Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of July 2, 2025. Resurrection Man confronts his future self in an incredible philosophic disagreement while the Birds of Prey deal with the fallout of the attack on them by turing the tables on their enemies, We also see how Jo Mullien gets the power of green from Abin Sur, but how Hal Jordan gets the Black Hand remains to be seen. A huge secret that Lady Shiva kept from Cassandra Cain is revealed while it may finally be time for Amanda...
Jul 02, 2025•1 hr 37 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of June 25, 2025. Also Jace shows off his new statue and the guys talk about the upcoming trip to SDCC 2025. In the books, Superman looks to an unlikely place to get a cure for the Red Kryptonite infection that is fueling his rage, while Lex disappears to parts unknown. Wonder Woman looks for answers in a classic mythological setting, We find out the Spectre has much to do with the origin of Mister Terrific and the Green Lanterns encoun...
Jun 27, 2025•1 hr 35 min
Jace is joined by writer Marguerite Bennett and artist Bev Johnson to talk about their new OGN from Papercuts. It's an all new version of Flash Gordon as we meet a young female version of the character. Still full of adventre and action, but with a focus on great characterization, this is a wonderful book for young readers. There's lots to unpack in our chat and the book sp dig into this episode.
Jun 27, 2025•19 min
Jace and Rocky chat aobut he DC Comics titles for the week of June 18, 2025. A stellar week with some very solid titles. Superman Unlimited #2 picks up right where the first issue left off and things are going to be very challenging for the Man of Steel going forward with Kryptonite ever and a new power that is both a blessing and a curse. Detective Comics gives up a Batman/Penguin Team-up that is both formidable and funny, while the bond that we know exists between Batman and Robin begins to sh...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 26 min
Jace is joined by veteran animation writer Ernie Altbacker to chat about Area 51 Studios. Based on a prose story Ernie wrote a few years ago, this is Ernie's first foray into comics. With the same fun and adventuresome sensibility Ernie has brought to many DC animated adations, Area 51 Studios reveals that the legendary secretive military base is actually a movie studio where aliens show up to create low budget galactic reality shows. With such an out there premise and great art from Josh White,...
Jun 14, 2025•41 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of June 11, 2025. Aquaman continues on his quest to find his lost kingdom and family, we start to see the beginnings of Superman's journey to becoming a hero as Superboy, Batman Dark Patterns lives up to its name. Fire and Ice go to hell and run into a familar face who is not hapy to see them. Trinity starts on a time-travelign adventure, we get a new version of Bane and the Demon shows up in two books, as he may hold the key to the mys...
Jun 13, 2025•1 hr 31 min
Jun 12, 2025•28 min
Jace is joined by Allison from FlickDirect to chat with the cast and showrunner of Resident Alien. Lead by the superb Alan Tudyk, the show is returning for it's fourth season with epsiodes being broadcast on both USA and SyFy. This incredibly talented cast makes the most of excellent writing from their team of behind the scenes creatives led by showrunner Chris Sheridan. The result is a perfect blend of drama, comedy and most importantly emotional story telling that has a point. Season Four pick...
Jun 05, 2025•30 min
Jace and Rocky breakdown the DC Comics titles for the week of June 4, 2025. It's a great week with DC Pride 2025 telling a complete story rich with history and character. The Atom Project comes to a very satisfying conclusion. Absolute Green Lantern continues to be a bit of a mystery while Batgirl and Birds of Prey are both jam-packed with action. Justice League vs Godzilla vs Kong is back and as fun as ever, while the Secret Six delves into the relationship between Deadshot and Catman. The rela...
Jun 04, 2025•1 hr 46 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of May 28, 2025. Absolute Maritan Manhunter and Absolute Wonder Woman solidify that the Absolute Universe is still going strong. The JLU World's Finest Crossover ramps up with just one issue to go. Superman loses it with the Red K boosting his rage and help may come from an unexpected place. Meanwhile in Hell Hal Jordan finds what he is looking for and also runs into an old friend he isn't so happy to see and finally, the first issue of...
May 28, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Jace and Rocky chat abotu the DC Comics titles for the week of May 21, 2025. Nightwing forges an alliance with Maggie Sawyer, or does he? Wally West takes control of his life in Absolute Flash though many, many mysteries remain. Speaking of mysteries, the identity and machinations of Elixir remain elusive and as Batman attempts to find answers he discover an interesting an ally. The mystery in Wonder Woman is resolved in time to save Batman, though it seems the murderer will face few if any cons...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 37 min
Jace is joined by writer David Pinckney to talk about the lastest OGN YA title from the Maverick imprint at Mad Cave Studios. Sarah and Darah; Best Frenemies Forever is a relevant and engaging tale focusing on the drama of high school relationships and the value of family. Join us to hear David's thoughts on the project
May 20, 2025•29 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics for the week of May 14, 2025. Batman Dark Patterns gives a new rogue for Batman while in Aboslute Batman the true horror of Mister Freeze is revealed. Fire and Ice learn they will have to travel to hell to try and put themselves and their friends back in the right bodies. Supergirl has a solid debut issue and the action in Aquaman keeps ramping up. Meanwhile, Green Lantern Corps gives us a look at some of our favorite Lanterns while a classic villain retur...
May 16, 2025•1 hr 39 min
Jace and Rocky break down the DC Comics for the week fo May 7, 2025. Absolute Superman introduces us to the Absolute Braniac, the mystery in Absolute Green Lantern continues to unfold while Ted Grant is remembered fondly in JSA. Two-Face comes to an end and we are sad to see it go, Black Canary also ends, but in a very satisfying way. Poison Ivy, The Atom Project and Batgirl are all excellent. Join us to hear about these books and more!
May 09, 2025•2 hr 1 min
Kevin Shinick — the host and time-traveling detective of the Emmy-winning series Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, Emmy-winning writer behind Robot Chicken, and celebrated author — is writing and starring in HOST MORTEM. Shinick is joined by artist Damien Torres (Marvel Crisis Protocol), colorist Pippa Bowland (Judge Dredd, Project Cryptid), and letterer Taylor Esposito (Red Hood and The Outlaws). The 180+ page graphic novel is coming soon to Kickstarter from Clover Press, the publisher behind ...
May 06, 2025•18 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics for the week of April 30, 2025. It's a fifth week of the month so we get some annuals and specials. In Detective Comics, it's a locked room murder for Batman to solve with the victim begging Batman not to solve his murder at all. Also the latest chapter of We Are Yesterday is in World's Finest Annual with an incredible John Stewart origin story as a co-feature. The Question comes to a very satisfying conclusion with Batman The Last Halloween and Power Comp...
May 06, 2025•56 min
Jace is joined by author Damian Duffy to talk about his recently released graphic novel adaption of Octavia E. Butler's classic science fiction novel, Parable of the Talents. Butler is incredible prescient in her ability to predict the current cultural and political state of the world in 2025, even though her novel was published in 1998. It deals of concepts of personal, religious and economic freedoms as well as Afro-Futurism. With evocative art by John Jennings this adapation faithfully captur...
May 06, 2025•30 min
Jace is joined by Al Ewing to chat about Detective Comics 2025 Annual. Al has a locked room murder mystery for Batman to solve in three acts. He talks about collaborating with three different artists, one for each of the chapters. Plus he gets to bring Batman across the pond to his own stompling grounds. The guys also chat about what makes Batman such a versatile character and the incredible roster of villains Batman has. It's a great story and Jace is exceptionally happy that on his first Batma...
Apr 28, 2025•19 min
Jace and Rocky break down a big week of DC Comics for April 23, 2025. We get the second chapter of Hush 2, Power Girl comes to an end and a new arc starts for The Flash. We have two wildly different Green Lantern stories with one full of surprises and action packed and the other trying to find it's footing. Green Arrow continues to be an excellent mix of crime noir and relevant social issues which calls back to a classic era for the Emerald Archer. Metamorpho is wildly fun and engaging with Peac...
Apr 23, 2025•2 hr 17 min
Jace is joined by Ray Chou to chat about the campaign for the latest issue of Glow. A mix of high fantasy, adeventure and magic it follows a group of young survivors in a post-apocalyptic world as they try to unlock the secrets, power and mystery of Glow. Ancient aritfacts left over from a forgotten age which may hold the key to rescuing the home they fled which has been captured by the evil Stonehand Tribe. Ray talks about they cretive process, some other stories and worlds he has drawn inspira...
Apr 23, 2025•36 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics releases for the week of April 16, 2025. We have the end of Challengers of the Unknown as some questions are answered and more are raised. Similarly, Detective Comics reaches the end of its first arc for this era in a very satisfying ending that shows that even in the face of great temptation, Batman has lines he will not cross. Nightwing starts a new arc that brings some personal context to the power vacuum that currentkly exists in Bludhaven, while Batma...
Apr 16, 2025•1 hr 57 min
Live from WonderCon, it's Mark Waid and Dan Slott in conversation about the Summer of Superman. It all kicks off with the Summer of Superman One-Shot on April 16th, so what can be expected in that story? What's coming in Action Comics? How will the new Superman Unlimited titles fit in with the other Superman books and how is it going to change the nature of Kryptonite and the Daily Planet? All that and more in this episode. Plus why Mark Waid connects with Superboy even more than Superman!...
Apr 15, 2025•48 min
Richard Ashley Hamiltion returns to the show to chat about Scoop Vol 3. Sophie and her mother take a vacation in Cuba to try and get away from the recent chaos in Miami, but as Sophie begins to exhibits powers linked to time travel it's not quite the getaway they'd hoped. Returning home to save a friend she believes is in danger puts Sophie in the middle of the action again. This book is the third volume in the incredibly fun and adventurous Scoop series. Richard talks about the evolution of the...
Apr 11, 2025•44 min
Daniel Henriques and Jonathan Glapion join the show to chat about their upcoming Spawn Universe title The Curse of Sherlee Johnson. Going all the way back to the earliest days of Spawn this series uses the events from issue #5 to examine what happened to one of the victims of the evil and reviled Billy Kincaid, namely Sherlee Johnson. A young girl, kidnapped by the serial killer who thought she was about to be rescued when Spawn showed up to deliver his paticular brand of justice to Kincaid, but...
Apr 10, 2025•53 min
Jace and Rocky breakdown the DC Comics titles for the week of April 9, 2025. Aquaman breaks free of his bonds and looks to face the beign resposible for his imprisonment and rescure Atlantis. Meanwhile, from the wreckage of the planet Thanager a god emereges but will he be a savior to the Thanagarians or spell ddom for the remnants of the Red Lantern Corps. Fire and Ice have switched powers, but that is not all that may be different by the end of the issue. We also see Superman up against an unf...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 32 min
Ron Marz is back on the show to chat about his current Zoop project for Shinku. A wild story with roots going back to the earliest days of the samurai in Japan. They are battling an evil even older than they are, vampires. Fantastic art by the late Lee Moder showcases a dynamism and strong sense of storytelling that are hallmarks of his style. Included in the collection will be never before seen Shinku art from Lee that was intended for the second volume of the action-packed, highly enjoyable se...
Apr 09, 2025•32 min
Jace is joined by two of the creative minds behind Alienated, the latest original series to come to Comixology. Taki Soma, the writer and Michael Avon Oeming, the cover artist, talk about how the genre of science fiction is a great medium to tell stories that examine wild and outrageous ideas, but in reality are self-reflections of humanity examing itself. In the case of Alienated, what if first contant is finally here but all the aliens that show up aroung the world are already dead? Or are the...
Apr 08, 2025•26 min
Jace welcomes Keith Arem and Chris Yates from PCB Productions to the show to chat about the Kickstarter campaign for Front Road. Drawing inspirations from classic video games like The Last of Us, Silent Hill and BioShock, Frost Road is a survival story set in the town of Front Road as the protagonist wakes up from a car crash not knowing where he is or what has happened. The guys chat about the crossover of mediums, the evolution of this project and some of the rewards available in the campaign....
Apr 08, 2025•34 min
Jace and Rocky chat about the DC Comics titles for the week of April 2, 2025. The debut of Absolute green Lantern is a perfect mix of the familiar with new twists and just a dash of horror. Absolute Superman continues its incredible run with gorgeous art and so much feeling that it continues to be the emotional core of the Absolute Universe. The Poison Ivy and Two-Face series are elevating their respective eponymous characters to much more realized versions and its great to see. The debut of Res...
Apr 02, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Jace and Rocky break down some of the indie titles for the week of March 26, 2025 that they have had a chance to read. Radiant Black continues to deal with the fall out of the Catalyst War. A supervillain;'s daughter begins to her father'strue nature but before she can even decide how she feels about this revealation he is assassinated. Now her choice is to take revenge, if she can or finally live a life of freedom, but with a title like We're Taking Everyone Down With Us, you can probably guess...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 42 min
