We continue our re-read of the Dan Jurgens/John Romita Jr. run on Thor with issues #6-11 this week! Things get intense and, briefly, gross!

Episode 653 - Jurgies Into Mystery #2: Battle With the Dark Gods

The writer of Pink Midnight Presents: Barber Psychic joins us this week to talk about whether the series really is a horror anthology, never playing D&D, "Yes and," movies about barbers, and much more!

NOTE: Just to be clear, Paul uses they/them pronouns, despite some others used in the episode. Apologies!

Episode 652 - Peer Pressure f/ Paul Allor

Two of the writers of Dark Horse Comics' Minor Threats spinoff series The Alternates join us for the show this week to talk about weirdo superheroes, the beauty of the characters no one else likes, the mythology of pre-Covid conventions, and, of course, Slash.

Episode 651 - Feel the Vibe of It f/ Tim Seeley and Jordan Blum

For our belated celebration of the birthday of the King of Comics, Jack Kirby, we're reading this 1981 Pacific Comics series of his that we've never read before! So how does it stack up?

Comics Catch-Up 052: Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers

Longtime friend of the show Mark O. Stack returns to the program this week to talk about his new crossover comic funding now on Kickstarter, The Relentless Adventure! Plus, we discuss the joy of superheroes just hanging out, the history of inter-company crossovers, and some controversial Pokemon thoughts.

Episode 650 - Power Level 8 f/ Mark O. Stack

Time to rank some more of the rawest moments in comics! Remember: When the time comes, you better fight like hell.

Episode 649 - Thursday Raw Thursday

Chris is back in the saddle, and he's here with Matt to rank some comic book stories once again! One of them is Weapon X, so they spend a long time on that one.

Every Story Ever Special: August 2023

Matt is joined by his wife Marlene this week to take some listener questions!

Episode 648 - Edit That Out f/ Marlene Thompson

Matt went to visit Chris in Minneapolis for his birthday, and they recorded something every day about what they did!

Episode 647 - Fighting Game Birthday

We took your listener questions on the show this week, and it led to a long discussion about what makes a good comics fight, among other things!

Episode 646 - The Split Second After (Listener Questions Special)

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