giant Days Vol. 1, Golem, Love The Tiger, Love The Fox, Captain Marvel #2, Howard the Duck #4, Doctor Strange #5, Scarlet Witch #3, Kennel Block Blues #1, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Books of the Week A-Force #2, The Private Eye, Spider-Man #1 FYI: the crew have gone all superhero on the world, thanks to the wonderful Hanie Mohd. Like them? Make sure to follow her and let us know what you think of our superhero pictures.

Why aren't we digging the new Avengers book? How good is Cry Havoc #1? This week's show features Bobby, Stephanie, Bob, Steve and good ol' Joey Braccino talking comics (wow, so crazy) and they dive into a plethora of listener questions that have been building up for a little while. PREPARE YOURSELVES! Lightning Round Victorie City #1, Curb Stomp, Book of Death, Daredevil: Yellow, Batman Vol. 8, Rasputin Vol. 2, The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Henchgirl #4, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #3, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #4, Spider-Woman #4, Saga #33, and Legends of Tomorrow (the TV series). Books of the Week Cry Havoc #1, All-New All-Different Avengers #4, Super Zero #1-2 Psst... Stephanie thinks you should check out Some Other Animal's Meat by Emily Carroll over on her web site. FYI: the crew have gone all superhero on the world, thanks to the wonderful Hanie Mohd. Like them? Make sure to follow her and let us know what you think of our superhero pictures. The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talki

We discuss the new Suicide Squad trailer, Wonder Woman footage as well as the other cool little bits of news that dropped since we last recorded. The crew also dives into Captain Marvel #1 and see how it measures up to Kelly Sue DeConnick's epic run. That's right... the second half of this show is a quiz show! Each contestant is also going to have a turn asking questions and also play along too. We'll explain things before everything kicks off. Oh yeah, and we're totally joined by Joey Braccino aka new full-time, part-time Talking Comics podcaster. Lightning Round Amazing Forest #1, Hellcat #1, Batgirl #47, Tomboy #1, Cruising Through the Louvre, Insexts #2, Clean Room #4, iZombie Vol. 1, Batman #48. Books of the Week Mean Girls Club, Princess Cyrene vs. The World, Faith #1, The Sheperd: Apokostasis TPB

Movies, TV pilots, other stuff... oh MY! The gang talk about plans for the show in the future (yay cool things!), they talk comics (obviously) and they talk about what they're excited in this coming year (spoilers: there's cool stuff ahead). Bob, being our beloved curmudgeon has a couple bones to pick with 2016 but you'll get to hear all about it on this week's episode. Lightning Round Space Riders Vol. 1Worst X-Men #1, Kaptara Vol. 1, Spider-Man/Deadpool #1, D4VE2, Secret Wars #9 (and its crappy ending!!!) (as per Bob), Scarlet Witch #2, Squadron Supreme (and its historic moment) (as per Bob), Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #2, Books of the Week Legend of Wonder Woman, Iscariot GN, Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death #1, Starve

The grand finale of all our awards podcasts where we announce the winners. Bobby, Stephanie, Bob, Mara and Joey (LOCK IT IN!) are on board to deliberate and give their final word on the nominees. Votes are cast, winners are announced. And it's great. A complete list will be posted after we get the chance to sucker you all into having to listen to the show.

It's the fourth and final day of our Best of 2015 deliberations and the gang is here to figure out their nominees for Best Writer, Best Artist, Best On-Going Series, and Best Overall Comics of 2015.

It's the third day of our Best of 2015 deliberations and the gang is here to figure out their nominees for Best Mini-Series, Best New Series, Best Story Arc, and Best Web/Digital Comic of 2015.

It's the second day of our Best of 2015 deliberations and the gang is here to figure out their nominees for Breakthrough Writer, Breakthrough Artist, Single Issue and Graphic Novel of the Year.

It's the first day of our Best of 2015 deliberations and the gang is here to figure out their nominees for Best Adaptation of a Comic Book, Best Publisher and Best Cover.

Our review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens is here! Bob and Bobby breakdown the adventures of Rey, Finn, Poe and their battles with Kylo Ren while also diving into what Star Wars means to them. Bob also celebrates the arrival of Patsy Walker: Hellcat with a rundown of the character's history.

It's the last normal show of the year! That's crazy, right? Totally. On this week's show we talk X-Men: Age of Apocalypse trailer, Star Trek: Beyond, and the greatness of Scarlet Witch #1. Lightning Round: The Kitchen, Gotham Academy, Black Canary, Batman, Batman/TMNT, Spider-Gwen #3, Gwenpool Holiday Special, Ultimates #2, Insexts #1 Book of the Week: Fresh Romance #1, The Secret Loves of Geek Girls, Scarlet Witch #1 Shared Book of the Week: The Violent #1 by Ed Brisson and Adam Gorham FYI: the crew have gone all superhero on the world, thanks to the wonderful Hanie Mohd. Like them? Make sure to follow her and let us know what you think of our superhero pictures. The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com), a blog dedicated to covering the latest and greatest in comic book releases. The editorial staff is composed of Editor-in-Chief Bobby Shortle (Fanboy Remix, Doctor Whocast), Stephanie Cooke (Misfortune Cookie) and Steve Seigh (JoBlo.com contributor) who weekly d

Is the price of comics poisoning the industry? The crew discusses the $4.99 price point and how it has affected their buying habits. Additionally in the latter half of the show, we begin discussing some of the titles that will come up for our Best Of 2015 lists, so take a listen to be in the know. Lightning Round: Paper Girls #2, Robin War #1, Lazarus, Daredevil #1, Totally Awesome Hulk #1, ANAD Avengers #2, Doctor Strange #3, Howard the Duck #2, Rocket Girl #7, Harley Quinn's Little Black Book #1, Death Vigil Vol. 1, Batgirl Vol. 2, Saga #31, Deadly Class Vol. 2, Rat Queens #11-13. Book of the Week: Plutona, Sensation Comics #17, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1952 Shared Book of the Week: Mystery Girl #1 by Paul Tobin and Alberto Alburquerque Next week's #TCBOTW is: The Violent #1 by Ed Brisson and Adam Gorham FYI: the crew have gone all superhero on the world, thanks to the wonderful Hanie Mohd. Like them? Make sure to follow her and let us know what you think of our superhero pictures. The Comic Book Podcast i

On this week's show, we discuss Dark Knight: The Master Race (not currently affiliated with Hitler). There is a LOT of comic discussion (shock and awe) and we discuss the launch trailer for Captain America: Civil War, which came out LITERALLY the moment we released last week's show. Lightning Round: Saga #31, Venom Space Knight #1, 2 Sisters, Archie #4, Black Magick #2, Switch #2, Giant Days Vol.1, Empowered Special: Pew-pew-pew!, Silk #1, Henchgirl #2, Squirrel Girl #2, Silver Surfer #15, Art Ops #2, All-New Wolverine #2, Alabaster: The Good, the Bad, and the Bird #1, Red Thorn #1, and Limbo #1. Book of the Week: Darth Vader Vol. 1, Art Schooled, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #1, Immolation Shared Book of the Week: Dark Knight: The Master Race #1 Next week's #TCBOTW is: Mystery Girl #1 by Paul Tobin and Alberto Alburquerque FYI: the crew have gone all superhero on the world, thanks to the wonderful Hanie Mohd. Like them? Make sure to follow her and let us know what you think of our superhero pictures. The C

On this week's show, the gang review the latest from Marvel, Jessica Jones on Netflix starring Kristen Ritter. The latter portion of the show is the review and features two parts: the first half is our initial thoughts without spoilers so you can listen to that if you haven't watched the show yet and the second part of it is our specific thoughts, which DOES include spoilers. We'll give you plenty of warning before we start talking plot points and such, so just keep that in mind on this week's show. Lightning Round: Glitter Kiss, I Hate Fairyland #2, Batman Europa #1, New Avengers #3, Uncanny Avengers Annual #1, Secret Six #8, Clean Room #2, Pretty Deadly #6, Ms. Marvel #1 Book of the Week: Spider-Woman #1, Sam Wilson Captain America #3, Huck #1 Shared Book of the Week: The Mighty Thor #1

Is The Ultimates #1 as good as advertised? Does All-New All-Different Avengers deliver? Will Stephanie ever sleep again or will she continue to just play Fallout 4? All this and more on Talking Comics. Lightning Round: Batman #46, All-New All-Different Avengers #1, Iron Man #1-3, All-New Wolverine #1, The Goddamned #1, Starfire #6, DC Comics Bombshells #4, Spider-Gwen #2 Book of the Week: Superman: American Alien, 750 Years in Paris, Illuminati #1, The Ultimates #1 Shared Book of the Week: Wolf Vol. 1 by Ales Kot Next week's book of the week The Mighty Thor #1. FYI: the crew have gone all superhero on the world, thanks to the wonderful Hanie Mohd. Like them? Make sure to follow her and let us know what you think of our superhero pictures. The Comic Book Podcast is brought to you by Talking Comics (www.talkingcomicbooks.com), a blog dedicated to covering the latest and greatest in comic book releases. The editorial staff is composed of Editor-in-Chief Bobby Shortle (Fanboy Remix, Doctor Whocast), Stephanie Coo

With Spectre hitting theaters the Talking Comics crew discuss Dynamite's James Bond 007 #1 from Warren Ellis and Bob gives us his favorite films in the franchise and a history of the character. We also talk favorite new Marvel titles, web comics and the war on Christmas.

Issue #208: Death Vigil and Star Wars Trailer Reactions Death Vigil Vol.1 y Stjepan Sejic is one of the best series out there and Bobby, Steve, Bob and Mara breakdown why you should be reading it and what they hope for a possible second volume. We also dig into some delayed Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer reactions and jaw about how The Flash and Supergirl TV shows are doing. LIGHTNING ROUND: Justice League #45, Invincible Iron Man #2, Batgirl #45, Amazing Spider-Man, New Avengers #2, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1, Power Up #4, Manifest Destingy #18, Chewbacca #2, Princeless vol. 4, Lady Killer Vol. 1. BOOKS OF THE WEEK Black Magick #1, Star Wars: Kanan #7, Two Brothers, Henchgirl SHARED BOOK OF THE WEEK: Art Ops #1 by Shaun Simon and Michael Allred. Next week’s #TCBOTW is James Bond #1 by Warren Ellis FYI: the crew have gone all superhero on the world, thanks to the wonderful Hanie Mohd. Like them? Make sure to follow her and let us know what you think of our superhero pictures. The Comic Book Podcast is

Stephanie takes over the podcast hosting duties as she has gone ahead and fired the heck out of Bobby. Steve and Bob join her via Skype and derail the heck out of the show with the boss kicked to the curb. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! LIGHTNING ROUND: Sam Wilson: Captain America #1, Astonishing Ant-Man #1, Kinski, Black Hand Comics, Black Canary #5, Secret Six #7, Gotham Academy #11, I Hate Fairyland #1, The New Deal by Jonathan Case, The Shield #1, Spider-Gwen #1. BOOKS OF THE WEEK: Regalia by Eliza Frye, Secret Wars: Agents of Atlas (One-Shot), Alias Vol. 1 SHARED BOOK OF THE WEEK: Clean Room by Gail Simone and Jon Davis-Hunt Next week's #TCBOTW is Art Ops #1 by Shaun Simon and Mike Allred

Does the announcement of the X-Men TV series mean Marvel has their hands on Fantastic Four? What did we think of Stjepan Sejic's Switch #1? Did it get us interested in the Top Cow universe? How was this week's run of All-New, All Different book? Listen to this week's Talking Comics Podcast to find out! LIGHTNING ROUND: Spider-Gwen #1, Starfire #5, DC Bombshells #3, A-Force #5,New Avengers #5, Uncanny Avengers #1, Batman #45, Twilight Children #1, Survivor's Club #1, Sex Criminals #1. BOOKS OF THE WEEK I Hate Fairyland #1 Ms. Marvel #19 Sam Wilson: Captain America #1 This weeks shared book of the week was Switch #1 by Stjepan Sejic. Next week's book is Clean Room by Gail Simone use #TCBOTW to chime in with your thoughts.

Our chats with Joshua Williamson, Paul Azaceta, Vivek Tiwary, James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan from NYCC 2015. We talk Nailbiter, The 5th Beatle, Illuminati, Outcast, Memetic, The Woods and more!