Podcast The Classy Comics Podcast

Spidey teams up with Sub-mariner, investigates video games that turns Aunt May evil, and then gets involved overly complicate spy scheme.Affiliate link included.Transcript below:Spiderman will see you in the funny pages. Join us as we take a look at The Amazing Spider-Man: Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection 1983-1984 straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham. While other superheroes have been around longer, Spidey has had the longest career in newspaper strips. Spider-Man [Superman] appeared on the funny pages from 1938 to 1966. Spider-Man started being published in newspapers in 1977 and continues to appear to this day for forty-one years and counting. The newspaper strip is a nice read currently if you're a fan of Spider-Man but hate the whole ‘one more day, sell marriage to the devil' storyline, as that never happened in the newspaper strip; although Stan Lee who was writing that and still has

A look at a 1950s character who became the first teenage superheroine. (Check out Tomboy's Adventure in Captain Flash.)Transcript:You'll believe a teenaged girl can hold on to the outside of an airplane in flight. Find out more as we look at a hero of the public domain, Tomboy, straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.With many old comics sometimes the most exciting thing isn't the main feature. It can be the backup feature, and this is the case as we take a look at Tomboy who was the star of the backup strip of Captain Flash published between 1954 and '55 by Sterling Comics which published a few somewhat obscure titles in that period where comics was between the Gold and Silver Ages. Very little is known about the books. I think it's safe to say that the writer who wrote them was a pro, but who, we can't say. The artist for the first Issue was Mort Meskin, a legend from the Golden Age and early Si

Before she was Captain Marvel, Carol Danvers was Miss Marvel. We take a look at the entirety of her 1970s run in the Essential Miss Marvel, Volume 1Affiliate link included.Transcriopt below:Graham: Before Captain Marvel aka Carol Danvers hits the big screen next year, learn about her heroic origins as we discuss the essential Miss Marvel Volume one straight ahead.[Intro Music] Announcer:Welcome to the Classic Comics podcast where we search for the best Comics in the universe from Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham. Graham: This year actually marks the 50th anniversary of Carol Danvers' first appearance in Marvel Super-Heroes #13. She was introduced as the Security Chief of a secret Air Force base; however, she was mostly a supporting character in the story and the future series starring Captain Marvel, i.e, Mar-vell of the Kree. She was a rival for Mar-vell's girlfriend and served to motivate that jealousy. Once that plot was played out, Carol Danvers pretty much disappeared from the comics until the

The Universe is in peril which means it's time for a massive Doctor Who event with at least five Doctors playing an active role and so many guest stars.Transcript follows:The universe needs saving and it's up to the Doctor, a bunch of his past selves and a whole lot of friends in the massive crossover event Doctor Who: The Lost Dimension straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham. Ever since Titan got the Doctor Who license, every year they have done a massive crossover event between different Doctors. The first year it was The Four Doctors which had the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Doctors all meeting up despite Clara Oswald's efforts to prevent it; then there's Supremacy of the Cybermen which was a crossover event where things were happening throughout the Twelfth Doctor's prior lives, but really all of the action in terms of being able to impact everything lay with a Twelfth Doctor. It was also a c

Jessica Cruz gets the worst instructor ever while Volthoom plots revenge eons in the making.Affiliate link included. Transcript below:Jessica Cruz gets the worst training officer possible. We'll tell you all about it in Green Lantern Volume Four: The First Ring, straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. from Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham. When DC Rebirths launched there were two different Green Lantern titles. There was Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps which focused on the better known Green Lanterns out having space opera adventures. Meanwhile, there were two Green Lanterns who were stationed on earth: Simon Baz and Jessica Cruz, and they were forced to work as partners because Hal Jordan gave them only one power battery between them. At first they clashed but then they became friends as well as partners, working together and growing through the first three books. At the end of the third book Jon Stewart recalled them to Mogo

Golden Age, Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis, New 52, DC Rebirth. We take a look at the eras of the DC Universe.Pre-Crisis, Post-Crisis, New Fifty-Two. DC Rebirth. What do these terms mean for the DC Universe? We'll talk all about it straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.Oftentimes these terms that I mentioned at the top of the program are thrown out without much explanation. What does it mean if a story is Pre-crisis or Post-crisis, or if it occurred after New Fifty-Two, or if this particular volume I'm reading is marked DC Rebirth? What does it all mean? Well we'll go ahead and try and break this down into talking about the sort of broad stroke of ends in the DC Universe. And the reason why these particular advances are important is that they really do shape continuity. You might read a Superman story say from 1972 but it doesn't have any tie-in to what Superman, as currently published by DC, has exper

Learn some untold tales from Back to the Future as told by Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale.Affiliate link included. Transcript below:Today we're going back in time. It will be a look at Back To The Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe.From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.The Back To The Future film trilogy followed the adventures of Marty McFly, a average teenager from Hill Valley, California and Dr. Emmett Brown, an eccentric scientist who discovered time travel. I won't even try to recap all of those films. Probably listeners can be divided into two categories: either those who have seen this trilogy or those who are under thirty years old. If you've not seen the film series I recommend it, and you can't help but spoil some details of the film so this would be a good time to stop listening to the episode and go and watch all three films and then come back. Well, that's OK, just p

In this alternate universe tale Hal Jordan is a space miner who find finds a Green Lantern ring that's running out of power.Affiliate link included.Transcript below:It's a new spin on the classic story of the Green Lantern. Find out about it as we review Green Lantern: Earth One Volume One straight ahead. Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.The Earth One novels were launched several years back by DC with Superman: Earth One, and they did actually three different volumes in that series written by J.M.S., the creator of Babylon Five. These stories take superhero origin stories of classic heroes including Batman, Wonder Woman, Teen Titans – and they try and tell their story in a fresh way. It's nice because as a reader you don't have to know a lot about the continuity of the character. If you've got a general idea of the character you can pick up these novels and get an idea of what they're about without having

Terry McGuiness has to fight his own suit to deal with the new head of the League of Assassins, a former member of the Bat-Family.Affiliate link included.Transcript follows:Terry McGinnis tries to survive another adventure in Neo-Gotham, but he has a challenging obstacle: his Batman suit. Find out what happens as we take a look at Batman Beyond Volume Two: Rise of the Demon, straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.Before talking about Batman Beyond – the comic, I should talk a little bit about Batman Beyond – the television series. It was kind of a niche thing and it was easy to miss. It was on TV from 1999 from 2001. It was set in the future where Bruce Wayne is an old man who has been forced to retire as Batman, but a teenager named Terry McGinnis stumbles on the Wayne Manor and he ends up recruited to be the new Batman after he steals Bruce's last very high-tech Batman suit in order to avenge t

Miles has to deal with a disappearing dad, and the return of Peter Parker and the Green Goblin, plus choosing to reveal your secret identity to the wrong person, that and the end of the world…twice.Affiliate link includedTranscript below:Miles Morales faces the end of the world twice. It's time to take a look at Miles Morales' The Ultimate Spiderman: Ultimate Collection Book Three, straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.Well, the first thing I should explain is the general idea of the Ultimate Marvel Universe or continuity can be a major challenge when coming to one of the long-established companies. There's so much of it going on but when you do reboots to shake up and start over on your continuity you often tick off existing fans. Or what if you could, on one hand, maintain your existing continuity but create a brand new continuity to draw new fans to your book, and that was the idea behind the

The book featuring DC's most awesome heroes (Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman) begins with three villains gathering and then our heroes having a pow wow to discuss continuity before getting to a real adventure.Affiluate link includedTranscript below:Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, DC's longest enduring superheroes come together to talk. We'll tell you all about it next as we take a look at Trinity Volume Two: Dead Space straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are the only three characters to have published continuously since World War II. Yes, there's Captain America but he disappeared from publication for many years. Those three continued to be published even during that really dark spot between 1948 and 1956 when superhero comics really faded away. It was not actually thought to put all three of them together in their own book until 2003 when there was a three

A look at a milestone issue jam-packed celeberation of Superman in Actions Comics #1000 with stories from some of the greatest creators in the comic book industry.Affiliate link included.It's Action Comic's 1000th Issue. We take a look at it straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham. Welcome to a special episode of the Classy Comics Podcast. Usually I record these podcasts well in advance. You probably, this point, just heard Episode Thirty-Three. I just recorded Episode Fifty-Two today, so I stay well ahead. There are a lot of reasons for that, mostly having to do with the number of books I read from the library and I want to record the episodes while they're fresh in my mind. That said, I'm actually recording this fairly recently so I can talk to you about Action Comics Number 1000. Now here I'm kind of breaking my own rule in reviewing a standalone comic rather than a trade; however, Action Comi

FBI Agent by Day, Commie-fighting cold war superhero by night. We look at Jim Drake, the Black Cobra who appeared in three issues of his own magazine in 1954-55. Read the Black Cobra from Ajax Comics for free at the Digital Comic Museum. Transcript below:Meet a Cold War man of mystery who was so mysterious even his writers weren't clear if he had superpowers. We'll tell you all about it as we look at The Black Cobra, straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.If we think of comics, particularly superhero comics during the Golden Age, we think of Marvel and we think of DC. While those two companies dominated, they were far from the only game in town. With the success of characters like Captain America, Captain Marvel and of course Superman, there was a plethora of companies that were offering their comics. And you can actually read many of them online for free, and I probably should have mentioned tha

Watch as we pull a podcast out of our hat—and look at some classic Rocky and Bullwinkle comics.Affiliate link included.Transcript below:Now it's time for something really different. I'll be taking a look at Rocky and Bullwinkle Classic Adventures from IDW straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.In the 1950s and '60s, almost any media property could be a comic book, whether it's Have Gun with Travels, Star Trek, I Spy, And today's entry Rocky and Bullwinkle. Sometimes the transition to the comic book medium could be very rough. Oftentimes it didn't feel like the original story – it was missing a certain something. I remember reading some gold key Looney Tunes comics several years back and they just didn't feel all like Looney Tunes: they weren't funny, they seemed to miss the whole point of Looney Tunes. If you read the early gold key Star Trek comics and even some of the later ones, it doesn't fee

Zatara comes back into Bruce's life while the cult that birthed Azrael has an idea for sentient religious robots. What could go wrong?Affiliate link included.Transcript below: Batman has a magical meeting with an old flame and he and his team have to face off against a fanatical robot and Spoiler tries to save the city from vigilante superheroes by being a vigilante superhero. We'll talk about it all in a review of Batman: Detective Comics: Deus Ex Machina, straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.This is the fourth volume of the Detective Comics series in D.C. Rebirth and it collects issues 957 to 962. While Tom King's Batman has been solely a Batman-focused book, Detective Comics has tried to be a team book. Batman forms a team because he senses something really dangerous is coming to Gotham City and he needs to be ready. And he chooses for his team a variety of characters and most of these had e

The Catalyst Prime Universe begins with an amnesiac astronaut flying about the desert while his wife sets out to beat down anyone who stands between her and her husband.Affiliate link included.Read Catalyst Prime: The Event for free.Transcript :Find out about Noble. Is he a noble success, a noble fire or not noble and all. Find out as we take a look at Noble: Volume One: God Shots, straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham. While we talk a lot about Marvel and D.C. but there are other superhero universes out there and one just got started last year. It's the Catalyst Prime Universe from Lion Forge Comics. I'm going to take a look at the first book they released as a trade paperback. Now I did find an interview that they did just before the launch of cattle last primes first leadoff book, The Event, and there were some.. actually kind of interesting statements from Joseph Illidge who is the co-writer

Adam Graham discusses how to Amazon Pre-order, Comixology sales, eBay, and more to get the best possible deals on your comic book purchases. Transcript Follows:Find out how to get the best price on your comic book purchases, straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.Back in Episode Nineteen we discussed ways where you could read comic books for free, but for many people they want to own them, they want to actually buy and own their comics, and so we're going to talk about how to get bargains on comic books and on trades. We'll start with the obvious in regards to newer trades or trades that are coming out, is to pre-order the books on Amazon if you know for example that you're going to want to read a book that comes out at the end of the year. Pre-order it now. You won't get charged by Amazon until it's time for it actually to be purchased. But Amazon's got a pre-order guarantee which means that if

After defeating the arch-villain Lady Shiva, Batgirl (Cassandra Cain) faces her biggest challenge-actually having her own adventures in the midst of numerous crossovers.Affiliate link included.Transcript below: Batgirl takes an Issue off to recover from death, then she gets involved in a lot of crossover events, and finally she gets to battle Batgirl? We'll talk all about it as we review Batgirl Volume Three: Point Blank, straight ahead.Welcome to the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.OK, probably the first thing I should make clear is we're not actually talking about the Barbara Gordon Batgirl in today's program…talking about the Cassandra Cain Batgirl who was active from 2000 – 2006 and then again in 2008 for a mini series, but she was actually the first Batgirl to have her own title. Barbara Gordon's Batgirl previously only had strips in other magazines such as Detective Comics or Batman Family. Cassandra Cain was th

The Eleventh Doctor, Alice, and the Sapling go on three random adventures.Affiliate link included.Transcript below:More adventures with the Doctor, Alice and the Sapling in Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor: A Sapling Roots straight ahead.Well it's time to review another Doctor Who book, and I promise we're not going to make the next two episodes Doctor Who reviews as well. I didn't realize I'd recorded three straight reviews until I was thinking about it more carefully. This book collects Issues Three point Five to Three point Eight, or the Eleventh Doctor comic series. Issue Five is ‘Time of the Ood and it involves the Ood from the TV Series. The story on this, and this is somewhat important – probably more important than it should be, is that the Tenth Doctor met the Ood onboard a platform that was possibly in a blackhole. Ood were a servile race though they didn't do anything to free them because he was dealing with a demonic bane who was taking them over. However, the Doctor did help free the Ood in Planet

More Batman and the Brave and the Bold team-ups as Batman teams up with the Joker, and later joins forces with the Metal Men to stop radical Native Americans from taking the Constitution and Declaration of Independence hostage.Affiliate link included.Transcript below:Get ready for the ultimate Batman team up. It's Batman and the Joker! We'll tell you all about it next as we conclude our look at Legends of the Dark Knight: Jim Aparo Volume One straight ahead.Welcome the Classy Comics Podcast where we search for the best comics in the universe. From Boise, Idaho here is your host, Adam Graham.In the previous episode, we took a look at those Jim Aparo stories that appeared in Issues Ninety-Eight, 100 to 102, and 104 to 108. Now we turn to those that were between 109 and 122, and again I'm only focusing on those that I think are interesting. ‘Death has the Last Laugh' is probably one of the more intriguing titles. The front cover advertises it as the strangest team up in history, Batman and the Joker with Batman