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We're talking to Francis Manapul of Ghost Machine about his current project The Rocketfellers, plus diving deep into his history working with Top Cow on Witchblade, DC Comics The Flash for the New 52 and did you know he's a Wizard magazine fan? All these stories and so much more.
Ghost Machine’s groundbreaking creator collective was launched at New York Comic Con in October 2023 and features a global best-of-class lineup of artists and writers whose award-winning and iconic works include a who’s who of comic book legends such as Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, Aquaman, Stargirl, JSA, The Flash, The Ultimates, Black Lightning, Green Arrow and countless more: Brad Anderson, Jason Fabok, Gary Frank, Bryan Hitch, Geoff Johns, Rob Leigh, Lamont Magee, Francis Manapul, Brad Meltzer, Ivan Reis, Peter Snejbjerg, Peter J. Tomasi, and Maytal Zchut. In an industry first, all of Ghost Machine’s creators jointly own and run the company, sharing in all of Ghost Machine’s publishing, media, merchandising and licensing. Each creator is exclusive to the company for their comic book work after completing projects already committed to. 
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In this edition of WIZARDS 1/2 we weigh in on a Last Woman Standing battle between Black Widow and Catwoman, reveal deleted scenes from Batman The Animated Series and explore the insanely creative mind of Grant Morrison. Plus contests, Mort of the Month, the lost Preacher film and more!
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acovio
Alex Giannini
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Jason Kelley
William Bruce West
Mark Florio
David Fink
Brent Cranfill
MarWe
Bruno Cavalcante
David M
Dalibor Žujović
Jay S.
Evin Bryant
Gary Hutcherson
Fernando Pinto
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Brian Acosta
Joe Marcello
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Miitchell Hall
Lee Markowitz
Stephen Forshaw
Mark McDonald


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It's a WIZARDS WILD CARD episode, but not only that, it's UNCUT! This unedited conversation jumps around issue 92 of Wizard magazine to discuss Kevin Smith's Casting Call for his Superman movie script, the origin of Joseph Michael Linsner's DAWN, a competition between Marvel and DC for publishing dominance and so much more. You've NEVER heard WIZARDS like this before.
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Jason Kelley
William Bruce West
Mark Florio
David Fink
Brent Cranfill
MarWe
Bruno Cavalcante
David M
Dalibor Žujović
Jay S.
Evin Bryant
Gary Hutcherson
Fernando Pinto
Jeremy Dawe
Brian Acosta
Joe Marcello
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Lee Markowitz
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Adam and Mike are back to debate the outcome of the Last Man Standing battle between Nightwing and Gambit, discuss the Darkminds comic from 1999 and a bonus review of the new Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) series by Jonathan Hickman. Plus contests, Mort of the Month and so much more!
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Christoffer
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acovio
Alex Giannini
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Nate Clark
Jason Kelley
William Bruce West
Mark Florio
David Fink
Brent Cranfill
MarWe
Bruno Cavalcante
David M
Dalibor Žujović
Jay S.
Evin Bryant
Gary Hutcherson
Fernando Pinto
Jeremy Dawe
Brian Acosta
Joe Marcello
DenimJedi
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Lee Markowitz
Stephen Forshaw
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In this issue we discover the connection between pro wrestling and comic books, learn the extent of Gambit's mutant powers, dig into the hype of the short lived Travis Charest run on Wildcats, reveal the original plans for a big budget Fantastic Four movie and so much more.
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Brent Cranfill
MarWe
Bruno Cavalcante
David M
Dalibor Žujović
Jay S.
Evin Bryant
Gary Hutcherson
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Lee Markowitz
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In this fascinating interview with former Wizard Production Manager, Darren Sanchez, this comics industry veteran reveals how he went from an art student referred by Carmine Infantino to intern at Valiant who graduated to overseeing production on their line of books, then transitioned to Acclaim Comics with Fabian Niceza, leading to a 12 year career at Wizard, founding his own comic book company After Hours Press and eventually handling special licensed comic book projects at Marvel. All this and so much more, listen now!

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Filip V
Donovan
Monty
Christoffer
David Ellis
acovio
Alex Giannini
Jeremy Cathey
Nate Clark
Jason Kelley
William Bruce West
Mark Florio
David Fink
Brent Cranfill
MarWe
Bruno Cavalcante
David M
Dalibor Žujović
Jay S.
Evin Bryant
Gary Hutcherson
Fernando Pinto
Jeremy Dawe
Brian Acosta
Joe Marcello
DenimJedi
Miitchell Hall
Lee Markowitz
Stephen Forshaw
Mark McDonald


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