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Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics
COMIC BOOKS! Join Kevin and Will Hines — two brothers, lifelong comics fans and kind of comedians — as they discuss the comics they have loved their whole lives! What we lack in accuracy we make up for in enthusiasm!
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Loose Screws Ep: Astro City's "Dark Age," The Marvels and Monarch
A special bonus ep, kind of, which is JUST the "loose screws" segment. This was recorded for next week's ep (in which re review the Spider-Man 2 video game)…
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF 271
FF 271 (which came out in the summer of 1984) is a hodge-podge of cool little stories. We've got a glimpse of the Fantastic Four in "family mode" as they…
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Cosmic Rays and Correspondence- - FF 269-270
What do you do with a problem like Terminus? Well, you treat him like a mini Galactus, because that's kinda what he is. The FF head out to the Southwest US…
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Hall of Milksops - JLA Earth 2
We close out our coverage of the terrific Grant Morrison JLA run with this adventure that was released as its own graphic novel: JLA Earth 2. Done by Morrison…
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Hall of Milksops - JLA World War III (34, 36-41)
World War III! We've got nuclear bombs, some New Gods (and their dogs), angels, huge eye balls, Lex Luthor, some alternate dimensional space, Batman getting…
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Hall of Milksops - JLA Shaggy Man (25, 26) + JLA/JSA (28-31)
We're back on the Grant Morrison JLA run which means we are back to COMPLICATED RECAPS. This time we have a relatively simple 2 issue story of the JLA vs a…
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Episode 250: A Slapdash Affair
The Milksops realize that it's episode 250 and they should do something special. So we take a break from JLA and do these things: read promotional blurbs…
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Hall of Milksops - JLA 16,17,22,23 - Prometheus, Sandman
Two relatively "simple" stories are up next for the Grant Morrison JLA run. First we get new supervillain Prometheus -- a sort of anti-batman, whose criminal…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsHall of Milksops - JLA #10-15 - "Rock of Ages"
Plot complexity level: you have been MORRISSONED. The issues remain extremely fun but the story becomes very hard to summarize. Unless you keep it simple like…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsHall of Milksops 2 - JLA #5-9, Secret Files #1
We're gonna rock down to... electric Superman?!!! Yes, Electric Superman has entered the chat. So has Tomorrow Girl, a few angels from Actual Heaven, Connor…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsHall of Milksops - JLA #1-4
Sometimes when you read superhero comics you want Actual Superheros doing Actual Superhero things. That's what you get in Grant Morrisson's 1990s JLA run…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays + Correspondence 14 - FF 268
Dr. Doom is on the loose! Wait, no, actually it's just his mask. But still! It's a fearsome powerful mask! We also talk about Spider-Man: Blue (which Will just…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays + Correspondence 14 - FF 267
The Milksops review a tragic event in the lives of the FF. How did we feel about it when this issue came out? How about now? Is She-Hulk gonna get to do…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays + Correspondence 13 - FF 265
The Milksops discuss the issue where it's announced that She-Hulk has replaced The Thing in the FF! A momentous occasion, that is barely explained in this…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCatwoman #20-24: Wild Ride
Our final Catwoman arc is a happy one. Selina and Holly heal their hearts by hitting the road and taking a tour of the DC universe. We visit: Wildcat, Captain…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCatwoman #17-19: No Easy Way Down
We cover "No Easy Way Down," an emotional and creative high point for this series. After the traumatic events of "Relentless" three three issues show us…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCatwoman #12-16: Relentless
We go over a dark, moving arc in the Brubaker Catwoman run: "Relentless." Selina learns that she can't buy redemption. We learn that the Black Mask is a…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCatwoman #6-9: Disguises
The Milksops actually talk about Catwoman comics as they get into the second arc of the regular monthly Brubaker-penned series. It's called "Disguises" and…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsAcross The Spiderverse discussion / RIP John Romita Sr.
The Milksops discuss two Spider-Man related events: 1) the passing of John Romita Sr., one of the best and most important Marvel artists in the company's…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCatwoman #1-4: Anodyne
We go over the first arc in the Ed Brubaker Catwoman series. Guess what: it's good! We've got: Darwyn Cooke art, film noir aesthetics, questions of good versus…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsOne-Shot: Comic Shop Shelf Appeal with Casey Bruce
In this "one shot" episode (a name I just made up where we examine a topic separate from our current season) we take a break from Catwoman to discuss the topic…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSelina's Big Score
We cover one of the all-time great comic book stories: Selina's Big Score. Written and drawn by Darwyn Cooke, this story is a masterpiece of crime fiction…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsTrail of The Catwoman
We begin our coverage of the Ed Brubaker / Darwyn Cooke era of Catwoman comics. We start with Trail of the Catwoman - written by Brubaker, drawn by Cooke…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsGuardians of the Galaxy 3 Discussion
The Milksops discuss the third installment in the MCU Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Kevin liked it more than Will, but Will admits that maybe he's just…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMini Ep: Marvel Assistant Editor's Month
The Milksops review "Marvel Comics Assistant Editor's Month," one of the first crossover events Marvel ever did. Here's what happened: For comics dated January…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMini Ep: Brian's Quiz - Mount Rushmore of Comics
Milksop Brother Three Brian is back with a quiz of comics-related questions for his older brothers. "What's your favorite comic" type of questions, but these…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays + Correspondence 12 - FF 263-264
It's your Friendly Neightborhood... Mole Man?!?!?! Yes, kind of! The Thing and The Human Torch team up with Mole Man to defeat a Walt Disney-esque captain of…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondance 11 - FF 261 + 262
REED RICHARDS MUST DIE! Harsh, right? Or at least rude. Then again, Reed did save Galactus, who has a nasty habit of eating planets. So we have ourselves a…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondance 10 - FF 258-260
We've got three fairly Doom-tastic issues of the FF to go over. We get a day in the life of Doom running the show over in Latveria, and then a two-issue battle…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsZot #33
The Milksops 3 finish their coverage of Zot! with a humdinger of an issue: "Normal." Originally released as Zot #33, this tells the story of Jenny's best…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsZot #23-25 - The Ghost In The Machine
The Milksops Three continue their coverage of Zot!, the late 1980s indie comic that featured a Golden Age style optimistic hero wrestling with the emotional…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsZot #11-12
The Milksops Three (Will, Kevin and Brian) discuss the "black and white" era of Zot! comics. We discuss how much this comic levels up in terms of quality…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsZot #10 1/2 and Matt Feazell
A special mini-episode to honor the special mini issues of Zot that came out, which were drawn by stick figure genius Matt Feazell. The Milksops were all big…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsZot #10
Kevin and Will welcome Milksop #3 - Brian Hines, the legendary third Hines brother to the podcast. We talk about a comic that has meant a lot to each of us…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondence #9 - FF #255-257
The FF finish their Negative Zone saga! We've got aliens that look like salamanders, Reed rebuilding his own consciousness, and a plan to save the end of the…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondence #8 - FF #252-254
The FF are in the Negative Zone. The Negative Zone is an alternate universe which is different from our universe in that it is.... well, it's not that…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondence #7 - FF #250-251
FF #250 has the FF vs Gladiator, plus the X-Men (kind of) and the Skrulls, in a double-sized fight-tastic story. Then #251 sets up what is going to be a run of…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondence #6 - FF #247-249
The character that we refer to many times as "Guardian" is actually "Gladiator." Three more John Byrne FF issues! We've got "This Land Is Mine" which makes the…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMarvel Firsts - Daredevil
Kevin makes a really good case that this first appearance of Daredevil is one of the strongest first issues we've read. This is in contrast to the sort-of…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMarvel Firsts - Avengers
Milksops Assemble! We go over Avengers #1. It's crazy and also good in the way a lot of early Marvel stuff is both crazy and good. Kirby's art is great. The…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMarvel Firsts - X-Men
We cover the first appearance of a group of heroes that would change Marvel, superheroes and all of comics forever: The X-Men. And we find the issue: really…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMarvel Firsts - Iron Man and Dr. Strange
We cover the first appearances of Iron Man and Dr. Strange. We find Iron Man has a pretty solid story. Extremely problematic depictions of the Vietnamese? Yep…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMarvel Firsts - Ant-Man and Thor
We continue our examination of Marvel First Issues with the Ant-Man and Thor. We talk way more about Ant-Man than we expected to. But Ant-Man has a way of…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMarvel Firsts - Amazing Fantasy #15, FF #1 and Hulk #1
We start a new season analyzing the number 1 issues of all the original Marvel Comics series. Today we start with the big three: Spider-Man, FF and Hulk. Known…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMarvel By The Month - 1963 by Alan Moore
The Milksops were guests on the terrific comics podcast Marvel By The Month to discuss the Alan Moore penned series 1963. This is that episode presented here…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF #244-245
On the FF side of things, we start with the fate of Galactus and Frankie Raye, and we end with the beginning of a Dr. Doom story ("Too Many Dooms!"). Both fine…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF #241-243
We have some Galactastic issues of FF! John Byrne continues his tour of the big Kirby stories with a visit from Galactus! First we have to deal with some magic…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF #238-240
On the FF side of things, we learn about Frankie Raye's hidden powers, see the return of H.E.R.B.I.E. the robot, and watch the Inhumans move their city to the…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSquadron Supreme #10-12
We finish our analysis of 1985's Squadron Supreme series and come to the same conclusion we had at the very beginning: it's good but reading it now isn't as…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSquadron Supreme #7-9
CORRECTION: Yep, Will is still saying 'Madame Ape' instead of 'Ape X' -- please enjoy his wrongness! Three more issues down, and the Milksops opinion of the…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSquadron Supreme #4-6
CORRECTION: Will keeps saying 'Madame Ape' which is very wrong -- he should have said 'Ape X.' Three more Squadron Supreme issues, and it's growing on the…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsSquadron Supreme #1-3
The Milksops begin their coverage of Mark Gruenwald's most famous work, the 12-issue "Squadron Supreme" mini-series from 1985. It's the OTHER comic where a…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondence 2 - FF #235-237
On the Byrne FF side of things, we've got two great issues and one very solidly okay one. In the "great" column we have the FF battling Ego The Living Planet…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsCosmic Rays and Correspondence - FF #232-234
It's a new era of mailbags episodes! Starting now, we are covering issues of the John Byrne Fantastic Four run on the eps where we also read some mail. In this…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsLove and Rockets - Heartbreak Soup
We continue our examination of Love and Rockets comics with a focus on Gilbert Hernandez's first big Palomar story "Heartbreak Soup." We discuss the hugeness…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsLove and Rockets - The Death of Speedy
The Milksops go over one of Will Hines' all-time favorite comics: Love and Rockets. Done (mostly) by two Mexican-American brothers, Jaime and Gilbert…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsGuest: J.M. DeMatteis - Spellbound Comics
Comics (and prose and TV) writer J.M. Dematteis returns to plug his new independently funded comics line: Spellbound Comics. JM is teaming up with 4 terrific…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMutants and Mailbags #29 - X-Men #198-200
Two huge milestones: Magneto is taking over the X-Men, and the Milksops are stepping away from the Uncanny X-Men. Claremont and John Romita Jr. are on a roll…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMutants and Mailbags #28 - X-Men #195-197
Three X-Men comics that actually feature the X-Men! Whoops, except the first one which is almost all Power Pack. But the Milksops love Power Pack, so they're…
Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About ComicsMutants and Mailbags #27 - X-Men #192-194
Whoa, we are coming up on 100+ issues of the Uncanny X-Men reviewed on this podcast! Pretty good for two idiots who'd skipped this stuff the first time it came…