Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill

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Chris and Reggie talk about old comic books and comic book history every week! Features new podcasts such as X-Lapsed - as well as the archives for Chris and Reggie's Cosmic Treadmill, Weird Comics History, and much much more! Dive in today!

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Episodes

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 44 - Gen13 #13a, 13b, and 13c (1996)

Greetings, mallrats and skate betties! This week, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) dive into a trio of comic books from 1996, all with the same issue number. It's Gen13 issues #13a, #13b and #13c by Jim Lee, Brandon Choi and J. Scott Campbell! After the usual creator bios and background information, they delve into and provide voices for each of these issues, detailing the origins of all featured characters as well as other "valuable" information about their first appearances. After...

Jun 18, 2017•1 hr 50 min

Weird Comics History, Episode 10: Marvel's U-Decide Stunt (2002)

This week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) talk about one of the truly weirdest publishing gimmicks in comic book history, Marvel Comics' "U-Decide" stunt from 2002! Beginning with a discussion about the changing of Marvel's executive board and the conditions that caused this bizarre three-way wager, we'll learn about the three personalities involved in the U-Decide comics, what those comic books contained, and list the actual sales figures to determine the outcome of this bet. It a...

Jun 15, 2017•1 hr 29 min

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 43 - Daredevil #161 (1979)

In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) delve into the seedy side of late 1970s New York City, when they read Daredevil #161 by Roger McKenzie and Frank Miller! After dispensing with the usual biographical information, the two discuss the history of two Daredevils, then set the stage before reading the issue in question. Then, after detailing the history of Daredevil after #161, they give some historical background for this issue's location, Coney Island, then wrap up by n...

Jun 11, 2017•1 hr 19 min

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 20 - Fantastic Four #293 (1986)

Welcome to the reupload of our first episode unhitched from the main Weird Science DC Comics Podcast, which will run every other Sunday until every single comic book in the world is read! This week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) detail Fantastic Four #293 (August 1986), requested by listener Toby Reid, and talk about the following two issues to complete the story arc. There's also creator bios, and an explanation as to why one creator started this arc, but another creative team co...

Jun 08, 2017•47 min

Weird Comics History, Episode 21 - DC Comics Millennium (1988)

NO MAN ESCAPES THE COSMIC TREADMILL! In this meticulous episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) pore over DC Comics' 1988 event Millennium, orchestrated by Steve Englehart and Joe Staton--and including the 29 tie-in issues supplementing this bizarre story! After a look at the conditions that (arguably) necessitated this crossover, our duo break down all 37 issues of Millennium. Complete with backgrounds on the pertinent characters and some personal musings on the event, this is su...

Jun 06, 2017•2 hr 25 min

Cosmic Treadmill, Episode 42 - Starman: Star Shadows (1992)

Greetings from the dark side of the moon! In this episode, Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) pore through a segment of DC Comics' 1992 event "The Darkness Within" in conjunction with #BestEventEver! They're specifically dealing with the four-issue sub-miniseries "Star Shadows" from Starman, and even more specifically detailing the second issue of that sub-miniseries, Starman #43, by Len Strazewski and Vince Giarrano! After some crreator bios--including those of regular Starman artist...

Jun 04, 2017•1 hr 7 min

Weird Comics History, Episode 15: Underground Comix, Part Four

Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) conclude their history of Underground Comix, by now arguably not underground at all! We talk about the histories of Marvel's Epic imprint and DC's Vertigo imprint, and then go on to talk about the final frontier of underground comics today: the internet. We also describe minicomics and ashcans, give a nod to Steve Ditko, and talk about dirty comic books from the back of the shop! It's sure to be a mixed bag of leftover information that didn't quite f...

Jun 02, 2017•1 hr 19 min

Weird Comics History, Episode 14: Underground Comix, Part Three

Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) take you through the post-Underground years of Underground Comix, when things got even weirder! We follow the trajectories of Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Harvey Pekar, with some brief detours for Peter Bagge, Wendy and Richard Pini, and others! After some philosophizing about what "Underground Comix" means, our weird historians dive into some seminal black & white comic books, including a particular one about anthropomorphic turtles that changed the...

Jun 01, 2017•1 hr 35 min

Weird Comics History, Episode 13: Underground Comix, Part Two

This week Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) fire up their lava lamps and visit the 1960s and 70s in part two of a history of Underground Comix! This biography-heavy episode details the careers and impact of such Comix luminaries as Robert Crumb, art spiegelman, and Trina Robbins--and many more! We also trace the rise and fall of the scene and talk about a particular Underground Comic that was published by Marvel! Join us as we journey to a work of plasticine porters and looking-glass...

May 31, 2017•1 hr 34 min

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