War Rocket Ajax is the world’s most explosive comic book and pop-culture podcast, featuring interviews with comics professionals, reviews, rankings and more.
Robin's first five-issue mini-series from 1991: Good, average, or secretly bad? We dig into this Chuck Dixon/Tom Lyle trip to France (and Spain and Hong Kong) to find out. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
We unexpectedly find our first I, a real bottom chopper, as we rate more swords on this episode! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
Time for a Jurgalogue. We're finishing our re-read of the Jurgies with a story not written by Dan Jurgens. It's the Michael Avon Oeming-written "Thor Disassembled" Ragnarok story from Thor #80-85. So how does it compare to the 79 issues before it? We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
Time to rank stories once again, including one 2000s Avengers story we'd rather not. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
The creators of the new comic based on the Doughboys podcast join us to talk about turning a podcast into a comic, selling direct to fans, the Ren & Stimpy "gross-up," Doughboy from Marvel Comics, and much more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
We finish up the Dan Slott/Mike Allred/Laura Allred run on Silver Surfer on this episode, and we finally rank the whole thing! Where does it end up? We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
Matt was getting ready for Heroes Con when he and Chris recorded, so enjoy this edit-free episode where we rate some more of your sword submissions! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
On this week's show, we're very pleased to welcome back Jeremy Whitley, editor of the Aces and Aros Anthology, which is funding now on Kickstarter! We talk about editing vs. writing, self-discovery, how he got involved in the anthology, and lots more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
The artist behind a new illustrated version of "A Christmas Carol," titled Scrooge is on the show the week to talk about the project, funding now on Zoop! We also discuss returning to old ideas, working with Todd McFarlane on Spawn, drawing for role playing games, and a lot more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
That's right! It's May! And we're ranking stories, including some classic Tim Drake Robin stuff. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
Based on your suggestion, we finally read the entire 2014 volume of Silver Surfer, which has a kind of Doctor Who vibe to it. Spoiler: It's great. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
We rate more famous swords on this week's show! Do we manage to find our elusive I? We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
We finish up the Dan Jurgens run on Thor on this week's show, and it finishes pretty strong! Covering Thor (1998) #75-79. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
On this week's show, we took your listener questions, including one about the most influential living writers, who we named immediately. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
Matt and Chris traveled to Eastern Tennessee for the wedding of friend of the show Elle Collins this weekend, so they got together with Marlene and Ben Gulley to talk about it and read online reviews of Morristown's Family Fun Zone! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
Time to rank more comic book stories on this month's special, including some Punisher, some Spider-Man and some Elseworlds! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
We've got some swords to rate this week, and they run the gamut from video-game weapons to genuine symbols of European kingdoms. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
We read the entirety of the Andy Helfer/Bill Sienkiewicz/Kyle Baker run on The Shadow from the late 80s, and there's never been a more cocaine-paced comic. Is that good? Listen and learn! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
All the names on the cover of Welcome to Twilight: From the World of Minor Threats #2 join us for the show this week to talk about working through new story developments as they come, whether it's intimidating to come into a universe with so many elements already built in, depicting flashbacks visually, fast food, and a whole lot more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
It's time to start ranking your sword submissions for I to X of Swords this week, and though things get off to a rocky start, we do find a groove after a bit. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
It's the beginning of the end of the Dan Jurgens run on Thor as we cover the story that's actually called "The Reigning"! Covering Thor (1998) #69-74. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
On this month's special, we start with a debate about a comic strip and end...with a debate about three comic strips. And in the meantime, we cross 1,600 ranked comics! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
Our new game for 2025 and beyond begins this week, and it's a sharp one! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
Matt and Benito sat down for a chat about Benito's upcoming book Blood and Thunder, then took a bunch of your listener questions! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
We reach 100 raw moments on the list this week, finishing it up! What will end up on the complete list of the rawest moments in comics history? Only one way to find out! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
The writer and artist of the new Image series Sleep joins us this week to talk about limited color palettes, how X-Men comics have always been complicated, the best kaiju, and a whole lot more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
We finally get around to the Kevin Conroy/J.Bone story "Finding Batman" from DC Pride on this special, and rank plenty more to boot! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
Longtime friend of the show Kel McDonald joins us on the show this week to talk about the new story in their series The City Between, as well as their new video series reviewing Berserk from the beginning! And, of course, werewolves. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
On this week's show, we're back to the Dan Jurgens run on Thor! We're finishing up the Spiral storyline and starting The Reigning, and the question persists: Did Thor do anything wrong? Covering Thor (1998) #63-68. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
This is War Rocket Ajax, but this month we're reviewing Apocrypals: The Comic, and it's quite a ride. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!
