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🎙️ The Comic Book Block Podcast Where every take is hot, every hero’s got issues, and every indie comic ends with “to be continued… maybe.” 🦹‍♂️ We cover heroes, anti-heroes, and those indie villains who monologue like they get paid by the word. 📚 It's deep dives, dumb takes, and debates that’ll ruin friendships faster than ranking Robins. 💥 We love comics… even when they break our hearts, our budgets, and the laws of physics. 🎧 New episodes every Wednesday IG: @thecomicbookblock

  1. Mister Freeze: Love, Loss, and Hypothermia

    4 FEB

    Mister Freeze: Love, Loss, and Hypothermia

    In this episode of The Comic Book Block, we take a deep dive into Mister Freeze—DC Comics’ coldest villain and arguably its most emotionally committed bad decision-maker. What starts as a tragic love story quickly turns into a masterclass in unresolved grief, ethical violations, and climate-based crime. We explore Mister Freeze’s comic-book origins, his evolution from a gimmick villain to a tragic icon, and the psychological breakdown that turns love into a weapon and loss into a citywide emergency. Along the way, we unpack the science, the symbolism, and the uncomfortable truth behind Freeze’s motivations—why his pain feels relatable, why his logic sounds convincing, and why none of that actually makes him right. It’s a darkly funny, brutally honest breakdown of love, loss, and what happens when you choose cryogenics over coping skills. Bundle up.This one goes cold fast. ❄️🎙️

    1h 23m

  2. 21 JAN

    House of Slaughter — How to Turn Trauma Into a Career Path

    What if the scariest thing in a horror comic wasn’t the monsters… but the organizational structure? In this episode, we enter the House of Slaughter, the brutal Slaughterverse spinoff by James Tynion IV —a series that transforms childhood trauma into a lifelong job requirement. We discuss: The color-coded mask system and why it’s basically a corporate hierarchy with knives The Butcher arcs and how Aaron Slaughter becomes proof that the system works Scarlet, White, Alabaster, and Azure Masks—and how each one helps the House avoid responsibility How the series ends, the only honest way it could: quietly, efficiently, and without accountability This is a conversation about systems horror, not monster-of-the-week scares.About tradition replacing morality.About survival being mistaken for success.If Something Is Killing the Children asks who protects us from monsters, House of Slaughter quietly answers: Not the people in charge.

    1h 48m
  3. Something Is Killing the Children — And It’s Not Just the Monsters

    14 JAN

    Something Is Killing the Children — And It’s Not Just the Monsters

    What starts as a horror story about children being eaten by unseen creatures quickly becomes something far more uncomfortable. In this episode of The Comic Book Block, we dive deep into Something Is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV—a series that uses monsters as the least disturbing part of the story. Yes, there are teeth.Yes, there is blood.Yes, Erica Slaughter shows up with a sword and zero patience. But the real horror?The systems.The silence.The adults who don’t listen.The organizations that prioritize order over people and call it protection. In this Episode we discuss: Why monsters are easier to confront than systems How the House of Slaughter turns trauma into a workflow Why “following protocol” is horror’s most reliable kill move And how denial somehow wears a badge, a suit, and a reassuring smile 🎧Hit Play Now-Before The Order of St George deletes this episode.

    1h 30m

  4. 10/12/2025

    On the Road to 2026 — The Year Fans Eat Good Every Week

    Welcome to The Comic Book Block, and 2026 is already shaping up to be the kind of comic book year that feeds the fandom like Sunday dinner at Grandma’s house. In this episode, we’re breaking down ALL the heat headed our way across Marvel, DC, the Energon Universe, Vertigo’s rebirth, Black Label’s surprises, indie power plays, and every publisher out here cooking like they're trying to win a Michelin star. From universe-shaking events to unexpected creative dream teams, from boundary-breaking new series to the long-awaited returns nobody thought they’d live to see — we’re covering the full buffet. If 2025 was the appetizer, 2026 is the all-you-can-eat platter, and every week looks like a feast. We’re laughing, predicting, debating, hyping, and celebrating the fact that 2026 might be one of those years—the kind where every Wednesday feels like a holiday, and every pull list feels like a celebration. So pull up a chair, grab a plate, and dig in.2026 is coming fast — and trust us… Fans are eating GOOD.

    1h 44m
  5. Feast Mode Activated: Our 2025 Comic Book Thanks-List

    19/11/2025

    Feast Mode Activated: Our 2025 Comic Book Thanks-List

    It’s Thanksgiving season, and we’re rolling into the holiday with Feast Mode fully activated — because the comics of 2025 didn’t just show up…They showed out. In this special episode, we’re carving into the stories we’re genuinely thankful for — the rare books that fed us, moved us, surprised us, and made us forget (briefly) how much we truly spend on variant covers. We’re dishing up: 🦃 DC KO — the comic equivalent of a perfectly seasoned turkey: bold, juicy, and shockingly satisfying.🦃 The Absolute Universe — a world so good it must’ve been cooked low and slow for hours.🦃 Skinbreaker — the fantasy epic that proves aging warriors still have hands to throw and wisdom to drop.🦃 Ghost Machine — creators teaming up like they’re drafting a Thanksgiving miracle play.🦃 Marvel/DC Crossovers — the fandom’s version of divorced parents finally behaving at dinner.🦃 Berserk — still baking emotional devastation at a master-chef level.🦃 Dispatch — quiet, deliberate storytelling that melts in your mind like warm pumpkin pie. This episode has it all: Gratitude, celebration, sarcasm, emotional damage, hope, and the kind of comic talk you only get from people who have 40 unread issues on their nightstand but insist, “I’m gonna get caught up this weekend.” So grab a plate, grab your pull list, and join us as we celebrate the comics that made 2025 a feast worth remembering.

    1h 20m

  6. 13/11/2025

    Lobo: From Omega Men to The Main Man

    Before he was DC’s walking middle finger, Lobo was just a weird side character who looked like he got lost on his way to a Motley Crüe concert. Then someone at DC said, “What if we make him worse?” and comic book history was never the same. In this episode, we track Lobo’s chaotic evolution from disposable villain to intergalactic legend. It’s a story filled with chains, cigars, cloning himself for fun, and a Christmas special that ended with Santa’s head on the floor. He’s the Main Man, the last Czarnian, and the only DC character who turned mass destruction into brand recognition. It’s the rise of the Main Man — He’s not a hero. He’s not a villain. He’s just the reason the Multiverse keeps its insurance paid up. Don’t think — fraggin’ listen.

    1h 18m

  7. 29/10/2025

    Stray Dogs & Feral: The Happiest Horror on Earth

    This week, we’re unleashing Stray Dogs & Feral: The Happiest Horror on Earth — two comics that prove Tony Fleecs is the Walt Disney of emotional devastation. It's All Dogs Go To Heaven meets The Silence of the Lambs and The Secret Life of Pets meets The Walking Dead. In this episode, we are talking about: 🐶 Stray Dogs — the murder mystery that made you hug your pet... and side-eye your neighbor. 🐈 Feral — the post-apocalyptic sequel that asks, “What if The Aristocats had to eat The Rescuers?” 🎨 Why cute art makes horror hit harder (and how Fleecs weaponized empathy like a Pixar villain). 💀 These animals have seen more crime scenes than the Gotham City PD. So grab a leash, hide your memories, and step right up to the happiest horror on Earth — where the colors are bright, the trauma is profound, and every bark is a cry for help.

    1h 33m
  8. A Return to Hyde Street: A Place With No Lease and No Exit

    15/10/2025

    A Return to Hyde Street: A Place With No Lease and No Exit

    We return once more to Hyde Street — a neighborhood that never forgets and never forgives. In this episode, we unpack Geoff Johns’ Hyde Street #7–9 and Sisterhood: A Hyde Street Story #1–3, the latest additions to Ghost Machine’s horror universe where guilt is currency, grief has a zip code, and nobody ever really leaves. These issues connect grief, guilt, and identity across panels — a shared universe where the houses remember, the spirits hold grudges, and the Sisterhood blurs the line between love and possession. Hyde Street is not “just another horror comic.” It’s an ecosystem of hauntings — and it’s expanding.

    1h 27m
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🎙️ The Comic Book Block Podcast Where every take is hot, every hero’s got issues, and every indie comic ends with “to be continued… maybe.” 🦹‍♂️ We cover heroes, anti-heroes, and those indie villains who monologue like they get paid by the word. 📚 It's deep dives, dumb takes, and debates that’ll ruin friendships faster than ranking Robins. 💥 We love comics… even when they break our hearts, our budgets, and the laws of physics. 🎧 New episodes every Wednesday IG: @thecomicbookblock

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  • Creator
    Panel 16 Media
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    42
  • Rating
    Explicit
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