Androgynous Quasar The big news this week is that Fox have pulled out of Comic-Con over fears of piracy. Meanwhile Marvel have announced that everyone’s “favourite” superhero will be returning and we take a look at the final trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse. Our featured comics and manga are Maga-Tsuki volume 1, C3-PO, Kiss Him Not Me volume 3, Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service: Omnibus volume 1 and Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #6.
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Gyrating Dr. Strange So the Doctor Strange trailer came out. Cue the internet furore. In other news, Ben Affleck will direct and star in his own Batman film, Brian Michael Bendis announces a new Jessica Jones series and Japanese readers pick Shonen Jump’s “most erotic manga”. Our featured comics and manga are Tsubasa World Chronicle: NiraiKanai-hen volume 2, Black Panther #1, Paradise Residence volume 1, Contest of Champions and Mockingbird #2....
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 17 min
Beware of the Young Animal It’s been a spartan week in the news with the announcement of a Cloak and Dagger TV series (which has prompted a lot of questions, many of which are “Who the hell are Cloak and Dagger?”), DC’s introduction of a new imprint and the revival of DC Challenge – this time featuring Kamandi. Our featured comics and manga are Fate/Zero volume 1, X-Men ’92 #1, Harley Quinn & The Suicide Squad April Fool’s Special, Real Account volume 1, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #5, Dare...
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 6 min
Play That Funky Music After the poor reception of Batman Versus Superman it looks like Suicide Squad will be going through quite a lot of reshoots. In other news, Marvel have released teasers for upcoming events and DC team up with Random House to produce a series of young adult novels featuring famous superheroes. Our featured comics and manga are Your Lie in April volume 6, Evil Dead II: Revenge of Hitler, Mysterious Girlfriend X volume 1, Princess Jellyfish volume 1 and The Ultimate Sticker C...
Jan 02, 2017•56 min
Kevin Sorbo: Film Critic ! So Batman Versus Superman opened to almost universal boos, but don’t lose hope as Lego Batman will save us all! In other news, Marvel cancel more titles, Robbie Rodriguez will retire after “Gwenom” and Kozue Amano’s “Amanchu” will be adapted for anime. Our featured comics and manga are Forget Me Not (Soredemo Boku wa Kimi ga Suki) volume 1, Legends of Tomorrow #1 and UQ Holder volume 7.
Jan 02, 2017•54 min
Captain America’s Chicken Noises We’re back to once more peruse the exhibits in the hallowed halls of sequential art including the world’s “oldest” comic-book, a Nigerian start-up’s ethnic origin superheroes and the worst Captain America and Iron Man storylines. Our featured comics and manga are Identity Crisis, Inuyashiki volume 3, Dragon Age: Magekiller #4 and Infinite Crisis.
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 9 min
Bat-Godzilla’s Masculine Woody Accords It’s time for more comics and manga, but before all of that we discuss the live-action reboot of The Tick, Commissioner Gordon in the Justice League movie, Batman body spray and more. Our featured comics and manga are Black Widow #1, Mockingbird #1, Black Jack Ketchum #1, Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral volume 2, Godzilla in Hell #1 to #3, The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 to #13, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. 1953: Beyond the Fences #1 and Avengers Standoff: Assault on ...
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Call In The Masseuse! It’s a pretty Spartan week in the news with the announcement of a sequel movie to Suicide Squad, an animated TV series follow-up to Big Hero 6 and a new comic-book series for Marvel’s Loki, so we used our spare time to relax and lounge about the office. Our featured comics and manga are L♥DK volume 2, Knight & Dragon, Kiss Him Not Me volume 2, Butterfly Gate, A-Force #1 to #3 and Black Museum Springald.
Jan 02, 2017•57 min
The Faeces Sandwich Of Comics In a week where Deadpool in a strait-jacket and boxer shorts is strewn across a highway in Ohio, the strangest things to happen are DC’s plans for “Rebirth”. We also caught the trailer for season 2 of Daredevil, and other stuff happened as well. Our featured comics and manga are Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches volumes 5 and 6, MULP: Sceptre of the Sun #1 and #2, Dragon Age: Magekiller #3, Porcelain: Bone China and Harley’s Little Black Book #2....
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 12 min
Darkseid Versus The Fat Controller It’s time for comics and manga again, and this week we discuss Anthony Mendes’ motion comic, the strange world of DC superheroes and supervillains in their Thomas The Tank Engine form (this is real – we kid you not), and more. Our featured comics and manga are Lazarus #1, The Heroic Legend Arslan volume 4, Illuminati #1, Your Lie in April volume 5 and X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever #1 to #5.
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 1 min
The Mister Potato-Head of Superpowers But before that we discuss the new Justice League Action cartoon series, Superman’s new “power”, the cancellation of several Marvel and DC titles, weird comic-book crossovers and the secret history of Howard The Duck. Our featured comics and manga are Tsubasa World Chronicle: Nirai Kanai-hen volume 1, The Hellboy Winter Special, JLA: Earth 2, A Silent Voice volume 4, Unfollow #1 and Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #1 to #3....
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 23 min
Wacky Max and The Scoobypocalypse We return for another fun-filled episode and this week we discuss Marvel’s “Dead No More” teaser, the Hannah-Barbera comic-book reboots, DC’s “Rebirth” teaser and more. Our featured comics and manga are Marvel’s Weirdworld, UQ Holder volume 6, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Inuyashiki volume 2, Tokyo ESP volume 1 and Luthor.
Jan 02, 2017•56 min
Intergalactic Diplomacy by Hulk We kick off today’s show with the not-so surprising news that Steve Rogers will once more become Captain America. We also discuss the new trailer for Suicide Squad and run down the superhero movie release schedule – among other things. Our featured comics and manga are Die Wergelder volume 1, Dragon Age: Magekiller #1 and #2, Squadron Supreme #1, #2 and #3, and Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat #1 and #2.
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 14 min
Princess Judge and the Squeaky Hammer It’s the first show of the new year and we kick things off with Marvel announcement about Civil War 2, a new manga series about elementary school lawyers, a Star Wars comic about Po Dameron and more. Our featured comics and manga are Saga volume 5, Let’s Dance A Waltz volume 3, Deadly Class volume 1, Harley’s Little Black Book #1, Alex & Ada volume 3, Batman & The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 and #2.
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Beware The Fluffiness! It’s Christmas time so we kick off with a short discussion about ABC’s special celebrating the 75th anniversary of Captain America (also, Cap-wolf returns, but it’s Sam Wilson this time), and Kodansha’s announcement that Vinland Saga’s Western releases may end after the seventh volume. After that, it’s open season on all heroes and villains.
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 5 min
Cosmic Mother-in-Laws We kick things off this week with a look at the trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse. In other news, DC are planning an anthology series of various heroes and IDW are rebooting the legendary space opera ROM. Our featured comics and manga are Batman: Arkham Asylum, UQ Holder volume 5, Mean Girls Club by Ryan Heshka, 750 Years in Paris by Vincent Mahé and Eternals by Neil Gaiman.
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 4 min
Boring Wayne And The Incredible Sulk We kick things off with a look at the latest trailer for Batman Versus Superman: Dawn of Justice – which is followed by the traditional “who would win in a fight” debate. After that we discuss more Batman with a new Telltale adventure game, the anime adaptation of Mob Psycho 100%, Paul Dini’s “Dark Night: A True Batman Story” and more. Our featured comics and manga are The Totally Awesome Hulk #1, Your Lie in April volume 4 and A Silent Voice volume 3....
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Captain America’s Playground Fight Welcome once more to the land of picture-based storytelling where we discuss the trailer for Captain America: Civil War, the supposed 10 worst to happen to the Fantastic Four, Kazuhiro Fujita’s new horror manga and more. Our featured comics and manga are The Dark Knight Returns III: The Master Race #1, L-DK volume 1, Junji Ito’s Cat Diary: Yon & Mu and UQ Holder volume 4.
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 8 min
The Deadly Fujoshi Ninja Squadron Broken boilers cannot stay the 4-Panel crew from their sacred duty – to read as many good comics and manga as possible. This week we discuss the new series of Lucifer (no, not the TV one), the comic-book version of “The Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible Life of Stan Lee”, Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello’s “The Dark Knight III: The Master Race” – and Miller’s own “Dark Knight IV”, the Korean manwha “Avengers K” and more. Our featured comics and manga are Squadron S...
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 12 min
The Ten Commandments of Hulk Hulk Smash. Good. Hulk Not Smash. Puny. HULK IS STRONGEST THERE IS!!!! See Commandment 1 etc … Welcome back for another episode in the realms with sound effects like “FWOMP!” and “KRAKATHOOOOM!”. This week we discuss the release of the previously-banned “Cursed Earth” storyline from Judge Dredd – which will also be uncensored, Stan Lee’s involvement in the action thriller feature film “Arch Alien” and his collaboration with anime director Hiroshi Nagahama for the ser...
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 14 min
King of the Bruces We return to the realms of sequential art to discuss the worst X-Man ever, Garth Ennis’ new series “Johnny Red”, Gorilla Grod, Killer Frost and the new Firestorm in The Flash TV series, a new comic in development called “Bruce Lee: The Dragon Rises” and more. Our featured comics and manga are Veda: Assembly Required, Fairy Tail: Blue Mistral volume 1, Assassin’s Creed: The Ankh of Isis Trilogy, and we return to the 1990’s with Guardians of the Galaxy #30 and the DC crossover e...
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 19 min
Deadpool’s Silky Fairyland Adventure We kick of this week’s episode with news about the new Spider Women crossover series, Howard the Duck and Squirrel Girl in their own comic together, the TV adaptations of Marvel’s Legion and Hellfire Club, and Vertigo’s Y: The Last Man, the possibility of a Battle Angel Alita movie directed by Robert Rodriguez and more. Our featured comics and manga are All-New All-Different Marvel 0.1, Heart In A Box, True Believers: Silk #1, I Hate Fairyland #1 and Deadpool...
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 10 min
Cowboy Batman and Robot Robin On this episode we discuss Zack Snyder’s talks with HBO about “The Watchmen” TV series, frozen subtitles on a U.S. screening of the live-action “Attack on Titan” movie, Mark Millar’s world-wide talent search, the fantasy-themed spin-off manga of “Assassination Classroom”, and “Damage Control” – Marvel’s new TV series. Our featured comics and manga are Let’s Dance A Waltz volume 3, Aliens: Earth War, Batman: The Blue, The Grey & The Bat, Robin 3000, Asterix &...
Jan 02, 2017•1 hr 25 min
Happy Batman Day This week we use our detective skills to find out more about Batman Day – DC’s new annual celebration of all things related to the Dark Knight. In other news, Marvel announce their post-Secret Wars titles (including Black Panther, Mockingbird, Silver Surfer, Moon Knight, The Ininity Entity and X-Men ’92), the announcement of a Deus Ex comic-book, the first look at the Supergirl TV series’ version of Red Tornado and more. Our featured comics and manga are Tokyo Ghost #1, Dragonfl...
Dec 28, 2016•1 hr 16 min
Old Man Astroboy This week Warner Bros. announce a Booster Gold/Blue Beetle movie, Scholastic decide to publish DC’s Secret Hero Society, Marvel give Mary Jane Watson an “unexpected” role in Iron Man, Batman fights institutionalised racism and manga series March Comes Like A Lion will be adapted for anime and as a live-action movie. Our featured comics and manga are Guardians of Nowhere #1, Inuyashiki volume 1, Your Lie in April volume 3, DC’s Bombshells #2, Batman: A Death in the Family, The He...
Dec 28, 2016•1 hr 16 min
Now I Have A Blunderbuss. Ho! Ho! Ho! We kick off this episode with all sorts of television-based DC news, Marvel announce a special series of Gwenpool, the Kickstarter campaign to publish 4000 copies of Barefoot Gen for schools meets its target, and the British Museum announce a series of manga talks. Our featured comics and manga are (Giant-Sized) Little Marvel: Avengers Versus X-Men, Daredevil #18, My Little Pony: Fiendship is Magic (the collected series), Rick & Morty #1, Constantine: Th...
Dec 28, 2016•1 hr 20 min
Beat Thanos With Zappy Dubstep 4-Panel returns to deliver your weekly dose of comics, manga and graphic novels. This week’s news includes supervillains quoting politicians, more cast members for the Doctor Strange movie, NHK’s behind-the-scenes manga documentary series featuring Naoki Uresawa, and all sorts of other stuff. Our featured comics and manga are Robocop Versus Terminator, Batman: Master of the Future, Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches volume 3, Star Wars: Dark Empire, and Calvin & ...
Dec 28, 2016•1 hr 11 min
Babysitting Galactus This week we discuss Marvel’s variant covers featuring cosplayers, the possibility that George Miller could direct Man of Steel 2, a sequel to the manga series Fruits Basket, Batman-themed burgers and more. Our featured comics and manga are Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches volume 2, and we return once more to the 1990’s with Guardians of the Galaxy #24 and #25 – The Coming of The Keeper!
Dec 28, 2016•50 min
A Batman by Any Other Name This week we take a look at the newly released pictures of Jay Garrick – the latest addition to the upcoming second season of The Flash, John Constantine appearing in the Arrow TV series, Marvel’s “ressurection” of Devil Dinosaur and a whole lot of tangents. Our featured comics and manga are The Red Skull, Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier, The Flash, Your Lie in April volume 2 and Saga volume 4.
Dec 28, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Marvel’s Sugar Daddy With the poor reception of the new Fantastic Four movie we kick things off this week with director Josh Trank’s comments about the film he made, Fox’s desire for an X-Men TV series, a new Baccano! manga series and more. Our featured comics and manga are “Giant-Sized” Little Marvel: Avengers Versus X-Men, Alex & Ada volume 2, UQ Holder Volume 3, Dogs: Bullets and Carnage Volume 10, Good-bye Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson, Your Lie in April volume 1 and Let’s Dance a Waltz ...
Dec 28, 2016•1 hr 17 min
