In this episode, we open an Iron Man movie figure, read e-mails from Sanna and Ray, and discuss Justice League of America 19, Captain America 36, Iron Fist 13, Countdown 6, Amazing Spider-Man 554, Iron Man 27 (which leads into the discussion about the Mandarin's rings), Death of the New Gods 7, Robin 172, Checkmate 24 and FX 1. We close with a bit of movie discussion, regarding the upcoming Hulk and Iron Man films, Justice League: The New Frontier and the upcoming Batman animated film, and the finally upcoming Evangelion movies.
So the sheet on which I wrote the show notes is at home, and I'm at work, but I want to go ahead and get the episode up, so I'll update this post later with the notes. I can tell you that 1) the audio on this one is much better and 2) we spend a lot of time talking about the Mandarin's rings.
Episode 96 - Silly Ring, Activate!
I'm back, with Omar, Chris and Melanie - it's like a Beatles reunion. We play some voicemail, and read a few e-mails, which launches us into some recommendations for classical heroics in comics (we suggest Gravity, Y The Last Man, Kingdom Come, Green Lantern Rebirth, the Dark Phoenix Saga, Batman Year One and Year Two, and Sailor Moon), a further discussion of digital comic downloads, some Transformers talk, and we ring the bell on Ray vs. Jeff, Round 2.
Then we move onto comics discussion, starting with The Last Defenders 1 and hitting on Logan 1, Wolverine 63, Serenity - Better Days 1, Green Lantern Corps 22, X-Factor 29, Walking Dead 47, Booster Gold 7, BPRD 1946 3, Abe Sapien 2, Secret Invasion Saga and Doctor Who 1.
Episode 95 - I Think They're Going Back to Mongul
In my second week off, Omar, Melanie, Chris and Nick talk about Kickass 1, Young Liars, Cable 1, Buffy 12, X-Force 2, Green Lantern 28, Detective Comics 824, Countdown 8, Uncanny X-Men 496, and the latest issue of Wormwood. Next week, I'll make my triumphant return and whip these guys back into shape.
Episode 94 - I'm Pretty Much Just Blaming the Editors
In my absence, Omar, Melanie and Chris recorded a wonderful episode of the show, in which they read a lot of really fun e-mails, and talk about Justice Society of America 13, X-Men Legacy 208, Captain America 35, Melanie discovers a small indy series called Dragonball, Ultimate Spider-Man 119, Batman 673 (not 672 as Omar guesses), Countdown 10, Teen Titans 56, and Kickass 1.
Episode 93 - No Time for Character Development
