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We are up to issue 9 of the original run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comics. This is a stand-alone adventure in which the young turtled and splinter help an old man pass on the honoable samurai magic of his family to his grandson. We are seeing Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird pull back from working on the comic. This issue they wrote and helped ink but did not do the pencils for. As the Turtles get more popular, this will be the pattern! Next episode we go over the one-shot comics for Leonardo, Donatello and Michaelangelo.  For Loose Screws,  Will talks about the Marx Brothers and Kevin talks about The Knives by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips.  -------------- Subscribe for monthly bonus episodes at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com  

We go over Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7! This is the end of the "outer space" arc. It's a very busy issue with lots of exposition but the art is beautiful and the comic remains fun. For Loose Screws, Kevin discusses two recent graphic novel biographies of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee!

EPISODE 331 - We go over Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6! This is a continuation of the epic "space" arc in which the Turtles meet Fugatoid, the Triceratons and the Federation (something like that?) The art is more ambitious than ever! The action is fun and compelling! The dialogue is... out of control with huge Stan Lee levels of exposition on almost every page! But the comic is fun! For Loose Screws, we talk about staying in Christopher Reeve's house and also Spinal Tap! Now that's loose! ---------------- Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe for monthly bonus epsiodes at screwitpodcasts.com, if you please!

EPISODE 330 - We go over TMNT#5. Stuff gets very wild as we meet Fugitoid and the Triceritons. Oh and the, er, Federations? Some human army. Anyway, the Turtles are in space and in the middle of a three-way battle for a scientist trapped in a runaway robot's body. Again, this is issue number FIVE. Loose screws: Kevin talks Alien Earth and will talks Spaghetti Westerns. ----------------- Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe for monthly bonus epsiodes at screwitpodcasts.com, if you please!

EPISODE 329 - We continue our coverage of the original run of TMNT comics! This week, we go over issue #4! We learn more about what's going on inside the alien organization TCRI! ----------------- Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe for monthly bonus epsiodes at screwitpodcasts.com, if you please!

EPISODE 328 - We continue our coverage of the original run of TMNT comics! This week, we go over the Raphael one-shot, which came out between issues 3 and 4. This features the debut of Casey Jones! ----------------- Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe for monthly bonus epsiodes at screwitpodcasts.com, if you please!

EPISODE 327 - We go over issue 3 of the original run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics. Our guest is Elliott Kalan! Elliott is the co-host of the terrific podcast The Flophouse, as well as being an Actual Comics Writer, currently writing Harley Quinn. In this issue, the turtles and April go on a 10+ page car chase! And... that's mostly it! but it's cool! ----------------- Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe for monthly bonus epsiodes at screwitpodcasts.com, if you please!

We're on to issue #2 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! After issue one is a surprise hit, the creators scramble to come up with a second issue. We get a not-quite-as-good but still-pretty-good story! We meet April and a new villain Baxter Stockman. We learn that Donatello is tech savvy and that Splinter has an extensive book collection! We also go over a survey Kevin ran to see just how much people know about the Turtles, even if they are not especially big fans! And a brief loose screw segment where we chat about the Superman and FF movie. We plan to go over it even more in our sop-scriber episode next week! -------- For bonus episodes, subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com    

EPISODE 325 - We start our season on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with an in-depth look at the original issue #1. Famously created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, this issue was meant as a one-shot story. Not quite a joke, but not quite serious either, the creators had no idea they were creating a media empire. The comic is good! We meet the turtles, Master Splinter and Shredder! How much did Will know about the turtles going in (not much). But how much did he like the comic? A lot! ------- Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com Subscribe for monthly bonus episodes at screwitpodcasts.com Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/phXVFgB4ck  

Episode 324 - We end our Gamma Sops season with an issue that does not have the Hulk in it! Clay Quartermain is testifying before Congress, and Betty is dealing with carrying Bruce's baby! Todd MacFarlane only did breakdowns, but Erik Larsen delivers quality art. It's a fine issue to end our coverage on! Next week: we start our coverage of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with issue one of the original Eastman/Laird run!

EPISODE 323 - THREE MILKSOPS EDITION. A Hines family reunion has put Kevin and Will in the same room with brother Brian, and so we take a slight sidestep from the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run to go to the end of Peter David' first long run on the Hulk. We look at Hulk 467, which features a slightly-in-the-future and maybe-alternate-reality Rick Jones looking back on a future we don't get to see. It's a poignant smart issue -- a fitting end to a tremendous Hulk run! Subscribe for bonus monthly episodes at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com    

This is it! The sorta-kinda final issue from Peter David / Todd McFarlane's run on Hulk! Though Todd only does breakdowns. And he does do layouts next issue, which is the epilogue of the story. Anyway. This is a fun issue! Also sad. But good! ---------- Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com for monthly bonus episodes -- profits go to comics-related charities. Join our free Discord (link at screwitpodcasts.com) And email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com

It's not the last Todd McFarlane issue, though we're close to the end of his run on Hulk. Nor is it the most ICONIC issue -- that's probably the Hulk/Wolverine fight. But this might be the BEST issue of the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run.  Loose Screws: How Mission Impossible: Final Reckoning is really War Games 2. ---------- Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com for monthly bonus episodes -- profits go to comics-related charities. Join our free Discord (link at screwitpodcasts.com) And email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com

EPISODE 320 - Betty Banner is back in the story, briefly, as Hulk fights the Leader's robots... as does Bruce Banner! Plus we get some nifty flashbacks of the Hulkbusters with great visual from Mr. Todd McFarlane. For Loose Screws, Kevin likes the TV show Murderbot and Will saw an exhibit of Jack Kirby's art. ---------- Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com for monthly bonus episodes -- profits go to comics-related charities. Join our free Discord (link at screwitpodcasts.com) And email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com  

We were saddened to hear that Peter David, writer of the very Hulk run we are covering, passed away this past Saturday, May 24, 2025.  Kevin and Will devote this episode to David's stellar career. Kevin in particular was a fan of Peter David's work and shares of lot his thoughts and feelings about the many comics he loved that PAD wrote! Among the many comics we discuss: Spider-Man, Hulk, Spider-Man 2099, Future Imperfect, X-Factor, Aquaman, Young Justice and many more! ----------- To subscribe and get bonus monthly episodes, go to screwitpodcasts.com Send thoughts via email to screwitcomics@gmail.com  

EPISODE 318 - It's Hulk versus the Leader! Sort of! Really, it's Hulk versus Half-Life, who was sent BY the Leader.  Didn't Hulk beat him pretty easily before? Yeah, but now Half-Life has ARMOR! Despite this lackluster description, the issue is good! Peter David is writing the Grey Hulk as he wishes, and Todd McFarlane's art has fully manifested.  In Loose Screws, Will discusses his new ring tone (really) and Kevin is mad about spoilers for the new Thunderbolts* movie. ----- Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com for monthly bonus episodes -- profits go to comics-related charities. Join our free Discord (link at screwitpodcasts.com) And email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com  

EPISODE 317 - Hulk Versus the Man-Bull! Or maybe it's "Savage Man-Bull" or maybe just "Savage!" At any rate, the Hulk fights another mirror image of himself in a way, and he alternatively feels compassion for Man-Bull and also beats him up. For Loose Screws, Will talks about going through a box of old comics his friend gave him, and Kevin talks about the first arc in Season 2 of Andor. ------- For monthly bonus episodes, subscribe at https://www.screwitpodcasts.com/ Last week we released a bonus ep in which we went through all the stories in Action Comics #1 Join our free Discord -- invite link is also at https://www.screwitpodcasts.com/ -------- The end of our episode features an interview between past and future guest Chris Gethard talking to comics creator Ethan Sacks about A HAUNTED GIRL, the comic Ethan made with his daughter Naomi about struggles with suicidal thoughts and depression. They get into using comics to talk about mental health issues.  THis is to promote a non-profit Gethard founded called L

Episode 316 - We go over issue 340, which is the iconic Hulk Vs. Wolverine battle with the even more iconic cover by Todd McFarlane. Wolverine's claws out, reflecting Hulk's angry face. We feel with this issue McFarlane has fully arrived. Peter David is also in fine form, and the result is the best issue in the run so far. For Loose Screws, Will discusses the movie Sinners and Kevin discusses the institution of sports. Stick around to the end for a Watchmen trivia quiz a listener sent if for us! --------- Subscribe to support the show and for bonus episodes at screwitpodcasts.com. May's bonus episode is a review of Action Comics #1. Email us any comics thoughts you have at screwitcomics@gmail.com  

EPISODE 315 - We continue our coverage of the Peter David / Todd McFarlane run on The Incredible Hulk. This issue, the theme is fathers and more specifically abusive fathers. The "enemy" such as it is, is a super-powered child who has lost his father and sees his caretaker threatened. The Hulk talks a big game about not caring but in the end, does the right thing. This story picks up a thread that has now become a major fixture in Hulk lore -- that Banner's father abused him, perhaps creating the suppressed anger and pain that would someday emerge as The Hulk.  The origin of this idea is not this story. That started in a Bill Mantlo story from Hulk 312. But as Kevin points out, it seems Mantlo stole that story from a not-yet-published Barry Windsor-Smith comic. Former Marvel editor-in-chief Jim Shooter wrote about that here: http://jimshooter.com/2011/06/plagiaris.html ----------- Subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com for bonus monthly episodes. Join our free Discord, also at screwitpodcasts.com Email us at screwi

EPISODE 314 - We discuss issue 338! Hulk faces a demon? alien? ghost? called Mercy! She's not called that, but we call her that.  In Loose Screws, we talk about Kevin's son watching Star Wars for the first time and the video game Untitled Goose Game! -------- Email us at screwitcomics@gmail.com To support the podcast and get bonus monthly episodes, subscribe at screwitpodcasts.com Join our Discord! The invite link is also at screwitpodcasts.com