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Funny Book Forensics
Join life long friends Dan and Greg as they take a story from the world of comics and dissect it, look at the team that made the story, discuss how the story and art works or doesn't, and give their honest opinions on the story.
Episodes
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 279 Mountain, Tower, Fortress Lad
Dan and Greg started out discussing a fun classic issue of Secret Origins, #46. We have a crazy Grant Morrison story with the JLA fighting their own costumes…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 278 Midnighter at the Multiplex
Midnighter kills Multiplex over and over again. We review Midnighter Issue 3. Greg and Dan discuss discontinuity, continuity, location, and story cadence…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 277 Midnighter on Violence
Midnighter is bloody and does he need to be? We cover the issue, of course, and discuss the violence level in the book. Is violence key to the story or just…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 276 Midnighter not at the Apollo
Midnighter is back and Apollo is nowhere to be found. We explore the world creation issue and discuss representation in comics. Is this this best way for…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 275 Saturday Night's Main Event
No editing = Dan and Greg in all their glory. Wonder Woman Issue 6 is the final match pitting Wonder Woman vs Ares. Will Wonder Woman win the title? Will Steve…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 274 Wonder Woman vs the Number One Contender
Greg and Dan line out Wonder Woman’s last bout before presumably facing ARES. She must run through Ares whole stable before facing him for the championship and…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 273 Decay
Greg and Dan Decay in front of your eyes. I promise, we do discuss Wonder Woman issue 4. Dan also destroys the English language once again. There is even a…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 272 Wonder Woman at the Library
Greg and Dan go from Paradise to Boston as Princess Diana’s mission starts to heat up in issue 2 and 3 of Wonder Woman (1987). We see classic characters like…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 271 George and Wonder Woman
Dan and Greg review Wonder Woman 1! We know the art will be beautiful. What is happening in Paradise? Writers: Greg Potter, Len Wein, and George Perez…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 270 Starlite
Dan and Greg discuss Starlite Issue 2 fresh off shipping from KickStarter. What happens when kid super-heroes grow-up? Where do they go, what do they do, and…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 269 Killers! Assassins!
We finish up the Harlan Ellison deep dive by watching the Star Trek TOS Season 1 Episode 28 Episode, you guessed it, City on the Edge of Forever. Kirk and…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 268 Harlan Ellison Cut
Time, displacement, tragedy! All in this episode of Funny Book Forensics! We finish the Harlan Ellison Cut! This is an amazing story. City on the Edge of…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 266 Harlan Ellison Snyder Cut
Why watch the Snyder cut when you can get the Ellison cut? Greg and Dan review Harlan Ellison’s original teleplay for Dan’s favorite Star Trek Original Series…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 265 Whatever Happened to SP?
Greg and Dan get to the end of Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles. “Heavens to Murgatroyd” where does Snagglepuss end up after his life falls apart…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 264 Where has My Little Dog Gone?
Greg and Dan continue the discussion of Exit Stage Left and you know the story is good when they just talk about the story. Issue 5 brings the climax of the…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 263 It All Goes Boom
Greg and Dan continue the discussion of Exit Stage Left. This is where things start to change Snagglepuss and Huckleberry Hound. The subplots stop and story…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 262 Cougar in the City
Greg and Dan continue the discussion of Exit Stage Left. In the story we learn about Marilyn Monroe, Joe DiMaggio, Arthur Miller, and whole host of character…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 261 I am Your Huckleberry
Greg and Dan continue the discussion of Exit Stage Left. The McCarthy Era topics continue including Roy Cohn, The Lavender Scare, Huckleberry Hound in the…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 260 Heavens to Murgatroyd
Greg and Dan head to the front of the stage to discuss the first issue of Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles. Of course, we are going to discuss the…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 259 Prez Part 3
Greg and Dan review Prez issue 4 from 1974. Prez fights off cultural imperialism, the Universal Monsters, and bat based disease to save the Earth! We also…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 258 Prez Part 2
Greg and Dan review Prez issue 2 and 3 from 1973/1974. We cover protests, Bobby Fischer, Chess, and gun control as this strangely present story weaves forward…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 256 Arrows, Crystals and Huntress Part 2
Greg and Dan continue talking through DC Super-Stars 17 from 1977. In part two we discuss the underwhelming Legion of Super-Heroes story about the energetic…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 255 Arrows, Crystals and Huntress Part 1
Greg and Dan take on DC Super-Stars 17. In part one we discuss the DC Implosion and creators’ rights. We also review a beautiful Denny O’Neil and Mike Grell…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 254 OMAC
Greg and Dan review OMAC 1 from 1974! OMAC was Jack Kirby’s last regular series at DC in the 1970s after the hailed “Kirby is Coming” campaign to promote new…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 253 Superman Vs. the KKK
In honor of the 2020 Election, Greg and Dan listen to some Superman Old Time Radio! We review all 16 episodes of Superman vs the Clan of the Fiery Cross…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 252 Endless Chase
Episode 252: Endless Chase Synopsis: Greg and Dan read and discuss ALL OF New Teen Titans Vol 2 Annual 3, the first appearance of Danny Chase. After exploring…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 251 Squashed Like a Beetle
Episode 251: Part 2 Squashed Like a Beetle Synopsis: Greg and Dan finish part 2 of Ted Kord’s “last appearance”. They dive deep into the story and how to…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 250 Beetlemania
Episode 250: Beetlemania Part 1 Synopsis: Greg and Dan start part one of Beetlemania. Who is Batman holding on the cover? The history of the Blue Beetle is one…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 249 John Stewart
Synopsis: Greg and Dan continue the conversation on one-off and throw-away characters. Guy Gardner was the other “man without fear” in the DC Universe until he…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 248 Guy's Time
Synopsis: Greg and Dan review Green Lantern 59 to follow-up the conversation in Episode 247 on throw-away characters. Guy Gardner the other “man without fear”…
Funny Book ForensicsFunny Book Forensics 247 Socially Distant
On Episode 247 of Funny Book Forensics Dan and Greg discuss Superheroes who can’t fit into their costumes and Superheroes who are not fit for their costumes!…
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Funny Book Forensics is a Comic Book Review Podcast with life long friends comic book historian Dan Schabot and comic book writer Greg Smith. We talk about of…