Cards and games of chance are a fascinating subject, with every card player having scientific, pseudoscientific or flat-out superstitious secrets of their success. You have to figure that Han Solo has put in his time at a table, but the same might be said of Richard Grayson, while Ben Grimm’s prowess with a deck of cards is well-documented. Given the nature of the game, there are a number of strategies that could lead one to success, which leads us to today’s bluff-calling query… The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) thinks that Jim Kirk takes the risks, but Obi-Wan Kenobi might…
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Dinosaur! We need to track down a T-Rex this week, and fortunately LEGO has the Jurassic World T-Rex Tracker set that fits the bill.
It’s a new installment of The Want List (Audio Edition) with your host, Stephen Schleicher. San Diego Comic Con is just around the corner, and there are a lot of toys to be had by all!
As wonderful as the TV adventures of Flash and Arrow and the Marvel Cinematic Universe are to watch, the real magic of comic books is the fact that no one ever ages or changes too much to reprise their role, allowing for Superman (created 1938) to team up with Kyle Rayner (created 1994) and fight Darkseid (created 1970.) This has led to some wonderful crossover moments, such as when ROM the Spaceknight teamed up with Alpha Flight, or that time that the Legion Of Super-Heroes joined forces with the crew of TOS Starship Enterrprise (a story which featured several characters…
Roland Mann has been a writer, an editor, a teacher, a speaker and, most importantly, a comics creator! This week, in Episode 181, we chat about his creations, including Demon’s Tails, focusing on a character he made for Cat & Mouse, and Krey, the story of a barbarian human in a world with humanity and mutants constantly in a state of war. He shares many great stories about his experiences working in this crazy comics industry, but you’ll particularly want to hear what he shares about Malibu being acquired by Marvel a while back! He just might clear up a…
Before Ben 10, there was Robby Reed, the boy who could change into 1,000 superheroes (even though we only saw something like 50 of them in action.) Some of his abilities (like those of Giant-Boy, The Cometeer or Hornet-Man) were very useful, others (like Pendulum, The Whoozit or Balloon Boy) not so much, but it should be noted that young Robby made great use of even the most bizarre superhero identities and abilities. A strong case can be made that the likes of Mighty Moppet and The Mole are no less heroic than Superman or Spider-Man, which leads to today’s…
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This week, Stephen Schleicher kicks back and talks with you about the week that was in this live call-in show.
All of the preview materials for ‘Batman V Superman’ have shown us that, while Batman doesn’t use guns, he’s a bit more lenient on the question of massive armored cannon-toting death-tanks. The new issue of Batman takes that one further, with the replacement Batman going all-out and donning an armored suit that allows him superhuman abilities, super-strength and what look like shoulder-mounted missile launchers. The story makes a good case for why our new Bat (*coughJimGordoncough*) would need a technological edge, but the effortless way in which the suit is introduced and utilized really begs the question of why Batman…
There isn’t a full, regular episode of Zach on Film this week. Instead Zach records a quick segment letting you know what the coming weeks hold and to find out what is your favorite summer film so far.
During our weekly scheduled podcasting session this week, there was a rare but enjoyable bout of short-attention span theatre, during which our four-way conversation somehow came to land on amusement parks and more specifically, roller coasters. Not surprisingly, Young Zach professed to be all about the thrill-ride, while the rest of us seemed to have varying degrees of excitement commensurate with our ages and general body mass. As a younger man, I didn’t mind a roller coaster ride (the Zambezi Zinger was a fave-rave), but these days, it would have to be one really comfortable ride. Like, if they retrofit…
Top Five Commercial Spokespeople I Could Do Without Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting – it’s Top Five. It’s easier than ever to avoid television commercials, but occasionally you still run into pitchmen selling you their wares. Bruce Otter runs down his top five spokespeople he could do without.
Look! Up in the Sky! It’s an orange girl with her hair on fire! This week, Matthew and Stephen take a look at Starfire #1 from DC Comics.
With the news that the ‘Constantine’ TV show has officially been deemed dead by its producer, we may have the first cancellation of the post-Avengers small-screen superhero wave. (At least, the first one *I* can remember, but feel free to correct me if I missed one?) It’s something of a shame, in that the adaptation was relatively faithful to the founding father of Vertigo that it brought to life, and could easily have been even more so away from the boundaries and vagaries of network broadcasting. Still, as a long-term comics fan, cancellation is a common tale (remember, even the…