Worst Collection Ever

DC Comics Presents #23 (1980)Superman contends with a suddenly appearing privateer vessel and it is most likely S.T.A.R. Labs’s fault. Thankfully Doctor Fate shows up to handle the mystic end of things, not because Superman can’t but because his wife Inza is cursed by this ship and turning into Swamp Thing. Highlights include:Superman and the Flash crop-dust BatmanDoctor Fate’s salad fetishInza’s bad day at the witch spaVisit "T.A.R." Labs for your cigarette needsJimmy Olsen is saved by a giant foreheadYou should never go full NabuAlso, Shawn and Jen talk about the new SUPERMAN/SPIDER-MAN and risqué events happening in THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD between Batman and Black Canary!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:50 ***Promo: POP CULTURE BASEMENT (https://open.spotify.com/show/6v6QCWVQwlm9SIQ6OsrGbK)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Daredevil #276 (1990)Daredevil and the Inhumans are tasked with saving their cyborg ladyfriend from an emotionally conflicted Ultron so it is time to pull out ALL the stops!Highlights include:Karnak channels the wisdom of the Three StoogesDaredevil might have been decapitated for a minuteThe end of Jet Li’s THE ONE but with Ultron headsNumber Nine and her five o’clock shadowWhy is no one confronting Skip Ash, the genetic terrorist?FATRON~! defends hot dog carts in perilAlso, Jen comments on the SIRENS: LOVE HURTS mini-series and Shawn finally reads the 1990 Marvel Annuals he’s been hoarding.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:13 ***Promo: MAGAZINES & MONSTERS (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/magazines-and-monsters/id1459643898)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Daredevil #275 (1989)The Acts of Vengeance are upon us as Daredevil and the Inhumans encounter a lovelorn Ultron in the upstate New York wilderness!Highlights include:Introducing FATRON~! aka Ultron 8Daredevil sits in a room full of skullsDoctor Doom won’t stop looking at me!Skip Ash…more like Skip TrashAnn Nocenti back when she was normalthe Terrigen Mists will come for us all eventuallyAlso, Shawn makes DC Comics characters in WWE 2K26 and we share some thoughts on the forthcoming season of DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:06:23 ***Promo: MAGAZINES & MONSTERS (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/magazines-and-monsters/id1459643898)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Jen is out sick this week so let’s pilot something called LAST ISSUE BLUES…Comic books ending their runs, whether on purpose or due to cancellation, interests me so let’s get a little deeper. And by deeper, I mean we will look at the last issue of a series, talk about the character, the run, go thru the final issue and its effectiveness as an ending and maybe hypothesize why it went away. This being a pilot and what not means we might be a bit clunky but hopefully the point will get across.This time out, we will discuss the end of:BLUE BEETLE [vol 6] (1986 to 1988)Ted Kord’s having a bad day at the office, getting pushed out the company he helped save when his father fell off and, on top of that, a vengeful suit of armor has walked the floor of the Atlantic Ocean to come give him grief. Could be fun!Promo: MOVING KRYPTONIAN IMAGES (https://podcasts.apple.com/eg/podcast/it-all-comes-back-to-superman/id1720158262)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / BlueSky / Threads via @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

The Spectre [vol 2] #6 (1987)Jim Corrigan is determined to find out who murdered him during Crisis even if he has to “fold into” the Spectre and possible feel up a demon along the way.Highlights include:What exactly is a “good bar”?How they hanging?Phantom Stranger wants you to step inside his officethe literal Midnight Meat TrainThe address of the devilCasting CHOPPING MALL with the DC Universe (we don’t get far)Also, Shawn and Jen really want to see THE TOWERING INFERNO!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:10:56 ***Promo: PLAY COMICS (https://playcomics.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

The Spectre [vol 2] #5 (1987)It is exactly what you think it is….The Spectre returns as he is once again tethered to his human host Jim Corrigan. Of course, Jim was dead but Madame Xanadu put his corporeal body in a really big vase and kept him fresh, so he’s doing good now.Highlights include:The Spectre is in a slumpBatman’s Italian jean shorts designerAn evil subway worker encounters a pirateThe Spectre does clerical workMakeout sessions with red mistDomino’s pizza is soothing for child traumaAlso, Shawn and Jen sell comics and action figures at a collectibles show and it goes ok!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:22 ***Promo: PLAY COMICS (https://playcomics.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Here we go with another edition of HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT…?” a semi-recurring segment where we look at random characters that we encounter in the books we read. Lots of strange, unusual folks out here that you need to know about.As we move on from Wonder Man and friends, let’s make a quick detour to chat out Marvel’s Spinner of Lies (and one-time Wonder Man tormentor) MEPHISTO! Chances are that if you are listening to this podcast, you have an idea of who Mephisto is. But…were you privy to the time he tried to marry Witchblade or that he once crashed Nighcrawler’s birthday party? We weren’t and therefore, it is worth mentioning.Promo: OPAL CITY CONFIDENTIAL (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7dWav22KbKD2BLOe_O59tw)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / BlueSky / Threads via @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield and email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend! Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Avengers Two: Wonder Man & The Beast #3 (2000)We wrap our fun times with Wonder Man and Beast as the dudes square off against IT, The Living Colossus over the Hollywood skies. Nothing like a giant stone robot engaged in mid-air combat over a densely populated area to make you feel safe at night, you know?Highlights include:Wonder Man tells us about the hits of the 70’sNo one STILL has any idea who Beast isSimon Williams embraces cheap Italian cinemaThe feet are the hands of the legsA brief VAULT soda retrospectiveIntroducing WAYZE, the mutant who skips traffic!Also, Shawn and Jen share their thoughts on the WONDER MAN series on Disney+!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:57 ***Promo: FULL MANGA ALCHEMISTS (https://open.spotify.com/show/5IbAZp5cVXxHs34BOvcJv4)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Action Comics #421 (1973)The mighty Ken Reid of the TV GUIDANCE COUNSELOR podcast joins the show for a second time as we chat about a really weird Superman book featuring a Popeye stand-in and alien seaweed as well as a Green Arrow backup where he fails terribly at his own public relations:Highlights include:Corporate espionageSuperman’s taxi cab fetishGene Hackman is jealous over all this surveillance gearMafioso-laundered comic book transactionsThat kid looks like Belinda CarlisleSuperman fights a whirlpoolCheck out Ken Reid as he opens for Todd Barry on the following dates:Weds February 18th @ Syracuse Funny Bone Comedy Club (TICKETS)Thurs February 19th @ Albany Funny Bone Comedy Club (TICKETS)Sat February 21st @ The Comedy Studio [Cambridge, MA — 2 SHOWS] (TICKETS)And check out the fantastic TV GUIDANCE COUNSELOR podcast wherever you get podcasts or right here!: https://tvguidancecounselor.libsyn.com/ *** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14:53 ***Promo: THE DETECTIVE PHASE (https://www.waitingfordoom.com/the-detective-phase)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Avengers Two: Wonder Man & The Beast (2000) #2WONDER MAN on Disney+ is up and rocking and so are we with the next installment of Simon Williams and Hank McCoy farting around in LA:Highlights include:Wonder Man has a weird dream about MephistoThe breakfast spread in WEDDING CRASHERSBeast does cartwheels (literally) over his favorite sci-fi showWhat Tom Savini must deal with at dinner partiesWonder Man’s red carpet attireBeast does his best “Triple H at a press conference” impressionAlso, Jen and Shawn chat big about the new MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE trailer as well as Kevin Smith's animated He-Man offerings on Netflix!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:10:46 ***Promo: DECONSTRUCTING COMICS (https://deconstructingcomics.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!

Avengers Two: Wonder Man & The Beast (2000) #1Oh man! Wonder Man has a new show coming out so HOPEFULLY everyone out there will be asking “what this Wonder Man guy all about?” That's because Wonder Man is great and y'all need to learn about him. Nonetheless, we can help a little bit and throw in a bit of Hank McCoy as well:Highlights include:Wonder Man’s closet of subpar costumesScarlet Witch helps the Blob lose weightRodney Dangerfield vs. Susan PowterViShawn returns!Beast is an annoying plane passengerWonder Man smartly subverts the 405Also, Jen and Shawn share their thoughts on 28 YEARS LATER!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:07:25 ***Promo: DECONSTRUCTING COMICS (https://deconstructingcomics.com/)Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter / Instagram / Facebook / Threads / Bluesky or email the show at [email protected], get hip to all of our episodes on YouTube in its own playlist! https://bit.ly/WorstCollectionEverYTDownload the podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and wherever you get your favorite shows. Please rate, review, subscribe and tell a friend!