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History of Comic Books Podcast

History of Comic Books Podcast

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The Classics - "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" by Tom King & Bilquis Evely

May 15, 20265 min

Archives - The Life of Matt Baker

May 8, 202617 min

Archives - The Life of Kurt Schaffenberger

May 1, 202623 min

Archives - The Life of Arthur Adams

Apr 23, 202627 min

Archives - "John Romita Sr., The Quintessential Marvel Artist

Apr 17, 202629 min

Archivies - George Tuska, A True Professional

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of George Tuska, one of the great professionals of the comic book medium.

Apr 10, 202620 min

Archives - "The Controversial Inks of Vinnie Colletta

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Vinnie Colletta, one of the most controversial inkers in comic book history.

Apr 3, 202623 min

Archives - The Brilliant Inks of Joe Sinott

And now a resposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Sinott, one of comic books greatest inkers.

Mar 27, 202619 min

Archives - The Incredible Life of Herb Trimpe

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Herb Trimpe, one of Marvel's great artists of the 70's and 80's, along with giving one of the best runs on the Incredible Hulk ever.

Mar 20, 202628 min

Archives - History of Fiction House, Part Two

And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Fiction House, one of the classic publishing houses of the Golden Age of American Comic Books.

Mar 12, 202617 min

Archives - The History of Fiction House, Part One

And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Fiction House, a forgotten but pivotal publisher of comic books Golden Age.

Mar 6, 202625 min

Archives - Pulps, The Precursor to the American Comic Book, Part Two

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of pulp magazines, the precursor to American comic books, as we get into the introduction of the superhero genre.

Feb 27, 202625 min

Archives - Pulps the Precursor to the American Comic Book, Part One

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of pulp magazines, the precursor to the American comic book.

Feb 20, 202630 min

Archives - Marvel vs. DC, Part Three

And now a reposting of the final part of this too brief and rambling history of Marvel vs. DC, which catches up with comic books classic rivalry into modern day.

Feb 13, 202612 min

Archives - Marvel Vs. DC, Part Two

And now a reposting of this second part of the history of Marvel vs. DC, as their rivalry would actually find themselves working together at times.

Feb 6, 202631 min

Archives - Marvel Vs. DC, Part One

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the famous rivarly between Marvel and DC Comics.

Jan 30, 202629 min

Archives - The Speculation Crash of the 1990s

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Speculation Crash of the 1990's, one of the darkest times in comic book history.

Jan 23, 202613 min

The Classics - "All You Need Is Kill" by Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Ryesuke Takeuchi & Takeshi Obata

And now a rambling and too brief review of "All You Need Is Kill", a superb manga adaptation of the now science fiction classic by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.

Jan 16, 20265 min

Archives - The Life of Frank Miller, Part Two

And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Frank Miller, as he ventures into his most popular creator owned work before his career starts to deminish.

Jan 9, 202625 min

Archives - The Life of Frank Miller, Part One

And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Frank Miller, one of the most important writer/artists of the 1980's and 90's.

Jan 2, 202626 min

Merry Christmas from History of Comic Books Podcast

Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays

Dec 25, 20251 min

Archives - Shazam

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of the 2019 film, "Shazam", which besides being a great comic book movie, makes a great Christmas movie to boot.

Dec 19, 20254 min

Archives - The Christmas Classics: "Sin City: Silent Night" by Frank Miller

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: Silent Night" by Frank Miller, in which he tells a Christmas story in his classic crime noir universe.

Dec 12, 20254 min

Archives - "Holiday Knights" from "The New Adventures of Batman & Robin"

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Holiday Knights", the first episode of "The New Adventures of Batman & Robin" that delivered a fun Christmas anthology.

Dec 5, 20256 min

Archives - The Life of Jim Valentino

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jim Valentino, the Image founder who wasn't a superstar but helped lay the ground work for what the company would become.

Nov 27, 202520 min

Archives - The Life of Marc Silvestri

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Marc Silvestri, another of the original Image founders.

Nov 21, 202526 min

Archives - Whilce Portacio, the Odd Image Founder Out

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Whilce Portacio, the original seventh member of Image Comics who was never really a founder.

Nov 14, 202517 min

Archives: The Life of Todd McFarlane

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography Todd McFarlane, one of the founding members of Image Comics.

Nov 7, 202534 min

Archives - The Creepy Classics: "Saga of the Swamp Thing"

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "The Saga of the Swamp Thing", Alan Moore's brilliant revival of the classic DC character that set the standard for him there after.

Oct 31, 20254 min

Archives-The Creepy Classics - "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction" by Mike Mignola

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief reivew of Mike Mignola's "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction", which launched his classic Hellboy character.

Oct 24, 20255 min

Archives - The Creepy Classics: "The Goon" by Eric Powell

And now a reposting of this rambling and to brief review of "The Goon" by Eric Powell, his classic monster noir comic.

Oct 17, 20253 min

Archives - The Classics: "Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft"

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of Joe Hill's & Gabriel Rodriguez's "Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft", the first volume in their now classic horror series.

Oct 9, 20254 min

Archives: The Classics- "30 Days of Night"

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "30 Days of Night", Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's classic vampire tale.

Oct 3, 20254 min

The Archives - The Life of Rob Liefeld

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Rob Liefeld, probably the most controversial of the Image founders.

Sep 26, 202531 min

Archives - The Life of Jim Lee

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jim Lee, the Image founder who went off and took over DC Comics.

Sep 19, 202526 min

Archives - The Savage Life of Erik Larsen

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Erik Larsen, the Image Comics founder who just wanted to make funny books his own way.

Sep 12, 202519 min

Archives - History of Image Comics, Part Two

And now a reposting of this second part of this rambling and too brief history of Image Comics, as the upstart publisher goes through from trials and tribulations before settling into the third most successful publisher in American comic books.

Sep 5, 202519 min

Archives- History of Image Comics, Part One

And now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Image Comics, the comic book company that challenged Marvel & DC's dominance in the American comic book marketplace.

Aug 28, 202522 min

Archives - The Life of Joe Kubert, Comic Book's Rock, Part Four

And now a resposting of the last part of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, who even in his twilight years, still managed to turn out a classic.

Aug 22, 202515 min

Archives - The Life of Joe Kubert, Comic Book's Rock, Part Three

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, as he sets out to start his legendary school.

Aug 14, 202523 min

Archives - The Life of Joe Kubert, Comic Book's Rock, Part Two

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief second part of this biography of the great Joe Kubert, as he continues his comic book career, including working on his most iconic character.

Aug 8, 202529 min

Archives - The Life of Joe Kubert, Comic Book's Rock, Part One

And now a resposting of this first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, one of the great innovators of the comic book genre.

Aug 1, 202527 min

Archives: History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Part Two

And now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Jul 25, 202536 min

Archives - The History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Part One

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one of the most successful independent comics of all time.

Jul 18, 202531 min

Archives - The Life of Ozamu Tezuka, the God of Manga

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Ozamu Tezuka, probably the greatest manga creator of all time.

Jul 11, 202533 min

Archives - "Captain America: Rebirth" by Mark Waid & Ron Garney

And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Captain America: Rebirth" by Mark Waid and Ron Garney, just in time for the 4th of July.

Jul 4, 20255 min

Archives - History of Crime Comics, Part Two

And a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the crime comic book genre.

Jun 27, 202524 min

Archives - History of Crime Comics, Part One

And now a resposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the crime comic book genre.

Jun 19, 202531 min

Archives - History of War Comics, Part Five

And now a reposting of the final part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.

Jun 13, 202511 min

Archives - History of War Comics, Part Four

And now a reposting of the fourth part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.

Jun 6, 202532 min