Nomad No More! We cover Cap #182 panel by panel - Nomad Part 7 - by Steve Englehart and Frank Robbins. The dismal fate of the new Cap, the final showdown with Viper and Cobra, and the turning point of Steve Rogers! Plus... Rick & Bob tangent on swear words, Bob's walking sticks, and answer a listener's question about the sliding time scale! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/nFspYyKAGg0 Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymea...
Aug 13, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 253
Legendary artist Bart Sears joins the show to talk about his career since the 1980s, how he broke in, the advice he got from Joe Kubert he stills uses today, why he was told his Penthouse Comix was "over the top," ...and much more! Connect with our guests at: https://www.bartsearsart.com Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fnLHhkmeC0U Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Here are FREE and FAST ways you ca...
Aug 06, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 252
Cap meets the Fantastic Four as they battle Namor, Krang and the Atlantean Army and... Giganto! Plus... Rick & Bob talk about the Chip Zdarsky interview going viral and Rick's appearance on NPR's Throughline podcast. Bonus: Stick around for a Blooper! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-yO3Ii-D6jU Check out NPR's Throughline Captain America episode at https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/1255164467/does-america-need-a-hero? Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member an...
Jul 30, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 251
Its the launch of our brand new logo by Harvey award-nominated artist and writer Chris Giarrusso (G-Man, Mini-Marvels)! Who did Chris capture better... Rick or Bob? Share your comments!
Jul 27, 2025•3 min
In a story with so many characters, we needed help! Its our second Cap Community Theater... with 12 actors voicing 47 different characters! A shocking tale from 1986... where Cap is hunting down the murderous vigilante known only as The Scourge... Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Here are FREE and FAST ways you can support the show: https://tinyurl.com/y6kyu9nh Connect with Rick & Bob and fellow ...
Jul 23, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 250
Because readers demanded it in 1966... the first meeting between Nick Fury, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Cap after his return from suspended animation! Pure Lee & Kirby gold from Tales of Suspense #78! Plus... Rick & Bob discuss the Superman and Fantastic Four movies, and Rick loses a fight with liquid nitrogen! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/r0qKA5FGxHw Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Her...
Jul 16, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 249
We cover Cap #181 panel by panel - Nomad Part 6 - by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema! There is a NEW Cap in town and the Falcon isn't happy! Plus, Nomad vs Namor, Krang, Viper, The Eel, Cobra and Princess Python! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CZHgOFrTXSY Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Connect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericaco...
Jul 09, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 248
New Captain America series writer Chip Zdarksy returns to rap Cap! What is the new sliding timeline and are there retcons in this series? Why does Steve want to rejoin the Army - and is he actually the rank of Captain? Plus, one listener wants to know... Does Steve cry during sex? (IYKYK)...and much more!Connect with our guests at: https://www.zdars.co Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hJzwAb6cBz8 Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https:...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 247
In this episode of Night Cap, Super Soldier Patron Mark Domeier joins the show and presents his Most Important Cap Story for Each Decade! Of course Rick and Bob share their own ideas (and there may be some disagreement over the 1990s)... Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Eu0UwwV6qXA Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Connect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.co...
Jun 25, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 246
It is Mark Gruenwald's FIRST Cap story - introducing the maniacal menace of MADCAP! And BOB DOES VOICES!!! Plus... Rick & Bob talk about Happy Days, descrambling cable boxes, Slacks vs Trousers and Uptown vs Downtown! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/l9wTX89lSQw Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Connect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captain...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 245
We cover Cap #180 panel by panel - Nomad Part 5 - by Steve Englehart and Sal Buscema! FINALLY... Steve makes a decision to continue to fight crime... as Nomad! Plus... Rick & Bob talk about Father's Day, long distance bills and the 1980s vs the 1950s! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/DAenjW5dhnI Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Connect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https...
Jun 11, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 244
Jackson & Collin come back for their 4th conversation, discussing the end to their time on Thunderbolts, diving deep into their three year run with Bucky Barnes and Sharon Carter. Plus, finally after 4 appearances, Rick is brave enough to ask Jackson his Wil Wheaton question... and you'll never guess his answer! Connect with our guests at: https://www.instagram.com/hivemindactual https://x.com/HiveMindActual https://bsky.app/profile/hivemindactual.bsky.social Love the show? Help support with...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 243
Covering Thunderbolts: Doomstrike #1 panel by panel! Doom took over the world. And Bucky Barnes helped him do it. To atone for his unwitting role in Doom’s triumph, Bucky assembles a team with one goal: burn it all down! Plus... Rick & Bob discuss favorite James Bond actors, Star Trek 4 and Birdman! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/o1Ibzfp3CjU Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Connect with Rick ...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 242
It's the classic giveaway comic no Cap fan should be without! We take you panel by panel through this fun tale that educates on asthma for Asthma Awareness Month! Yes... Rick says "Munster." Plus... Is it time for white pants and shoes, and other clothes Rick & Bob's wives hate. And, tales of high school and college TV production classes... Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8K919BxDR4c Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymea...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 241
We cover Cap #179 panel by panel - Nomad Part 4. Steve Rogers is no longer Captain America but he is stalked by the Golden Archer who knows his secret identity! Plus... the Top 20 TV shows of 1974, Donny Osmond's comeback, Funyuns, Guinness Book of World Records, and Rick shares an embarrassing story with SNL's A. Whitney Brown... Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gZPZVmyjQ88 Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/cap...
May 14, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 240
Didn't get to tune in for our LIVE show reviewing the new Thunderbolts* movie? Check out our YouTube recording to see the listeners' live comments, movie clips, and hear us discuss the movie! Plus... we talk about Free Comic Book Day, Sar Wars Day and a lot more! YouTube https://youtube.com/live/S6K7b6TFuxE Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Connect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at ...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 34 min•Season 1Ep. 239
Kraven hunts Cap! It's the first time these two characters meet, as Cap finds himself in the jungle being hunted, while trying to keep a stranger alive! Plus... Rick & Bob discuss waterbeds... Watch on YouTube at https://youtu.be/yTIsJ59X6rY Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Connect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Pl...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 238
Rick & Bob are joined by Matthew & Nate for the fourth ever Cap Fantasy Draft! All "teams" start with Steve Rogers, then each picks a character for 8 rounds to form their story... BUT there is a catch... Each team must pick at least one villain, one former or current lover, one former foe turned ally and one civilian... all while representing at least 5 different decades! Draft starts around 21:30. Want to skip the suspense, laughs and drama? Go to 1:15:00 for results of the draft and to...
Apr 23, 2025•1 hr 58 min•Season 1Ep. 237
We cover Cap #424 panel by panel - NOT #423! Diamondback returns... and so does Sidewinder! How will Cap react to Rachel's secret? Plus... which host hasn't seen Shawshank Redemption and which hasn't seen Top Gun? Rick & Bob discuss the Cap Madness bracket's Elite Eight prediction, Rick shares a text message between him and Bob, and Bob finally learns the difference between bald and balding... Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Bivc6v9Epds Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 236
We cover Cap #178 panel by panel - Nomad Part 3. Steve Rogers is no longer Captain America! Sam Wilson must battle TWO Lucifers... alone! The classic Steve Englehart story continues! Plus... Rick explains "Nevernudes" to Bob... Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EZ1nTKUxBk0 Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Connect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/c...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 235
Ever wonder how stories get approved or turned down? Current Captain America Editor ALANNA SMITH returns to the show to discuss what is going on in the "Cap-verse" past, present & future (including why she is excited for the upcoming Chip Zdarsky series). Why did the JMS series end? Can a Steve and Sam book happen at the same time? These and more of your questions get answered! Plus, Alanna picks her personal favorites in the 32 character Cap Co-Star Bracket! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu....
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 234
Why are Cap and Daredevil fighting each other in a boxing ring? Why not? It's 1968 and a Stan Lee story! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mbplA2uJVR4 Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please subscribe, rate and review! Our home page is https://captaina...
Mar 26, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 233
We cover Captain America: Guardian of Freedom #1, a comic written by Rick Jones and art by Steve Rogers in the 616 Universe! Plus... Rick & Bob discuss division of laundry labor, how to fold a Cap t-shirt, a surprising favorite cereal revelation and story, and... Zima! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MAUkXOR7Ghg Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 232
We cover Cap #177 panel by panel - Nomad Part 2. With Steve Rogers done as Captain America, Sam Wilson battles alone against... Lucifer! Plus... Rick shares the "Hoo Hoo" rule, Bob explains the difference between a sleeping and smoking jacket, and they both miss the Hostess ads! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/7qNOzVD_ja0 Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Connect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap ...
Mar 12, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 231
Empathy is a strength, not a weakness. You can help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks like the "What Would Cap Do?" Challenge Coin! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans
Mar 08, 2025•3 min
The prolific comic book writer and inker for the last 40 years joins the show to discuss his Cap work, how his personal imposter syndrome helped write Jeff Mace for The Patriot, why the Captain America: The 1940s Newspaper Strip is the one project he wished he could keep doing... and much more! Watch on YouTube at https://youtu.be/1a0FPXT5WyM Visit Karl's site to learn more about Impossible Jones at https://impossiblekickstarter.com Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become ...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 230
The story that takes a deep dive into Jeff Mace... a 1940's reporter inspired by Cap to become the hero The Patriot! And, when Cap dies, the story behind how he became Captain America, and why he left! YouTube: https://youtu.be/3J9IbeEqSnw Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans...
Feb 26, 2025•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 229
Didn't get to tune in for our LIVE show reviewing the new Captain America: Brave New World movie? Check out our YouTube recording to see all the listeners' live comments, movie clips, and hear us discuss the movie! Plus... Bob unwraps a Cap collectible live, and... can Rick say adamantium?!? YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/E2V3dvOEzSs Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans Connect with Rick & Bob and...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 228
We are planning a LIVE show on our YouTube channel Sunday 2/16/25 at 7pm ET! We will be discussing the new Captain America: Brave New World movie and giving our reviews. There will be a live chat open for listeners to give their feedback and ask questions. Hope to see you then! YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CaptainAmericaComicBookFans Not a supporter? You can join at the $5 Shield Slinger level at https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfans and get in on the action (plus get cool perks)!...
Feb 15, 2025•59 sec
Part 1 of our monthly review of the 1974 Nomad storyline, where Steve quits as Captain America! Plus... the boys discuss Love Boat and Rick discusses his Austrian heritage! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/4g_oJmq-nhs New! Love the show? Help support with a one-time donation or become a member and get cool perks! https://buymeacoffee.com/capcomicfansConnect with Rick & Bob and fellow Cap fans at https://www.facebook.com/groups/captainamericacomicbookfans Please...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 227
