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NEWS

1. Marvel sheds light on Free Comic Book Day 2023 titles
2. New 'Storm' solo series explores the X-Man's punk era in May 2023
3. Groot gets new origin limited series Spring 2023
4. Darth Vader follows Deadpool and Wolverine with his own ‘Black, White & Red’ anthology
5. Marvel sheds light on Sins of Sinister finale
6. Marvel releases new Disney/Marvel mashups in Disney 100 Years of Wonder covers
7. Marvel Comics honors Carlos Pacheco in full page comics tribute
8. Marvel sheds light on ‘Captain America: Cold War’ crossover event starting April 5th
9. IDW launching first-ever Star Trek comics crossover event 'Day of Blood'

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Danger Street (2022) #2 (Tom King, Jorge Fornes)
2. Dark Ride (2022) #4 (Joshua Williamson, Andrei Bressan, Adriano Lucas)

Nathan:

1. Black Cloak #1 (Kelly Thompson, Meredith McClaren)
2. Batman: The Adventures Continue: Season 3 #1 (Paul Dini, Alan Burnett, Jordan Gibson)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - Savage Avengers #9 (David Pepose, Carlos Magno)

Dave - Avengers: War Across Time (2023) #1 (Paul Levitz, Alan Davis)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

1. Dave: Lazarus Planet: Assault On Krypton #1 (Various!)
2. Nathan: Strange #10 (Jed MacKay, Marcelo Ferreira, Roberto Poggi, Javier Tartaglia)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

1. Dave: Deadly Neighborhood Spider-Man #4 (Rahzzah)
2. Nathan: Harley Quinn: The Animated Series: Legion of Bats #4 (Dan Hipp)

Off topic top shelf - Philomena Cunk - Diane Morgan - airing January 31 on Netflix

Episode 46 “Comic Book Combat and Calling our Friends” On today’s episode we celebrate Free Comic Book Day by debating fights between comic book characters. We decide to cold call some of our former guests and put them on the spot to help with the debates. This should go well……..and hope we still have friends afterwards…

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NEWS

• DC Comics news Roundup:
  • DC Comics announces 'Superman vs. Lobo' #1 out in August
  • Reveals ‘The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox’ #1 coming this August
  • DC is launching ‘Batman: The World’ across the globe on September 14
  • DC Comics reveals Infinite Frontier plans
  • DC finally reveals FCBD books
• Image Comics announces ‘The Silver Coin’ getting new writer lineup
• Marvel Comics adds new X-Men series ‘Inferno’ by Jonathan Hickman September 2021
• Marvel announces another High Republic series for October.
• Marvel First Look: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ #15 sets ‘The Last Annihilation’ into motion
• Chris tells us about Marvel’s Voices: Pride and Hellfire Gala X-Men Monday stuff!

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. The Blue Flame #1 (W: Christopher Cantwell, A: Adam Gorham, C: Kurt Michael Russell)

Chris:

1. X-Men #20 (W: Jonathan Hickman, A: Francesco Mobili)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Fire Power #12 (W: Robert Kirkman, A: Chris Samnee, Matthew Wilson)
• Chris: Marauders #21

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Marauders #21 (Dauterman)
• Chris: Marauders #21 (Dauterman Connecting Cover)

Segment: Interview: Benjamin Percy - Wastelanders, X-Force, X-Men

1. Ben, we know you from X-Force, Wolverine...your great run on Green Arrow, with two seasons of Wolverine: The Long Night under your belt, how does it feel to kick off a second scripted podcast series with Wastelanders that’s kicking off a podcast universe?
2. Comparatively speaking, how does scripting a 30 minute podcast compare to a single issue? Is 30 minutes roughly the same as 20 pages of comic, or more?
3. For fans of Ethan Sacks and Robert Gill’s Old Man Quill, does their series tie into the podcast?
4. The Long Night ended up getting a comic book adaptation, it’s early yet, but can we expect the same for Wastelanders?
5. You’ve got Chris Elliot, Vanessa Williams, Danny Glover - Of the voice talent on Wastelanders, who has been your favorite so far?
6. We know Marvel has invited literal celebrities to the Hellfire Gala, any chance we might see any of the actors working on Wastelanders appearing at the Gala as well?
7. X-Force #20 is out this week and your cast is on security detail. Are you jealous the other X-Writers get to have fun inside, getting into all sorts of trouble… or is the real fun on the outside?
   1. Have you ever worked security yourself?
   2. Of the X-Force members, do any of them actually look forward to running security?
8. What does Ben Percy wear to the Hellfire Gala?
9. I never expected to see Dracula play such a large role in an X-Book again. How did the idea to bring Dracula and vampires into the Krakoa era come about?
10. After the Gala, we get the long-promised return of Solem in the pages of Wolverine. How excited are you to play with this character again?
11. What is the story of old man Percy?

Off-Topic Top Shelf - Benjamin Percy - Gentleman in Moscow, The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

NEWS

• Full line-up of Free Comic Book Day 2021 titles announced
• Kickstarter partners with Bookshop.org in new deal which could stoke comic sales
• Simon & Schuster signs deal with AHOY and Heavy Metal
• Dark Horse announces ‘Black Hammer: Reborn’ for June 23rd
• Dark Horse launching ‘Norse Mythology II’ #1 June 16th
• Dark Horse announces ‘Parasomnia’ #1 by Cullen Bunn and Andrea Mutti
• Marvel Solicitations for June are here!
  • Al Ewing’s ‘Immortal Hulk’ to get ‘Gamma Flight’ spin off this June
  • Marvel’s X-Men are a triple thread in new Russell Dauterman costume designs
  • Marvel Comics reveals new hero Captain America of the Railways
  • ‘Captain America’ #30 marks Ta-Nehisi Coates’ final issue
  • Star Wars Pride Month variants coming at ya
• Archie to publish Rob Liefeld’s ‘The Mighty Crusaders: The Shield’ #1 for June
• DC's adult-oriented Black Label has a new boss: Chris Conroy
• Image dropping Vinyl and Compass in June.
• EXCLUSIVE BOOM! First Look: New series Good Luck

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Iron Man (2020) #7 (W: Christopher Cantwell, A: Cafu, C: Frank D’Armata)
2. Nightwing #78 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Bruno Redondo)

Nathan:

1. Ultramega #1 (W/A: James Harren, C: Dave Stewart)
2. Radiant Black #2 (W: Kyle Higgins, A: Marcelo Costa)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Detective Comics #1034
• Nathan: Batman: Black & White #4 (Various)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Carnage: Black, White, And Blood #1 (Ottley Cover)
• Nathan: Alien #1 (Skottie Young variant)

Off Topic Top Shelf: Snyder Cut

NEWS

• Dark Horse and Mignola cut ties with Scott Allie following sexual assault claims
• DC pulls Warren Ellis Dark Nights Death Metal short
• Vault cancels Hundred Wolves due to Myke Cole misconduct
• Charles Brownstein has resigned from the CBLDF
• DC's Event Leviathan: Checkmate by Bendis and Maleev postponed indefinitely
• Rick Remender reveals The Scumbag for October
• DC Solicitations for September
• Marvel's Tom Brevoort launches comics editor RPG - play as DC, Marvel, or Image
• Vault is kicking off a horror imprint with new series The Autumnal
• Skybound celebrates 10 years with virtual Skybound Xpo
• Kieron Gillen announces Marvel’s Warhammer 40,000 books

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave: 

1. Marvels Snapshot (2020): Captain America #1 (W: Mark Russell, A: Ramon K. Perez)
2. Suicide Squad (2019) #6 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Bruno Redondo)

Forrest: 

1. Marvels Snapshot: Captain America #1 (W: Mark Russell, A: Ramon K. Perez)
2. That Texas Blood #1 (W: Chris Condon, A: Jacob Phillips)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #1 (W: Jason Aaron, A: R. M. Guera)
• Forrest: Olympia #5 (W: Curt, Tony Pires, A: Alex Diotto, Dee Cunniffe)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Red Sonja #16 (Jae Lee)
• Forrest: Buffy The Vampire Slayer #15 (Becca Carey)

Segment: Interview: Ryan Stegman

Your podcast Steg-Man and His Amazing Friends has surpassed 100,000 downloads after 44 episodes, what inspired you to take to the internet-air-waves?

As a podcaster, has the show helped your comics career connecting with fans and creators? 

Recently a debate has sprung up on Twitter about the function of a comics writer and artist and their differences and similarities. How would you describe your collaborative process with different writers across the industry? 

How frequently do you and Donny Cates meetup or get on a call to discuss the development of Venom? Are your discussions more focused on issue-to-issue details or long term storytelling?

How has your view of Venom and by extension Eddie Brock as a character changed throughout working on this story? 
What contribution to the world of Venom are you most proud of making to-date?

Free comic book day questions…

Do you miss con season?

What books, movies, games or other media most inspires your work generally and more narrowly for Venom? 

Do you make moodboards or any other sort of diagram to help establish tonality or style?

Can you tell us about one panel or moment that was surprisingly difficult to nail?

 one that came to you surprisingly easy?

If you could develop a prestige graphic novel for any character, no holds barred, who would it be and why?

Many folks are struggling to keep their creative juices flowing right now, do you have any tricks or means of getting your creativity flowing?

What did you want to be when you were little?

What comics are you reading right now?
What one writer that you haven’t worked with would you like to work with most?

Off TOPIC TOP SHELF - Ryan Stegman - Video games, Studio Ghibli movies, and more

NEWS

• FCBD moves to July from Marvel
• Jupiter’s Legacy getting TPB reprints in prep for Netflix show this fall
• Geoff Johns teaching a course at the Kubert School
• Death Metal getting 3 one-shot stories in September and Snyder details the release
• DC is Anthology crazy:
  • SUMMER SIZZLE
  • Detective Comics 144-pager
  • Oh and JOKER WAR ZONE
• Marvel collection info details:
  • Reprinting X-Men: Evolution tie-in comics for 20th anniversary
  • Marvel's U.K. super-team The Union forges ahead with 2020 debut
• Bendis is wrapping up his Superman run...but what does this mean!?
  • Bendis introducing new Superman villain this September
• Hellblazer Rise and Fall - a 3-part series by Tom Taylor coming in September
• SDCC is set for July...virtually
• New Iron Man suit and series creative team
• DC and Diamond make a short term plan

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave: 

1. Batman Secret Files #3 (W: Dan Watters, Vita Ayala, James Tynion, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mariko Tamaki, A: Sumit Kumar, Andie Tong, Riley Rossmo, John Paul Leon, Victor Ibanez)
2. Batman #92 (W: James Tynion IV, A: Guillem March)

Forrest: 

1. Undone By Blood Or the Shadow of A Wanted Man #3 (W: Zac Thompson, Lonnie Nadler, A: Sami Kivela)
2. No One’s Rose #2 (W: Zac Thompson, Emily Horn, A: Alberto Jimenez-Alburquerque)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Dark Nights: Death Metal #1 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Greg Capullo)
• Forrest: Dark Nights: Death Metal #1 (W: Scott Snyder, A: Greg Capullo)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Ludocrats #2 (Jeff Stokely)
• Forrest: Wonder Woman: Dead Earth #3 (Daniel Warren Johnson)

Segment: Interview:  Wynd limited series - James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas the-all-ee-nass - Out June 17

NEWS

• Image announces measures to help retailers during pandemic
  • Publishers are postponing certain comics
  • Marvel
• Weird Enough Productions, national comics non-profit, makes materials free
• Diamond coordinating retail/publisher Coronavirus response
• Free Comic Book Day Postponed
• Vampire: The Masquerade returns to comics at Vault
• New details on New Warriors
• James Tynion fed up with social media creates own message board
• Marvel June solicitations, any surprises?

TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK

Dave

1. Plunge #2 (W: Joe Hill, A: Stuart Immonen)
2. Spider-Woman #1 (W: Karla Pacheco, A: Pere Pérez)

Forrest

1. Alienated #2 (W: Si Spurrier, A: Chris Wildgoose)
2. BANG! #2 (W: Matt Kindt, A: Wilfredo Torres)

ComicBookRoundUp

• Critic: The Resistance #1 (AWA, 9.8)
• Fan: The Resistance #1 (AWA, 9.2)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: X-O Manowar #1 (W: Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum, A: Emilio Laiso)
• Forrest: Batman: Creature of the Night (W: Kurt Busiek, A: John Paul Leon)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: X-Men #9 (Leinil Francis Yu)
• Forrest: Killing Red Sonja #1 (Christian Ward) 

SEGMENT: Interview - John Allison Giant Days writer has Wicked Things #1 out this week from BOOM! Studios

1. Everyone loves a good who-done-it, what are some of your favorite detective stories and were there any you read or watched to prepare for Wicked Things?
2. If you had to pitch Wicked Things to 18 or 19 year olds, how would you describe it? 
3. The plot of Wicked Things #1 revolves around an awards ceremony for detectives. Having won an Eisner, did you approach this issue from your own experience with that award show, or maybe others you’ve attended?
4. The lead character, Charlotte "Lottie" Grote, was first introduced (if I’m not mistaken) in Scary Go Round in the story the Estate January 28, 2009, and while the character is 19 in Wicked Things she’s technically 11 in real people years. That’s a long time for the character to live inside your head and while we’ve seen her in Giant Days and elsewhere, how has she changed--or maybe she hasn’t-- in those 11 years?
5. When crafting a murder mystery detective story are there storytelling elements that take a back seat to the mystery itself? Worldbuilding, for instance, seems a touch harder when the audience is focusing on the detective and their work.
6. I love the little details in Wicked Things #1, from the text on a magazine cover to the name of Charlotte’s gummy bears, are these things right in the script, or do they evolve when making the book?
7. The Tackleverse, or Bobbinsverse as I’ve seen it written, is an incredible thing. You’ve built an entire universe of characters. Are there any inherent pros and cons of building a universe? Might we see you create an entirely new one someday?
8. Originating as a webcomic creator, are there elements of webcomic creation you miss, and things you are happy to leave behind?
9. When you were little, what did you think you’d be when you grew up?
10. What do you hope to see in the comics industry in the future?
11. What comics are you reading right now?

Off Topic Top Shelf: John Allison’s pick - Horror Stories: A Memoir: Liz Phair, Bakuman, The Sopranos

NEWS

• More details on Dan Didio’s departure
  • DC Cancels C2E2 'Meet The Publishers' Panel Following DIDIO Exit
• Bad Idea expanding launch in comic shops from 20 to 50
• Coronavirus concerns hit con season
• C2E2 latest news: 
  • Silk is back!
  • 'X of Swords' announced at C2E2 X-Men panel
  • Ultraman cover reveal
  • Thor vs. Galactus (Thor goes blind?) and more
  • FCBD revealed: Venom gets attacked by “War Machine” yellow symbol and Vulture fights Black Cat and Spider-Man
  • Mike Del Mundo dazzles with Threshing Place interior art
  • Empyre - Marvel universe goes to war plus gladiator fights?
  • Ari Bard covering the con for AIPT, yahoo!

TOP BOOKS OF LAST WEEK

Dave

1. Grimm Noir #1 (W: Gerry Duggan, A: Ron Garney)
2. Far Sector #4 (W: N.K. Jemisin, A: Jamal Campbell)

Forrest

1. Grimm Noir #1 (W: Gerry Duggan, A: Ron Garney)
2. X-Men #7 (W: Johnathan Hickman, A: Leinil Francis Yu)

ComicBookRoundUp

• Critic: Invisible Kingdom #10 (Dark Horse, 9.4)
• Fan: John Constantine: Hellblazer #4 (DC, 9.7)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Strange Adventures (W: Tom King, A: Mitch Gerads, Doc Shaner)
• Forrest: Strange Academy #1 (W: Skottie Young, A: Humberto Ramos)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR. 

• Dave: Daredevil #19 (Del Mundo Spider-Woman Cover)
• Forrest: Harley Quinn #71 (Guillem March)

SEGMENT: Co-writers Zac Thompson & Emily Horn on their new Vault series No One’s Rose “every rose has a thorn!” March 25 Vault Comics

Off Topic Top Shelf: No One’s Rose team: Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener + Crash by JG Ballard