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This week, Josh Flanagan comes to the aid of Bibbo Bibbokowski and Conor Kilpatrick creates a new genre. Running Time: 01:06:18 Pick of the Week: 00:02:46 - Wonder Woman #770 Comics: 00:10:32 - Superman #29 00:17:02 - Batman: Urban Legends #1 00:20:51 - Rorschach #6 00:27:22 - The Amazing Spider-Man #61 00:29:26 - Non-Stop Spider-Man #1 00:33:19 - Eternals #3 00:34:42 - Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #1 Star Wars Corner: 00:37:18 - Star Wars #12 Patron Pick: 00:40:41 - Karmen #1 Patron Thanks: 00:47:38 - Nick Nemphos 00:48:39 - Francisco Jauregui 00:49:31 - Heiko Kruczynski 00:50:16 - Matt Riutta Listener Mail: 00:52:49 - Zach C. from Texas asks about secret identities. Brought To You By: • Macroverse - Get on board with the next generation of comics by downloading Macroverse today! Available on iOS and Android! • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Feel It Still" Portugal. The Man Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Joshua Williamson has put in his time at the comics grindstone, including several appearances on this here show. Heading into the newest era at DC, he's heading and writing the Infinite Frontier mini-series at the center of the whole thing. He's come off an epic run on The Flash, and is wrapping up his creator owned series, Birthright at Image/Skybound in the near future. What's next? What's it like now? What's still exciting, and how's this comics thing going? We talk about all that, and some good old nitpicky comic book details in the good old superhero world. Follow Joshua on Twitter. Total Running Time: 01:07:09 Music: “All Over the World" Pixies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Like the Chicago Bulls in the 90s, we've got a Pick of the Week three-peat, and it's all about the lifeless Sentry corpse. There were laughs, and one stinker of a book, but Josh is back and it's full steam ahead with the bonus of extra Patron powers. Bear with us on the steak thing. Running Time: 01:06:45 Pick of the Week: 00:02:06 - King in Black: Thunderbolts #3 Comics: 00:10:32 - Runaways #34 00:15:11 - America Chavez: Made in the USA #1 00:19:03 - BRZRKR #1 00:25:10 - Avengers #43 00:33:24 - Infinite Frontier #0 00:36:57 - Nocterra #1 00:38:38 - King in Black: Captain America #1 00:40:58 - The Swamp Thing #1 Patron Pick: 00:45:02 - Dead Dog's Bite #1 Patron Thanks: 00:52:20 - Greg Schlessinger 00:53:05 - Ryan Silberstein 00:54:20 - Jay Hazzard 00:56:02 - Tony Gallardo Audience Questions: 00:57:58 - Greg wants to know about steak, and we want to talk about steak. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Lifeless Dead" Mad Season Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Josh Flanagan nowhere to be found, Dr. Ryan Haupt (on the wrong mic setting) of Science… Sort Of and former Pick of the Week host Paul Montgomery step into his sizable show shoes to go long talking about a monster week of comics, many of which featured monsters. Running Time: 01:11:57 Pick of the Week: 00:01:36 – Two Moons #1 Comics: 00:11:04 – Captain Marvel #26 00:17:55 – Crossover #4 00:25:35 – Future State: House of El #1 00:32:15 – Batman Black & White #3 00:40:20 – King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #3 00:44:48 – Serial #2 00:45:59 – Red Sonja #24 00:48:08 – Something is Killing the Children #15 Patron Pick: 00:51:48 – By The Horns #1 Patron Thanks: 01:00:45 – Tell That To Culture Club 01:02:43 – James Kurtz 01:04:33 – Ken Ochalek Brought To You By: • Macroverse – Get on board with the next generation of comics by downloading Macroverse today! Available on iOS and Android! • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got eight designs! Music: “New Blue Moon” The Traveling Wilburys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 00:57:49 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick (who has had a few cocktails) are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... Quarantine Entertainment: 00:01:14 - Ron bought a ticket for Jimmy Eat World's virtual "Clarity" performance. 00:07:28 - Josh... went to the movies (???) and saw Back to the Future. 00:15:23 - Conor watched Derek DelGaudio's In & Of Itself. Television: 00:19:10 - Cobra Kai, Seasons 1-3. Email: 00:48:23 - Brian C. from Cincinnati, OH asks about disappointing series finales. SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "You're the Best" Joe "Bean" Esposito Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Too much underwear talk, and that's just to start. Then we tiptoe around matters of religion and character, and we discuss the impact of parenthood on legacy characters. None of that sounds any fun, but it is fun, dammit. Running Time: 01:15:32 Pick of the Week: 00:01:36 - Second Coming: Only Begotten Son #2 Comics: 00:14:57 - Shadow Doctor #1 00:19:56 - Thor #12 00:26:12 - Black Widow #5 00:38:10 - Stillwater #6 00:41:21 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #2 00:43:31 - Marvel #5 00:47:17 - Family Tree #11 Patron Pick: 00:48:38 - Snow Angels #1 Patron Thanks: 00:55:21 - Cary Pierce 00:57:02 - Stewart Wattson Audience Questions: 01:01:15 - Scott is thinking about ratings. Ratings. 01:03:58 - Greg wants to know about our re-reads. Brought To You By: • Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Jesus, Etc." Wilco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, along with the week that was in comics, Josh Flanagan's spending habits and professional demons are explored. Also, more Geostorm talk than you were probably expecting. Running Time: 01:01:48 Pick of the Week: 00:01:45 - King in Black: Thunderbolts #2 Comics: 00:11:22 - Taskmaster #3 00:16:01 - Radiant Black #1 00:22:46 - Eternals #2 00:32:00 - The Green Lantern: Season Two #11 00:34:44 - Scarenthood #4 00:36:36 - Birthright #46 00:38:09 - Rorschach #5 Patron Pick: 00:39:44 - Black Hammer: Visions #1 Patron Thanks: 00:45:59 - Lando Enchantment 00:48:31 - Ben Huang Audience Questions: 00:49:39 - Ken from the Great White North wants to know why superheroes are more popular than pulp heroes. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil)" Robert Johnson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Light week, good books. There are gems in the King in Black story, and there is fun to be had. We have an impromptu round of "What Hurts?", and Josh can't pronounce regular words again. Running Time: 01:06:45 Pick of the Week: 00:02:58 - Hellblazer: Rise and Fall, Book Three Comics: 00:14:23 - King in Black: Black Knight #1 00:21:40 - Sea of Sorrows #3 00:25:13 - The Legend of Shang-Chi #1 00:31:11 - The Avengers #42 00:34:29 - Fire Power #8 00:36:24 - Strange Academy #8 Patron Pick: 00:40:11 - Man-Bat #1 Patron Thanks: 00:46:21 - Stephen Spotswood 00:47:39 - Henry Hernandez Benavides Audience Questions: 00:49:08 - Dallas has two questions for us, and we liked those questions. We have to pick the comics that define decades, and talk about 1990's comic art. Also, we blew it on the 70s. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "It Must Have Been the Devil" Otis Spann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another Booksplode! This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at... Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics by Tom Scioli! And really just talk about Jack Kirby in general! What's a Booksplode? It's a bi-monthly special edition show in which we take a look at a single graphic novel or collected edition, something we really just don't have time to do on the regular show. Running Time: 00:35:55 Music: "Don't Be Cruel" Elvis Presley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Josh Flanagan may or may not be drunk while discussing another fun week of comics, the love of classic newspaper comic strips. and the perils of name mispronunciations with Conor Kilpatrick. Running Time: 01:08:00 Pick of the Week: 00:01:03 - Batman Black and White #2 Comics: 00:17:52 - Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1 00:22:42 - Fantastic Four #28 00:28:12 - Strange Adventures #8 00:32:17 - Post Americana #2 00:37:46 - Marvel #4 00:41:27 - Shang-Chi #5 00:42:25 - Captain Marvel #25 00:43:25 - X-Men #17 Patron Pick: 00:46:14 - Savage Avengers #17 Patron Thanks: 00:52:09 - Gregory Gerads 00:53:28 - Adrian Hosseini Audience Questions: 00:54:35 - Blake Chastain from the Exvangelical podcast wonders if Marvel's endless invasion event storylines are a metaphor. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "White Men in Black Suits" Everclear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Comics! Where have you been?! It's so good to see you again, bringing the good stuff with you. May you enjoy the reprieve from monotony that we have enjoyed with this past week's stack. We'd also like to welcome the G.O.S.H. system to the program. Running Time: 01:09:11 Pick of the Week: 00:02:23 - Crimson Flower #1 Comics: 00:13:40 - DCeased: Dead Planet #7 00:21:20 - Maestro: War and Pax #1 00:27:12 - Rorschach #4 00:36:23 - Legion of Super-Heroes #12 00:38:45 - Batman/Catwoman #2 00:41:05 - Iron Fist: Heart of the Dragon #1 00:45:45 - Barbalien: Red Planet #3 Patron Pick: 00:47:33 - Rain Like Hammers #1 Patron Thanks: 00:53:01 - Farren 00:54:22 - Jordan Thill Audience Questions: 00:55:56 - Karl wonders about the Mafia/Maggia connection. 00:58:50 - Rob asks us to answer me, these questions 3. Which are all unrelated, but short, and include Cosmic Odyssey, Doom and Richards, and The Wild Storm. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Give It" Helmet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 00:48:48 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... Quarantine Streaming: 00:01:06 - Josh watched The Americans. 00:06:04 - Ron watched The Expanse. 00:08:56 - Conor watched Roadkill. 00:10:50 - There are too many streaming shows and movies to keep track of. Television: 00:11:25 - The Mandalorian, Season 2. SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "The Mandalorian" Ludwig Göransson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our second week back and... what the hell is going on? Did everyone decide to stop publishing comics? Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick make the best of it, with only the briefest of diversions into Star Wars, by trying out a few new books. Running Time: 01:03:21 Pick of the Week: 00:01:22 - King in Black: Thunderbolts #1 Comics: 00:11:15 - Marauders #7 00:15:50 - The Time Traveler's Guide to Dating #1 00:21:54 - The Union #2 00:29:08 - Serial #1 00:31:37 - Future State: Dark Detective #1 00:37:47 - Big Girls #6 Patron Pick: 00:39:08 - Haha #1 Patron Thanks: 00:48:17 - Dan Cox 00:50:16 - Raj Patel Audience Questions: 00:50:53 - Joe from Indiana has a question for Josh about Thunderbolts. Timely! 00:53:24 - Ken J. from the Great White North asks a really fun question about favorite creative teams. Brought To You By: • Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "You Love the Thunder" Jackson Browne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We make change. That's what we do. Or we wish it was. Comics might not have delivered, but boy oh boy was it fun to get back to the microphone and talk comics. And old comedy sketches. Conor and Josh return from their break ready to go, and went way over time. Is it worth your time? That's for you to decide. Running Time: 01:22:28 Pick of the Week: 00:01:10 - Injustice: Year Zero #14 Comics: 00:12:01 - Iron Man #5 00:16:26 - Crossover #3 00:18:47 - Eternals #1 00:23:25 - Getting It Together #4 00:34:53 - Dark Nights: Death Metal #7 00:37:28 - Generations Shattered #1 00:40:35 - Future State (The Flash #1, Harley Quinn #1, The Next Batman #1, Superman of Metropolis #1, Swamp Things #1, Wonder Woman #1) Patron Pick/Star Wars Corner: 00:53:59 - Star Wars: The High Republic #1 Patron Thanks: 01:06:01 - John Van Atta 01:07:01 - Michael Searles Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "The Boys Are Back" Dropkick Murphys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We close out the year, again, by taking a look at Wonder Woman 1984, the highly anticipated sequel to the the 2017 smash-hit starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine. Conor Kilpatrick welcomes special guests Ron Richards and Ryan Haupt to break it all down. (Disclaimer: Ron Richard’s opinions are his own and do not represent Marvel Entertainment or the Walt Disney Corporation.) Running Time: 00:37:38 Music: "Winter Wonderland Willie Nelson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the fifteenth annual iFanboy All Media Year End Roundup! Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and special guest Ron Richards discuss some of what they enjoyed in media in this, the weird year that was 2020. Movies, television, music, games, books, podcasts, and comics — it’s all here! (Disclaimer: Ron Richard’s opinions are his own and do not represent Marvel Entertainment or the Walt Disney Corporation.) Running Time: 02:39:20 Movies: 00:02:31 – Mank 00:09:05 – Greyhound 00:10:48 – Palm Springs 00:12:55 – On The Rocks 00:15:32 – The Banker 00:17:06 – Bad Education 00:19:09 – The Trial of the Chicago 7 00:22:29 – The Gentlemen 00:25:10 – Impractical Jokers: The Movie 00:28:11 – John Lewis: Good Trouble 00:30:25 – The Social Dilemma 00:33:05 – Class Action Park 00:35:38 – The King of Staten Island 00:38:57 – Hamilton 00:44:41 – Sound of Metal Television: 00:47:36 – The Crown 00:51:43 – Fargo 00:56:33 – The Mandalorian 01:00:52 – Star Trek: Picard 01:02:32 – The Right Stuff 01:06:37 – High Fidelity 01:08:12 – Ted Lasso 01:10:36 – What We Do in the Shadows 01:12:11 – Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet 01:14:13 – Perry Mason 01:16:59 – The Good Lord Bird 01:20:41 – Devs 01:22:47 – Survivor 01:24:32 – The Reagans 01:27:40 – Jeopardy Games: 01:35:31 – Forza Horizon 4 01:36:28 – Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla Books: 01:37:40 – Ron read NO books this year 01:38:32 – “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland” by Patrick Radden Keefe 01:40:11 – “Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America’s Most Powerful Mafia Empires” by Selwyn Raab 01:43:47 – “Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich” by Norman Ohler 01:46:33 – “The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz” by Erik Larson 01:48:18 – “The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood” by Sam Wasson 01:50:14 – “Do What You Want: The Story of Bad Religion” by Bad Religion with Jim Ruland 01:52:40 – “Alexander Hamilton” by Ron Chernow 01:55:02 – “The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York” by Robert A. Caro 01:58:09 – “The Long Goodbye” by Raymond Chandler 01:59:52 – “The Whites” by Richard Price Music: 02:01:12 – Josh and Ron bought A LOT of vinyl 02:03:53 – “Blue Hearts” by Bob Mould 02:05:58 – Ben Gibbard’s livestream shows 02:07:23 – Virtual Concerts 02:09:55 – Silversun Pickups at House of Blues: Boston 02:12:03 – “Paint My Memory” by Somerset Thrower Podcasts: 02:13:25 – “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend” with Conan O’Brien, Sona Movsesian, and Matt Gourley 02:17:21 – “Alan Partridge: From the Oasthouse” with Alan Partridge 02:19:00 – “Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen” with Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis 02:21:00 – “Deep Cover: The Drug Wars” with Josh Halpern Comics: 02:22:06 – DCeased (Dead Planet, Unkillables, Hope at World’s End) 02:23:16 – Dragon Hoops 02:23:50 – Fantastic Four 02:24:31 – Doctor Doom 02:25:25 – Strange Adventures 02:26:19 – Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen 02:27:05 – Marvels (X and Snapshots) 02:27:58 – Middlewest 02:29:01 – John Constantine: Hellblazer 02:30:01 – Hawkeye: Freefall Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got seven designs! For More Ron… Watch All About Android! If you’re into pinball, check out Scorbit! Music: “Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” Charley Pride Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. Very often, when people come from TV to writing comics books, it's a brief infatuation and a quick exit. As the co-creator of Halt and Catch Fire, Christopher Cantwell ran one of the best drama series on cable in the last decade, and then he decided to try his hand at writing comics, starting with Karen Berger at Dark Horse, on She Could Fly, and Everything. Then Cantwell moved over to Marvel on Doctor Doom and Iron Man. He's a long time comic fan, and it shows in the world. Josh talks to Cantwell about comics and his career, including both comics and TV. Follow Christopher on on Twitter. Total Running Time: 01:23:40 Music: “Hand of Doom" Black Sabbath Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the last Pick of the Week of the year and the guys' brains are tired, they can't pronounce words, and Josh is grumpy and maybe hates comics again. It might take a Christmas comic book miracle -- and some cookies and hot cocoa -- to save the day! Running Time: 01:04:34 Pick of the Week: 00:01:10 - Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology #3 Comics: 00:10:23 - Batman Black & White #1 00:16:00 - Getting It Together #3 00:19:20 - Superman: Endless Winter #1 00:22:09 - Dark Night: Death Metal - The Last Stories of the DC Universe #1 00:29:36 - Marauders #16 00:31:14 - Bill and Ted Are Doomed #4 00:32:50 - Crossover #2 00:35:33 - The Comic Book History of Animation #1 Star Wars Corner: 00:37:50 - Star Wars #9 Patron Pick: 00:41:01 - Locke & Key / The Sandman: Hell and Gone #0 Patron Thanks: 00:48:59 - Alex Howard 00:50:21 - Carmine Puma Year End Statistics: 00:51:23 - Picks of the Week By The Numbers! Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Mele Kalikimaka" Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another Booksplode! To close out the year, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at iFanboy's Book of the Year: Dragon Hoops by Gene Luen Yang! What's a Booksplode? It's a bi-monthly special edition show in which we take a look at a single graphic novel or collected edition, something we really just don't have time to do on the regular show. Running Time: 00:25:15 Music: "Basketball" Kurtis Blow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The lack of our short to medium term memories is a problem, clearly, but we'll be pushing through. We take a trip to the past, and wonder why so much of it feels so great, and then scoot back to the future and wonder if it is so great. Then a mime smokes underwater, and it's fantastic. Running Time: 01:12:21 Pick of the Week: 00:02:23 - Justice League: Endless Winter #1 Comics: 00:15:39 - Fantastic Four: Road Trip #1 00:22:10 - Batman/Catwoman #1 00:29:01 - Strange Adventures #7 00:40:02 - King in Black #1 00:43:12 - That Texas Blood #6 00:46:25 - Spy Island #4 00:49:09 - DCeased: Dead Planet #6 Patron Pick: 00:51:22 - M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games #1 Patron Thanks: 00:57:44 - Andrew Hunley 00:59:21 - Jamie Wakefield Audience Questions: 01:03:41 - Frank needs a new comic shop, and he needs it now! 01:05:07 - A Steve checks in. Brought To You By: • Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Making Christmas" Rise Against Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Flanagan makes a rare post-Thanksgiving show appearance and yet still ends up bailing early while we welcome Ryan Haupt to help with the comics talk, the food talk, and Conor Kilpatrick's bleak winter poetry. Running Time: 01:09:44 Pick of the Week: 00:02:42 - Doctor Doom #9 Comics: 00:12:51 - John Constantine: Hellblazer #12 00:21:04 - Maestro #4 00:24:21 - Injustice: Year Zero #12 00:32:43 - Daredevil #24 00:37:00 - Falcon & Winter Soldier #5 00:38:48 - Action Comics #1027 Patron Pick: 00:43:06 - The Other History of the DC Universe, Book One Patron Thanks: 00:53:06 - Adam Northcutt 00:55:20 - Thad Haines 00:56:52 - Brian Wilder Audience Questions: 01:00:41 - Jonathan feels guilt about his changing comic book habits. Brought To You By: • Marvel Made Paragon Collection: Chris Claremont - Pre-order this amazing book production by December 4 at getmarvelmade.com/ifanboy. • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $d3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" Darlene Love Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 01:07:06 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... Streaming: 00:01:31 - Ron has finally checked out an episode of Fargo. 00:02:17 - Josh wonders why streaming movies just feel like high end TV movies. 00:15:09 - Which streaming service is the best? The guys play a round robin game to find out. Christmas Movies: 00:35:27 - With the holiday season right around the corner, the guys select their Top 5 Christmas Movies. Email: 00:47:39 - Andrew B. can't hear the difference between vinyl and mp3s. 00:52:57 - David Z. almost causes an international incident with his GDAT nomination. 00:54:41 - Gavin T. comes out of left field with a Tom Hanks question that surprises and delights. SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "I Really Like You" Carly Rae Jepsen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Let's go on a ramble, Steve. We have a lot of Steves. We have a bone to pick with an old co-worker and we have some fine comics, featuring a bit of presidential martial arts. Is this any good? It might be. The thing is, we don't know. Running Time: 01:21:17 Pick of the Week: 00:02:11 - Captain America #25 Comics: 00:13:35 - Rorschach #2 00:20:30 - Marvel Voices: Indigenous Voices #1 00:25:20 - Avengers: Marvels Snapshot #1 00:34:38 - Sea of Sorrows #1 00:37:56 - Dark Nights: Death Metal #5 00:41:27 - The Devil's Red Bride #2 00:42:38 - DIE!DIE!DIE! #13 Patron Pick: 00:46:13 - Barbalien: Red Planet #1 Patron Thanks: 00:52:06 - Steven Bagatourian 00:55:58 - Steven Petrivelli Audience Questions: 01:03:33 - Greg wants to know if comic writers read a lot of comics. 01:07:32 - Chris would like to lodge a formal complaint about our recommendations. Brought To You By: • Marvel Made Paragon Collection: Chris Claremont - Pre-order this amazing book production by December 4 at getmarvelmade.com/ifanboy. • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $d3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "All My Friends" LCD Soundsystem Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come stare in the abyss.... together. Josh branches out, and it brings him great joy. There's a not inconsequential conversation on how old Batman is, or how old he should be, and why it doesn't make sense, or doesn't matter. Then there's the Sims, Barbecue, and video editing preferences. But we still manage to talk about comics too. Running Time: 01:18:07 Pick of the Week: 00:01:45 - Scarenthood #1 Comics: 00:11:58 - Superman: Man of Tomorrow #19 00:16:51 - Resident Alien: Your Ride's Here #1 00:21:30 - Detective Comics #1030 00:33:09 - Dungeons and Dragons: At the Spine of the World #1 00:36:49 - Hawkman #29 00:38:51 - Bill and Ted Are Doomed #3 00:40:45 - The Amazing Spider-Man #52 Patron Pick: 00:44:36 - Taskmaster #1 Patron Thanks: 00:51:53 - Jonathan Sturm 00:53:44 - Stephen AM Audience Questions: 00:55:59 - Aaron has questions bridging disparate topics, but we're here for it, and we talk about our relative influence and the mafia. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Changes" Jimi Hendrix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It starts off a little rough, and there is concern about Josh's mental state. Further, we never promise it will get better from there. But onward, we forge, with a lot of Donald Blake and John Walker confusion. There's also comics talk and plenty of it, with a surprising Marx Brothers diversion. Running Time: 01:17:40 Pick of the Week: 00:02:28 - Hellblazer: Rise and Fall, Book Two Comics: 00:12:52 - Thor #9 00:20:30 - U.S.Agent #1 00:26:35 - Black Widow #3 00:36:47 - Sweet Tooth: The Return, Book One 00:41:19 - That Texas Blood #5 00:44:04 - Red Atlantis #1 00:49:19 - Young Justice #20 Patron Pick: 00:50:54 - Crossover #1 Patron Thanks: 01:00:39 - Emmet Golden-Marx 01:02:43 - Jesse Golden-Marx Brought To You By: • Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Devil's Whorehouse" The Misfits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick discus the week that was in comics while childhood nostalgia runs high during the Patron Pick segment and Josh rescinds a previous threat to the listeners. Running Time: 00:59:19 Pick of the Week: 00:01:29 - Strange Academy #4 Comics: 00:09:36 - John Constantine: Hellblazer #11 00:13:19 - Lazarus: Risen #5 00:18:58 - Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #1 00:25:30 - G.I. Joe #9 00:27:51 - Sex Criminals #69 00:29:15 - Batman: Three Jokers, Book Three Patron Pick: 00:30:50 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1 Patron Thanks: 00:47:17 - Matt Palmer 00:48:35 - Chookalana Audience Questions: 00:49:55 - James V. from Calgary, Alberta, Canada is a Marvel Zombie who wants to know why so many of DC's classic stories are out of continuity. Brought To You By: • Bookshlf - Save and organize any type of digital media at Bookshlf.com and on their iOS app from the Apple store. • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Pressure" Billy Joel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 01:00:13 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... Quarantine Streaming: 00:03:16 - Josh watched I'm Dying Up Here and Long Way Up. 00:11:04 - Conor watched Psych and The Good Lord Bird. 00:16:23 - Ron watched Star Trek: Discovery and The Vow. Television: 00:21:39 - A West Wing Special: To Benefit When We All Vote 00:31:30 - Ted Lasso Email: 00:47:24 - Pete D. has questions about vinyl record storage that befuddles our intrepid hosts. 00:51:41 - John Y. from Staunton, VA feels very strongly about Peak Grodin. 00:53:31 - Steve B. from Maryland started down a Mediasplode-inspired rabbit hole and ended up wondering if Paul Giamatti should be considered for coveted GDAT status. SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "Theme from Ted Lasso" Marcus Mumford & Tom Hove Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ryan Haupt joins Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan to discuss this week's comics... plus barbecue, bathroom anxiety, and more about the problems with humans expanding to Mars than you were probably prepared to listen to. Running Time: 01:09:00 Pick of the Week: 00:01:23 - Fantastic Four #25 Comics: 00:12:18 - Marvels X #6 00:16:36 - Daredevil #23 00:21:18 - Stillwater #2 00:27:45 - Batman: Gotham Nights #19 00:28:51 - Spider-Woman #5 00:31:46 - DCeased: Hope at World's End #12 00:32:56 - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers #55 00:35:30 - Friday #2 00:37:18 - Guardians of the Galaxy #7 00:39:23 - Maestro #3 Patron Pick: 00:41:13 - The Scumbag #1 Patron Thanks: 00:49:33 - Jason Wade 00:51:45 - Billy Lupton 00:53:13 - Russell Weber Audience Questions: 00:54:28 - Rashaad B. is curious if Firestorm can terraform Mars and make it habitable for humans. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Circle of Friends" Better Than Ezra Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The iFanboy Animation Brain Trust — Conor Kilpatrick, Paul Montgomery, and Ryan Haupt — discuss the latest release from the DC Universe Animated Original Movie line, its first interactive short film... DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family! Plus Paul and Ryan finally get to weigh in on the previous shorts: Sgt. Rock, Adam Strange, The Phantom Stranger, and Death! Running Time: 00:40:39 Music: "Father of Mine" Everclear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is there controversy on the pick? Is there discordance? You'd just love that, wouldn't you? We got on a roll, and then just kept going. Another question that's gonna take a 10 minute response? Let's go! Running Time: 01:15:16 Pick of the Week: 00:01:53 - The Devil's Red Bride #1 Comics: 00:09:07 - Rorschach #1 00:20:12 - Captain America #24 00:25:09 - Captain Marvel #22 00:33:54 - Commanders in Crisis #1 00:36:24 - The Flash #763 Star Wars Corner: 00:38:39 - Star Wars: Darth Vader #6 Patron Pick: 00:41:01 - Warhammer 40,000: Marneus Calgar #1 Patron Thanks: 00:49:18 - Charles Taggart 00:51:24 - Kevin Quidor Audience Questions: 00:52:55 - Seth M. wants to know why we don't pay much attention to comics news. 00:59:01 - Nick G. is here to talk about comics piracy. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Guillotine (Swordz)" Raekwon feat. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, and GZA (Genius) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another Booksplode! This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at Pulp by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips! What's a Booksplode? It's a bi-monthly special edition show in which we take a look at a single graphic novel or collected edition, something we really just don't have time to do on the regular show. Running Time: 00:25:15 Music: "The Last Cowboy Song" The Highwaymen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There were so many books to talk about this week that the show went long and book talk crowded out almost everything else. But fear not! There was still time to ponder the magic of the cast of Wings, delve into Josh Flanagan’s weird dressing habits, and learn more about the iFanboy office layout. Running Time: 01:12:00 Pick of the Week: 00:02:06 – DCeased: Dead Planet #4 Comics: 00:13:06 – DCeased: Hope at World’s End #11 00:19:06 – Thor #8 00:23:58 – Getting It Together #1 00:30:13 – American Ronin #1 00:41:32 – Batman #100 00:44:16 – Spy Island #2 00:45:27 – Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology #1 00:48:03 – The Amazing Spider-Man #49 / 850 00:52:09 – Spider-Man: Marvel’s Snapshot #1 00:54:06 – Locke & Key: …In Pale Battalions Go… #2 Patron Pick: 00:55:35 – American Vampire 1976 #1 Patron Thanks: 01:03:05 – Mark Driscoll 01:04:40 – CPH Brought To You By: • Mack Weldon – Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men’s underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got eight designs! Music: “Jump” Van Halen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. The folks at iFanboy have been big fans of Gene Luen Yang's cartooning for a good long time. From his groundbreaking, award winning American Born Chinese, to a stint on Superman and New Super-Man, a take on a Chinese version of the character, to Avatar: The Last Airbender, the massive Boxers and Saints, and now a new run of Shang-Chi for Marvel, seeing Yang's name on a comic means it will be worth reading. With his newest book, Dragon Hoops, from First Second Press recently release, Josh couldn't wait to get to talk to the writer, artist and certified MacArthur genius about his vast body of work and how he goes about it. Follow Gene on on Twitter, or his website, geneyang.com. Total Running Time: 01:21:21 Music: “Shooting Hoops" G. Love and Special Sauce Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, it's Joker, Joker, Joker, Joker, Joker, Joker, and more Jokers. And where there's Joker, there's Harley Quinn. But that is nothing compared to good old fun in this week's Pick. Plus, listen to us figure out how to pronounce and gender names we are not familiar with! Running Time: 01:11:01 Pick of the Week: 00:01:22 - Fantastic Four #24 Comics: 00:12:21 - The Department of Truth #1 00:24:05 - Injustice: Year Zero #7 00:28:50 - Marvels X #5 00:36:14 - John Constantine: Hellblazer #10 00:40:35 - Batman: Three Jokers, Book Two 00:41:32 - Superman: Man of Tomorrow #16 00:42:34 - Batman: The Joker War Zone #1 Patron Pick: 00:45:42 - Shang-Chi #1 Patron Thanks: 00:55:03 - Hugo Quilichini 00:55:55 - Brandin D. Bell Listener Mail: 00:56:58 - Chris asks about the "Imperial Age" of comic book creators. What does that mean? Listen to us try to figure it out live. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "You'll Be Back" Jonathan Groff, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

iFanboy celebrates its 750th episode with a triple-sized all listener e-mail spectacular! Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick asked you, the iFanbase, to send them e-mails… and you delivered! Running Time: 03:08:25 Pick of the Week: 00:04:25 – Dark Nights: Death Metal – Speed Metal #1 Patron Pick: 00:14:36 – X of Swords: Creation #1 Comics: 00:25:19 – Shazam! #15 Audience Questions: 00:27:15 – The tradition continues as we field questions from the loyal iFanbase for nearly 3 hours! Listen as this iFanboy duo slowly falls apart, talking comics and ephemera to the very bitter end. Patron Thanks: 01:49:06 – Larry Davis 01:49:51 – Brandon De Pillis Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got eight designs! Music: “Back and To The Left” Texas is the Reason Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 00:56:23 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... Quarantine Streaming: 00:02:05 - Ron watched Class Action Park and High Score. 00:09:48 - Josh watched Ocean's Eleven, Ocean's Twelve, and Ocean's Thirteen. 00:17:56 - Conor watched Psych, Chef's Table: BBQ, and Ted Lasso. Movies: 00:23:00 - Bill and Ted Face the Music Email: 00:44:26 - Andy M. is still hanging on to physical media and wonders if he's the only one. SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "Beginning of the End (Wild Stallyns Edit)" Weezer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A strong week of comics makes the choosing hard, but it means there are lots of books to talk about. Also... some diversions. For example, there's no reason to talk about Almost Famous, other than that one title. And then there's definitely no reason to share Dick Clark stories, but life finds a way. Running Time: 01:04:45 Pick of the Week: 00:02:16 - Iron Man #1 Comics: 00:12:06 - Billionaire Island #6 00:17:04 - X-Men: Marvels Snapshot #1 00:21:24 - Thor #7. 00:26:31 - Detective Comics #1027 00:34:56 - Captain America #23 00:37:19 - Batman: The Adventures Continue #12 00:40:06 - Batman #99 00:41:38 - Heavy #1 Patron Pick: 00:51:09 - Stillwater #1 Patron Thanks: 00:57:34 - Paul Wachter 00:58:47 - Brad Briley Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Jerry Was a Race Car Driver" Primus Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Josh Flanagan gets a little too familiar with the audience and reveals a weird tattoo thing. Plus, what does Dick Cavett have to do with any of this? Running Time: 01:00:00 Pick of the Week: 00:02:14 – The Flash #761 Comics: 00:12:37 – Superman #25 00:18:39 – G.I. Joe #8 00:21:21 – Marauders #12 00:30:05 – Hawkman #27 00:33:02 – The Amazing Spider-Man #48 Patron Pick: 00:36:43 – Bill & Ted Are Doomed #1 Patron Thanks: 00:43:27 – Mike Roe 00:44:38 – Tom Gehrke Audience Questions: 00:48:31 – Jack R. from Durham, NC wants to know what the all-time top 3 stories are from Marvel and DC. Brought To You By: • Mack Weldon – Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men’s underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got eight designs! Music: “Two Heads Are Better Than One” Power Tool (But really… Nelson) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The iFanboy Animation Brain Trust — Conor Kilpatrick and Ryan Haupt — discuss the latest DC Universe Animated Original Movie... Superman: Man of Tomorrow! Plus a look ahead to the FIVE new releases coming out in the next year! Running Time: 00:24:35 Music: "Aliens Exist" Blink 182 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's possible even we are getting tired of talking about Tom Taylor's work, but when you're on a roll, you're on a roll. Plus, the death of comics events, and Josh completely blanking on a Patron Power, with Conor swooping in for the rescue. Running Time: 01:09:57 Pick of the Week: 00:02:53 - Hellblazer: Rise and Fall, Book One Comics: 00:13:47 - Empyre #6 00:24:43 - Shazam! #14 00:32:20 - Black Widow #1 00:39:48 - Young Justice #18 00:42:24 - DCeased: Dead Planet #3 00:45:57 - Injustice: Year Zero #5 00:47:40 - Fire Power #3 Patron Pick: 00:50:54 - Spy Island #1 Patron Thanks: 00:57:36 - Harley Ashley 00:59:04 - Mark Minett Audience Questions: 01:00:49 - Ryan in Cincinnati wonders if he should revive an old iFanboy ritual. (He shouldn't.)d Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "F**k Armageddon...This Is Hell" Bad Religion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are here to talk comics and, because of technical difficulties, record part of the show twice. Running Time: 01:0x:xx Pick of the Week: 00:02:30 – Locke & Key: …In Pale Battalions Go… #1 Comics: 00:09:41 – John Constantine: Hellblazer #9 00:15:49 – DCeased: Hope at World’s End #8 00:18:08 – Legion of Super-Heroes #8 00:23:23 – Billionaire Island #5 00:27:17 – Empyre: Captain America #3 00:30:06 – The Amazing Spider-Man #47 Patron Pick: 00:32:23 – Batman: Three Jokers, Book One Patron Thanks: 00:43:42 – Amir Malekpour 00:45:20 – James Lonano Audience Questions: 00:46:14 – Karl C. writes in, just a few weeks late, about the editorial changes at DC Comics. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got eight designs! Music: “Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured” Arctic Monkeys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another Booksplode! This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Vol. 1 by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki! What's a Booksplode? It's a bi-monthly special edition show in which we take a look at a single graphic novel or collected edition, something we really just don't have time to do on the regular show. Running Time: 00:25:05 Music: "Robot Factory" Jimmy Eat World Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another light week, not full of standouts. We do learn that the Joker is much more woke than we thought, and that's not nothing. Come enjoy the comics talk with a side of Marinara Trench. Also, we had no control over that dog across the street. Running Time: 01:01:34 Pick of the Week: 00:02:10 - Thor #6 Comics: 00:12:44 - Injustice: Year Zero #4 00:16:19 - Wonder Woman: Dead Earth Book 4 00:21:52 - Wolverine #4 00:26:59 - A Man Among Ye #2 00:29:16 - G.I. Joe #7 00:32:07 - Batman: The Adventures Continue #10 Patron Pick: 00:34:50 - Maestro #1 Patron Thanks: 00:43:03 - Brad Garver 00:44:05 - Michael Curtis Audience Questions: 00:46:41 - Former iFanboy writer doesn't listen to the show, but wants us to summarize for him. Fine! 00:50:27 - Ryan has subjected the listeners to our thoughts on vinyl pressings, and Taylor Swift. Really. Brought To You By: • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Old Man Winter" Gas Huffer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 00:56:59 This month, Josh "Blue Balls" Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards to discuss... Things We Miss: 00:01:02 - Going to the Movies Quarantine Streaming: 00:08:20 - Conor watched Sex and the City and Unstoppable (a lot). 00:13:24 - Josh watched Trust and The Banker. 00:19:22 - Ron watched Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, Muppets Now, and The Speed Cubers. Television: 00:25:42 - Perry Mason Grab Bag Questions: 00:42:05 - Josh and Ron are put on the spot by Conor SPOILERS ABOVE! What's a Mediasplode? It's a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It's like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: "Theme from Perry Mason" Fred Steiner & "End Credits (Perry Mason - Chapter 1)" Terence Blanchard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a rough week in the world of comics but Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan persevere, not knowing what lies ahead. That doesn't make them heroes but then again, it doesn't not make them heroes. They will leave it to history to decide. Running Time: 01:10:09 Pick of the Week: 00:01:45 - Hawkman #26 Comics: 00:13:35 - The Flash #759 00:16:07 - The Green Lantern: Season Two #6 00:20:16 - The Amazing Spider-Man #46 00:28:38 - Big Girls #1 00:31:16 - Empyre: Captain America #2 / Empyre #5 00:34:45 - Marauders #11 00:36:29 - Wonder Woman #760 Patron Pick: 00:37:59 - Seven Secrets #1 Patron Thanks: 00:44:20 - Kyle Behymer 00:47:02 - Anonymous Audience Questions: 00:50:00 - Scott from Portland, OR wants to talk about The State of the Comics Industry™... from a creative perspective... but the Jamokes have to start by talking about the recent layoffs at DC Entertainment. Brought To You By: • Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Learning to Fly" Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are many many good things in comics to talk about this week, and of course we went long talking about the thing we talked about already, but better. Also, Josh can't remember if he's talking about Sardath or Zardoz. That'll happen in this comics talk game. Running Time: 01:14:30 Pick of the Week: 00:01:28 - Injustice: Year Zero #1 Comics: 00:15:51 - DCeased: Dead Planet #2 00:19:13 - Strange Adventures #4 00:31:24 - Dr. Strange #6 00:37:43 - The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #2 00:39:23 - Captain America #21 00:42:36 - Empyre #4 Patron Pick: 00:46:29 - Fire Power #1 Patron Thanks: 00:58:31 - Jose A. De La Torre 00:59:13 - Peter Gardner Audience Questions: 01:02:32 - Rob from York, England discovers a new mate and countryman in John Constantine. Brought To You By: • Audible Original: The Sandman - Listen to the new Audible Original: The Sandman, based on the best-selling DC graphic novels by Neil Gaiman! • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Maybe Partying Will Help" Minutemen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time. We have been fans of Steve Lieber for a long time, and in that time, he's only gotten better. We talk about his life in comics from falling in love with the art form, to the Kubert school, Whiteout, Superior Foes of Spider-Man, and all the way up though the most recent, and brilliant Superman's Pal: Jimmy Olsen, with collaborator, Matt Fraction. He's a man who puts storytelling first, and apparently didn't even know he could draw funny until he was. And yes, he's working on art while we talk, and you hear it, and that's just fine. Follow Steve on Twitter! Total Running Time: 01:22:37 Music: “Color Me Impressed" The Replacements Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Listen... it was not a great week of comics. It wasn't outright bad, but there are quibbles, there are sticking points, there are moments that didn't lead to full fledged joy. How many times will Josh add a superfluous "you knows" while searching for the words his haggard mind needs? (A: you'll never know, because of the assiduous editing of the program.) Then it all comes together in the end. Running Time: 01:04:35 Pick of the Week: 00:01:20 - Usagi Yojimbo #10 Comics: 00:10:57 - Empyre #2 00:14:04 - X-Men/Fantastic Four #4 00:18:04 - Batman #95 00:22:47 - Middlewest #18 00:28:47 - Billionaire Island #3 00:32:04 - Daredevil #21 00:36:09 - Action Comics #1023 Patron Pick: 00:39:08 - Chu #1 Patron Thanks: 00:47:37 - Nathaniel Booth 00:49:42 - Justin Cresswell Audience Questions: 00:52:36 - Rashaad B. has a great idea for a TV show that will never happen. Brought To You By: • Audible Original: The Sandman - Listen to the new Audible Original: The Sandman, based on the best-selling DC graphic novels by Neil Gaiman! • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got eight designs! Music: "Rabbit In Your Headlights" Unkle (feat. Thom Yorke) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we’re proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Running Time: 00:55:38 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original co-host Ron Richards (and, for a while in the beginning, his air conditioner) to discuss… Quarantine Streaming: 00:01:38 – Greyhound 00:11:05 – Palm Springs 00:15:17 – Hamilton Streaming Services: 00:25:23 – Peacock launches! Movies: 00:26:23 – Midnight Run 00:52:01 – 1988: One of the All-Time Best Movie Years SPOILERS ABOVE! What’s a Mediasplode? It’s a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It’s like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music: “Guns and Ships” Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week in comics, a beloved series ends as an event begins. But does anybody care? And what do the iFanboys have in common with Erik Larsen? The Pick of the Week show has Josh Flanagan, Conor Kilpatrick, and sundries. Running Time: 00:58:01 Pick of the Week: 00:02:18 – DCeased: Hope at World’s End #5 Comics: 00:10:19 – Strange Adventures #3 00:16:04 – Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #12 00:22:13 – Empyre #1 00:30:59 – The Old Guard: Force Multiplied #5 00:35:03 – Spider-Woman #2 Patron Pick: 00:38:17 – Snake Eyes: Deadgame #1 Patron Thanks: 00:43:47 – Jack Reitz 00:45:25 – Jonathan Pickering Audience Questions: 00:50:05 – Scott H. from Portland, OR might be making an ill-advised decision. Brought To You By: • Audible Original: The Sandman – Listen to the new Audible Original: The Sandman, based on the best-selling DC graphic novels by Neil Gaiman! • iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount! • iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got eight designs! Music: “Dead” Pixies Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices