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!

Morbius: The Living Vampire #23 (1994)Finally, we can stop MORBIN’! It all comes to a head here as Morbius, Spider-Man, the CIA, Martine, the vampire assassin Slaughter and a whole host of corpses all pile into a blender for a nonsensical slurry that no one asked for.Highlights include:Morbius does calisthenics over Times Squarewhat type of pretzels do they serve at orgiesSpider-Man being REALLY annoyingMartine snuffing out a sex pesttrash showersa woman wearing a really nice business suitAlso, Jen and Shawn go to an indoor garage sale and find a Front 242 videotape!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:16:22 ***Promo: XANDAR RADIO (http://novaprimepage.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!

Morbius: The Living Vampire #22 (1994)MORBIN’ TIME keeps on going as Morbius and Spider-Man are in the thick of a CIA assassin plot complete with old lady cosplay and dumpster brawls!Highlights include:Morbius drinks a Capri Sun full of bloodSpider-Man shows up half-cockedHigh school typing curriculumsSlaughter is an inflatable tube manThe time Shawn used a Traveler’s CheckRon Perlman: Vampire FriendAlso, Jen and Shawn open a mystery pack of comic books!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:05:14 ***Promo: XANDAR RADIO (http://novaprimepage.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!

Morbius: The Living Vampire #21 (1994)2026 is the year that we MORB~!~! Kicking off the new year with some mid-90s Morbius with Mikey Morbs getting mixed up with the CIA, Spider-Man lamenting about his fake parents and Morbius’s girlfriend Martine telling you to stay away from her man.Highlights include:MORBIUS (2022) should have been a Xmas movieA Sarah Connor escape from a mental institutionMTV’s The State presents “Scientist Vampire”Heavily armed Don KingWhy does this Marvel character have an email address?Stan Lee wants you to send him your blood! Also, Jen shares some sick tips on how to score cheap trades off the Goodwill website!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:10:22 ***Promo: XANDAR RADIO (http://novaprimepage.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!

Green Lantern Annual [vol 3] #6 (1997)Let’s wrap up the year with a Green Lantern Pulp Heroes story involving dinosaurs and Kyle Rayner dressed as Peter Pan. Happy new year!Highlights include:Jade looks for the Purple Stuffsuccess vs. substancehow is she keeping that bra on her body?the dawn of the GREY LANTERNSJoe Hendry and the NeverEnding Storyall the bodyguards sound like Arnold SchwarzeneggerAlso, Shawn and Jen pontificate on the latest developments in DC KO!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14:47 ***Promo: BEST ISSUE EVER (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-issue-ever-podcast/id1743500468)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!

Marvel Super-Heroes [vol 2] #4 (Winter 1990)Hey guys…time for the Marvel Super-Heroes Winter Special and it is friggin’ depressing! Highlights include:Spider-Man has a psychotropic freak-outDaredevil tackles an exploding doctorSpeedball loses his virginity to a dying girlSpitfire crushes a mutant with a statueWonder Man throws a bear off a cliffBlack Knight mediates a child custody battleAlso, Shawn and Jen offer their thoughts on the recent film teasers for SUPERGIRL and STREET FIGHTER!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14:47 ***Promo: BEST ISSUE EVER (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-issue-ever-podcast/id1743500468)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!

Adventures of Superman Annual #9 (1997)For the remainder of December, we will be checking out a few fun annuals and/or specials including the Pulp Heroes event that ran in DC Comics Annuals in 1997. Many charming and unique stores to be shared including this Western-flavored book featuring Superman Blue!Highlights include:Clark Kent getting hit with a shovelSuperman blasting on MarsJerry Garcia transformationsSuperman comforts lonely widows (does Lois know?)Jimmy Olsen in board shortsEarth is the universe’s rest stationAlso, Shawn and Jen’s weekend pick-ups from Vault 35, Darkside Comics and Hall of Justice!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14:47 ***Promo: BEST ISSUE EVER (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-issue-ever-podcast/id1743500468)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!

Time for another round 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.Since we just finished up a run on ALPHA FLIGHT, let’s delve into some of the history of stalwart Flight team member Puck! A lot to unpack here as Puck managed to live a very Rex Mason sort of life before having his stature shortened by cursed sword. It’s them damn cursed swords, always up to no good.Promo: EARTH-2 PODCAST (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-earth-2-podcast/id1511416210)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!

Alpha Flight #120 (1993)The CLAMPDOWN loosens its grip as Alpha Flight struggles with the fallout of their massive brawl with the Wrecking Crew destroying their favorite post-battle poutine hangout.Highlights include:EASTERN PROMISES fighting!Guardian uses all the things in her suit at the same timeWyre finally gets some pantsShaman and Talisman FINALLY decide to join usMannikin gets his stuff togetherTim Horton’s locations with fireplaces in themAlso, quick thoughts on BATMAN / DEADPOOL and Black Friday sales of yesteryear.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:16 ***Promo: CHECKERED PAST (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/checkered-past/id1350233450)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!

Alpha Flight #119 (1993)Up in Canada, the CLAMPDOWN continues to get tighter as the brawl between Alpha Flight and the Wrecking Crew (and all their organizational baggage) ramps up! Lots of mystical crowbars, air bullets and well-placed gymnastics going on here. Plus, Department H gets raided and old white men play racquetball!Highlights include:Wrecker eats lightning!Wildheart debuts (and looks ridiculous)Hardliner haircutsShawn frets over having to explain whatever the hell Mannikin is supposed to bePurple Girl poses for WIZARD magazinedoes Sasquatch shed in between transformations?Also, Shawn and Jen buy even MORE new comics at the Hall of Justice Anniversary sale!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:18:45 ***Promo: LONGBOX REVIEW (https://longboxreview.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!

Alpha Flight #118 (1993)We’re packing up and visiting the great land of Canada as we settle in with ALPHA FLIGHT for a spell! The situation is pretty tense up north as government machinations, internal strife and the WRECKING CREW are all making life difficult for Guardian, Puck, Northstar and the rest of the crew.Highlights include:is that…Canadian Spider-Man?!?Hollis from MY BLOODY VALENTINE joins Alpha FlightJim Balent draws GuardianPuck’s adult film careerflat-iron your blonde hairineffective armor placementAlso, Shawn and Jen recount their recent purchases from the Rocky Mountain Con!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:16:41 ***Promo: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FROM THE BEGINNING (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-amazing-spider-man-from-the-beginning/id1750730665) 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 Ray [vol 2] #1 (1994)This week, we are joined by a special guest as Stephen Sajdak from WE HATE MOVIES returns to the podcast!He picked THE RAY to talk about and it’s grand time as we chat about some hardcore mid-90s DC Comics content.Highlights include:superhero jackets in the 90sapartment fridgesthe HELLRAISER III statue makes an appearance!Andrew “Dice” Clay plays the DC Comics holiday partypro wrestler restaurants Darkseid freezes his spermAlso, Stephen talks about his affinity for comic book apparel found on Instagram and his experience at the New York Comic-Con!Check out Stephen and the rest of the WHM crew on the WE HATE MOVIES podcast — https://www.whmpodcast.com/. One of the best podcasts out there, full-stop.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:10:50 ***Promo: MARVEL STAR WARS: FROM EMPIRE TO JEDI (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/empiretojedi/) 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!

Batman Confidential #48 (2010)The end is nigh for the World’s Finest duo of super-heroes as it is for our coverage of BATMAN VS. THE UNDEAD! Batman got zombified so its up to Superman to get mummified and put this necromantic tomfoolery behind us.Highlights include:zombies who love GWARSuperman shoots lasers from his mouthBatman throws a lariatKevin McAllister fist pumpsvine intestinesand a special appearance by Ernest Borgnine!Also, Jen and Shawn dish on this year’s DISMEMBER THE ALAMO horror marathon as well as some DVD pick-ups!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:25:57 ***Promos: HOUSE OF FRANKLIN-STEIN (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-super-mates-podcast/id817576889)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!

Batman Confidential #46 (2010) / Batman Confidential #47 (2010)We are doubling up the content as we are covering TWO issues of BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL. This week, we finally get to the fireworks factory proper as Batman and Superman — along the vampire Dimeter and Janko the Werewolf — perform a bunch of MORTAL KOMBAT fatalities on some zombies. Then Batman gets turned into a zombie. But he’ll be fine.Highlights include:the hierarchy of the living deadDoctor Fate raps with the kids, DANGEROUS MINDS styleBatman watches the Vin Diesel filmographyBrad Dourif doesn’t get enough creditUse your mystic powers to dine and ditch!Plus, special appearances by:Gene Simmons!Evil Ernie!Commissioner Gordon! (maybe)Also, we talk about a few new comic book transactions completed in perilous weather conditions! *** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:17:15 ***Promos:HOUSE OF FRANKLIN-STEIN (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-super-mates-podcast/id817576889)BAILEY’S BATMAN PODCAST (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/baileys-batman-podcast/id1839775568)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!

Batman Confidential #45 (2010)Batman and the vampire Dimeter are in the thick of it now as Doctor Combs has sinister designs involving the voodoo gods and corpse resurrection. Before it gets REALLY messy, Batman needs to check some emails and frequent some NOLA hotspots. We also finally meet our werewolf friend…who has yet to become a werewolf so just sit tight, I guess.Highlights include:Batman forgets about vampire biologya werewolf shares his thoughts on the war in Middle Eastthe decadent nature of eating human cheekthe Monchhichis are making a comebackSuperman becomes a Matrix agentEd and Lorraine Warren reorganize their trophy roomAlso, we chat about some of the recent comic book announcements out of NYCC including ABSOLUTE CATWOMAN!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:07:54 ***Promo: HOUSE OF FRANKLIN-STEIN (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-super-mates-podcast/id817576889)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!

Batman Confidential #44 (2010)Looks like we’re back in Batman town this Halloween season as we check out the BATMAN VS. THE UNDEAD story from BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL! Batman is down in New Orleans tracking down an escaped mad scientist only to find himself up to his neck in reanimated museum corpses and vampire allies.Highlights include:Bruce Wayne suffers an injury whilst congratulating himselfComing to FOX….it’s FAT CURATOR!Why doesn’t anyone talk about the 2013 NBC DRACULA show?Michael Jackson dangling his child over a railingCanada’s serial killer museumdisappointed zombiesAlso, Shawn expands his Underworld cross-over collection and Jen laments unnecessarily stuffed comic books.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:06:00 ***Promo: HOUSE OF FRANKLIN-STEIN (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-super-mates-podcast/id817576889)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!

Shawn has some business to tend to this week so it is just Jen solo as she shares some thoughts on current books she’s been reading:Topics include:Superman: The Kryptonite SpectrumBatman: Gargoyle of GothamAbsolute Green LanternBatman and RobinGotham City Sirens: Unfit for OrbitBatman: Dark Patternsand the most controversial comic book of the now!Promo: BAILEY’S BATMAN PODCAST (https://www.fortressofbaileytude.com/shows-on-the-network/baileys-batman-podcast/)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!

X-Force #28 (1993)Let’s end this mutant mercenary madness as X-Force has their final showdown with the Mutant Liberation Front! We got team members swapping sides, exploding swords, a whole truckload of ethical debates and some weirdly placed squatting poses.Highlights include:Boomer gets possessed by the band DisturbedHenry Gyrich receives a punch in the faceStan Lee invented MILF?!?Bobby Flay was terrible at throwing downCable gently shoots his teammate in the back Feral’s mother is unavailableAlso, Jen talks about her new comic book collecting app while Shawn bemoans seller knowledge on WhatNot.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:29 ***Promo: 3RD DEGREE BYRNE (https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/qt-series/3rd-degree-byrne/)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!

X-Force #27 (1993)More mutant mercenary action awaits as the X-Force team clashes with the Mutant Liberation Front! But don’t discount the MLF as they got Dani Moonstar turning heel and rocking fools with her feel-bad arrows. Thankfully, X-Force is hopped up on gimmicks, looking REAL swole and ready to rescue some bureaucrats.Highlights include:90s pop star Hathaway becomes a cyborgMeet the newest X-Men, Tamale!Cable turns his head around like an owl!Cannonball has a bad tripNick Fury’s head is perfectly perpendicularWho’s responsible for the placement of these word balloons?Also, Jen and Shawn snap up some new books!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:16:01 ***Promo: 3RD DEGREE BYRNE (https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/qt-series/3rd-degree-byrne/)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!

X-Force #26 (1993)It’s been too long but let’s get back into some X-books as we discuss some prime 90s X-FORCE! We got Cable recovering from the events of “Fatal Attractions,” the OG New Mutants mourning the loss of Illyana Rasputin and the formation of a new Mutant Liberation Front.Highlights include:Dazzler sings “One Night in Madripoor”The proper spelling of Forearm’s nameTime to start selling merch at superhero battlesReignfire is Absolute Little RichardCable fixes the television remoteRictor watches the Batman channelAlso, Jen and Shawn cover some recent comic book purchases and Jen buys some signed art!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:15 ***Promo: 3RD DEGREE BYRNE (https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/qt-series/3rd-degree-byrne/)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!

Catwoman [vol 2] #40 (1996)Let’s wrap up this CATWOMAN: YEAR TWO arc with some diamond caper nonsense as Catwoman and Batman round up the rest of Dark Knight’s rogues.Topics include:Batman and Catwoman star in UNCUT GEMSTwo-Face takes a shotgun to the face…and lives!Which Falcone is this supposed to be?Jimmy Olsen’s foreign cousin StefanPenguin gets used as a pummel horseAlso, Jen and Shawn discuss the RISE AND FALL OF CAPTAIN ATOM and the official roster of DC KO.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:14:42 ***Promo: BATMAN KNIGHTCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/batman-knightcast-2/)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!

Catwoman [vol 2] #39 (1996)Catwoman is a busy lady this issue, between the planned theft of an Egyptian dollhouse and fending off Two-Face’s crew of Bob Seger fanatics. Even Batman has his hands full with the Joker laugh-gassing the GCPD and expertly defacing the Bat-Signal. Will these two ever know a moment of peace?!?Topics include:Catwoman sleeps in the nudeBatman pilfers office suppliesMike from AMERICAN MOVIE takes a mercenary gigPenguin makes a sensible decisionAlfred’s breakfast for nocturnal crusaderslame security guard humorAlso, Jen and Shawn read some of YOUR podcast reviews and reflect on a recent trip to Casa Bonita.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:13:59 ***Promo: BATMAN KNIGHTCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/batman-knightcast-2/)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!

Catwoman [vol 2] #38 (1996)Hey now! Let’s catch up with our friend Catwoman and see what she was up to in her second year of burglary and flirtations with millionaire vigilantes. She’s even got a pretty sweet plan to distract the Bat with big-time jailbreak. But will the prisoners be happy about it? You’d think so….Topic include:Jim Balent — the greatest artist of the 90sCatwoman takes fashion cues from the JokerBruce Wayne takes an early evening showerTwo-Face biffs hard in courtBatman debuts the Glow Stick Batarangand one of the most brutal BatCat brawls you’ll ever see!Also, Jen and Shawn talk about some recent comic book purchases as well as possibilities for DC’s KO crossover.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:17:52 ***Promo: BATMAN KNIGHTCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/batman-knightcast-2/)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!

Cobra Commander #2 (2024)Cobra Commander has finally made it to Florida and now he has to brave gator-crazy tourists on the hunt for Energon. But will the Dreadnoks and their donuts stand in his way. Absolutely, yes they will.Topic include:Cobra Commander attempts a Force choke on a fat kidNemesis Enforcer will not tolerate park rangersJigsaw from SAW enters the Energon UniverseA man eats a dozen donuts…and dies!Biker Stockholm SyndromeAlso, Jen and Shawn spend the first 30 minutes of the show talking about G.I. JOE: THE MOVIE and how wet it is.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:25:03 ***Promo: G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HEADCAST (https://open.spotify.com/show/1gI5QVffR0z0Z6xpD3CDwS?si=ecc082c949004737)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!

So instead of doing another [R]OHOTMU and wonder if the casual or new listeners know what the acronym stands for, we’re going to make it easier on you and ourselves by just calling these random one-off character bio episodes “HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….” Hopefully it catches on.This time out, since we are in the midst of the COBRA COMMANDER book, Shawn gives you as much of the low-down as possible on Cobra-La, the technologically advanced but not really technologically advanced hometown of Cobra Commander and a few other crusty denizens. We will learn about their purpose on Earth, the deal they made with Unicron and maybe even a little bit of the plot to G.I. JOE: THE MOVIE. There’s not a ton out there about this place so we’re doing out best. See you next week for more COBRA COMMANDER!Promo: G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HEADCAST (https://open.spotify.com/show/1gI5QVffR0z0Z6xpD3CDwS?si=ecc082c949004737)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!

Cobra Commander #1 (2024)As it turns out, Image and Robert Kirkman have been cooking hard on the G.I. Joe/Transformers comics with their Energon Universe! This one is focused on the Cobra patriarch Cobra Commander as he departs the hidden organic society of Cobra-La and enters the real world, starting with the bar that Superman used to work at in MAN OF STEEL.Topic include:the great actors of Cobra-LaJen sees the Golobulus action figure for the first time1991 Cobra Commander v4 LIVES!walking out on a $3 bar tab scientists not knowing how to throw grenadesBruce Wayne visits Shawn’s Cobra-La themed restaurant…AND BUYS IT!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:16:35 ***Also, Jen and Shawn review FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS!Promo: G.I. JOE: A REAL AMERICAN HEADCAST (https://open.spotify.com/show/1gI5QVffR0z0Z6xpD3CDwS?si=ecc082c949004737)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!

Fantastic Four #165 (1975)Will today be the day that we get a Fantastic Four movie that we can be proud of? I guess it’s time to find out. In the meantime, we wrap our FF coverage of their battle with Crusader which doesn’t end well for anyone.Topic include:the EVENT HORIZON-inspired Fantasti-CarSue’s Namor calendarBen Grimm remembers hot dogsHuman Torch’s love life is in shamblesThe Thing Scrooge McDucks a bank managerand….Crusader funds his Uranus supply run via the first NFTs!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:12 ***Also, Jen and Shawn spend way too much time talking about the 2015 FANTASTIC FOUR movie and how joyless it was (spoilers) and even toss in some thoughts about the most recent Cronbergian nightmare that is ABSOLUTE BATMAN (also slight spoilers)Promo: THE FANTASTIC POUR (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/the-fantastic-pour/)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!

Fantastic Four #164 (1975)There’s a new Fantastic Four movie about to show up in a few weeks so let’s catch back up with Marvel’s first family as we check out the debut (return?) of the Crusader! Crusader is back from space and he’s SHAKING WITH ANGER to the point that he’s flinging middle-aged men across Washington Square. Also, Johnny Storm’s first date with a debuting Frankie Raye gets ruined and NOT because of his terrible outfit. Plus, we got flaky skin, Sue about to get spanked, Mel Brooks and the Fantastic Four takes on…Scientology?!?*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:13:30 ***Plus, Jen and Shawn share their thoughts on the SUPERMAN movie. Please be aware that there will be MINOR SPOILERS so feel free to jump ahead to the comic conversation if you haven’t seen the film yet.Promo: THE FANTASTIC POUR (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/the-fantastic-pour/)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!

Superman #342 (1979)Happy Superman Movie Day everyone! Let’s keep the super-vibes flowing as we stick around in 1979 as Superman quarantines himself in a Willy Wonka elevator. S.T.A.R. Labs screwed up and beset a noxious black cloud over a city somewhere. Of course, Superman has to fix things but he forgot that Chemo was dispersed in the atmosphere so now Supes is afflicted with bestial urges and hair where there wasn’t any before!We also got supreme Super-dickery, Michael Bolton and Sir Mix-A-Lot bonding over comic books, glass toilets, sleazy neon signs and Superman somehow directing ground vibrations to defeat crooks clear across town. There’s just way too much dumb stuff going on here in this book.Plus, Jen and Shawn talk about some recent comic book purchases and the time Superman ate a burrito while flying!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:11:17 ***Promo: MOVING KRYPTONIAN IMAGES (https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/it-all-comes-back-to-superman-series-two/id1720158262)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 #497 (1979)Since he’s got a big movie coming out, let’s keep it going with the Man of Steel here on WCE with a Bronze Age tale of Superman finding himself at the whims of three kids and an inter-dimensional imp convening in a modest shack in Kansas.You see, one of these kids needs life-changing surgery so the imp is letting these youngsters conjure up all sorts of perilous tasks like flaming meteors filled with Kryptonite and forced alien dissections. There has to be an easier way to do this but why bother when you can put countless living being in some sort of peril.We also got Scottish pirates, that one kid from STRANGER THINGS, tactless hotel doormen and a nearly tragic birthday surprise for Clark.Plus, Jen and Shawn discuss Metallica at Mile High Stadium and the shocking appearance of really good Mister Miracle cosplay in a random 80’s horror flick.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:20:39 ***Promo: MOVING KRYPTONIAN IMAGES (https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/it-all-comes-back-to-superman-series-two/id1720158262)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!

Absolute Superman #1 (2025)We have reached the end of DC Absolute Universe Month as we talk about ABSOLUTE SUPERMAN!Absolute Superman dives mightily into the Kryptonian class structure and what it would be like to have brunch on Krypton. Kal’s parents are working-class citizens with interesting backstories, fixing space farming equipment and rightfully pointing out hazardous mining conditions. And somehow, in this first book we don’t see Krypton explode, only leak toxic gas that turns middle managers into Jonah Hex.Superman (Kal) is presently on Earth in Brazil, throwing diamond mining operations into disarray and fighting a horde of John Cenas. Also, his suit is ALIVE and it looks awesome and then Lois Lane arrests him.Also, Jen and Shawn discuss the latest WORLD’S FINEST book and how kids today are discovering older comics. Eclipso, anyone?*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:33 ***Promo: RESURRECTIONS: AN ADAM WARLOCK AND THANOS PODCAST (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/resurrections-an-adam-warlock-and-thanos-podcast/id835529296Continue 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!

Absolute Green Lantern #1 (2025)It is yet another entry in our DC Absolute Universe Month as we cover the horror-tinged — and possibly AMERICAN PIE-tinged — ABSOLUTE GREEN LANTERN.Green Lantern this time around is the Far Sector’s Jo Mullein and much like Absolute Batman, she is friends with her contemporaries such as toy collector slash architect Hal Jordan, local police chief Guy Gardner and the salad-loving John Stewart. However, friendship takes a backseat to a HUGE GL symbol-shaped Jello mold materializing in the middle of their quaint Nevada town. Traveling bikers are liquefied, weird sinister powers are bestowed and the illegitimate son of Metamorpho, Majin Buu and Goro is making life difficult for everyone.Also, Jen and Shawn chat about new Superman toys, bad X-Files episodes written by famous scribes and the time Baby Jessica fell down the well.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:42 ***Promo: CAPES AND LUNATICS (https://open.spotify.com/show/6gcVNuoX3Si4I9FoFYTeC2?si=6b4d2b7e8d0b4ca6)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!

Absolute Wonder Woman #1 (2025)Absolute Month from DC Comics rolls along as we check out the immensely awesome ABSOLUTE WONDER WOMAN! There’s a lot to dig here because it’s basically Wonder Woman rubbing monster blood across her eyes and slaughtering assorted Hell demons and monsters that fly out of an upside down pyramid in the sky. If that’s not wild enough, Absolute WW was RAISED AS A CHILD in Hell by Circe and it looks downright cozy! We also need to stress that “Hell” is just an island somewhere that the Greek gods occasionally visit to foist babies onto reluctant witches. All this plus Mike Wazowski from MONSTERS INC visits the stygian abyss!Also, Jen and Shawn talk about the Ministry concert, recent comic book purchases and castles in the Adirondacks.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:20:25 ***Promos: PEACE BOUND AND DOWN - A WONDER WOMAN PODCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/wonderwoman/)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!

Absolute Batman #1 (2024)It is all about the Absolute this month as we check out some of the premiere issues of the Absolute Universe from DC Comics!We start off with the meaty thighs of ABSOLUTE BATMAN and his blue-collar origin story where Bruce is almost seven feet tall, Alfred is not his friend (yet) and Martha Wayne is STILL ALIVE! We also got possible squid people, Alfred with Paulie Walnuts hair, ears that turn into knives and baby tailors turned Doonesbury characters. All joking aside, this is a pretty sweet book and well worth your time.All this plus we share some gripes about how to read digital comics. Why does Amazon have to make it so difficult?*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:13:47 ***Promos: EARTH-2 PODCAST (https://theearth2podcast.podbean.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!

Thunderbolts #3 (1997)Our Thunderbolts comes to an end as Marvel’s newest team of fake superheroes clashes with the newest version of evil villains as the Masters of Evil….return? Its’s quite the crew: there’s a freshly mutated Tiger Shark, a guy dressed as a tiger that FLYS, an Olympic skier turned violent feminist, a French mafia operative wearing a dead guy’s gear and Justin Hammer’s daughter with her prehensile cape.Also, Jolt (not the cola) re-enters the scene, Black Widow juggles her new publishing gig with vigilantism and the discovery of UNDERWORLD GOODS~!!All this plus Jen blows Shawn’s mind with the reveal that Batman and Deadman have dinner once a month.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:30 ***Promos: BATMAN KNIGHTCAST (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/batman-knightcast-2/)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!

Spider-Man Team-Up #7 (1997)Look, I know it’s supposed to be more Thunderbolts but the “Justice Like Lightning” trade tricks you into reading a Spider-Man book. Thankfully, it is chronologically congruent to the ongoing storyline that we are covering so let’s keep going.Spider-Man is framed for murder and the Thunderbolts are the only ones to can help (because everyone else is dead). Songbird and Mach-1 brawl with the web-slinger while Atlas signs a rooftop autograph using his fingernails. It is ultimately revealed the Enclave (aka Wilford Brimley and the Egon Spanglers) are sending androids out to muck up the works and that really steams Mach-1’s ponytail.Also, Spider-Man hits a brick wall, Stan Lee makes Batman obese, Techno goes full Dolby and Mary Jane’s course books are just too damn EXPENSIVE!All this plus Jen and Shawn share their experience at the latest RetroMania and talk about the new, bizarre Superman movie toys.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:12:30 ***Promos: 8TW AUDIO WORKS (https://twotruefreaks.com/podcast/8tw-promo-pilot-season/)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!

Thunderbolts #2 (1997)Our OG Thunderbolts discussion continues as the Thunderbolts adjust to their newly heroic personas in a battle against the Mad Thinker and his plan to suck knowledge out of Franklin Richards’s brain. Thankfully, the T-Bolts are here to handle the situation even though they pretty much get their asses handed to them by Thinker’s Gumby-looking android.Also, Mach-1 gets amorous, Citizen V tells a joke and the mayor of NYC strong-arms a grieving child into allowing the T-Bolts to inhabit the home of his deceased family.All this plus Shawn talks about the DEATH OF SUPERMAN and Jen expresses her frustration with BATMAN: H2SH!*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:15:03 ***Promo: MARVEL STAR WARS: FROM EMPIRE TO JEDI (https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/empiretojedi/)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!

Thunderbolts #1 (1997)It’s time to talk about the origins of the MCU’s latest offering as we look at the very first issue of the THUNDERBOLTS!Of course, there is the big undercover villain twist at the end here but who can blame them when Onslaught eliminated all of our heroes and all that’s left is Spider-Man, Daredevil and (maybe) Blade. We got Baron Zemo masquerading as a capoeira-slinging Homelander, Techno smuggling in his contraband robot bartenders and so many free-floating goatees you’ll think you’re trapped in a cable-ready erotic thriller.Also, Meteorite gets judgy, NYC ladies get thirsty of Atlas and Black Widow shows up dressed like she’s late for work at a print publishing firm.All this plus Jen and Shawn cover some recent purchases from Free Comic Book Day.*** PROPER COMIC BOOK DISCUSSION STARTS AT 00:11:51 ***Promos: CELLULOID HEROES (https://open.spotify.com/show/5G4VxlMzO0yy7Rub7MPUzx?si=851e84cb62b24949)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!