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Free Comic Book Day was last weekend, but in this episode, Cory!! and Joe take a look at its history, what it has done for shops, fans and the business, and what can be done by shops, fans and the business to improve it.All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!

Joe and Cory!! read tons and tons of comics, and they also have tons and tons of opinions. Sometimes, they meet in an episode filled with reviews! This time, they review:









* Comics Illustrated







* Fire Power – Image







* Beware the Planet of the Apes – Marvel







* Giant Size Hulk #1 







* Roxxon Thor #1







* Archie and Friends Hot Rod Racing – Archie







* The Goon – Dark Horse







* Redcoat – Image







* Fantastic Four 19 – Marvel









All of this, the usual shenanigans and as always, much, more more!

We have a lot to talk about in this week’s show, so rather than a long intro, we;’ll give you the greatest gift of all.  BULLET POINTS!









* The passing of Trina Robbins 







* Joni Mitchell’s song about Trina:  https://youtu.be/obRVlFCVlAg?si=A-UEeZAMevmCrFUi







* Joe has been out and about!







* Quad City Con in St Cloud, MN







* Mind’s Eye Comics in Burnsville







* EAKK Convention in 







* Joe bought the first issue of Marvel’s L’il Kids and Cory explains where the series came from.







* Cory!! Goes through the annual Bookscan numbers to go over how comics di din the Bookstore market in 2023







* https://www.comicsbeat.com/tilting-at-windmills-297-bookscan-2023-comics-sales-sag-but-scholastic-was-still-a-powerhouse/









Retro Review: Spidey Super Stories #1

Every month, Joe and Cory!! go through Previews to highlight comics coming in the future. This time, they go through Previews for comics shipping in July 2024 and beyond, point out the new, the collected and the interesting for YOU to bother your comic shop about!

We don’t often have guests on the show, that’s for Cory!!’s solo thing, but this week, we invited the owner of Mind’s Eye Comics in Burnsville Minnesota, Eric Childs to talk about the long road to both owning a comic shop and now re-opening it in a much bigger space!  







The shop re-opens on 4/13/2024 with special guests and all kinds of fun things!https://mindseyecomics.com







https://www.facebook.com/mindseyecomics







We sit down with Eric to discuss:









* Eric’s origin as a comics fan







* How teacher built upon his love of comics







* The first shop he went to when he moved to the Twin Cities







* Finding out about Trademark the hard way when he wanted to publish comics







* How he bought an established store







* How NOT to get get a loan for a comic shop







* What is the story behind him shutting down the shop for a time and moving to a new location







* How he is going to diversify his customer base by adding new productings and ideasAll . Including coffee drinks.







* All of the details on his big opening day 4/13

The Ultimate Universe is all new and restarting at Marvel, soi why don’t Cory!! And Joe go over the previous version, what worked and what didn’t, why it fell apart and if the new version is worth checking out.  They review:









* Ultimate Spider-Man 1 and 2







* Ultimate Black Panther !Ultimate X-Men 1









 They also discuss:









* The new zoo review and iditarod







* Who created Tigra the Were-woman







* How it is hard to assign who created what in comics back before the 90’s







* Giant Size Chillers #3 and Marvel’s early 1970’s horror books









All of this, the usual shenanigans and much, much more!