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THE NEWS Walking Dead ends with issue #193 Marvel teases return of Marvel Zombies Marvel announces team of Axe body spray heroes New MAD content cancelled, shifts to reprinting vintage collections Charles Soule and Scott Snyder tease new Image Comics series TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave The Dreaming #11 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Bilquis Evely) Immortal Hulk #20 (W: Al Ewing, A: Joe Bennett) Forrest Doom Patrol: Weight of the Worlds #1 (W: Gerard Way, JeremyLambert + A: James Harvey) Sea of Stars #1 (W: Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum + A: Stephen Green) ComicBookRoundUp Critic: Immortal Hulk #20 (9.7) Fan: The Dreaming #11 / The Walking Dead #193 (9.8) SEGMENT: SPIDER-MAN SUPERFIGHT TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Giant Sized X-Statix #1 (W: Peter Milligan, A: Mike Allred) Forrest Miles Morales: Spider-Man #8 (W: Saladin Ahmed, A: Javier Garron) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave The Amazing Spider-Man #25 (Dan Hipp) Forrest Catwoman #13: The Offer (Joelle Jones) SEGMENT OR SOAPBOX: WHO IS THE STRONGEST INFINITY WARP? Man-Thing Than Thoom vs. Weapon Hex Off Topic Top Shelf: Dave - Mr. Bullet

THE NEWS Sina Grace shares account of struggles writing Iceman DC and Joe Hill team up for Hill House Imprint DC open to comic adaptations of Tim Burton’s Batman eventually Marvel offers retail discounts and incentives for Absolute Carnage #1 Marvel Announces One Act Plays for High Schools Discount on House of X Spider-Month Coming Soon! TOPS BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Conan the Barbarian #7 (W: Jason Aaron, A: Mahmud Asrar) The Flash #73 (W: Josh Williamson, A: Howard Porter) Forrest Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #8 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Kevin Lashley) Superior Spider-Man #8 (W: Christos Gage, A: Lan Medina) ComicBookRoundUp Critics - Dial H for Hero #4 (9.3) Fans - Martian Manhunter #6 (9.5) SEGMENT: Spider-Man Superfight TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Lois Lane #1 (W: Greg Rucka, A: Mike Perkins) Forrest Sea of Stars #1 (W: Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum, A: Stephen Green) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave Immortal Hulk #20 (Alex Ross) Forrest Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #10 (Bengal) SEGMENT OR SOAPBOX: A Real Villain from 1996 called Sir.

THE NEWS DC Replacing All Imprints With Age Labeling System - Goodbye VERTIGO, ZOOM, INK DC announces new line of YA and middle school age graphic novels. Marvel Solicits news like J.J. Abrams writing Spider-Man, and more! TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Rick and Morty #51 (W: Kyle Starks; Magdalene Visaggio, A: Marc Ellerby; Ian McGinty) Nathan James Bond 007 #8 (W: Greg Pak, A: Eric Gapstur) ComicBookRoundUp Critic - Savage Sword of Conan #6 (W: Meredith Finch, A: Luke Ross) 9.5 Fan - Lucifer #9 (W: Dan Watters, A: Kelley Jones) 9.8 TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Wolverine: Exit Wounds #1 (W: Sam Keith, Larry Hama, Chris Claremont, A: Sam Kieth, Scot Eaton, Salvador Larroca) Nathan Dick Tracy Forever #3 (W/A: Michael Avon Oeming, C: Taki Soma) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave The Flash #73 (A: Doc Shaner) Nathan Dick Tracy Forever #3 (A: Michael Avon Oeming) SEGMENT Interview - Joshua Williamson Josh has been writing The Flash since June 8, 2016, much of that run being double shipped, you might also know him from his work at Image Comics with Nailbiter and Birthright, and he will be writing the new Batman/Superman series out this August. Batman/Superman seems like the dream-come-true project. How did this project come about, did you pitch the idea or were you asked to do the series? You pointed out in your interview with the Hollywood Reporter Batman and Superman will be “spying on other heroes, friends, and allies”. Will you be exploring the morality of their acts in the series? - Nathan The new series sends Batman and Superman on a grim mission, but will we also get to see the lighter side of the best bromance in comics? - Nathan Has your approach changed in writing this series over something like The Flash? How long was Flash Year One percolating for you? The Button was tantalizing Joshua, can we hope to see more connecting to that in this run or in Flash, or elsewhere?! In issue #2 the solicit shows there’s a Dark Multiverse-infected Shazam!...you are truly writing some of the most-fun comics ever, am I right? I’m curious, as a successful comic book writer do you collect anything, comics or non-comics related? -Nathan As you probably know we here at AiPT! loved your run on Nailbiter. When might we see another Mike Henderson/Joshua Williamson collab? SEGMENT: SQUARE UP! Josh Williamson, Dave, and Nathan discuss who would be a better kindergarten teacher: Thanos or Joker?! Off Topic Top Shelf: Josh - rewatching West Wing, checking out a new show called Holy Moly, and more!

THE NEWS DC Offers Returnability on EVENT LEVIATHAN #2 and JIMMY OLSEN #1 SCOTT SNYDER Has 'Big Plans' for JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA Reuniting with JUSTICE LEAGUE LIEFELD Said DC Asked About IMAGE & EXTREME Crossover Major X Mom is Storm, daddy is Cable DIAL H FOR HERO and WONDER TWINS Increased to 12 Issues Each BOOM!, IDW, IMAGE, Others Join New 'Netflix-meets-Spotify-meets-YouTube for Comics' Streaming Service UPDATE: Marvel Announces Their WEAPON PLUS Book TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Spider-Man: Life Story #4 (W: Chip Zdarsky, A: Mark Bagley) The Ride: Burning Desire #1 (W: Doug Wagner, A: Daniel Hillyard and Adam Hughes) Forrest Silver Surfer: Black #1 (W: Donny Cates, A: Tradd Moore) Superior Spider-Man #7 (W: Christos Gage, A: Lan Medina) ComicBookRoundUp Critic - Immortal Hulk #19 (9.5) Fan - Immortal Hulk #19 (9.7) SEGMENT: Pride Month - How do comics improve representation?! TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Psi-lords #1 (W: Fred Van Lente, A: Renato Guedes) Forrest Wyrd #4 (W: Curt Pires, A: Antonio Fuso) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave Hellboy And The B.P.R.D.: The Beast Of Vargu (Variant cover by Duncan Fegredo) Forrest Miles Morales: Spider-Man #7 (Patrick O’Keefe) Back catalogue or LCS picks Fantastic Four #49 - The Punisher Amazing Spider-Man #101 Off Topic Top Shelf: Dave - What We Do in the Shadows TV SHOW

THE NEWS Rick Grimes dies in Walking Dead #192 C.B. Cebulski promises more permanent deaths in Marvel books DC Ink reveals four new books and teams Marvel prepares to launch new Young Gun lineup Chelsea Cain uses critic’s tweets in the latest issue of Maneaters TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Forrest Meet the Skrulls #5 (W: Robbie Thompson, A: Niko Henrichon) DCeased #2 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Trevor Hairsine) Dave Justice League #25 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Jorge Jimenez) The Dreaming #10 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Bilquis Evely) ComicBookRoundUp Critic - Meet the Skrulls #5 (9.5) Fan - Justice League #25 (9.2) SEGMENT: Pride Month Our favorite books from LGBTQ creators, characters, stories, representation in the medium, etc. TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Silver Surfer Black #1 (W: Donny Cates, A: Tradd Moore) Forrest Batman and The Outsiders #2 (W: Bryan Hill, A: Dexter Soy) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave The Ride: Burning Desire #1 (A: Adam Hughes) Forrest Silver Surfer Black #1 (A: Tradd Moore) Off Topic Top Shelf: Forrest - Wizard Fight by Weedeater (God Luck and Good Speed, 2007)

THE NEWS DC Announces Batman/Catwoman, King officially off Batman at issue 85 DC will stop double shipping books in 2020 Marvel brings back post credits scenes for Absolute Carnage Immortal Hulk #1 goes back for 5th printing, will release at reduced price TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Nathan Star Wars #108 (W: Matthew Rosenberg, A: various) Giant-Man #2 (W: Leah Williams, A: Marco Castiello) Forrest X-23 #12 (W: Mariko Tamaki, A: Diego Olortegui) Coda #12 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Matias Bergara) ComicBookRoundUp Critic: Immortal Hulk #18 (9.3) Fan: Doomsday Clock #10 (9.8) SEGMENT: On Endings: We discuss our favorite comic book endings, be it whole stories, individual issues, runs, or thematic endings. TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK (6/5/19) Nathan: Six Million Dollar Man #4 (W: Chris Hastings, A: David Hahn) *Forrest: Black Cat #1 (W: Jed Mackay, A: Travel Foreman) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. (6/5/19) Nathan: The Green Lantern #8 (Liam Sharp) *Forrest: Tony Stark Iron Man #12 (Alexander Lozano) SEGMENT Trash it or Treasure it: Bizzaro Off Topic Top Shelf Nathan James Bond Movies

THE NEWS Jordan White interview later in the show!! Tom King will exits Batman after Issue #85 Review sales figures: War of the Realms #1 was #1 37.5 million made in April vs. $45.84 million made in April 2018 Marvel released twice as many comics as DC Batman Who Laughs still tops at #2 X-Men Monday, HICKMAN ANSWERS, lets discuss: On Magneto: “That with each passing day he’s, more and more, ideologically ‘of the times.’” On X-Men as a team: the idea of ‘teams’ and ‘schools’ and other ‘ways to get things done’ aren’t necessarily the kind of things that we want to hold too tight to. X-Men costumes, Storm has all the old costumes in her wardrobe, why not wear them depending on the art team and how they want her to look? Absolute Carnage Schedule, Tie-ins announced Spider-Gwen relaunches as Ghost-Spider TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave War Of The Realms Strikeforce: The Land Of Giants #1 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Jorge Molina) Forrest Martian Manhunter #5 (W: Steve Orlando, A: Riley Rossmo) TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Batman: Last Knight on Earth #1 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Greg Capullo) Forrest The Grand Abyss Hotel (W: Marcos Prior, A: David Rubin) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave The Magnificent Ms. Marvel #3 (Eduard Petrovich) Forrest Vader - Dark Visions #4 (Greg Smallwood) Segment: Interview: X-Men editor Jordan White talks comics! He goes into his job as Senior X-Men editor, answers a few questions about Jonathan Hickman's new take on the title, talks Cyclops and Gambit, and so much more! Segment: SUPERFIGHT Gambit vs. Batgirl: Who is the better pro skater? Jordan White, David, Forrest, and Chris Hassan weight in. Off Topic Top Shelf - X-Men senior editor Jordan White talks about his favorite movie Evil Dead (2013).

THE NEWS Hickman reveals plans for X-Men books through 2020 Tom King promises Batman change “For a generation” Robert Kirkman hints Rick Grimes dies next issue Marvel brings back Power Pack, DC brings back WildCATS (and other solicit info like Green Lanterns of the Universe, death of the speed force) Stumptown adaptation to air on ABC TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Justice League #24 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Jorge Jimenez) Star Wars: TIE Fighter #2 (W: Jody Houser, A: Roge Antonio) Forrest Spider-Man: Life Story #3 (W: Chip Zdarsky, A: Mark Bagley) Spider-Man and the League of Realms #1 (W: Sean Ryan, A: Nico Leon) ComicBookRoundUp Critic: Gideon Falls #13 (9.8) (W: Jeff Lemire, A: Andrea Sorrentino) Fan: Little Bird #3 (10) (W: Darcy Van Poelgeest, A: Ian Bertram) SEGMENT: SUPERFIGHT Ra's al Ghul and Rocket Raccoon (who is a better infomercial spokesman). TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave The Flash #71 (W: Joshua Williamson, A: Howard Porter) Forrest Marvel Comics Presents #5 JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave Tony Stark: Iron Man #11 (Alexander Lozano) Forrest Martian Manhunter #5 (Joshua Middleton) SEGMENT: Soap Box - Star Wars comics should stay in one time period! Off Topic Top Shelf: Dave - Rammstein’s new album

THE NEWS Marvel Comics posts full-page ads concerning multiple creative teams. Lion Forge and Oni Press to merge. Heroes in Crisis rescheduled to line up with Doomsday Clock reveal MARVELS ANNOTATED #4 Pushed Back 5 Weeks Dark Horse signs “first look” deal with Netflix TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Juan Cabal) Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale #1 (W: Lauren Myracle, A: Isaac Goodhart) Forrest Wyrd #3 (W: Curt Pires, A: Antonio Fusso) Star Wars Age of Rebellion: Boba Fett (W: Greg Pak, A: Marc Laming) ComicBookRoundUp Critic: Ice Cream Man #12 (W: W. Maxwell Prince, A: Martin Morazzo) Fan: Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Juan Cabal) SEGMENT: Trending now: 1,000 issues! The Marvel universe has 1,000 chapters TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Spider-Man: Life Story #3 (W: Chip Zdarsky, A: Mark Bagley) Forrest Spider-Man & The League of Realms #1 (W: Sean Ryan, A: Nico Leon) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave Batgirl Vol. 5: Art Of The Crime (Julian Totino Tedesco) Forrest American Gods: The Moment of the Storm #2 (David Mack) Off Topic Top Shelf: Forrest - ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads

THE NEWS Comichron report indicates comics market is growing, not through single issues Major Comic Book/Graphic Novel Distributor Stops Sales To Individual Comic Stores & Bookstores Batman/Superman returns from Josh Williamson and David Marquez Year of the Villain will end in a giant battle, continue through 2020 DC will release 8-bit series leading up to Batman: Curse of the White Knight TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave The Green Lantern #7 (W: Grant Morrison, A: Liam Sharp) Justice League #23 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Jorge Jimenez) Spider-Man #1 FCBD (W: Donny Cates, Tom Taylor, Saladin Ahmed, A: Ryan Stegman, Cory Smith) Forrest War of the Realms #3 (W: Jason Aaron, A: Russell Dauterman) DCeased #1 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Trevor Hairsine) ComicBookRoundUp Critic: Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #7 (9.7) Fan: Paper Girls #28 (9.2) SEGMENT: Trash it or Treasure it. We trash Gambit! TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave The Flash #70 (W: Joshua Williamson, A: Howard Porter) Forrest Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Yildiray Cinar) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave Marvels Annotated #3 (Gabriele Dell'Otto) Forrest Black Hammer: Age of Doom #10 (Dean Ormston) SEGMENT: Character Trivia! Off Topic Top Shelf: Dave - Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful Eight Netflix mini-series

Our thoughts. What was good and what was bad. BIG EVENTS Pepper’s RESCUE (Mk 1616) Armor- Invincible Iron Man #10 (2009) Matt Fraction, Salvador Larocca Professor Hulk- First appearance Incredible Hulk #377 (1991) By Peter David and Dave Keown Ronin- New Avengers #27 (2007) Brian Michael Bendis, Lenil Yu New Asgard- Thor by J. Michael Straczynski (Oklahoma, not Norway) “Hail Hydra” - Secret Empire by Nick Spencer Cap wields Mjolnir - 5 times. First: Thor #390 (Tom DeFalco, Ron Frenz) Most recent: Secret Empire #10 (Nick Spencer, Steve McNiven) A-Force - Big finish we get a shot of Shuri, Captain Marvel, Valkyrie, Pepper, Okoye, Scarlet Witch, and Wasp. By G. Willow Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Jim Cheung Falcon becomes Captain America - Secret Empire - Falcon series Captain America: Sam Wilson Vol. 1 by Nick Spencer Daniel Acuna Extra things of note Jim Starlin Cameo Namor Ant-Man’s original helmet Carol’s Haircut Hulk holding a mountain of rubble Black Widow’s Ballet Shoes Cap wears a Roscoe name tag Asgardians of the Galaxy Howard the fucking duck Cosmic Ghost Rider - kill baby thanos Where do we go from here.

THE NEWS Sienkiewicz and Claremont pitching New Mutants return to Marvel Image Comic Solicits for July include new series from Jason Aaron, Cullen Bunn Detective Comics tops March sales, Marvel still wins units sold Heroes in Crisis Killer Revealed Endgame and comic talk, next special episode! TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Freedom Fighters #4 (W: Robert Venditti, A: Eddy Barrows) Rick and Morty #49 (W: Kyle Starks, Karla Pacheco, A: Marc Ellerby, Ian McGinty) Forrest Coda #11 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Matias Bergara) Thanos #1 (W: Tini Howard, A: Ariel Olivetti) ComicBookRoundUp Critic: Fearscape #5 (9.1) W: Ryan O’Sullivan, A: Andrea Mutti Fan: Wildstorm #22 (9.2) W: Warren Ellis, A: Jon Davis-Hunt SEGMENT: EISNER Award Nominations TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Gogor #1 (Ken Garing) Forrest Beasts of Burden: The Presence of Others #1 (W: Evan Dorkin, A: Jill Thompson) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave Green Lantern #7 (Liam Sharp) Forrest Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History #3 (Gerardo Sandoval) Off Topic Top Shelf: Forrest - “Lush” by Snail Mail

THE NEWS Marvel teases the conclusion of Uncanny X-Men, Jane Foster is Valkyrie this July, and more! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Co-Writer PHIL LORD Writing SPIDER-MAN (and Possibly SPIDER-HAM) DC Universe starts adding 10,000 comics this week Mark Millar’s Space Bandits might not be as original as it thinks it is ** TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK** Dave Spider-Man: Life Story #2 (W: Chip Zdarsky, A: Mark Bagley) High Level #3 (W: Rob Sheridan, A: Barnaby Bagenda) Forrest NextGen #3 (W: Ed Brisson, A: Marcus To) Meet the Skrulls #3 (W: Robbie Thompson, A: Niko Henrichon) ComicBookRoundUp W/ MORE THAN 3 REVIEWS* Critic: Little Bird #2 (W: Darcy Van Poelgeest, A: Ian Bertram) 9.6 Fan: Miles Morales: Spider-Man #5 (W: Saladin Ahmed, A: Javi Garron) 9.4 SEGMENT: SQUARE UP! It’s a Big Two all-out brawl of who can do...mostly not fighting the best? One random DC character VS. one random Marvel character VS. a Superfight selected scenario! Who comes out on top? TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Doctor Strange #13 (W: Mark Waid, A: Barry Kitson) Forrest The Replacer (W: Zac Thompson, A: Arjuna Susini) **JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. ** Dave The Flash #69 (A: Mitch Gerads) Forrest Ghost Tree #1 (A: Simon Gane) Panels of Purpose Anything that struck us from the last week we want to point out be it meaningful, insane gore, insane whatever as long as it's insanely good! Dave - Avengers: No Road Home #10 by Sean Izaakse Off Topic Top Shelf: Dave - HBO's Barry

THE NEWS Marvel teases “Acts of Evil” for July Robert Kirkman addresses lack of Walkers in The Walking Dead DC’s Young Animal returns Saga to end with issue #108 Major X #1 selling for 2x cover price on Ebay & Rob Liefield’s speculations Death probably dissolved Cyclops and Jean Grey’s Marriage ** TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK** Dave STAR WARS: AGE OF REBELLION – GRAND MOFF TARKIN #1 (W: Greg Pak, A: Marc Laming) Faithless #1 (W: Brian Azzarello, A: Maria Llovet) Forrest Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #5 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Yildiray Cinar) Star Wars: Age of Rebellion - Princess Leia (W: Greg Pak, A: Chris Sprouse) **ComicBookRoundUp ** Critic Murder Falcon #7 (9.7) Critic Fan Dead Man Logan #6 (9.2) Fan SEGMENT: Trending now: Delays and other issues at DC… Batman: Damned #3 pushed back 2 weeks, Doomsday Clock #10 2 months TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Star Wars: TIE Fighter #1 (W: Jody Houser, A: Roge Antonia) Forrest Bloodborne #11 (W: Ales Kot, A: Brad Simpson, Pitor Kowalski) **JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. ** Dave Barbarella / Dejah Thoris #3 (Julius Ohta) Forrest Spider-Man Life Story #2: The ‘70s (Chip Zdarsky) **SOAPBOX: WWSMD - Forrest ** Off Topic Top Shelf: Forrest - “It’s Alive!”

THE NEWS Batman is the first Comic-Con hall of fame inductee Image co-founder Erik Larsen returning to Marvel for select short stories Jim Lee will draw Spawn, first Image series to reach 300 issues Dark Horse cancels Astro Hustle amid abuse allegations against Jai Nitz Icarus and the Sun is the most funded Indiegogo comic of all time TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave War of the Realms #1 (W: Jason Aaron, A: Russell Dauterman) Justice League #21 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Jorge Jimenez) Forrest Conan #5 (W: Jason Aaron, A: Mahmud A. Asrar) Marvel Team-Up #1 (W: Eve Ewing, A: Joey Vazquez) SEGMENT: Holy grails! What single issue or comic related figure, poster, etc. would be the one that you would trade over a $150k X-men collection for? TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Faithless #1 (W: Brian Azzarello, A: Maria Llovet) Forrest Symbiote Spider-Man #1 (W: Peter David, A: Greg Land) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR Dave Superman #10 (Adam Hughes) Forrest The Flash #68 Variant (Mitch Gerads) Trash it or Treasure it - We spin a list of characters to determine who we’ll get. We then must defend or diss that character for their merits in 2 minutes or less. Off Topic Top Shelf Pick: Mandy

THE NEWS Tini Howard signs Marvel exclusive contract Steve Ditko’s self published work collected for bookstore market IDW for sale? JP Morgan hired to review More Hickman X-ads WonderCon news grab bag TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Flash #67 (W: Joshua Williamson, A: Scott Kolins) Star Wars: Vader - Dark Visions #2 (W: Dennis Hallum, A: Brian Level) Forrest Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #2 (W: Leah Williams, A: Georges Jeanty) Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #3 (W: Kieron Gillen, A: Caspar Wijngaard) SEGMENT: Obscure character bio: let’s try this a bit differently, I list off details of a character and you guess who it is! I have one picked out from Marvel. I start with obscure facts until we get closer to more widely known ones. TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Age of X-Man: Prisoner X #2 (W: Vita Ayala, A: German Peralta) Forrest Redlands #12 (W: Jordie Bellaire, A: Bellaire, Vanessa R. Del Rey) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave The Dreaming #8 (Tiffany Turrill) Forrest Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History #2 (Marcos Martin) SEGMENT: Detective Comics #1000 is here! We talk the issue, our favorite bat stories and characters, the legacy and impact of the bat-verse at large and that controversial Zack Snyder statement that he definitely kills people.

THE NEWS Hickman is coming July 2019! But to do what!? X-Men! Absolute Carnage is coming August 2019. A look ahead to the Marvel mystery event yet to be revealed starting December 2019. ALTERED CARBON is getting a comic book at Dynamite Entertainment. Batman Who Laughs the only comic to top 100k in Feb 2019. New Service Brings Free Comics to Your Nintendo Switch. TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Justice League #20 (W: Scott Snyder & Jorge Jimenez, A: Jorge Jimenez) Meet the Skrulls #2 (W: Robbie Thompson A: Niko Henrichon) Forrest Meet the Skrulls #2 (W: Robbie Thompson A: Niko Henrichon) Invisible Kingdom #1 (W: G. Willow Wilson, A: Christian Ward) SEGMENT: SQUARE UP! It’s a Big Two all-out brawl of who can do...mostly not fighting the best? One random DC character VS. one random Marvel character VS. a Superfight selected scenario! Who comes out on top? TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Detective Comics #1000 (W: Various, A: Various) Forrest Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt #3 (W: Kieron Gillen, A: Caspar Wijngaard) Best COVER OF NEXT WEEK **Forrest: ** Alien 3 #5 (A: Johnnie Christmas) **Dave: ** Detective Comics #1,000 (A: Steve Rude variant cover) **Soap Box: ** Forrest talks about marketing language which talks about how long a story has been in the making.

**THE NEWS ** Second Coming goes from DC Vertigo to AHOY Comics Jonathan Hickman coming back to Marvel? Marvel Studios Producing ‘What If’ TV Series For Disney+ All new comic series! Bloodshot ongoing is coming this September, from writer Tim Seeley and artist Brett Booth. Timed so that a collected edition will be out coinciding with Sony's Bloodshot movie on February 21, 2020. WOLVERINE: Exit Wounds #1 Chris Claremont, Larry Hama, Sam Keith, Salvador Larroca and more Donny Cates & Tradd Moore launch new Silver Surfer title. Matt Wagner's Grendel Prime returns with Devil’s Odyssey DC ZOOM & DC INK - new titles. Superman Year One by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr. release schedule announced.**** **TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK ** **Dave ** - Avengers: No Road Home #5 Chris- Amazing Spider-Man #17 by Nick Spencer and Humberto Ramos **Trash it or Treasure It **- We randomely select a character and then the host must defend or diss (based on a coin flip) that character for their merits in 2 minutes or less. **TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK ** Dave Justice League #20 (W: Scott Snyder and Jorge Jiménez, A: Jorge Jiménez) Chris Uncanny X-Men #14 (W: Matthew Rosenberg, A: Salvador Larroca) **Best Comic Book COVER OF NEXT WEEK ** **Chris: **- Uncanny X-Men #14 - Art by Salvador Larroca **Dave: **- Captain Marvel #3 - Art by Amanda Conner Soap Box: Spider-Man: Life Story is something we should see more of: In 1962, in AMAZING FANTASY #15, 15-year-old Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider and became the Amazing Spider-Man! Fifty-seven years have passed in the real world since that event - so what would have happened if the same amount of time passed for Peter as well?

THE NEWS Mike Deodato Jr. leaves Marvel after Savage Avengers IDW CEO stepping down & IDW Board Member accused of fraud BAT-SIGNAL to be Lit at Cities Worldwide for BATMAN's 80th Anniversary on Batman Day The Orville Soars Into Comic Books With Dark Horse TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Age Of X-Man: Prisoner X #1 (W: Vita Ayala, A: German Peralta) Chris Uncanny X-Men #13 (W: Matthew Rosenberg, A: Salvador Larroca) TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Batman Who Laughs the Grim Knight #1 (W: James T Tynion IV, Scott Snyder, A: Eduardo Risso) Chris Age of X-Man: The Marvelous X-Men #2 (W: Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson A: Marco Failla) An interview with SCOTT SNYDER which took place on Wednesday, March 6, 2019

THE NEWS Donny Cates receives death threats over Venom Chris Claremont returns to X-Men for one more story After confusion, DC books will continue at Walmart Marvel introduces a new Spider-Man this Summer TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK Dave Savage Sword #2 Gerry Duggan and Ron Garney; Peter Cannon Thunderbolt #2 W: Kieron Gillen W: Caspar Wijingaard Forrest Daredevil #2 (W: Chip Zdarsky, A: Marco Checcetto; Redlands #11 (W: Jordie Bellaire A: Vanesa Del Rey) SEGMENT: Tales from the Back Catalogue! Quirky picks from recent back catalog reads, trivia from issues past, fun finds at the LCS, and more! TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK Dave Star Wars Vader Dark Visions #1 (W: Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum, A: Paolo Villanelli) Forrest Meet the Skrulls #1 (W: Robbie Thompson, A: Niko Henrichon) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Dave Star Wars Vader Dark Visions #1 (Greg Smallwood) Forrest Six Million Dollar Man #1 Variant (Michael Walsh) SEGMENT: Top artists and writers of February 2019. Dave: W: Gerry Duggan A: Alex Ross Forrest: W: Si Spurrier A: Jorge Corona

THE NEWS DC Zombies is here, Tom Taylor is writing DCeased Cullen Bunn Reveals Cut X-Men Blue Ideas Comics Twitter Craves Alternate Gwen Stacy Story Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Upcoming Batman book will be their last TOP BOOKS FROM LAST WEEK Dave Aquaman #45 (W:Kelly Sue DeConnick & A: Robson Rocha) and High Level #1 (W: Rob Sheridan, A: Barnaby Bagenda) Forrest Venom #11 (W: Donny Cates, A: Ryan Stegman) and Coda #9 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Matias Bergara) SEGMENT: DREAM TEAMS With Logan and Cyclops officially working together in Uncanny X #12 out this week, we’re talking our dream teams. Across all publishers, across all lines, powers, and people to wear the cowl or cape. We each pick 3 people to put on a team and name the team. TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK: Dave Fantastic Four #7 (W: Dan Slott, A: Aaron Kuder) Forrest Martian Manhunter #3 (W: Steve Orlando, A: Riley Rossmo) Special Segment: We interview CHRISTOPHER SEBELA

THE NEWS Hulu launching Marvel animated series leading to ‘The Offenders’ Donny Cates down to lead the Marvel Ultimate Universe Second Coming canceled - Batman Damned #3 delayed - Does DC Have a controversy problem? Savage Avengers TOP BOOKS FROM LAST WEEK Connor Oblivion Song #12- Robert Kirkman and Lorenzo DeFelici and The Magic Order #6- Mark Millar and Oliver Coipel Dave Marvels Annotated #1 - Kurt Busiek, Alex Ross and Wonder Twins #1 - Mark Russell, Stephen Byrne Forrest Age of X-Man: Nextgen #1 (W: Ed Brisson, A: Marcus To) and Savage Sword of Conan #1 (W: Gerry Duggan A: Ron Garney) SQUARE UP! It’s a Big Two all-out brawl of who can do...mostly not fighting the best? One random DC character VS. one random Marvel character VS. a Superfight selected scenario! Who comes out on top? TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK Connor Nightwing #57- Scott Lobdell/Zack Kaplan and Travis Moore Bonus shoutout to the Wild Storm Dave Sharkey the Bounty Hunter - Mark Millar, Simone Bianchi Forrest Hulkverines #1 (W: Greg Pak, A: Ario Anindito) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Connor Solo: A Star Wars Story Adaptation #5 Cover B Incentive Scott Forbes Variant Cover Dave Catwoman #8 Joëlle Jones Forrest Batman #65 Variant (A: Guillem March) Trending Now (for not long): Umbrella Academy, Doom Patrol, Deadly Class -- Runaways, Cloak and Dagger, Titans, Teen Titans Go, The Gifted, Legends of Tomorrow Failed: Generation X, Inhumans, New Mutants (wtf when is it coming out you fuckers) (What is left: Teen Titans, Gen 13, Young Avengers?) ….reaction from CW tv shows

THE NEWS Wendy’s chooses Marvel comics over DC Comics Mike Miller sparks controversy Rob Liefeld announces final Deadpool story TOP BOOKS FROM LAST WEEK Connor Batman #64 Written by Josh Williamson Drawn by Guillem March, Old Man Quill #1 Written by Ethan Sacks Drawn by Robert Gill Dave The Dreaming #6 Si Spurrier, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes, Justice League #17 Snyder, Cheung Forrest Daredevil #1 (W: Chip Zdarsky, A: Marco Checcetto), Marvelous X-Men #1 (W: Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson, A: Marco Failla) Comic Book Round Up CAST THIS: Marvel wants to recast Wolverine for the MCU but we’re beating them there! We’re talking casting: Jean Grey, Angel, Iceman, Beast, Cyclops, Professor X and Logan. TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK Connor The Magic Order #6- Mark Millar and Oliver Coipel Dave Flash #64 Joshua Williamson Rafa Sandoval Forrest Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #5 (W: Seanan McGuire A: Takeshi Miyaza) COVER OF NEXT WEEK Connor Justice League Dark #8 Cover A Dave Avengers: No Road Home #1 Mark Brooks Forrest William Gibson’s Alien 4 (Johnnie Christmas) Trash it or Treasure it - We randomly select a character, this week Thanos, and then we then must defend or diss that character. This week we must defend Thanos!

THE NEWS Kickstarted comics saw a boom in 2018 Venom Fans Baffled by Ted Bundy Free Comic Book Day reveals! DC Ink (YA) and DC Zoom (middle grade) plus Marvel: FCBD Avengers TOP BOOKS FROM LAST WEEK Connor Justice League Annual #1 and Heroes in Crisis #5 (w) Tom King & (a) Clay Mann Dave Journey into Unknown Worlds #1 and JL Annual #1 Forrest Wyrd #1 (W: Curt Pires, A: Antonio Fuso) and Age of X-Man Alpha #1 (W: Zac Thompson, Lonnie Nadler A: Ramon Rosanas) and Quick shoutout: Shanghai Red TPB ComicBookRoundUp Hex Wives #4 - 9.2 and Justice League Annual #1 - 8.9 TRENDING NOW: It takes two (or three, four, more!) to tango: it seems like there are more and more series coming out with multiple writers on one issue. Uncanny X-Men, the new Marvel miniseries from the McElroy family, Avengers: No Surrender and it’s sequel No Road Home, the unannounced Scott Snyder/Charles Soule book - do these books provide a good break from the monotony of one writer for too long, or do they suffer from too many cooks in the kitchen? The Signal Scott Snyder, Tony Patrick TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK Connor Daredevil #1 (W) Chip Zdarsky and (a) Marco Checchetto Dave Age of X-man Marvelous X-Men #1 (W) Lonnie Nadler, Zac Thompson (A) Marco Failla Forrest Conan #3 (W: Jason Aaron, A: Mahmud Asrar) JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. Connor: Batman #428 Cover C ACE Entertainment Exclusive Mike Mignola Dave: Daredevil #1 (Jamal Campbell Cover) Forrest: Tony Stark: Iron Man #8 (Alexander Lozano) WEEKLY SOAPBOX: [FORREST] The simple joy of seeing artists do what they love on social media (Riley Rossmo, Daniel Warren Johnson, Becky Cloonan, Emily Pearson, Revenge of the Nerds shop)

WELCOME & INTROS THE NEWS 1: Cyclops week (yahoooooo) 2: Tom King’s Lois Lane Story 3: George Perez Announces Retirement 4: Damage, Titans, and Scooby-Doo Apocalypse cancelled by DC 5: DC Organizational Shakeups (feel like this has been pretty big news) TOP BOOKS FROM LAST WEEK Connor Crypt of Shadows #1- Written by Al Ewing, Drawn by Garry Brown, Stephen Green, and Djibril Morissette-Phan American Carnage #3- Written by Bryan Hill and Drawn by Leandro Fernandez Dave Freedom Fighters #2 Robert Venditti & Eddy Burrows Justice League #16 Snyder, Tynion IV, Stephen Segovia and Jim Cheung Forrest Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (W: Donny Cates A: Geoff Shaw) Rolled and Told January Top 3 writers and Top 3 artists of the month Last week of each month we recap our BIG BOARD of creators (similar to the Wizard Magazine top 10 each month) Connor - Writer- Kieron Gillen, Artist- Andrea Sorrentino (he did the art for Avengers #13 too) Dave - Jason Aaron (Conan and Avengers) - Bilquis Evely - The Dreaming TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK Connor Captain America #7- Written by Ta-Nahesi Coates and Drawn By Adam Kubert Dave Justice League Annual #1 Snyder, Tynion - Daniel Sempere Forrest Age of X-Man Alpha COVER OF NEXT WEEK Connor: Heroes in Crisis #5 Cover B Variant by Ryan Sook Dave: Mysteries Of Love In Space #1 Joelle Jones Forrest: Terminator: Sector War #3 Tula Lotay Soapbox - Bill Maher goes after comic book fans ... again GOODBYES, LIKE, REVIEW, SUBSCRIBE, AND SHARE!

WELCOME & INTROS THE NEWS Diamond’s 2018 Best Sellers Kieron Gillen leaving Star Wars Rob Liefeld’s new Major X comic will introduce a new X-men character TOP 3 BOOKS FROM LAST WEEK Connor 1 Gideon Falls #10- Jeff Lemiere and Andrea Sorrentino 2 The Batman Who Laughs #2 3 Justice League Dark #7- written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Alvaro Martinez Bueno Dave 1 Fantastic Four #6 2 The Batman Who Laughs #2 3 Black Widow #1 Forrest 1 Conan #2 (W: Jason Aaron A: Mahmud Asrar) 2 Middlewest #3 (W: Skottie Young A: Jorge Corona) 3 Venom #10 (W: Donny Cates A: Ryan Stegman) ComicBookRoundUp 1 Thor #8- 9.3 2 Gideon Falls #10- 9.3 3 The Wicked + Divine #41- 9.3 TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK: Connor - WILD STORM #19 Forrest - Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (W: Donny Cates A: Geoff Shaw) Dave - Naomi #1 Bendis Jamal Campbell COVER OF NEXT WEEK: Connor: Mars Attacks #4 Cover H Robert Hack Dave: Guardians Of The Galaxy #1 Variant cover by Gerald Parel Forrest: The Man Without Fear #4 Variant (A: Declan Shalvey) SEGMENT OF THE WEEK: SQUARE UP! It’s a Big Two all out brawl of who can do...mostly not fighting the best? One random DC character VS. one random Marvel character VS. a Superfight selected scenario! Who comes out on top? WEEKLY SOAPBOX: [Connor] - Inconsistent artists derailing series GOODBYES, LIKE, REVIEW, SUBSCRIBE & SHARE!

The show opens talking about comic book news: Dark Horse publishing Aladdin and Dumbo Valiant picks up Heather Antos as editor Comixology Unlimited adds DC comics Congress representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quotes Alan Moore Top 3 books from last week: Connor Prodigy #2, 2. Oblivion Song #11, 3. Star Wars: Age of Republic: Jango Fett #1 Dave 1. Captain Marvel #1 , 2. Justice League #15, 3. Wrong Earth #5 Forrest 1. Martian Manhunter #2 , 2. Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #4, 3. Uncanny X-Men #9 ComicBookRoundUp 1. Bitter Root #3- David Walker with Chuck Brown and Sanford Green- 9.2, 2. Prodigy #2- Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque- 9.1, 3. Criminal #1- Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips- 9.0 Trending Now: Podcastception! Wolverine: The Long Night, an adaptation of their popular podcast series, hit the stands last week and Marvel has said this is only the beginning of a bigger podcast-verse. What’s the endgame here? Does the audio-first format translate well to comics? Vice versa? Top Book for Next Week: Connor - Gideon Falls #10 - David Marvel Comics Presents #1 - Forrest - Venom #10 Cover of Next Week:: Connor- Red Hood: Outlaw #30 Cover B Phillip Tan Variant - David - Conan The Barbarian #2 (Mark Brooks) - Forrest - Detective Comics #996 Variant (Brian Stelfreeze) Segment of the Week: Tales from the Back Catalogue!: Discussing recent back issue pickups or reads we’re excited about, big differences we see between these and more recent stories, etc. Dave: What if #2 - What if Hulk had the brain of bruce banner? Roy Thomas & Herb Trimpe Forrest: What mysterious benefactor dropped off first prints of Venom: Lethal Protector for me to find? Connor: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #71- SJW liberal snowflakes apparently started ruining comics in 1982!

We first discuss the news which includes Tom King responding to CIA career questions, delve into IDW Chairman loaning IDW $28 million for live action shows, and discuss DC Comics' tribute to Stan Lee. We then recap all our favorite comics out January 2nd which includes two picks for Conan the Barbarian and two picks for Uncanny X-Men. We also discuss obscure character Ursa Major, discuss the most anticipated comics out January 9th, and discuss how retro-anything is trending. Dave also gets on the soapbox to end the show to discuss a comic fanboy gripe. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @AiPTcomics

Our very first episode dives into our favorite books out December 26, 2018, we cast an X-Force movie (based on the latest issue) and discuss our favorite books and comic covers out January 2nd, 2019. Forrest talks about comic book event tie-in issues spoiling series and we also talk about the trending theme of "Old..." characters like Old Man Logan and Old Lady Harley.