MS1 - Who Is the Sandman?

This week we got together to talk about a brief, single-issue of comics that was important for the time even if it slightly misses the mark. In November 2001, Marvel released an issue of The Amazing Spider-Man commemorating and memorializing the events of September 11, 2001. Join us as we chat about the comic itself and the broader issue it tackled.

For the next few episodes, we will be reading comics somewhat at random. We will go back to themed readings for Season 13 in February 2024, but for now we're just going to read whatever we want. Next week, we'll be revisiting a comic series we started literally years ago in Season 2 and reading Locke & Key Vol 2: Head Games.

Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:

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Now, it is time once again. Time to judge. Time to quantify. Time to assign value. And time, ultimately, to viciously rank the comics, leaving on one as the ultimate winner, reigning over all others.

It is time! For the Finale!

Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.

The comic lineup for Season 12 was:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3

Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:

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https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/

It's finally happened. Nimona has been released and we have all watched it. Now it's time to talk about it. In this not-so-minisode we talked about the long-awaited Netflix adaptation of N.D. Stevenson's Nimona. This movie was definitely worth watching, and we would all recommend reading the original graphic novel as well!

Next week we will be posting our Season 12 finale episode! Veronica's theme for this season was stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme was the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time. Check out the comics we've read this season below.

Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3

Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:

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The time has finally come to read the best-selling comic book of all time! This week, we read and discussed X-Men (1991) #1-3 "Rubicon", a story about a lot of things and also nothing. This story concludes Chris Claremont's iconic run of X-Men, and contains great character exploration of Magneto as well as an introduction to the structure of the X-Men for most of the 90s, where artists and writers like Jim Lee and Scott Lobdell would take the reins. While a bit frenetic and confused, it is a fun read that is well worth the time. And apparently millions of fans thought so too with over 4 million copies of the #1 issue sold, making it far and away the best-selling comic book issue of all time.

Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.

The comic lineup for Season 12 was:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3

Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:

https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/

We've heard your cries, we've seen the posters, we've tasted your tears, and we have listened. In their benevolence, Veronica and Monte have returned with another minisode talking about their playthrough of Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Next week Melissa will be rejoining the podcast to talk about X-Men (1991) #1-3 "Rubicon", the story that kicks off post-Claremont 90s X-Men.

Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.

The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3

We invite you to read along with us. 

Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:

https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/

You guys, this is literally the most beautiful comic art we have ever seen. There's an alien corgi robot. You MUST see him. He is everything.

Taylor struggles to feel herself in the town of Ozma gap--stifled, controlled, and forced to live in hiding as a human boy when her true identity is the alien princess known as the Galaxy Crowned. But when a new, vibrant girl from the city comes to town and draws Taylor in, she starts to realize that she not only hates the mask--there's space in the world for her to make the choice to ditch it, and people who will celebrate the true person who will be revealed.

This week we read Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, by Jadzia Axelrod and Cait Zellers. next week will be a minisode, and then we will be reading X-Men (1991) #1-3: Rubicon. We welcome you to read along with us!

Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.

The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3

Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:

https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/

Look, we all love indie comic podcasts, right? For sure. Obviously. They are categorically the best type of podcasts.

But what sort of podcasts do our illustrious hosts like to listen to in their free time, APART from indie comic podcasts? Join said hosts as they go over their original and most frequently listened to mainstream shows. Their podcast profiles, you might say.

Next week we will be reading Galaxy: The Prettiest Star. We welcome you to read along with us!

Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.

The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3

Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:

https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/

This week we read Fantastic Four (2002) #60 "Inside Out", a stand-alone promotional issue kicking off Mark Waid's run on Fantastic Four. This is a story introducing Waid's version of these classic characters, and setting the stage for the stories he will tell.

Next book club episode, we will be reading Galaxy: The Prettiest Star, a story about a alien princess disguised as a human jock.

Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.

The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3

Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:

https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/

So we're nerds right? We do some nerd shit. We read comics, we watch Star Trek, we play Dungeons and Dragons, and we watched the new D&D movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. So we're gonna talk about it. What more do you want from us?

Next week we will be reading Fantastic Four (2002) #60, a one-issue introductory arc by Mark Waid that is the #2 Best Selling Superhero Comic of All Time.

Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.

The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3

Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:

https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/

For many kids today, no matter how kind and upbeat, no matter how good their friends or how supportive and loving their parents, the world presents innumerable hurdles and hostilities. But each and every one of them, and each and every one of us, have a spark of true power to help protect our communities. It's just for one teen, Nubia, that spark is a flame. But just like the rest of us, she will have to figure out for herself what it means to be a hero.

Join us as we discuss Nubia: Real One, an alternate universe origin story for Amazonian Queen and superhero Nubia, written by LL McKinney, with art by Robyn Smith.

Next week we will be reading Fantastic Four (2002) #60: Inside Out, a one-issue introductory arc by Mark Waid that is the #2 Best Selling Superhero Comic of All Time.

Veronica's theme for this season is stories from the DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults imprint. Monte's theme is the five top-selling superhero comic books of all time.

The comic lineup for Season 12 will be:
Superman Smashes the Klan
Amazing Spider-Man (2014) #1-6
You Brought Me the Ocean
Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1-7
Shadow of the Batgirl
Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure
Nubia: Real One
Fantastic Four (2002) #60
Galaxy: The Prettiest Star
X-Men (1991) #1-3

Check out the inaugural crossover of the Hall of Pods, our podcast network! We discuss Doctor Strange In the Multiverse of Madness with The Fandom Optimists, Cape Corner, and True Believers: a Comics PoDCast! Find all of our links here.

To get in touch with us, you can email sjwcomicspodcast@gmail.com, or check out our social media at:

https://twitter.com/sjwcomicscast
https://www.instagram.com/sjwcomicscast/