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Jeff shows up this week ready to extoll the virtues of a certain aquatic individual while Roman and Django just try to stay afloat in the comic book waters of this last week. We take a moment to revisit and have a lengthier discussion about Daredevil (honor the pact), and catch up on a lot of some of the best books coming out right now. You really should just hit play!

0:04:30 - Well Welcome Wellmer!

0:11:27 - Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1 (Discussion Part 2)

0:23:21 - Amazing Spider-Man #1

0:31:20 - Adventure Time #1

0:35:43 - Resurrection Man: Quantum Karma #1

0:42:55 - Absolute Batman #7

0:48:53 - Phantom Road #11

0:51:20 - Aquaman #4

0:57:28 - The Ultimates #11

1:02:56 - BUCKSHOTS!!!

1:18:06 - Announcement!

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

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Jeff is coming out of his Maker-Sphere to return to the normal flow of time and grace us with the knowledge he gained while away. Actually, Django and Roman have to catch HIM up, since he forgot comic books existed while expanding his consciousness beyond the realm of our reality. So just hit play!

0:05:01 - Absolute Superman #6

0:16:00 - Terminator #6

0:21:02 - Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell #1

0:27:20 - Let This One Be A Devil #2

0:29:41 - Absolute Green Lantern #1

0:39:30 - Django Buckshot!

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

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Cover art by Rose Besch

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Jeff, Django, and Roman are very excited to talk endlessly about all the crazy good #1s that came out this last week! Godzilla is back to fight once again, Garth Ennis is here to share some weird stories, a flagship creative team has returned to their staple, and maybe a surprise return of some fun times... just hit play already!

0:03:25 - Well Welcome Wellmer!

0:12:46 - Fantastic Four / Godzilla #1

0:21:45 - Free For All #1

0:27:35 - Absolute Martian Manhunter #1

0:36:16 - We're Taking Everyone Down With Us #1

0:42:13 - You'll Do Bad Things #1

0:44:41 - For Down Below #1

0:48:38 - The Kids #1

0:52:16 - Batman #158

0:59:40 - BUCKSHOTS!!!

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

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Email us at jeff@thecomicsplace.com! We love hearing from you and there's a good chance we will read it on air!

Cover art by Javier Rodriguez

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Bonus! If you live in town, head on down to the shop to pick up a FREE copy of We're Taking Everyone Down With Us #1 courtesy of William Elmer! Even better - stop by the shop on Friday, April 25th to get it signed by the creators!

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Roman, Jeff, and Django are here to talk shop with the debbil before their upcoming trip! We've got some temporal displacement, temporal displacement, and temporal displacement. Wait... something's not right here...

0:02:26 - Well Welcome Wellmer!

0:06:52 - Assorted Crisis Events #1

0:13:20 - Batman: Dark Patterns #4

0:18:43 - Absolute Superman #5

0:22:34 - Babs #6

0:25:53 - Voicemail from Ethan! Thank you Ethan!

0:27:48 - Aquaman #3

0:29:49 - Nick Fury & Fin Fang Foom #1

0:32:49 - Amazing Spider-Man #69

0:34:25 - Geiger / Redcoat #10

0:34:45 - All-New Venom #4

0:35:59 - Transformers #14

0:37:22 - El Fuego

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

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Email us at jeff@thecomicsplace.com! We love hearing from you and there's a good chance we will read it on air!

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Django, Jeff, and Roman spend some time at the beginning of this episode covering themselves in the bodyparts of comic creators they met at ECCC so that they can wade through the sea of freshly-turned comic books that just came out last week. Wait, did that Walking Dead reference get through alright? Eh, you'll survive. All you have to do is hit play!

0:02:19 - Email from the Editor!

0:09:20 - Well Welcome Wellmer!

0:14:41 - The Ultimates #10

0:23:08 - Secret Six #1

0:26:40 - The Terminator #5

0:30:07 - Mothra: Queen of the Monsters #1

0:33:29 - Teen Titans GO! #1

0:36:11 - Doctor Strange of Asgard #1

0:40:27 - Monkey Meat: Summer Batch #1

0:41:48 - The Missionary #2

0:43:26 - Hyde Street #4

0:45:03 - Uncanny Valley #8

0:45:43 - Uncanny X-Men #11

0:49:42 - Fat Cop

0:52:37 - Hello Darkness #8

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

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Email us at jeff@thecomicsplace.com! We love hearing from you and there's a good chance we will read it on air!

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Django and Jeff have returned from ComicsPro to give Roman a shakedown on everything that went down. At the same time, Roman is keeping them in the loop of all the stuff they missed while they were gone. We've got crazy one-shots, amazing continuations, and fantastic conclusions. Also, shout-out to all the sweet folks who talked to Jeff and Django at ComicsPro and mentioned their love of the podcast!

0:03:41 - ComicsPro!

0:06:39 - Well Welcome Wellmer!

0:14:41 - Godzilla vs America: Chicago #1

0:20:19 - Batman: The Long Halloween - The Last Halloween #5

0:27:43 - Fantastic Four #29

0:33:19 - Lil Batman #4

0:35:53 - Absolute Wonder Woman #5

0:40:27 - The Seasons #2

0:43:14 - Ultimate Spider-Man #14

0:46:58 - Metamorpho: The Element Man #3

0:50:28 - Superman #23

0:51:02 - Detective Comics #1094

0:52:15 - Captain America & Volstagg #1

0:55:02 - Email from the Gar-Side!

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

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Email us at jeff@thecomicsplace.com! We love hearing from you and there's a good chance we will read it on air!

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Django, I've Shrunken the Podcast! Wait... no, Jeff and Roman are still here and normal-sized. So prepare yourselves, dear listeners, for green men, finger-eyes, a surprise returning character, and some bloody good times. Hit play already!

0:02:30 - Well Welcome Wellmer!

0:08:19 - Bug Wars #1

0:15:51 - Into the Unbeing: Part Two #1

0:19:23 - One World Under Doom #1

0:25:55 - Absolute Batman #5

0:31:28 - Batman: Dark Patterns #3

0:38:21 - Eddie Brock: Carnage #1

0:41:21 - Mine Is a Long, Lonesome Grave #1

0:43:23 - The Hive #1

0:45:12 - Aquaman #2

0:47:18 - Green Lantern Corps #1

0:50:04 - The Lucky Devils #2

0:50:55 - Those Not Afraid #2

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

Bonus: I've been including Django's failed attempts to end the recording on the last few - if you didn't catch it, go back and check it out!

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Jeff, Django, and Roman are feeling reminiscent about their history on this short week, but we have a bevy of books to discuss! Zdarsky's last Batman issue, another last issue of Batman, a return of an artist we haven't discussed for ages, and some number niiinnneeee...

0:06:37 - Well Welcome Wellmer!

0:08:56 - Batman #157

0:16:52 - Batman: Off-World #6

0:22:31 - Two-Face #3

0:24:30 - Robot Tod #1

0:26:38 - The Rocketfellers #3

0:30:58 - The Ultimates #9

0:34:37 - Absolute Superman #4

0:40:52 - Cruel Kingdom #2

0:41:58 - The Sacrificers #14

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

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Cover art by Farel Dalrymple

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Django, Roman, and Jeff are fighting through the cold weather to deliver some great news - last week had some crazy good comics! A touching but horrifying anthology, a strong start to a new series, and a surprising new gem that just keeps Jeff on his toes. What more do you want?

0:03:50 - Well Welcome Wellmer!

0:08:48 - Severance Season 2 (minor to no spoilers)

0:11:21 - Ice Cream Man #43

0:21:35 - The Seasons #1

0:29:00 - Spectrum #2

0:34:00 - Dust to Dust #2

0:43:41 - Babs #5

0:46:17 - Redcoat #9

0:50:02 - TMNT #6

0:53:12 - Terminator #4

1:00:35 - Time Waits #3

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

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Email us at jeff@thecomicsplace.com! We love hearing from you and there's a good chance we will read it on air!

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Django, Jeff, and Roman "The Kid" Stadtler are particularly perked up this week as Roman reveals some secrets. We discover a love of dinosaur-filled underground jungles, leer at lengthy legs, dabble around some distributor nonsense, and maybe talk a little about Nicolas Cage? Hm. Well, not your ordinary week folks, but you know it's always a good one.

0:03:04 - Well Welcome Wellmer!

0:09:32 - Lil Batman: Month One #3

0:15:17 - Godzilla Monsterpiece Theater #3

0:19:42 - Absolute Wonder Woman #4

0:27:32 - Ultimate Spider-Man #13

0:37:32 - Fantastic Four #28

0:43:08 - Doctor Doom & Rocket Raccoon #1

0:48:58 - Superman #22

0:55:04 - Justice League Unlimited #3

1:00:18 - Distributor Update (kinda?)

1:02:04 - Black Canary: Best of the Best #3

1:07:21 - Cage Curiousities

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

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Cover art by Gary Frank

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Django makes a grand return while Jeff and Roman try to get him back into the swing of reading so many weekly comic books. We chat about some major news in the industry before diving into a slurry of new books and several great series that only have a few issues out so far. Jump in and hit play already!

0:02:14 - News about Diamond Distribution

0:07:39 - Well Welcome Wellmer!

0:13:11 - Ultimate Wolverine #1

0:21:18 - FML #3

0:23:30 - Batman & Robin: Year One #4

0:27:39 - Amazing Spider-Man #65.DEATHS

0:33:54 - Action Comics #1052

0:39:31 - Minor Arcana #5

0:42:08 - New Gods #2

0:51:04 - You Won't Feel a Thing #1

0:54:13 - GI Joe #3

0:54:54 - The Moon is Following Us #5

0:55:36 - The Question: All Along the Watchtower #3

0:57:32 - Jenny Sparks #6

1:00:24 - Howl #1

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

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Cover art by Nimit Malavia

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Jeff and Roman pop in this week with a VERY special guest to replace Django on this week's version of America's Best Comic Book Podcast (ABCBP, if you will). We take a quick stop down to New Orleans before taking a break talking about a cool TV show Jeff just started, and then we jump into a whole bunch of new comics that came out last week. Just hit play!

0:02:39 - Hey Howdy Django!

0:09:25 - Shrinking (Apple TV series)

0:13:13 - Absolute Batman #4

0:23:53 - The Lucky Devils #1

0:30:17 - Aquaman #1

0:39:22 - Magik #1

0:47:00 - Those Not Afraid #1

SPOILERS! Tread carefully dear listener, because we’re going to talk about what happened in these books. So definitely pause this, read your comics, and come back. We’ll still be here!

And an enormous thank you, as always, to Andrew Carlson for editing this mess into something listenable.

Subscribe to us on Apple, Spotify or wherever you like to get your podcasts.

Email us at jeff@thecomicsplace.com! We love hearing from you and there's a good chance we will read it on air!

Cover art by John Timms

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