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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.

Imagine a world where Venom is cool enough to get his own comic, but when they make the game they go and name it after a Spider-Man run instead. That just sounds horrible doesn’t it? You don’t have to, because Tyler Kirby from Better than Static returns to the show to talk Venom/Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety. Learn such things as: Which comic run is the game really supposed to be based on? Does the Acclaim name really mean LJN didn’t have a hand in this? What one game mechanic single handedly makes this game worth playing? 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 Tyler over at @kirbst0mp74 for his personal account, @btstatic, kirbst0mp74 on Twittch or the official Better Than Static website. Thanks to Scott Niswander from NerdSync for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Chris, Cory, and Donnie from More Gooder Than as well as Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who would probably take one for the team and eat all the almond joys.

In the 1990s Batman was everything. A comic movie franchise, cartoons, you name it. And then things started to fall off the rails. Tim Burton gets pushed out the door and we get this. But will the game be worth it despite the movie? Or will we get yet another example of a weak game that exists only because of a movie tie in? Listen as Alex Whiteley from Thors-Kin joins the show to talk Batman Forever. Learn such things as: Why would you ever replace Tim Burton? Is the changing face of Batman going to be a problem? How bad can a game be if it uses the Mortal Kombat engine? 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 Alex over at @thorskinpodcast or the official Thors-Kin website. Thanks to Matt Gardner from Floating Hands Studios for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Brandon and Travis from Apathetic Enthusiasm as well as Tim from The Cabinet for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who needs to take one of the way too many Super Nintendo consoles that are in my house.

Spider-Man makes another appearance and this time time it’s based on the 1994 animated series. So with such an iconic part of my childhood as the basis, this game has to be good? Right? Listen in as Matt Gardner from Floating Hands Studios and writer of the comic Alabaster Shadows comes on the show to take a look at this SNES and Genesis take on our favorite wall crawler. Learn such things as: How different can the same game be on different systems? Is this the best Spider-Man game we’ve looked at so far? Has Chris watched Batman the Animated Series yet? 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 Matt over at @wogoat, his YouTube channel Floating Hands Studios, or the page for his comic Alabaster Shadows. Thanks to Chris and Yancy from Pop Goes Your World for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Joe and Carlos from Life, Death, and Taxonomy as well as Toph from Gravity Beard for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who needs to live closer to me so we can go hang out.

BONUS EPISODE TIME! Take a listen as Mikey from The Young Ones and Devin from Exiled and Multiversal Q come on the show to talk about what comic properties should have a game (but don’t) and what makes some games and other general talk of what makes a good comic based game. The Kotaku article we talk about can be read by following the link at the beginning of this sentence. 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. Thanks to Miles Stokes of Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Reid from Irrationally Exuberant for the promo drop at the end today. The middle spot was taken by today’s guests. Music by Best Day, who probably doesn’t read my show notes and thus will not be getting any candy.

The Avengers make their return here, this time taking on Thanos in a very loose retelling of the Infinity War story. You know, nowhere near the time the movie was released in theaters or on DVD or anything. Listen in as Scott Thrower from Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children joins the show to talk Marvel Super Heroes in War of the Gems! Learn such things as: What does Scott think the main motive for making this game was? Which really cool and important characters are missing? Why doesn’t Marvel Canada ever show up? 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 Scott over at @periodicallypod or over at the official site for Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children. Thanks to Megan and RJ of Oh No! Lite Class for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Adam from Odd Dad Out as well as Macken from Species for the promos today. Music by Best Day, whose music is better than a good sleep. And I love sleep.

So we’ve seen Superman games before, and we know how I feel about them. But maybe, just maybe, we’ve found one that actually does Superman justice. Listen in as Michael Bailey from The Fortress of Baileytude Podcast Network (including From Crisis to Crisis) joins the show to talk Death and Return of Superman. Learn such things as: Will Chris come out of this actually looking forward to reading a Superman book? How is Shaq connected to this storyline? Can a game hold up when it’s pulling from such an iconic established storyline? 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 Michael over at @BaileysPodcasts or over at the official sites for The Fortress of Baileytude. Thanks to Ryan of Support For The Following for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Julie and Marc from The Station Wagon as well as Josh from Our Americana for the promos today. Music by Best Day, whose music is better than Bob Dylan’s in every possible way.

We finally get to one of my favorite characters, The Hulk. He’s the strongest around, except when he’s not. And you better hope that you don’t have to spend much time as Bruce while playing because, well, then he’s not Hulk. Listen in as Phil Primeau of Semi Intellectual Musings joins the show to take a look at one of Marvel’s most misunderstood characters. Learn such things as: Why do Chris and Phil both like Hulk so much anyway? How does a game that looks this good play so weirdly? What do casual fans tend to forget about Hulk’s origin? 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 Phil over at @The_SIM_Pod or over at the official sites for Semi-Intellectual Musings. Thanks to Ian of What Are You Talking? for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Chris and Steven from Is This Adulting? as well as Heather from Sunshine and Power Cuts for the promos today. Music by Best Day, whose music makes me want to go hug my cat.

Batman returns with this game based on the 1992 movie Batman Returns. There's wacky origins, crazy life restoring animals, and we haven't even started talking about Batman himself yet. Listen in as Roger Reichardt from Gamerheads comes to take a look at this game based on the final Tim Burton Batman movie. Learn such things as: Is this movie safe for kids? What cheat code did Cat Woman use in the movie? How many different versions of this game are there? And so 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 Roger over at @Gamerheadspc or over at the official sites for Gamerheads. Thanks to Derek of The Sometimes Geek for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Drew and Nathan from Reel Feels as well as John and Kenrick from Spoiler Country for the promos today. Music by Best Day, whose music makes me want to go be a better person.

What happens when you have a wonderful Marvel franchise that's had a string of crappy games? Eventually you have to get something good, right? Well GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! WE FINALLY GOT IT! Listen in as Miles Stokes from Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men comes on to talk X-Men for the Sega Genesis. I promise you, this one is totally x-ellent. Learn such things as: Who really should have been in this game? Which characters are just named so perfectly it's uncanny? What crazy thing did you actually have to do in order to beat this game? How did a wonderful Greek mythology comic from Matt Gardner come up? And does it really matter why? Because I really like it and I want an excuse to share it with you. And so 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 Miles over at @XPlaintheXmen or @thelightningand on Twitter or over at the official sites for Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men or The Lightning and the Storm. Thanks to Chris and Steven of Is This Adulting? for that sweet sweet intro drop. 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, whose music can almost make sense of the Marvel universe. Just kidding, nothing can do that. And that's why I love it.

What's silly, blue, and might secretly know what's going on but probably not? A lot of things, but the answer we're looking for is The Tick. Listen in as Joe and Carlos from Life, Death, and Taxonomy come to talk about The Tick and all the insanity that comes along with that. Learn such things as: What disease really should have been included to make this game more realistic? How did The Tick originate anyway? Because it' actually really weird. Who did the cartoon manage to get as voice actors? I'll bet you know a lot of them. And so 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 find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Joe and Carlos @LDtaxonomy on Twitter or over at the official Life, Death, and Taxonomy website. Thanks to Miles Stokes of X-Plain the X-Men for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Paul and Donna from Varmints (which just hit it's 100th episode and that's super cool) as well as Brandon and Travis from Interdimensional RSS for the promos today. Music by Best Day, whose music has more energy than a 4 year old on Christmas morning. Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomics

Cars! Dinosaurs! It's every little kid's dream! Come listen as Kelsey and Torey from all your favorite podcasting groups on Facebook join the show to talk about Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. Learn such things as: Why have we never heard of this comic? What famous person worked on the game? How bad was the cartoon anyway? And so much more! If you're seeing this then you get to know that WE HAVE A PATREON! Check it out and have a hand in supporting the show. Or if you don't like Patreon there are other options as well. You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Kelsey and Torey hanging out in the Karen & Ellen Roomies group on Facebook, or they also asked me to drop a link to Hutchinstruttin. Thanks to Roger Reichardt of Gamerheads for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Derek from Rolling Misadventures as well as Katy from Kakebytes for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes better music than Bjork. But then again, who doesn't? Support Play Comics by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/playcomics

So you've got Spider-Man, a character with so many games out at this point that I'm too lazy to count. You've got the X-Men, who have games out but they mostly suck. But both of them are beloved franchises, both helped to save Marvel. And you've got Adam Higgins from Odd Dad Out, who admittedly has not directly saved Marvel. Put them all together and what do you get? Let's just say that the LJN rainbow strikes again. Learn such things as: Why does Arcade feel confident enough to just toy with some of Marvel's toughest? Who actually gets their powers represented correctly? They put WHO in an under watever level? And so much more! You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook. You can find Adam on Odd Dad Out, on Twitter @OddDadOut, Facebook at the Twisted World of Odd Dad Out, or at the Odd Dad Out Patreon page. And if you want to get him to edit your podcast head over to ODO Voice Productions and that can be arranged as well. Thanks to Derek of The Sometimes Geek for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to the guys from Better Than Static as well as everyone from the The Controller Throwers for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes music that might as well be on a stick and wrapped in bacon. It's that good.

If you see this episode then you're seeing the new feed and everything is good to go. Nothing changes from here, and your regularly scheduled programing will begin again on Sunday, September 23rd with Adam Higgins of Odd Dad Out coming on the show to talk about Spider-Man and The X-Men in Arcade's Revenge. Play Comics post for this episode.

Batman and The Joker, it’s an iconic pairing that will never go away. At least not for long. Listen in as Steven and Chris from Is This Adulting? come to talk about Batman, Robin, and the fact that this game just doesn’t really make much sense at all. Learn such things as: Which of us is really really REALLY bad at the game? What is the more awesome name that this game had in Japan? How did they not release a SNES version of this? 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. 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 Chris and Steven at Is This Adulting, on Twitter @isthis_adulting, or at the Is This Adulting? Patreon page. Thanks to Chris Braaten of More Gooder Than for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Julie Kinn from Meddling Kids as well as everyone from the Real Dudes Podcast for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes music more beautiful than your favorite college football team laying the smack down on one of your least favorite teams for your mom’s birthday.

Apparently Asterix is a big deal. Who knew? Chris didn’t, that’s for sure. Good thing we have Kayleigh and Matt Sanderson coming back to let us know about the Gaul village that just might have something up their sleeve when it comes to defeating those pesky Romans. Learn such things as: What exactly is going on with this comic? Really, Chris has no idea. What games did we miss out on that Europe got? How historically accurate is this thing anyway? And so much more! Resources mentioned in this episode include page 32 of Super Game Power (a Brazilian gaming magazine) and that article from The Telegraph that Matt brings up a few times. 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 Kayleigh at Wadmalaw Weaving, on Twitter @wadmalawweaving, or at the Wadmalaw Weaving Facebook page. You can also hear her here on the Little Nemo, Smurfs for Gameboy, and Fantastic Four/The Incredibles bonus episode. You can find Matt at Nooks and Crannies, or at Nooksandcranniespod at gmail. You can also hear him here on the Captain America and The Avengers episode. Thanks to Michael Bailey of Fortress of Baileytude for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Megan and RJ from Oh No! Lit Class as well as Derek from The Sometimes Geek for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who is probably a better guitar player than me.

Just like back in the 1990s, we can’t escape the world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. List this week as John Horsley from Spoiler Country joins the fun to look at the titles for the original Gameboy (yay….) and Tournament Fighters (YAY!) Learn such things as: Will anybody admit to liking Leonardo? Are any of these games worth playing today? What happens when you remember that you just released a game with the good bosses and you need to use someone else? 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. 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 Thanks to Adam Higgins of Odd Dad out for that sweet sweet intro drop A big thanks to There Will Be Geek, The Yound Ones, as well as Meddling Kids for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who one day is going to hunt me down for all of these little comments.

The Ninja Turtles pretty much sum up the 1990s. But what happens when Megan and RJ from Oh No! Lit Class come on the show to look at not 1, not 2, but 3 games all in one shot? Can we handle that much excitement? Or does Shredder take one of his many forms to strike us down? Learn such things as: What’s other character has a connection to that life altering ooze? Why does Sega get shafted here? Which host has the best musical number? 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. 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 Megan and RJ at Oh No! Lit Class, on Twitter @OhNoLitClassPod, or on Patreon at Oh No Lit Class Pod. Thanks to Roger of GamerHeads Podcast for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Steven and Chris from Is This Adulting as well as Scott from Fairy Tales for Unwanted Children for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes music that makes robots wish for human emotions.

The X-Men are one of the most important teams that Marvel has. So what happens when somebody actually make a good game about them? Listen in as Mike Ryan from The Controller Throwers joins in to talk about the first actual good game featuring this iconic team to get released for home consoles. Learn such things as: What’s the deal with the final boss situation? Who is Mike’s unquestionable favorite character to use? Why did it take so long to get a good X-Men game? 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. 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 Mike at The Controller Throwers’ Podcast, on Twitch at TCThrowers, or on Twitter @TCThrowers. Thanks to Scott of NerdSync for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Adam from Odd Dad out as well as Luke from Exiled Podcast for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes music sweeter than a glass of tea from someone who actually knows what they’re doing when they make tea.

Spider-Man has some of the most iconic villains around. But what happens when he faces off against someone so sinister that he has to employ the help of one of his firecest foes? Find out as Kyle from The Real Dudes Podcast joins us to talk Spider-Man and Venom: Maximum Carnage. Learn such things as: What is the deal with Carnage anyway? How did LJN actually make a good game? Why does Kyle think that Carnage is such an interesting character? 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. 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. Thanks to Megan and RJ of Oh No! Lit Class for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Luke from MultiversalQ as well as Mr. L and Mr. L from The Fantasticast for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes music guaranteed to make Dr. Doom smile or your money back.

Epic heroes deserve epic villains, and Spider-Man sure has plenty of them. Scott Niswander of NerdSync joins us for a look at The Amazing Spider-Man vs The Kingpin on Sega Genesis, Master System, Game Gear, and Sega CD. Learn such things as: What Spider-Man villains don’t deserve to be early level bosses? How does the game change between each system? Why don’t developers take a second to think about the characters before making a game? 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. 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. Thanks to Joe and Carlos of Life, Death, & Taxonomy for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Reid from The Irrationally Exuberant as well as Tawy from The Dirty Bits for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes music sure to give you either the warm fuzzies or the heebie jeebies.

We take another look at The Punisher, this time in a much better game. Listen as Joe Bunzerelly of The Bunzerelly Show joins Chris to talk about The Punisher in all of his shooting glory on this Sega Genesis and arcade classic. Learn such things as: What crazy things has Frank Castle gotten himself into? How does this game troll you? As in literally trolling, not because you happen to be bad at at and can’t accept that. Why doesn’t Chris actually own this game? 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. 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 Joe at The Bunzerelly Show, or on Twitter @JoeBunzerelly. Thanks to Thomas of X-Minutes for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to The Young Ones as well as Foamcast Radio for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes music sweeter than my cat who actually knows how to behave.

Superman Returns (see what I did there) with a game that exists and has a Superman sprite that looks like Superman and, ummmm, I don’t know I’m really stretching here because this game isn’t very good. Listen as Chris is joined by Karrington Martin of the RealDudes Podcast as they break down another Superman game that still can’t quite get the hero right. Learn such things as: What Superman instances does Chris actually like? Why does Superman have such a hard time in games? No, like for real because I want there to be a good one. Who actually shows up from Superman’s rogues gallery? 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. 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 apperance where we looked at Batman the Animated Series. Thanks to Mike Burton of Genuine Chit Chat for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to Oh No! Lit Class as well as There Might Be Cupcakes for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes music as sweet as Ken Griffey Jr’s swing.

The X-Men return with an arcade game that came to home consoles a mere 18 years later based on a cartoon pilot that eventually became our beloved 90s X-Men cartoon. Listen as Chris is joined by John Horsley and Kenric Reagan of Spoiler Country take a look at this gem of the 90s arcade world. Learn such things as: What happens when you base a game on a show that barely exists? (Yeah, I know we said this last time. It still applies.) Which guest had an unfair advantage when it came to arcade playing cash? Who really deserves to be remembered better from the playable roster? The Stan Lee interviews that we talk about? They’re real! Jim Lee and Chris Claremont And so much more! BREAKING NEWS!: I love Twitter and its ability to quickly find information. Thanks to @KingImpulse for putting out the call to see who did the sweet sweet art for the X-Men cabinet, to @barelysushi, @calamityjon, @juggergrim, @Gojira007X, and @talestoenrage for answering that call, and to @rusty_shackles for actually figuring it out. Check out his tweet here and bask in all of it’s glory! If I missed anyone then just know that these shownotes were written up the Thursday before this episode released, so you probably just answered after I wrote them. But know that I think you’re super cool as well. And now back to your regularly scheduled show notes. 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 John and Kenric at Spoiler Country, on Twitter @spoiler_country or @y2cl or @XKenricX. Thanks to Scott of NerdSync for that sweet sweet intro drop. A big thanks to GamerHeads as well as The Controller Throwers for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes music almost as good as my Brussels sprouts.

Swamp Thing never gets a fair shake at fame. From a lousy cartoon to an LJN game, it seems that only die hard comic fans really know how cool he can be. Listen as Chris and Tyler Kirby from Better Than Static take a look at this misunderstood and underappreciated force of nature. Learn such things as: What happens when you base a game on a show that barely exists? Which YouTuber couldn’t beat the game? (Answer here) Why haven’t we seen more of Swamp 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 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 Tyler at Better than Static, on Twitter @btstatic Thanks to Derek Graziano of The Sometimes Geek for that sweet sweet intro drop A big thanks to My Thing Can Beat Your Thing as well as There Will Be Geek for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes amazing stuff that you should go check out.

Wolverine is the X-Man that everyone loved in the 90s so of course he got his own game. But is that nostalgia trip enough to make Chris and Doug Hensley from Gaming & Chill enjoy a run through another LJN released game? Learn such things as: Why can’t Wolverine’s powers ever be right? Where did he come from anyway? Does anyone even know? Why are these other random X-Men just sitting around waiting for Logan instead of, you know, helping him out or something? 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. 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 Doug at Gaming and Chill and on Twitter @Gaming_n_Chill Thanks to Karrington Martin of Real Dudes Podcast for that sweet sweet intro drop A big thanks to Dungeons & Dragons & Daughters as well as More Gooder Than for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes amazing stuff that you should go check out.

Spider-Man, we just can’t get away from him can we? Not that I’m complaining, he’s a popular character for a reason. This time around joing Chris and Kieran Shiach as they talk about the second Toby McGuire Spider-Man film and the game that came out alongside it. Yeah, we’re cheating a bit and jumping ahead. I think we’ll survive just this once. Learn such things as: What makes this game so amazing? If it’s that good why didn’t Chris play it? Is the movie as good as we remember? 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. 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. Thanks to Derek Graziano of The Sometimes Geek for that sweet sweet intro drop A big thanks to C&C Geekcast as well as Meddling Kids for the promos today. Music by Best Day, who makes amazing stuff that you should go check out.