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The 1990s were a fun time in comics. A lot of the indie comics from the 80s had either run their course or were brought into one of the major publishers. But the indies still existed, and Scud the Disposable Assassin was one of those that came out. Listen in as Brandon Cruz from Interdimensional RSS comes to talk about how a comic that not a lot of us have probably heard of have lead to (what he and tons of other people have told me) what is one of the best animated things in existence. Learn such things as: How did this not catch on? Why didn’t Chris get Rob Schrab to come on the show? Hint, Chris didn’t ask because he’s a big baby. What life lessons can you learn from a robot that refuses to kill a being when that is the entire purpose of robot’s existence, and how can you use that lesson to help make yourself a better person overall? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use coupon code “PCep82” for 15% off your purchase. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Brandon over at Interdimensional RSS: The Unofficial Rick and Morty Podcast or @RickAndMortyPod on Twitter. Clone #1 can be found at Apathetic Enthusiasm or on Twitter @Apathusiast. Clone #2 can be found at Submitted For Your Approval or @S4YA_podcast on Twitter. A big thanks to Angry Ducky from Duck in Games, as well as Niall Cooper from Assassinations Podcast for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who never had a Sega Saturn. But who did over here?

Oh, you thought that we were done with Dragon Ball related stuff did you? Or that the manga ending meant that the anime would end too. Well jokes on you because there’s a whole different anime series that was only inspired by the manga and of course we got a game to go with that too. Like it or not. Listen in as Eli Sirota from The Not So Crazy Podcast of Blizzard the Wizard and Eli comes by to look at Dragon Ball GT Final Bout and give us another dose of why the Dragon Ball franchise is so well loved by its fans. When it does things right anyway. Learn such things as: Where did Dragon Ball GT come from anyway? Aren’t licensing rights fun? So wait, this game was made after Ultimate Battle 22? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use coupon code “PCep81” for 15% off your purchase. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Eli at The Not So Crazy Podcast of Blizzard the Wizard and Eli or over on Twitter @Blizzard_Eli. A big thanks to John and Kenrick from Spoiler Country, as well as the Chrises from Chrises on Infinite Earths for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who definitely didn’t eat too much candy for Halloween. That was me.

Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z were the introduction to anime for a ton of people my age. So imagine how cool it must have been to finally have a game of it? And a fighter at that! What could possibly go wrong? Listen in as Luke Herr from Multiversal Q, Exiled, and RPG Pals Club comes on the show to talk about the first Dragon Ball Z game made that came out in North America, but not the first one that came out in North America. Don’t worry the craziness is just getting started. Learn such things as: Why do the fights take so long in the anime? How much candy did the writers eat before making these story lines? Can you blame someone for becoming evil if their puppy keeps dying? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use coupon code “PCep80” for 15% off your purchase. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Luke over on Exiled, Multiversal Q, and RPG Pals Club. Or catch him on Twitter @koltreg. A big thanks to Anthony and Dr. Issues from Capes on the Couch, as well as Trevor and Kyle from Catching Up on Cinema for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who has exactly 0 tattoos that are better than mine.

The Marvel cinematic universe might have only existed since 2008, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t Marvel movies before. And I’m not talking about that quack of a Howard the Duck movie either. Listen in as TJ Johnson from Voice from the Underground and Lakers Fast Break comes to talk about the awesomeness of Blade, being a fractional vampire, and the joys of early 3D gaming. Learn such things as: What does this game, no doubt about it, do better than Dino Crisis? Wasn’t that the guy from Grounded for Life? He’s been in a lot more things than I realized. What super essential thing did Chris and TJ almost forget to talk about? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon “PCep79” to get 15% off your entire purchase. Without the quotes though. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find TJ over on Voice From the Underground and Lakers Fast Break or catch him on Twitter @TJohnsonOnAir. A big thanks to Drew, Nathan, and Jack from Reel Feels, as well as Ian from Under the Shroud for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who is definitely not getting a tattoo that will probably get his adult ass grounded today. Because that’s me.

Imagine a world with dinosaur and man existing together except there's also modern weaponry and plasma rifles and, well, if you're not convinced now that it's awesome I'm not sure what's wrong with you. Also it's not the Savage Land. Listen in as Patrick Hickey Jr from Review Fix comes by to talk Turok Dinosaur Hunter and really delves into some of the production behind this classic N64 shooter. Learn such things as: Turok has been around for how long as a comic? Why can't people just call dinosaurs dinosaurs? How did this game get to be so big anyway? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Use the coupon "PCep78" to get 10% off your entire purchase. Without the quotes though. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Patrick over on Review Fix, on Twitter @ReviewFixPat, or on Instagram @patrickhickeyjr. Also if you want to read Patrick's words instead of just listening to him talk about things then you might want to check out his book The Minds Behind the Games that's available now and get ready for The Minds Behind Adventure Games that's on track for a January 2020 release. A big thanks to Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts, as well as Dan and Jake from DC Supersons for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who can fit an entire package of peeps up his nose.

I figured it was time to get some questions answered, so here’s a rather unedited take on that. Frequent guest Karrington Martin from Real Dudes Podcast graciously agreed to host the show so that you could hear something besides me asking myself questions because let’s face it, that could get kind of weird. A big thanks to the following people for sending in questions: Kate from Ignorance was Bliss Derek from Rolling Misadventures The Chrises from Chrises on Infinite Earths Matt from Nooks and Crannies Megan and RJ from Oh No! Lit Class This was fun and I definitely plan on doing it again. If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Play Comics Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Karrington at The Real Dudes Podcast and on Twitter @Desertfury90, or by checking out his previous appearances on the show. Music by Best Day, who has the same number of playoff series wins as the Washington Nationals.

Blair Farrell from Comic Gamers Assemble comes by the show for another Creator Talk episode to talk about his book The Web of Spider-Man Games: The Amazing and the (Not So) Spectacular. We also talk more in general about comic based games and what other books he might write in the future. You can find Blair on Twitter @Blarcade, his website Comic Gamers Assemble, or the Comic Gamers Assemble Facebook Page. You can find The Web of Spider-Man Games on the US Amazon, Australian Amazon, Canadian Amazon, and UK Amazon stores.

Have I told you yet that in the 1990s you couldn’t escape the X-Men if you tried? Because you couldn’t. They literally were everywhere. And there was nothing we could do about it. Listen in as Devin Warner from Multiversal Q and Exiled comes on the show to talk about the first X-Men game for Game Gear. Learn such things as: Why does it have the same name as the classic Genesis game? Just kidding we don’t know that either. What little concept did they actually do well with when picking characters? Is it even possible for batteries to last long enough to beat this thing? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Devin over on Exiled and Multiversal Q or catch him on Twitter @freddofett. A big thanks to Brandon from Submitted For Your Approval, as well as everyone from The Chimera for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who did a thing or something like that I don’t know I’m sleepy.

One of the things that I really love about Spider-Man is how big the cast of other characters is, especially the crossover with other Marvel heroes. Maybe some of that is because he’s the first place I really saw that. And maybe some of why the first Spider-Man game for PS1 is my all time favorite Spider-Man game in the whole world no question is because it’s the first one I really got to play through over and over and over. Listen in as Paul Csomo from Varmints joins the show to finally talk about what is possibly the game that I get asked about doing the most. Easily top 3 worst case. Learn such things as: Have Paul’s feelings about Rhino changed? What’s the point of having all those different suits? Does anyone even care that this one came out for Game Boy Color? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Paul Csomo can be found @VarmintsPodcast on Twitter, @VarmintsPodcast on Instagram, in the Varmints Facebook page, or at the Varmints Podcast page. He can also be found pretty often in the Underdog Podcast Community Facebook group. A big thanks to Gerald Staats from Anxzenity as well as Anthony & Doc Issues from Capes on the Couch for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who brushes his teeth 4 times a day.

The X-Men prove once again that they were such a powerhouse franchise in the 1990s. And when you get to combine a few different story arcs into a single game it has to be good, or at least interesting. Listen in as L.W. Salinas joins the show to prove how that’s not really the case at all with Gamemaster’s Legacy for the Sega Game Gear. Learn such things as: What has X-Men really done better than most other comic franchises? Will this finally be the game where you can’t play as Wolverine? How much slack can we give this one just because it was on the Game Gear? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Lauren on LWSalinas.com to see everything that she’s on, or on the Twitter @sithwitch. A big thanks to everyone from 4 Panel as well as JV Torres from The Rise of King Asilas for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who according to the legends has eaten over 1 gajillion peanut butter sandwiches.

It’s time for another Creator Talk episode! This time we’re chatting with Luz Bianca, writer of Palace by the Sea and Sarah. Come listen in as Luz gives us the inside story behind both of these really cool comics. You can find Luz on LuzBianca.com, over on Patreon, or on Twitter @LuzBiana417. Palace by the Sea can be found on Gumroad and I really suggest you go pick it up. Sara can be found here and I really think you should read it because I love it.

If you’re into the history side of comics, like real life history, then have I got a treat for you. I sat down with Jennifer DeRoss and we talked about her new book Forgotten All-Star: A Biography of Gardner Fox. Learn about this comic legend who is somehow even more prolific than I ever imagined, her process in writing the book, and a few other fun facts along the way. Jennifer can be found @JenniferDeRoss on Twitter, Jennifer’s Comic Blog, and she has written for Sirens of Sequentials. And of course you can buy the book right now on Amazon or bug your local comic store until the bring a copy in for you.

Marvel vs Capcom. You knew this day was comping. An epic showdown between some of your favorite comic characters against some of your favorite video game characters. No reasons besides it’s cool. Do you really need one? Listen in as John Horsley from Spoiler Country joins the show to talk about this wonderful gem of a game that we all owe so much to. And the PlayStation version that isn’t quite as good. Learn such things as: How does PlayStation get around the lack of tag team this time? What did Capcom’s roster really do better than Marvel’s? Does it even matter that there’s no attempt at a story? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find John at Spoiler Country, the Spoiler Country Patreon, y2cl, and on Twitter @y2cl or Spoiler Country A big thanks to Toph from Gravity Beard, as well as Luke and Devin from MultiversalQ for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who still doesn’t know that I’m doing these comments.

X-Men is a weird universe anyway. You can fit in just about environment in. You can have just about any kind of character you want. Basically you can do whatever you want and it’ll make sense. There’s a reason why “Because X-Men” is a valid explanation for just about anything. Then Mojo World just flips everything on it’s head. And here we have a wonderful Game Ge- oh who am I kidding it’s Game Gear. Listen in as Zack Jenkins from Battle of the Atom joins the show and we try not to throw up. Learn such things as: Why even use Mojo if you’re not really going to use Mojo? How do we really feel about the Game Gear? You’ll never guess…. Who thinks that it’s a good idea to have your mutant powers drain? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Zack over on the Battle of the Atom website or on Twitter @XavierFiles. A big thanks to everyone from The Chimera as well as Dan and Jake from DC Supersons for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who might have had a Game Gear but certainly never had enough batteries for it. But then again, who did?

We're creeping up to the big boys here, this time stopping by Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter. And once again, we get a stripped down version on PlayStation that takes out tag team but at least this time gives you extra modes to make up for it. If that makes up for it is up to you. Listen in as Justin Williams from SuperTangent joins the show to take a look at Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter and we try not to cry about the lack of Sega awesomeness in our childhoods. Learn such things as: Why do we never get the Saturn versions HOLY CRAP SEGA YOU HAD ONE JOB WHY DO YOU HATE US? Is the roster here lazy or efficient? Why do we get no female characters but stupid Wolverine and Cyclops can be in this one even though they've been in every Capcom Marvel fighter so far? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Justin over mostly in the Nerds and Knowledge Facebook group, technically on Twitter @SuperProclivity but not really, or the official SuperTangent website. A big thanks to Luke from Luke Who’s Talking as well as Michael from Murder Mile for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who hasn't specifically confirmed this to me but probably most likely is also sad that Sega thought we wouldn't want all the cool Saturn games we missed out on.

Pretty much everyone dreams of flying. And of not getting on the wrong side of gangsters and Nazis. But mostly of flying. So imagine how cool it would be if a jetpack just fell into your lap! Or rather the seat of your airplane. Oh who care, YOU’VE GOT A JET PACK! Listen in as Derek Graziano from Rolling Misadventures comes by the show to take a look at The Rocketeer and a pair of games that really couldn’t have been much more different if they’d tried. Learn such things as: Who was this movie made for? How did we end up with two games that are so different? (Not really answered but I’m still wondering) Seriously, this is a Disney movie? How did Nintendo censor more than Disney? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Derek over at @RMisadventures or the official Rolling Misadventures website. A big thanks to Emily from The Story Behind as well as Adam Higgins from Odd Dad Out for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who doesn’t have to wear a cone of shame. Unless there’s something I don’t know about………

Alright, things are really starting to creep closer and closer to Marvel vs Capcom with a game that finally introduces the concept of Marvel characters fighting against people from a whole different universe. Plus a dose of Japan getting an amazing game that didn’t come out over here and there’s reason why and I’m not salty about that at all. Nope, not one bit. Listen in as Chris Sims from The ISB comes to talk about X-Men vs Street Fighter and we geek out about X-Men and Street Fighter and fighting games in general. Learn such things as: What bad things can you even say about X-Men vs Street Fighter? Why does this crossover just make so much sense? How come Japan gets the good home version of this game? Oh, because they actually supported the Saturn unlike some people in charge at Sega over here. And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Chris Sims can be found @TheISB on Twitter, his website The ISB, wherever Marvel comics are sold, and on one of his many podcasts including: War Rocket Ajax for general comic awesomeness Movie Fighters for a look at horrible movies Apocrypals where two non-believers read thorugh The Bible and try not to be jerks about it Sailor Business for a look at Sailor Moon Xena Warrior Business for a look at Xena: Warrior Princess A big thanks to Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts, Dani and Brett from The Wheel Weaves, and the guys from Real Dudes Podcast for the wonderful promos today. Regular Music by Best Day, who’s just going to have to share the spotlight here a bit today and deal with it because…………… Additional Music from https://filmmusic.io “Kool Kats” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) cut for time by me because I know y’all didn’t want to hear 4 minutes of elevator jazz.

Comics in the 90s were special. Big muscles, pouches, weird body proportions that just don’t work with real world physics. Spy adventures that crossed international borders like it’s nothing. Oh yeah, can’t forget about boobs and butts. Listen in as Chris Sims comes on the show to talk about Danger Girl. Which we swear is worth readying we promise. Just don’t bring it to school. And if you do anyway it’s not our fault. Learn such things as: Who was this game made for anyway? Who are the comic characters based on? Will either Chris try to attempt a horrible Australian accent? And so much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Chris Sims can be found @TheISB on Twitter, his website The ISB, wherever Marvel comics are sold, and on one of his many podcasts including: War Rocket Ajax for general comic awesomeness Movie Fighters for a look at horrible movies Apocrypals where two non-believers read thorugh The Bible and try not to be jerks about it Sailor Business for a look at Sailor Moon Xena Warrior Business for a look at Xena: Warrior Princess A big thanks to Tawny and George from The Dirty Bits as well as Megan and RJ from Oh No! Lit Class for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who will be very happy to hear that my little Nyx is walking really well after the surgery to remove one of her back legs. She’s a pirate now. AAARRRRGH!

You’ve got a character going around in specialized armor defending the world. Flying around, blasting things, certainly this has got to be the coolest character known to man. But is it Ironman? Or is it X-O Manowar? Joke’s on you, it’s both! Listen in as Kyle Federline from Real Dudes Podcast joins the show to take a look at maybe one of the weirdest crossovers that there ever was. From the video game side of things anyway. Learn such things as: What does the phrase In Heavy Metal mean here anyway? Game wise, is there really a difference between the characters? Does the fact that Acclaim published this mean there’s a conflict of interest? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Kyle at Real Dudes Podcast, on Twitter @KyleFederline or on the Real Dudes Podcast Patreon page. A big thanks to the Chrises from Chrises on Infinite Earths as well as Luke and Devin from MultiversalQ for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who either has a great cat or needs to get one. But his cat won’t be nearly as good as my Nyx.

In the second of our Play Comics Origins series things are taking a different turn. Not only do we have a game that follows a comic story arc, it actually follows the comic story arc. What a concept! Listen in as Scott Niswander from NerdSync comes by to take a look at Marvel Super Heroes which takes inspiration from the Infinity Gauntlet story arc. Like for real, it actually follows the story. Kind of. Learn such things as: Am I contractually obligated to have guests named Scott for games based on the Infinity Gauntlet arc? What video did Scott promise to make that’s definitely not this one because he already made that one? Does anybody know what color these stones are supposed to be? Or maybe they’re gems? Does that distinction even matter? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Scott at The NerdSync YouTube channel, on Twitter @NerdSync or on the NerdSync Patreon page. A big thanks to Kyle from Parent Quest as well as Justin from Super Tangent for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who plays better than Chopin. Because Chopin is dead and can’t play anymore.

You know what’s crazy? That we somehow got to the PS1 without a home console Fantastic Four game. You’ve got one of the most iconic groups in the Marvel Universe, a group that pretty much defines what it means to be Marvel, and it takes this long to get a game made? It’s pretty bad if you ask me. Come listen in as Alistair from Get Soft with Dr. Snuggles comes by the show to talk Fantastic Four and this game that clearly suffers from a thing known as “being an early 3D game.” But does that make it bad? Learn such things as: How many people does Marvel think 4 is? What story line, if any, are we introduced to here? Aren’t Fantastic Four podcasts contractually obligated to have an Air Wolf reference? Or is that just Fantasticast? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Alistair over at the Get Soft with Dr. Snuggles podcast or the Get Soft with Dr. Snuggles Facebook page. A big thanks to Brandon from Submitted For Your Approval as well as John and Kenrick from Spoiler Country for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who probably thinks he can out drink me, but he doesn’t stand a chance.

It’s finally time to check out the Capcom Fighters, and what better place to start than at the beginning of that run? The X-Men have been a vital part of this show from the start and there’s really no better place to get things rolling here than with a look at a game based on the Fatal Attractions story arc. Well, based on might be a strong phrase. Listen in as Miles Stokes and Matt Hunter from Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men stop by to take a look at Children of the Atom and all of the history and lore behind it. Learn such things as: Where did the lineup of Capcom fighters start? What does this game have to do with Fatal Attractions? How does Magneto feel about Metallica? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Miles and matt over at @XPlaintheXmen on Twitter or over at the official site for Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men. A big thanks to Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts as well as the guys from Real Dudes Podcast for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who did a wonderful job on Rolling Misadventures (see for yourself in Part 1 and Part 2 of that story arc) but nobody reads the show notes so nobody will ever see this note either.

In another bonus episode that’s totally not just to manipulate the numbering so I can pull something off later (that’s a lie and we all know it but we’ll roll with it anyway) Kayleigh Osborne comes back to take a look at one of the world’s most well known and important comic characters. Theatrical films, cartoons from multiple decades, and running pretty much since the 1930s. Yup, it’s Tintin. Take a listen as Kayleigh joins to talk about this comic franchise that somehow just hasn’t caught on in the US yet. We never do figure out why it hasn’t. Learn such things as: What good reason is there for this one never catching on here? How important are Franco-Belgian comics? Do we have a new most accurate game adaptation? And much more! YouTube Clips mentioned in the show: The Seven Crystal Balls 1990s cartoon Prisoners of the Sun 1990s cartoon The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun 1960s cartoon If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Kayleigh on newer episodes of Meddling Kids where she talks to Chris about Scooby Doo related things. A big thanks to everyone from Western Standard Time as well as Suzy Buttress from The Casual Birder Podcast for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who can be a talking cat if he that’s what he wants to do.

We’re back again with another comic creator, this time it’s Carl Antonowicz to talk about his comic Büer’s Kiss. But more importantly, the really awesome way he does live performances of it. From his time working with the New Hazlet Theater to plans for the future, be sure to check out all of his stuff over at Canto Comics, the Canto Comics store in Big Cartel, @cantocomics on Twitter, the Patreon that got started since this episode was recorded, and of course the YouTube video so you can see what makes this so special. And while you’re at it, check out his wife Sophie’s stuff over at DC Is Going to Hell and Red Ink Radio.

You knew this day was coming. Eventually we had to get to Superman 64. Flying around through rings, horrible time limits, battling Lex Luthor in an arena of his making. What can we say about this game that hasn’t already been said? Listen in as Kyle Federline and Karrington Martin give it a shot as we look at this N64 classic. I promise, we actually have good things to say about it. Learn such things as: What system missed out on having this in its library? How does Chris usually play these games, and does it make a difference? How can such a good cartoon turn into this? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Kyle and Karrington at Real Dudes Podcast or on the Real Dudes Podcast Patreon page. You can also find Kyle on Twitter @KyleFederline and Karrington on Twitter @Desertfury90. A big thanks to everyone from FriGay the 13th as well as Toby McElroy from OptiPod for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who still watches Tiny Toons. Which is fine, I do that too.

Superman can’t really be stopped by normal bad guys, we’ve established that. But what happens when Lex Luthor decides to really go after him? Oh, we’ve done that too? Ummmm, so what happens this time? It’s comics after all, so we know he isn’t really going anywhere. Listen in as Dan McMahon from DC Supersons comes on the show to take a look at a Gameboy exclusive title based on the 1990s animated series. Yeah, that’s what we’re going with for this one. It says so on the box so it must be true. Learn such things as: What horrible things do Dan and Chris say that they thought would never leave their mouths? How do sharks even play a role in this game without Aquaman popping up? Will somebody listen to me and every single guest I’ve had on and just make a Superman game where he’s playing detective already? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Dan at Supersons Podcast and on Twitter @DCSuperSons, or by checking out his personal Twitter @danthemcmahon. A big thanks to everyone from Adventures in Erylia as well as Joea Raspolich and Carlos Rivera from Life, Death, and Taxonomy for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who can tackle Bo Jackson in Tecmo Super Bowl.

Every super hero story has to eventually end. Maybe not in our world, but in the comic world as long as timelines don’t get reset or just stop progressing then all the heroes will eventually get old. Except The Phantom, who just straight up hasn’t died. Because he can’t. Listen in as Karrington Martin from Real Dudes Podcast comes to talk about Phantom 2040 and how it relates to the Phantom comics, and of course the SNES and Genesis games that came out with it. Learn such things as: What makes The Phantom immortal? How does the Phantom 2040 cartoon relate to the comics? Will we ever get a game as divisive as this one again? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Karrington at The Real Dudes Podcast and on Twitter @Desertfury90, or by checking out his previous appearances on the show. A big thanks to Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts as well as Dan Grote and Matt Lazorwitz from WQ&A for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who only drinks the top half of a bottle of Coke.

In a world of corrupt politicians working with the letter, but definitely not the spirit, of the law it’s inevitable that if time travel become a possibility that it would be used for evil. Which means you’ll have to have cops specifically for time related things. Listen in as Mark Diaz from Mark’s Movie Collection comes to talk about this Jean Claude Van Damme classic and a game that kind of maybe has something to do with it. Learn such things as: Why are movie tie in games coming out so long after the movie? Can you ever have too many splits? What is the plural of octopus anyway? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Mark @coolmarkd on Twitter or the Mark’s Movie Collection podcast. A big thanks to Donna and Laura from Soapy Madams and Thomas Rillstone from History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who doesn’t wait for his brownies to finish baking before eating them.

If awesome comics are your thing then I’ve got a treat for you. An ex-cop trying to figure out what happened to her partner. Mysterious happenings. Secret organizations. The struggle to find what’s just and right in this crazy world. If any of this catches your eye then listen up, head over to the preview of Butcher Queen to see how cool it is, and back the Butcher Queen Kickstarter Project to make sure that you get a copy of the whole story for yourself. Butcher Queen can also be found @ButcherQComic on Twitter. Writer Jim Ousley can be found @JimOusley and artist Ben Sawyer can be found @SketchSawyer.

Alien races fighting an ancient war. Characters that aren’t exactly like the rest of Earth’s population. Jim Lee art. A 90s Saturday morning cartoon. I’m thinking this sounds pretty familiar….. Listen in as Jeffrey Brown, writer of The Valkyrie Quartet, comes to talk Jim Lee’s WildC.A.T.S. and how despite the familiarity of it, this is a franchise that you really need to check out for it’s own awesomeness. Learn such things as: Are we sure this isn’t X-Men? How much did the cartoon soften up the comics? In turn, how much did the game soften up the cartoon? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Jeffrey @tsujigo on Twitter, The Valkyrie Quartet, Tsujigo on Society Six (some items NSFW there), Tsujigo on Gum Road, and be sure to check out their book Izanami Grey (Welcome to Gen-Verte!) over at Domino Books. A big thanks to Matthew Hocker from the Composition Kickstarter Campaign (check out his Creator Guest episode for more information there) and Reid Messerschmidt from The Irrationally Exuperant for the wonderful promos today. Music by Best Day, who likes the Green Lantern movie. Or doesn’t. Definitely one of those options.

Batman and Robin is the last of the 1990s Batman movies, and maybe for good reason. The movie was not all too well received. It didn’t really fit the tone of the preview two 90s Batman movies. And yet it still had a game come out for it. A year after the movie, but it still happened. Listen in as Chris and guest Billy from CommanderCast admit that this is their favorite of the 90s Batman movies and take a look at the tie in game that came with it. Learn such things as: How in the world can this be anyone’s favorite of the old Batman movies? What classic game should have been forgotten about instead of replicated when making the game? Is it even possible to have too many puns? And much more! If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Billy’s writing CommanderCast, or jump straight to his latest article which looks at the use of Squirrel creatures in Magic: the Gathering Arena or this older article that looks at the use of Zombies and zombie hoards. A big thanks to the guys from Real Dudes Podcast as well as Emily from The Story Behind for the promos today. Also The Story Behind is nominated for a Webby for Best Podcast Series and while I’m not specifically saying that you have to go vote for her, you probably should. I’ll even make it wasy and provide a link to the exact spot where you can vote for The Story Behind. Music by Best Day, who would get some stickers sent to him if he just asked. As would anyone else. Seriously.

In the far far future of 2055 the world has somehow survived World War III. Except with all of the nuclear explosions and toxins in the environment and stuff like that the world’s population has all turned into mutants. Let’s ignore that the science doesn’t work there at all. But one scientist found a way to turn mutants back into humans! And yes, we’re ignoring that science there as well. Listen in as Karrington Martin from Real Dudes Podcast comes on to talk about this little known comic (at least to everyone I talked to) that someone has a game that is pretty well known game, at least in the Retro Gaming circles. Learn such things as: Who picked this comic to get a game anyway? Why are there different sets of characters? What esoteric thing did Chris get hung up on with the game? And much more! Also have a look at the Wikipedia list of games based on comics. I haven’t added this game to the list on purpose, but I might go back and do it later. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Karrington at The Real Dudes Podcast and on Twitter @Desertfury90, or by checking out his previous appearances on the show. A big thanks to Matthew Hocker, creator of the card game Composition, as well as Mr. L and Mr. L from The Fantasticast for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who most likely doesn’t have a TurboGrafx-16.

A lot of you (and by that I mean at least 1 person) has asked if I’d ever look at the Alien franchise. This is as close as I’ll get since the movie clearly came first and didn’t get made with the comic in mind. But you asked for it, and there are comics. So why not? Keith Gawla from Pop Up Film Cast (@PopUpFilmCast on Twitter) comes by to continue ridiculing me for my horrible appearance on his show. Learn such things as: How old do Chris and Keith think each other are? Did Chris actually watch this movie? Is this the one time where the Game Gear version is playable? And so much more! A big thanks to Derek from Rolling Misadventures and Charles from Talk N Roll for playing along with promos to their old shows. Be sure to check out their new stuff.

We just can’t get away from Spider-Man at all. Even when there’s no comic story to match it up with, when there are a host of C List villains, the guy is persistent I’ll give him that. Listen in as Chris and Christi from Chrises on Infinite Earths come to talk about the entire Sega 32X library of comic based games. Yup, this is the one that we got. Learn such things as: Why do some people say this isn’t the only comic based 32X game? Who are these villains anyway? What is our theory for why this game looks so unfinished? And much more! If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Chris and Christi can be found @chrisespod or at the Chrises on Infinite Earths official website. Thanks to the Karrington Martin from Real Dudes Podcast for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Paul and Donna from Varmints as well as Mikey, Charlie, and Reed from oh The Young Ones for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who smells better than a puppy.

Do you like games? I’d hope so because that’s what half of this show is about. But if you’re into real world games as well then have I got something for you! Introducing Composition, a card game from Matthew Hocker from Coo Games (on Twitter @CooGamesMatt or Facebook as Coo Games Official) where you take control of a maestro and draft letter cards to form words to earn roses and earn victory points or get super powerful cards to set yourself up for victory later. Check out the Composition Kickstarter if this sounds like something you’d be interested in and share it with any of your friends that you think will enjoy it and help make this game a reality. Also check out character artist Olivia Raum on Twitter.

In the “fictional” future a single person gets to be judge, jury, and executioner. Well, a bunch of single people but you get the idea. This is the world of instant justice. This is the faaaaar far future of 2080. Drew Hallum from Reel Feels and CritStorm Cast comes by the show to take a look at the 1995 Sylvester Stallone classic Judge Dredd. Just make sure you follow the law while you’re doing it so you don’t get judged! Learn such things as: Was the movie really as bad as Chris was expecting? What surprising action can you actually take in the game? What does the philosophy of this distopian say about our future as a species? And much more! Maybe not so much that last one though. If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Drew can be found @ReelFeelsPod or at the Reel Feels official website for the Reel Feels side of things, and @CritStormCast or at the CritStorm Cast official website for the CritStorm Cast side of things. Thanks to the Chrises from Chrises on Infinite Earths for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Mum and Stacy from Rough Giraffe as well as Megan and RJ from oh No! Lit Class for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who could sell moonlight to a moth.

Imagine if you thought so much of yourself that you truly believed that you could take on Death itself, and that you're right. Do you really think that Death would let you win, even if you won? Ed Annunziata from Playchemy (and conveniently a developer on this game) comes by the show to talk Chakan the Forever Man, and how his story makes that from The Devil Went Down to Georgia look like a tale from Muppet Babies. Learn such things as: How did Ed decide that this comic needed to be a game? What really interesting mechanic in the game really fits the character pretty much perfectly? How many copies of this do Ed and Chris own between the two of them? And much more! If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we're working on. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Ed Annunziata can be found @edanunziata or at the Playchemy official website. And of course, go check out Space War Arena for the Nintendo Switch. Thanks to Drew from Reel Feels for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Luke from Exiled as well as Brandon from Submitted For Your Approval for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who has made up at least 3 words that rhyme with orange.

Garfield is everywhere and there’s nothing we can do about it. From toys to newspapers to school book fairs there’s no escaping the universe tat Jim Davis has brought upon us with this pesky feline and all of his other animal friends. But what happens when he and Odie accidentally create a robot monster? Listen in as Jessie Cooper from the Alphabet Flight and Creepy Critters podcasts comes to talk about this lasagna eating and marketing juggernaut. Learn such things as: Why does everyone love Garfield so much? No, really, why? He just won’t go away! What crazy offshoot things that are totally unlicensed fan creations but amazing anyway? And much more! WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Jessie Cooper can be found @alphabetflight or @ccritterspod or at the Alphabet Flight and Creepy Critters official websites. Thanks to Ed Annunziata from Playchemy for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Heather Welch from the March 2019 Sunshine Summit (I’ll be a part of that, you should check it out), as well as everyone from Gamerheads as well as everyone from Better Than Static for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who not only knows the proper amount of sleep an adult human needs, he also gets at least that much every night.

Even without reading comics growing up, my friends and I always knew about Spawn. Or at least that he existed. Not that we really knew anything about him. But come on, look at the guy! How can he not be cool? Listen in as author and comic writer BJ Mendelson comes to talk not only Spawn as a character but also the fascinating real life origin story of the comic and how this is possibly the most 90s thing that ever 90s-ed. Learn such things as: The fascinating real life origin of Spawn (did I say that up there? Who cares, it’s worth it) What aspect of this game actually makes more sense in the game than in the comic? How much of a hand do we think Todd McFarlene had with this one? And much more! WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. BJ Mendelson can be found at @BJMendelson on Twitter or at the official BJ Mendelson website. Thanks to Jessie Cooper from Alphabet Flight and Creepy Critters for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Heather Welch from the March 2019 Sunshine Summit (I’ll be a part of that, you should check it out), as well as Adam Higgins from Odd Dad Out for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who always uses the perfect amount of syrup with his waffles.

Batman the Animated Series is apparently a huge part of a ton of childhoods. Except mine, because I somehow kept missing it. But from giving characters much better back stories to creating a few characters that we couldn’t imagine not having today to just being objectively awesome, it’s an important part of today’s Batman culture. So of course it had a game to go with it. You know, besides the Gameboy title that it actually shared a name with the series. Listen in as Chris Sims from War Rocket Ajax, The ISB, and writer of some Marvel things comes to talk about a wonderful pair of Batman games, and a few others that exist. Learn such things as: What secret history do Chris and Chris have? How influential was this series to both Batman and animation in general? What episodes does Batmanologist Chris Sims recommend from the animated series? Heart of Ice Beware the Gray Ghost The Forgotten Shadow of the Bat Two-Face The Man Who Killed Batman That lost episode of the animated series? You can check it out all in one shot. And much more! WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Chris Sims can be found @TheISB on Twitter, his website The ISB, wherever Marvel comics are sold, and on one of his many podcasts including: War Rocket Ajax for general comic awesomeness Movie Fighters for a look at horrible movies Apocrypals where two non-believers read thorugh The Bible and try not to be jerks about it Sailor Business for a look at Sailor Moon Xena Warrior Business for a look at Xena: Warrior Princess Thanks to BJ Mendelson from BJ Mendelson.com for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Tawny and George from The Dirty Bits as well as Christi and Chris from Chrises on Infinite Earths for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who still hadn’t called me out for talking over his music but I’m still going to apologize because I feel bad about it.

Here comes Speed Racer racing around the track. But he’s got the the Car Acrobatic Team hot on his tail. Can Speed make it around the curve and onto the finish line without getting caught? Micah Ulmer joins the show to help find out where exactly Speed got his origins and all kinds of cool things that show this franchise is more than just that anime you saw when you were 6. Learn such things as: Where did this character originate anyway? Who is that mysterious driver that always seems to bail Speed out of trouble? What really cool peripheral technically exists for this game but maybe not because I’ve never seen one or known anyone who has? And much more! WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Micah Ulmer can be found at @speed_racer_daily on Intagram or @SpeedRacerMerch on Twitter. Thanks to Chris Sims from The ISB for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Dan and Jake from DC Supersons, as well as Clay Groves from Fish Nerds for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who would never give you up.

Spider-Man is back at it again with some more attempts released by LJN. But can everyone’s favorite wall crawler make a better impression when a new development studio is brought in to bring him to the small screen? Paul Csomo returns to take another crack at Spider-Man. Do things get better here? Or is it just a continued downward spiral, waiting for that one Spider-Man game we know is coming that will bring us out of the darkness? Learn such things as: Why? Just why? What realization did the self proclaimed “not a comics expert” have that Chris hasn’t put together yet for himself? Where the Toby McGuire movies the first to have organic web shooters? And much more! WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. Paul Csomo can be found @VarmintsPodcast on Twitter, @VarmintsPodcast on Instagram, in the Varmints Facebook page, or at the Varmints Podcast page. He can also be found pretty often in the Underdog Podcast Community Facebook group. Thanks to Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks toTawny and George from The Dirty Bits, Julie and Marc from The Station Wagon, as well as Megan and RJ from Oh No! Lit Class for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who is so hardcore he eats the apple core. Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomics

The Justice League has some of the most iconic characters that comics have ever known. But what happens when you take a super hero super group and branch off from that? Paul Combs stops by the show to take a look at the offshoot of the offshoot of a team up. Yeah, that’s nowhere near the most convoluted part. Learn such things as: How do you explain a team of super heroes fighting each other? Which other characters could have even gotten into this game? What real life city was cool enough to get named? And much more! WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Paul on Twitter @combspaul, or his frequent guest spots on Nooks and Crannies. Thanks to Matt Hocker from The Matt Hocker Show for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss as well as John and Kenrick from Spoiler Country for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who lets other people win once in a while unlike TOM FUCKING BRADY.

Remember John Horsley? You know, the guy from y2cl.net? He’s been on the show a few times. But this one is a little bit different because we’re here to look at something that he’s making instead. You see John, along with a ton of other people way more talented than me, are making a comic called The Eynes Anthology. And I was lucky enough to get John to come on the show and tell us about it. But he can describe it a lot better than I can: Monsters are everywhere… They always have been. They lurk, hidden in every shadow, behind every dark thought. They are probably in your closet, possessing your friends, and they’re almost certainly creeping behind you now. They are most often undetectable. And when they’re not, it’s too late. Throughout time, these monsters have feasted on society – both physically and metaphysically. The chaos they bring fuels a great dark spirit that seeks to end the world with pain and torment. The Eynes are our only hope… The Eynes family line has been cursed since before recorded history to detect the presence of these monsters. It is their bound duty to stop these creatures from destroying humanity through any means necessary, be it by sword, spell… or other. Though the Eynes can feel when the creatures are in close proximity, the monsters themselves are also drawn toward the family. But not everything is as it seems… And although the war between the monsters and the Eynes has waged for centuries, The black-and-white battle lines have grayed over the years. not all monsters may be considered evil and not all Eynes are as righteous as one would think. These are the tales of the Eynes Family. Different art styles, different writing styles, you’re sure to find something you’ll love here.Be sure to check out the blog post over at Play Comics for some sample images from the book.If anything here catches your eye then definitely go check out The Eynes Anthology and be sure to check out the Kickstarter campaign so we can make a physical version of this happen. I promise, you'll love it.

Did you know The Mask was a comic? Us either. But somehow Dark Horse got a movie made about a comic that totally slipped past my young knowledge. But how well did the Jim Carey movie stick to the comics? Listen in as Karrington Martin from Real Dudes Podcast comes back to take a look at this movie tie in game that takes full advantage of Carey’s insanity. Learn such things as: How did Chris go so long without knowing this was a comic? Did the movie do a good job sticking with it’s source material? Does anything here actually make sense? No, really, like anything at all? And much more! WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Karrington at The Real Dudes Podcast and on Twitter @Desertfury90, or by checking out his previous appearances on the show. Thanks to Mike Burton from Genuine Chit Chat for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to In Poor Taste as well as Grawlix for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who would probably share his chicken nuggets, but not the sauce.

Remember back in the 1990s when Wolverine was everywhere and you couldn’t get away from him? When if there was ever going to be a game focusing on just a single member of the X-Men that it would unquestionably be him? And how we already got that once? Well guess what, it’s time for round two! Listen in as Chris Baker from SuperHero.vg and author of WRONG! Retro Games, You Messed Up Our Comic Book Heroes! comes by to look at the 16 bit entry. Or is it entries? Just listen, I’m sure we’ll figure it out along the way. Learn such things as: Who are the characters in this game anyway? In what ways was this game way ahead of it’s time? What how different can the game be across systems anyway? And much more! Also, be sure to check out Brett Weiss’s books for all kinds of amazing awesomeness. The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 1 (A-M) is available right now and The SNES Omnibus Vol. 2 is available for pre-orers. WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Chris over at SuperHero.vg or @cbake76 on Twitter. Thanks to Karrington Marting from Real Dudes Podcast for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Derek of The Sometimes Geek and as well as Matt and Jesse from American Slacker for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who still needs to come on my show. Seriously, I’m 0% joking about this.

The X-Men Return in the sequel to the classic Genesis game. This time around they actually get to leave the mansion and head out into the world. But can they defeat the Phalanx when they come to destroy all mutants? Listen in as Brandon Cruz from Apathetic Enthusiasm, or is it Intergalactic RSS, or maybe it’s Submitted For Your Approval, aww crap I think we might have a clone problem… Learn such things as: What happened with all the clones? How has female character representation changed in the long 2 years since the last X-Men game for Genesis? Can they ever top the joke that opens the game? And much more! And of course, those episodes from other shows that came up can be found at: Chrises on Infinite Earths: Chris and Christi Mess Up The X-Men Chrises on Infinite Earths: Final Sanction- Phalanx Covenant with Chris Sims Chrises on Infinite Earths: Generation Next – Phalanx Covenant with Everett Christensen Chrises on Infinite Earths: Life Signs – Phalanx Covenant I got ahead of myself on, but there is Jay and Miles X-plain the X-Men: 198 – How to Destroy the Universe Without Really Trying if you just want to hear those two bring up Phalanx stuff WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Brandon over at the Apathetic Enthusiasm or on Twitter @Apathusiast. Clone #1 can be found at Submitted For Your Approval or @S4YA_podcast on Twitter. Clone #2 can be found at Interdimensional RSS: The Unofficial Rick and Morty Podcast or @RickAndMortyPod on Twitter. If you’re reading the show notes and see this then please send me a picture of your favorite bird. It really doesn’t have anything to do with the episode but I’m curious about who reads these. Thanks to Miles Stokes from Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Chris, Cory, and Donnie from More Gooder Than as well as Megan and RJ from Oh No! Lit Class for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who understand more about magnetism than Marvel scientists from the 1960s.

Just a quick note about what’s been going on with Play Comics, Meddling Kids, and Ninja Penguin as a whole. Spoiler alert: I think you should be excited about what’s coming up in every facet.

Things stay off the normal path this week as Derek Graziano (The Sometimes Geek and Rolling Misadventures), Karrington Martin (Real Dudes Podcast) and Just Reed (Game N’ Watch) come by to talk emulation. Our personal histories, how our views have changed, and the inevitable discussion on PlayStation Classic. WE HAVE A PATREON NOW! Check that out or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route. You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Derek over at @sometimesgeek, @RMisadventures or the official Sometimes Geek and Rolling Misadventures websites. You can find Karrington over at @Desertfury90 or the official Real Dudes Podcast website. You can find Justin over at @TWOTALL4UFOOL or the official Game N’ Watch website. Thanks to Tyler Kirby from Better Than Static for that sweet sweet intro drop. Music by Best Day, who probably doesn’t read the show notes at all.

Sorry, if you're looking for a regular episode then this just isn't the week for you. Instead of your regularly scheduled comic and video game comparison I'm taking this week to highlight just some of the many people that have made this show what it is today. Running the spectrum from purely podcast inspiration to full on friendship there's no way I can talk about everyone that needs to be here. <h6>People Mentioned in this Episode</h6> Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men Fantasticast Journey in Misery Luke Herr from Exiled and Multiversal Q Chris and Christi from Chrises on Infinite Earths (I accidentally called her Christina in the audio and I can't fix it now without making it sound like crap and I'm so sorry for that) Paul Csomo from Varmints Underdog Podcast Group on Facebook Chris Green from Gravity Beard Josh Bowman from Faith Deficit Chris and Steven from Is This Adulting? Julie Kinn from Meddling Kids and Station Wagon and the various shows aimed at military people Tawny Plattis from Tawny Voice (and specifically for us The Dirty Bits) Josh Hallmark from the Our Americana Podcast Network (including Our Americana, The Karen and Ellen Letters, Playlist, and True Crime Bullshit) Adam Higgins from Odd Dad Out and his mixing help is why this episode sounds as good as it does despite my rambling on Megan ad RJ from Oh No! Lit Class Joe and Carlos from Life, Death, and Taxonomy Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts The Gravity Beard group on Facebook Tiff Franks, the best Facebook group moderator around Kelsey Jane and Torey Roger Reichardt from GamerHeads Tyler Kirby from Better Than Static Karrington Martin and Kyle Federline from Real Dudes Podcast <h6>Your Podcast Homework</h6> Let the people who have had this kind of impact on your life know that you appreciate them Find a way to do that same thing for someone else Music as always by Best Day, who didn't get mentioned in the episode but really should have been.