Hype is my Superpower

Episode 154: Oh my G.O.D.S.

The rare comics creator who gets both Will and Steve drooling with uncomfortable levels of hype is back at Marvel: don't look now, but Jonathan Hickman has invented some new G.O.D.S.! No, he never explains what the acronym stands for. We don't mind, really.

Will comics: I am Iron Man, Immortal Thor vol 2: All Trials are One, G.O.D.S.

Steve comics: just G.O.D.S. cuz the episode ran long.

Episode 153: Swimming in post-Soviet weirdness

The comics version of Yelena Belova, aka the White Widow, goes full MCU, while Steve digs into something truly bizarre and uniquely Russian in Soldier X. And we continue our ongoing reading of Exiles!

Will comics: Spider-Man 2099: Miguel O'Hara, Avengers by Jed MacKay vol 2: Twilight Dreaming, Thunderbolts: Worldstrike, White Widow: Welcome to Idylhaven, and Exiles vol 1 #14-19.

Steve comics: Exiles vol 1 #14-19, Soldier X vol 1 #1-6, Agent X vol 1 #1-6.

Episode 152: Giant-Sized Fall of X Podcast #3

We're wrapping up all our sidequests before moving on to the main story in Fall of X and the end of the Krakoa era of X-Men! In this, we get the giant finales to two long series: X-Force and Wolverine! And they were better than expected!

Will & Steve comics: Wolverine #39-50, Marvel’s Voices #95-100, Cable #1-4, X-Force #47-50, Invincible Iron Man #11-12.

Episode 151: Surrounded by JRPG protagonists

Spiky hair everywhere! In FFVII remake, that's delightful! In a Deadpool comic? Ehhh... Also, the summer's big crossover, Gang War... happened.

Will comics: Daredevil: Gang War, Luke Cage: Gang War, Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Cody Ziglar vol 3: Gang War, Amazing Spider-Man by Zeb Wells vol 9: Gang War, Deadly Hands of Kung Fu: Gang War, and Spider-Woman by Steve Foxe vol 1: Gang War.

Steve comics: Deadpool vol 3 #65-69, Wolverine vol 2 #177-180, Sabretooth: Mary Shelly Overdrive #1-4.

Episode 150: One Hundred and Fifty?!

We started this one with another draft, picking our first Avengers/X-Men "Uncanny Avengers" unity squad! Who do you think won?

Will's team: Iron Man, Forge, Sue Storm, Emma Frost, Sleeper, Darwin
Steve's team: Storm, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Kamala Khan, Hulk, Nightcrawler

Oh, and we read comics!

Will read: Fantastic Four by Ryan North vol 3: The Impossible is Probable, Venom by Al Ewing vol 6: Infiltration, Incredible Hulk vol 2: War Devils.

Steve read: M*ties #1-6, Morlocks #1-4, X-Factor vol 2 #1-4.

Episode 149: Giant-Sized Fall of X Podcast #2

Krakoa is still falling, X-Force battles a tragic Russian novelist, Nightcrawler is the new Spider-Man, Alpha Flight is responsible for a bunch of idiots, and Bishop and Cable show the Children of the Vault their final comeuppance.

Oh, and Wolverine and Ghost Rider... you know what? Never mind about them.

Will & Steve comics: Uncanny Avengers vol 4 #1, Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Spirits of Vengeance Alpha-Omega, Ghost Rider vol 11 #17, Wolverine vol 7 #36-38, Alpha Flight vol 5 #1-5, Uncanny Spider-Man #1-3, Dark X-Men vol 2 #1-3, Children of the Vault #2-4, X-Force vol 6 #44-46, and Astonishing Iceman #3-5

Episode 148: KHAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!

Olympic insights, more Exiles, a new Punisher, and Chris Claremont just brazenly putting characters from every single other pop-culture property into his X-Treme X-Men stories.

Will comics: Contest of Chaos, Black Panther by Eve L. Ewing: Reign at Dusk vol 2, Capwolf & the Howling Commandos, Punisher: The Bullet the Follows, and Exiles vol 1 #7-13.

Steve comics: Exiles vol 1 #7-13, X-Treme X-Men vol 1 #10-19, Taskmaster vol 1 #1-4.

Episode 147: J. Michael Straczynski returns to Marvel, plus Deadpool and Wolverine

Robert Downey Jr. is no man's second choice for Dr. Doom. Also, we saw Deadpool & Wolverine, and after a break to help you avoid spoilers, we talk about it! But first, Will's favorite comics writer returns to Marvel on a run of Captain America. How does it hold up?

Will comics: Superior Spider-Man vol 1: Supernova, Captain America by J. Michael Straczynski vol 1: Stand, Captain Marvel by Alyssa Wong vol 1: The Omen, Daredevil: Black Armor, Carnage vol 1: Born Again..

Steve comics: Deadpool vol 1 #61-64, Cable vol 1 #101-107, X-Men Unlimited vol 1 #34-37

Episode 146: Giant-Sized Fall of X Podcast #1

More like Fell of X bc this country of Krakoa is done done. Let's talk, mourn, and see what's next.

Covering: X-Force vol 6 #43, Invincible Iron Man vol 5 #8-10, X-Men vol 6 #25-26, Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant #1-4, Astonishing Iceman #1-2, Children of the Vault #1, Immortal X-Men #14-15, Marvel’s Voices: X-Men #1, Realm of X #1.

Episode 145: Nominative determinism strikes back: Emilio Helio, Balloon Man edition

If your name was Emilio Helio, what would be the chances that you didn't suffer a tragic accident that forced you to only breathe helium, the public ridicule of your squeaky voice leading you to a life of wrath, revenge, and villainy. Oh, 0%? Cool, gotcha.

Will comics: Silver Surfer Rebirth: Legacy, Spider-Boy vol. 1: The Web-less Wonder, Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2: Grootrise, She-Hulk by Rainbow Rowell vol. 4: Jen-sational

Steve comics: Elektra and Wolverine: The Redeemer (conclusion), Wolverine vol 2 #170-176, Wolverine/Hulk #1-4.