Episode 55: This is it. 100 recordings of Raging Bullets. We are joined and have a tremendous conversation with Brave and the Bold’s Inker, Bob Wiacek. We talk about his career at and outside DC and the inking process in general. He has wonderful stories and was an amazing guest. Jim and Sean also discuss Brave and the Bold issue 8 in our usual indepth fan perspective segment. Finally, we wrap up with a great segment responding to fan emails and forum comments about the 100th recording and recen...
Dec 19, 2007•4 hr 30 min
Episode 54b: One week away from our 100th recording and we have a big episode. Jim and Sean talk about Shadowpact #19, All Star Batman and Robin #8 with a special audio comment from Fanboy Faceoff’s Darthdad, and continue our Countdown Catchup with issue 30-28. Time stamps: Second part of our 99th recording. We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts. 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, this includes the Hero for the Holida...
Dec 09, 2007•2 hr 59 min
Episode 54a: Lots of fun stuff this episode including some announcements for our 100th recording celebration which will begin in 2 weeks, Wonder Woman #14, Wetworks Armageddon, Top Bullets Best of the Best from October 2007 from Sean and Jim and the listeners, a few emails, an audio comment from Red Lantern on Wildstorm and more. Time stamps: First part of our 99th recording. We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts. 0:00 Opening, special news, sho...
Dec 01, 2007•3 hr 7 min
Episode 53B: This one wound up being bigger than expected so we are dividing it into two parts. This episode we have a big discussion on Countdown issue 32,31 and our first uncut listener rants and email segment. Time stamps: Second part of our 98th recording. We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, this includes the Hero for the Holidays Drive. 6:54 Countdown 32, 32 discussion and int...
Nov 22, 2007•3 hr 8 min
Episode 53a: This one wound up being bigger than expected so we are dividing it into two parts. This is the first smaller part covering Batman 670 and Action Comics 858. The second part will come out this weekend with a Countdown segment and our first ever uncut (mostly) listener rant segment. Time stamps: First part of our 98th recording. We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rant 14:17 Qu...
Nov 14, 2007•1 hr 23 min
Episode 52: Jim and Sean are joined by Art Lyon as we discuss his work on Justice League #11. We also have an audio comment from Darthdad of Fanboy Faceoff, as he discusses All Star Batman and Robin #7. We also continue our regular Countdown feature as we discuss issue 33. Time stamps: Our 97th recording. We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants 5:43 JLA #11 with special guest Art Lyon. ...
Nov 06, 2007•2 hr 55 min
Episode 51c: Countdown 36-34 are discussed as Jim and Sean explore what they are getting out of the series so far and make some links to what they want from the future. We also have a BK’s Bullets closing our Amazon’s Attack discussion. Bent shares his views and we share ours. We also look at the Epilogue threads and why we think it is important to where things are headed. NOTE: Jim is on this episode via Skype because this was recorded after the hard drive crash. We experimented with his headse...
Oct 28, 2007•2 hr 56 min
Episode 51b: We had a crazy week due to a hard drive crash. The Justice League show was lost so we will be rerecording that. In it’s place, Jim and I recorded a brand new Top Bullets Segment looking at the best of the best from September 2007. We also have the remaining listener rants recording from CGS 300. As a bonus, we have the “lost? Nightwing Annual segment that we never aired. NOTE: The Nightwing Annual footage is mostly unedited. It is placed on here as a bonus feature. Time stamps: Our ...
Oct 19, 2007•3 hr 4 min
Episode 51a: Jim and Sean talk Coundown issues 38 and 37 as we begin our biweekly catchup on the title. We focus much of our discussion on delving into what we think of the storylines so far and where we want to see them go. We also share some listener rants. Time stamps: Our 95th recording We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, an announcement about the new “Where’s the Sensei Now?? web site contribution program. 7:28:00...
Oct 09, 2007•2 hr 5 min
Episode 50b: Jim and Sean talk about various books in speeding bullets chat about some listener rants and emails. NOTE: We have to rerecord the Countdown discussion so that will be released later this week as a mini episode so we can give you the usually expected sound quality. Time stamps: Our 94th recording We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 9:53 Speeding Bullets: Countdown to Adventure #1, DMZ, Wonder Girl #1, The ...
Sep 30, 2007•1 hr 55 min
Episode 50a: It’s finally here. Seven Soldiers Vol 1 Part 1: We begin our indepth discussion on the first part of Seven Soldiers Vol 1 : the double sized Seven Soldiers 0, Shining Knight 1, Guardian 1, and Zatanna 1. We also shared your comments on the series from the forum thread. Finally, we had some listener emails and Jim and I did a speeding bullets segment on Jonah Hex and Supergirl and the Legion. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, ...
Sep 18, 2007•2 hr 35 min
Episode 49 Part 7b: Listener rants that you demanded: Jim and Sean share their thoughts on various comics in a second Speeding Bullets segment. We also share listener rants from the rant thread. NOTE: This is a repost to repair missing audio from the closing. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, a shout out to issue 6 of Love and Capes which is solicited in the September Previews (The web comic is on the we...
Sep 10, 2007•3 hr 3 min
Episode 49 Part 7a: A whole bunch of stuff: Jim and Sean share their thoughts on various comics in a Speeding Bullets segment. We also share listener rants from the rant thread. Finally, we have a segment discussing more recent convention news. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 8:01 Speeding Bullets: Quick shout outs to Gen 13, Brave and the Bold 5, Faker 1 and 2, Green Lantern Corp, Green Lantern 22, Hi...
Sep 04, 2007•2 hr 5 min
Episode 49 Part 6: Top Bullets for July and Justice Society Vol 1 Special. Jim and Sean are joined by Jay Ferguson our Grand Prize contest winner in his first of two segments. We chat about the Levitz / Conway run of All Star Comics recently collected in two volumes. We also share out Top 5 Best of the Best Comics for July from the listeners and ourselves. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 8:48 Top Bulle...
Aug 26, 2007•2 hr 15 min
Episode 49 Part 5: Wizard World Special: Jim and Sean begin a discussion on the Wizard World con. We talk about the Dark Knight screening and the news coming out of the DC panels. We also begin with a brief discussion on artists alley and the overall con experience. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 12:01 Dark Knight screening discussion 49:54 DC Nation Panel discussion and we also being shouting out var...
Aug 20, 2007•3 hr 12 min
Episode 49 Part 4: Jim and Sean finish a two part Countdown catchup, we cover issues 42-39. Speeding Bullets Segment: Quick commentary on All Star Batman and Robin #6, Superman/Batman 37 +38, Birds of Prey 108, and Stormwatch PHD We also share comments from our listener rant thread on a variety of topics and close off the show with a forum comment segment. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 7:16:00 Speedi...
Aug 10, 2007•3 hr 33 min
Episode 49 Part 3: Jim and Sean begin a two part Countdown catchup, we cover issues 46-43 on this show and chat about 42-39 next week. DC NEWS SEGMENT: DC Eisner winners chat, we chat about upcoming DC releases, and more We also share comments from our listener rant thread on a variety of topics and close off the show with a listener email segment. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, Wizard World Chicago c...
Aug 04, 2007•3 hr 9 min
Episode 49 Part 2B: Jim and I continue to talk about Amazon’s Attack 1-4 and the related tie in issues in the second of a two part discussion. There is a new BK’s Bullets on Bart Allen. We also announce a contest involving 3 day tickets to Wizard World Chicago. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, Wizard World Chicago contest details 4:58 Amazon’s Attack 1-4 and related tie in discussion part 2 of 2 1:40:35...
Jul 28, 2007•4 hr 17 min
Episode 49 Part 2A: Jim and I talk about Amazon’s Attack 1-4 and the related tie in issues in the first of a two part discussion. We’ll be back in a few days with part 2. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, Raging Oscars is up, new funny bullets, recent show donation, slick vs.whatnot and various rants 13:59 Funny Bullets winner 14:40 Amazon’s Attack 1-4 and related tie in discussion part 1 of 2 2:20:51 Closing, shout ou...
Jul 22, 2007•2 hr 24 min
Episode 49 Part 1: I am on vacation but that doesn’t mean no episode. Jim and I talk in depth about JLA/JSA : Lightning Saga with a focus on the various happenings in each issue and what they could possibly mean in the future. We also have a related general discussion of Flash 13, was the series worth it, and why we think so, either way. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, teaser about the Raging Oscars, and various rant...
Jul 12, 2007•3 hr 7 min
Episode 48 Part 4: Jim and I are joined by author Tim Callahan as we discuss his new book “Grant Morrison: The Early Years?. Be sure to visit our web site for a link to the 14 page preview. We also added an impromptu discussion on the Sinestro Corps Special. Time stamps: 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, teaser about the Raging Oscars, and various rants 12:15 Author Tim Callahan joins us to discuss his book about Grant Morrison. 57:13 Speeding Bullets on Showcase Elongated Man and ...
Jul 06, 2007•3 hr 34 min
Episode 48 Part 3: For Part 3 and 4, Jim and I have a hearty discussion about All Star Batman and Robin. BK’s Bullets is back with Matt Wagner commentary. Jim and I talk Flash 13, JLA/JSA, Supergirl, and more. Time stamps: 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, Funny Bullets winner, and various rants 6:41 Listener Emails (Including a discussion about Flash #13, JLA/JSA Lightning Saga crossover, which will be continued in Episode 49 Part 1 (Basically 2 episodes)), and a discussion about ...
Jun 28, 2007•2 hr 54 min
Episode 48 Part 2: Basically almost two shows in one: This Episode Jim and I continue a two part long overdue discussion of Countdown 51-47: What works for us? What doesn't? How does it compare to 52? What threads are we most enjoying and why? We are also have listener emails and chat with Lord Shaper about a special gift he sent us. Almost 3 hours of content. It's been awhile since we released a monster. Time stamps: 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, and email about...
Jun 20, 2007•2 hr 50 min
Episode 48 Part 1: This Episode Jim and I begin a two part long overdue discussion of Countdown 51-47: What works for us? What doesn’t? How does it compare to 52? What threads are we most enjoying and why? Time stamps: 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, and email about the Smallville episode. 12:26 May’s Top Bullets from the listeners, Sean, and Jim. 37:56 Listener Emails 1:08:20 Part 1 of a 2 part discussion on Countdown issues 51-47 1:56:39 Smallville episode forum ...
Jun 15, 2007•2 hr 24 min
Smallville Season 6 Finale Special Part 2: This Episode Jim and I discuss the Smallville Finale with Art Lyon and Brent Kossina. We also chat about some of the November trade releases that have been announced. We give a quick shout out to our long time sponsor Comichole, who is in the process of a major site revamp with a new outlook that is sure to be exciting to our listeners and comic fans in general (more news to come on this in future shows). We also shout out the new Funny Bullets and the ...
Jun 09, 2007•1 hr 55 min
Smallville Season 6 Finale Special: This Episode Jim and I discuss the Smallville Finale with Art Lyon and Brent Kossina. We also have listener emails and we discuss some DC news. Time stamps: 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 6:48 Some DC news and commentary on upcoming trade releases, we talk informally about the mini series Justice. 38.20 A couple of quick listener emails, news about Midnighter, news about Teen Titans 51:37 Smallville Finale Part 1 with Art Lyon a...
Jun 01, 2007•1 hr 58 min
Episode 47 Part 2: This Episode Jim and I discuss Nightwing 129-131 with very special guest Jamal Igle. Time stamps: 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, couple of quick emails, various rants. 16:16 Nightwing spotlight with Jamal Igle 1:37:32 Forum commentary on Supergirl and the Legion (with some very brief Countdown comments) 1:49:08 Closing, shout outs, show info and sponsor We will see you Mondey or Tuesday with our Smallville Season Finale Special with Art Lyon. (Please check the...
May 23, 2007•1 hr 58 min
Episode 47 Part 1: This Episode Jim and I discuss 52 week 52 with very special guest Bruce Rosenberger. Note: 90% of the show was recorded via Skype. Also, please excuse the motorcycle sounds in the background (I edited most out). We haven’t installed the air conditioner in the studio/office so we had to have both windows open during our 80 degree recording day. Time stamps: 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, recent show donations and sponsors. 6:23 Discussion of the final issue of ...
May 17, 2007•2 hr 37 min
Episode 46 Part 2: This Episode Jim and I discuss WWIII week 4, 51, forum comments and much more. We have some listener audio comments and announce a new Funny Bullets. Time stamps: 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, Contest Winners, and sponsors. 4:19 Part 2 of our 52 coverage. WWIII week 4, 51, and forum comments 1:08:25 Speeding Bullets: Quick segment about Funny Bullets, Shout outs to Firestorm 35, recent issues of Catwoman, Birds of Prey 104 and 105, Supergirl and the Legion (F...
May 09, 2007•2 hr 4 min
Episode 46: This Episode Jim and I talk about a DC Eisner Award Nominations, listener and our top bullets for April, 52 weeks 49, 50, WWIII weeks 1-3, (Note we will continue this discussion on part 2 with WWIII week 4, 51, and joining us for week 52, Bruce Rosenberger.) Time stamps: 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, Contest Winners, and sponsors. 4:05 Speeding Bullets: DC News, Top Bullets for April, Eisner nominees 43:19 Part 1 of our 52 coverage. Week 49, 50, WWIII 1-3 1:46:05 Cl...
May 03, 2007•1 hr 51 min