367 | John Romita, Freak Brothers And More

We start off with the massive amount of work from John Romita, then go into The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, The Umbrella Academy and Mexikid.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Winter Atlas

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John Romita Cover Art For Spider-Man’s Treasury Edition..

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348 | Third Parties And Facsimiles

Dungeons & Dragons’ attempted license agreement and the ripples it caused to the RPG community start this episode off, and finishes with facsimiles and reworked comics from the past.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil

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Wizards Of The Coast.

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318 | Phoebe Xavier • 123 GO

Phoebe Xavier from 123 GO Publications comes on to talk about writing, lettering editing and publishing a line of comics by creators all over the globe. Enjoy!

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Esc Pod By Phoebe Xavier And Renan Balmonte.
From 13th Moon.

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269 | The Dork Factor

Comic books that seemed odd, quirky or outright silly to an older audience that we loved as kids begins this episode, then moves into the influence one artist has to another. Everything finishes with drive-in movies.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: All Mankind

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Devil Dinosaur By Jack Kirby.

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225 | Steve Ditko, The Spectre And Books About Comic Book Heroes

Even though this is a comic book podcast, Al starts the conversation off asking about the film In The Mood For Love. The life and work of Steve Ditko is discussed for most of the show, then The Spectre, books about comic book heroes and Jules Feiffer are talked about as well.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Mr. Partridge

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Marvel Tales Reprints Was The First Time Al Saw Steve Ditko.

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206 | Avengers, Secret Wars, Comics Journal And Elseworlds

Not a long episode, but a lot was discussed. Avengers in the eighties (again), Duotone paper, the beginning of comic book events, Ghost Rider’s roots, The Comics Journal, characters with dog in their name, Love And Rockets, Agent 13: The Midnight Avenger, DC’s Elseworlds stories, and Marvel’s What-If. Give it a listen.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: The Horribles

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Even Though Dan Pritchard Was Lamenting the Avengers Line
Up During The Eighties, Al Says Issue 310 Is Worth Reading.

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186 | Doom Patrol, Low And Alex And Ada

Dallas gives his take on the current Doom Patrol, which leads into a discussion of the different incarnations of the comic and Ted McKeever who had worked on it, but we didn’t know. The Vision, Ramona Fradon and the many awesome projects of Mark Chiarello.

Low: The Delirium Of Hope and the tight line of fantastic graphics and not being confusing is gone over, along with the third trade of Alex + Ada and text features In old comic books.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Strung Out

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Doom Patrol 2 From DC Young Animal. Cover By Michael Allred.

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139 | Kamandi, Devil Dinosaur, Progression Of Artists And The Twilight Children

It starts off with a discussion on the first issue of Kamandi, then moves on to Devil Dinosaur and other works and the men who inked Jack Kirby. Progression of artists, Alex Toth, StarmanThe Mercenary Sea and The Twilight Children finish it out.

MUSICAL SPOTLIGHT: Prix

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Kamandi The Last Boy On Earth! By Jack Kirby And Mike Royer.
Here Is Some Information On It’s Forerunner, Kamandi Of The Caves.

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