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Vertigo: Edgy and Evocative, a Wizard World Chicago 2008 panel.

Daredevil Retrospective with Bendis and Maleev, a Wizard World Chicago 2008 panel.

In this episode of Dread Media, a sun-beaten and half drunk Desmond Reddick reviews the novel Meat by Joseph D'Lacey, and two Paul Naschy werewolf films: Werewolf Shadow and Curse of the Devil. Tunes include: "Caught with the Meat in your Mouth" by The Dead Boys, "The Flesh Element" by New Math, "Vampira" by The Undead, "Werewolf" by The Noctunes and "Fuck the Children" by George Carlin. RIP George. Contact me: dreadmedia@earth-2.net, or 206-203-1213.

In this short episode of Earth-2.net: The Show, Ian Wilson chimes in with his thoughts about The Hulk (2003) and The Incredible Hulk (2008).

Supergirl debuts ("Little Girl Lost"), the Killer Croc / Baby Doll relationship is creepy ("Love is a Croc"), a fiery redhead gives Superman a bit of trouble ("Where There's Smoke"), Firefly plans to destroy his ex-girlfriend and Gotham City ("Torch Song") and Superman dons a new (yet familiar) costume in his second meeting with Batman ("Knight Time"). All that, plus lots of e-mail!

Angel: Revelations #2, Avengers Fairy Tales #3, Secret Invasion: Runaways / Young Avengers #1, Thunderbolts #121 and X-Men: First Class #13 weren't so fondly reviewed this week. Okay, one of them was. But the other four, not so much.

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick battles allergies to bring you reviews of two backwoods hillbilly films: Wrong Turn 2: Dead End and Stump the Band. Then he reviews Caliber #3 and Hercules #3 from Radical Comics. Tunes include: "Dead End Road" by Alkaline Trio, "Cannibal Song" by Ministry, "Take it Off" by The Donnas, "People Are Strange" by The Doors and "Bo Meets the Monster" by Bo Diddley. RIP Bo Diddley and Stan Winston. Contact: dreadmedia@earth-2.net, or 206-203-1213.

"911. Please state the nature of your emergency..."

Randy's back from Anime North 2008, and he's brought his stories. What does he have to say about Halko Momoi, Spike Spencer and the general atmosphere of his first major convention? Listen in to find out.

Ghost Rider continues to hunt for Zadkiel (Ghost Rider #24), while Hercules battles Nightmare (The Incredible Hercules #118). Johnny Storm meets with an old flame (Secret Invasion: Fantastic Four #2), and Cyclops takes drugs (Ultimate X-Men #95). And a battle-weary Logan hits the road (Wolverine #66).

In this very special episode of Dread Media, Brother D from Mail Order Zombie joins Desmond Reddick to run through their top five best, worst and most desired remakes in the horror genre. What movie causes Desmond to threaten an IMDB reviewer? What film did Brother D accidentally see twice? Step on in and check out some good remake talk. Tunes include: "Cape Fear" by Fantomas, "Zaratozom" by Goblin, "Day of the Dead" by The Misfits and "Desperado" by Alice Cooper. Contact: dreadmedia@earth-2.net, or 206-203-1213.

Garth Ennis Q and A, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

DC's Sunday Conversation: For the Love of Comics, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

Avatar Press, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

In "Never Fear" Batman nearly murders the newly redesigned Scarecrow, and Superman has the chance to wed a queen in "Warrior Queen" -- but neither man pulls the trigger, so to speak. The Joker is duped in "Joker's Millions," leading to his attempted suicide. "Apokolips... Now!" sees the shocking death of a major character. And Robin comes to realize that the good guys can't always win in "Growing Pains."

After a brief hiatus, the Is It Wednesday Yet? segment is back! The books reviewed this week are: Captain Britain and MI-13 #2, Eternals #1, Punisher MAX Special: Little Black Book, The Twelve #6 and X-Force Special: Ain't No Dog. One of them is so bad, there are no words to score it. Also, Mike reveals a shocking truth about himself!

In this episode of Dread Media, Desmond Reddick welcomes back author Jack Ketchum to shoot the shit about his upcoming projects, the business and violence in society. Then, he takes a look at two killer-kid features (Devil Times Five and Who Can Kill a Child?) before reviewing the first episode of NBC's horror anthology series Fear Itself. Tunes include: "Five" by Machine Head, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Leif Garrett and The Melvins, "The Kids Who Want to Play With the Dead" by Lordi and "Silly Kids Games" by The Damned. Make sure to take advantage of Horror Mall's Hide and Seek Audiobook offer at www.horrormall.com.

Chris Claremont: Career Retrospective, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

Cup O' Joe, a Wizard World Philly 2008 panel.

What do you get when you cross a late-night recording with the June Previews? The answer: comic book solicitations being interrupted by laughing fits and crude jokes, of course.