Comics Who Love Comic Books Brett Singer

My guest this week is comedian Angel Isaac! What is Kingdom Come about? How are Iron Man and Batman similar? What is Spider-Man's coolest power? When will mech suits and jet packs become mainstream? Why was Iron Man 2 rushed? How good is Jon Favreau? What hidden messages are in comic books like Iron Man #127? How good is The Last Ronin? Who did comedy manager Roger Paul have breakfast with? What's the deal with Batman Beyond? Why might we get a Batman Beyond movie? Who's in the future Justice League? What did the Radioactive Man comics do? 
Reading list:
Kingdom Come
The Last Ronin
Batman Beyond
Superman Beyond
James Tynion IV's Batman run
Anything by James Tynion IV
Iron Man #127 (free on Comixology Unlimited)
Watch list:
Iron Man 2
Chef
Elf
The Mandalorian
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Mortdecai
Batman Beyond
Rocky Balboa
Creed
Recorded 3-30-24 via Zoom

My guest this week is comedian Alex deCourville! What valuable comics does Alex own? When did the Silver Surfer turn into Carnage? Spider-Man is Alex's guy, but he also has Fantastic Four, Punisher, Batman and Green Lantern. What dumb thing did Brett buy? Why is the dollar bin dangerous? What movie did Alex make? Is there a lot of price gouging at comic cons? What's up with the Clone Saga? What happens in Maximum Carnage? How great are the Marvel Essentials collections? Why did Brett get into Moon Knight? Brett and Alex both endorse the library as a comic book resource. What children's books did Alex write? What is Joker's 8 Way Revenge? What happens in Spider-Man: Back in Black? 
Reading list:
Civil War (free on Kindle Unlimited)
Civil War: Amazing Spider-Man (free on Kindle Unlimited)
Clone Saga
Spider-Man: One More Day
Static Shock
Maximum Carnage
Batman #900 (aka Batman #135)
Batman #251
Spider-Man: Back in Black
Daredevil by Kevin Smith
Recorded 3-30-24 via Zoom

My guest this week is comedian Dar'jon Bentley! What else does Darjon do? Will we ever get a movie where the Fantastic Four meets Spider-Man? Why was Infinity War so much fun? What movie got Darjon started with comic books? What's the deal with Hellboy? Will we get a third Hellboy film with Ron Perlman? What happened with Mahershala Ali and Blade? What is Darjon's Blade script about? Has anyone ever looked as cool as Wesley Snipes in the first Blade movie? What is Lethal Protector about? Which cosplayers really impress Brett? Which Luke Cage would Darjon cosplay as? Who are the street-level heroes? Do the movies sometimes connect the hero to the villain too much? What happens in Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash? What happens in Titans United? 
Reading list:
Fantastic Four
Doctor Strange
Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane
Hellboy
Blade
X-Men: Curse of the Mutants- Mutants vs. Vampires
Venom: Lethal Protector (free on Kindle Unlimited)
Spider-Man 2099
Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash
Hellraiser (free on Comixology Unlimited)
Star Trek (Kelvin timeline)
What If...? 
Marvel Zombies
Teen Titans in Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Titans United
Watch list:
Superfriends
Infinity War
Spider-Man
Hellboy and sequel
Blade and Blade II
Luke Cage
Freddy vs. Jason
Ash Vs. Evil Dead
What If...? 

My guest this week is Michael Buzzelli! What did John Byrne do that Michael didn't like? How did another writer fix it? Are comic books like a soap opera? What's going on with the Fantastic Four now? Who's doing the covers? Who is Nova? What have they been doing with the X-Men lately? What is a sliding time scale? What is Marvel Two-in-One? How is Mantis different in the comics versus in the MCU? What did Stan Lee refer to the Marvel Universe as? What's the deal with the Swordsman? What happened to Kang in the MCU? How great were The Defenders? Were they too powerful? Why wasn't Michael a big DC fan? Why is Quicksilver always in a bad mood? What did Agatha Harkness do? What was Stan Lee not good at? What do they do in Age of Ultron that they don't do in the DC movies? 
Reading list:
Kirby/Lee Fantastic Four
Englehart/Perez Avengers
Kree/Skrull War
John Byrne Fantastic Four
Marvel Two-in-One
Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne Vol. 1 (free with Kindle Unlimited)
Nova
Avengers Disassembled
Michael's books:
Below Average Genius
All I Want for Christmas

My guest this week is my old friend Jeremy Rivera! Jeremy has a collection of comics and we're going to try and figure out what it's worth. Where did Jeremy buy his comics? Who was better, Betty or Veronica, and why? What happened in the Riverdale TV series? How great is What If? What are some classic What Ifs? What makes them so good? What if Spider-Man was trans? What is Jeremy's most valuable comic? What are Brett's valuable comics? What was the deal with Rom? 
Reading list:
Archie
What if...?
Secret Wars
DC Comics with Dreamer
Early Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
New Universe
Rom, Space Knight

My guest this week is Emmanuel T! Why can kids relate to Spider-Man? Why are the early Spider-Man comics a perfect place for kids to start reading? What happens in the Clone Saga? Why is it complicated? Why don't a lot of people like it? Which comic book characters have stayed dead? How is Ultimate Spider-Man different from regular Spider-Man? How is Tony Stark different in the Ultimate Universe? What happened when Emmanuel was cosplaying as Spider-Man? Why is Miles Morales important? Do little kids think cosplaying heroes are "real" superheroes? When is cosplaying a force for good? What's the best way to go to a con? What does Emmanuel's uncle do? Why has Brett started buying comics again? What are some different versions of Civil War? What are some of the side books of Civil War? What is Marvel Dark Ages? Who are the different versions of Wolverine? What happens in The Last Ronin? Why does each turtle have his weapon? Why doesn't Emmanuel like Batman? What dumb thing happens in the Failsafe comics? What makes The Avengers such a good movie? 
Reading list:
Amazing Spider-Man (early)
Batman by James Tynion IV
Spider-Man Clone Saga
Ultimate Spider-Man
Civil War (free on Kindle Unlimited)
The Amazing Spider-Man: Civil War (free on Kindle Unlimited)
Civil War: Wolverine
Civil War: Fantastic Four
Marvel Dark Ages
The Last Ronin (free with Kindle Unlimited)
Batman: Failsafe
Watch list:
Captain America: Civil War
The Marvels
The Toys That Made Us: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Marvel's The Avengers
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Video games: 
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Recorded 3-3-24 via Zencastr