Does This Come In Chromium?

Matt Anderson

DOES THIS COME IN CHROMIUM? is the podcast that sees beyond the cover enhancement and celebrates what's on the inside of the most embossed and shiniest comics to ever hit the stands!

  1. JAN 14

    Fantastic Four #375 with Fantastic Four: First Steps screenwriters Ian Springer and Jeff Kaplan

    On this episode Matt and special guest co-hosts Ian Springer and Jeff Kaplan try to figure out why this is not your parents' comics magazine by discussing 1993's FANTASTIC FOUR #375...but really they spend most of the time talking about 2025's FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS. Matt's first steps into this episode are filled with far too many "uhhhhs" and for those he apologizes, whereas Ian and Jeff talk about what it was like writing the iconic Fantastic Four for the big screen.  Aspiring screenwriters should pay extra attention because Ian and Jeff go deep on what their pitching and writing processes for FIRST STEPS was like. Of course this is DOES THIS COME IN CHROMIUM so no episode would be complete without a conversation about a very shiny comic, and boy howdy is FANTASTIC FOUR #375 just that.  What do two of the writers of the most iconic big screen version of Marvel's First Family make of their 1993 counterparts?  You'll have to listen to find out. Also, with a very minor bit of prompting by Jeff, Ian recites the opening narration from the A-TEAM verbatim.  It's downright fantastic! Support Ian and Jeff by watching FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS (now streaming on Disney+ and available to purchase on DVD/Blu-ray). Contact the show: doesthiscomeinchromium@gmail.com Follow Matt on BlueSky: @mattbegins.bsky.social  Intro music from the song "Doin' What We Do" by the always amazing Mustard Plug If it weren't for the generous help from Doug Wortel and Spillway Sound you wouldn't be listening to this podcast at all.

    2h 24m
  2. JAN 12

    REBOOTED: Legion of Superheroes #100 with Pat "Sprocking" Casey

    POST-CRISIS SHOW NOTES: In true Legion of Superheroes fashion, this episode has been REBOOTED to correct errors in the audio syncing and the fact that Apple just wouldn't release it (I assume because Time Trapper threatened to erase them from existence if they did -- but it's cool now because I called in a favor and had my very emotionally stable buddy Hal "Parallax" Jordan straighten things out). Thankfully, now this episode has been freed from the great darkness, the clock has been set back to zero (hour), and you don't have to wait five years (later) to listen. If you were lucky enough to hear this already and it didn't sound like Matter-Eater Lad vomiting (you're welcome for that mental image), then why not listen again?  It's a great way to pass the time until the inevitable next reboot of the Legion of Superheros.  LONG LIVE GATES! PRE-CRISIS SHOW NOTES:  On this episode Matt and special guest co-host Pat Casey (screenwriter of SONIC THE HEDGEHOG and VIOLENT NIGHT) try not to fall under the control of C.O.M.P.U.T.O. or get insulted by Gates as they discuss 1998's LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #100. What quickly becomes clear is that Matt really doesn't know a lot about the Legion of Super-Heroes.  He thought he did.  But he was wrong. It's okay though, because Pat does know a lot about the Legion.  In fact, he's pretty much a sprocking Legion expert (but unlike Brainiac 5, he's far too humble to admit it). So if you are a Legion novice - fear not because Matt has the questions and Pat has the answers! LONG LIVE THE LEGION! Support Pat by watching his movies and following him on BlueSky: @patcasey.bsky.social Contact the show: doesthiscomeinchromium@gmail.com Follow Matt on BlueSky: @mattbegins.bsky.social  Intro music from the song "Doin' What We Do" by the always amazing Mustard Plug (https://mustardplug.com/) If it weren't for the generous help from Doug Wortel and Spillway Sound you wouldn't be listening to this podcast at all!

    1h 48m

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DOES THIS COME IN CHROMIUM? is the podcast that sees beyond the cover enhancement and celebrates what's on the inside of the most embossed and shiniest comics to ever hit the stands!