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The Comic Panel Podcast
by The Comic Panel
A weekly comicbook book club! Listen to four friends dissect the plot, story, and art of comics both new and old.
Episodes
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Am I Not Supposed to Trust Him? (Tumor)
Hello and welcome to our final review in the theme of Mysteries! It has been a fun time unpacking what a "mystery" is as several of these books challenge our understanding of what a mystery is. We hope you've been enjoying these as much as we have! Today's review is of the comic Tumor by Joshua...
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Strange Murder in Post-war Hollywood (The Fade Out)
Hello all! Welcome to our newest episode in the theme of Mysteries! In this episode we will be covering The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips. The Fade Out follows Charlie, a writer for Victory Street Pictures at the end of the golden age of the Hollywood studio system as he tries to…
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What A Strange Dude (Homunculus)
Welcome all! We are so glad you are listening to this mind-altering episode. I know we haven't been the same since! For this episode we are continuing our theme of Mystery comics by reviewing the comic Homunculus by Hideo Yamamoto! Homunculus is the story of Susumu Nakoshi, a pathological liar…
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The Mystery that isn't...or is it? (My Favorite Thing is Monsters)
Welcome all to The Comic Panel. We are so glad you are listening to this episode and we know you'll enjoy this one! We are starting a new theme this episode, the theme of Mysteries and for our first book we are reviewing "My Favorite Thing is Monsters" by Emil Ferris. This is a graphic novel is…
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The Game is Over (our game retrospective)
Welcome! I'm so glad you guys are listening to this wonderful and hilarious conversation where four friends talk about the best and worst moments from the last four books. If you haven't been following, we've been on the theme of "Comics Based on Video Games." The books we read for this theme…
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So...they made a manga of Assassins Creed...
Hello all! Welcome to our final book in the theme of "Comics based on video games". We hope you've been enjoying them half as much as we have recording them! Today's review is of the manga "Assassin Creed Awakening" based on the video game Assassins Creed Black Flag. The protagonist of our story…
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A Prequel to a Video Game We Didn't Know We Needed? (Arkham Knight comic)
Hello all! Welcome to the next episode in our theme of "Comics based on video games". We hope you've been enjoying these episodes at just a fraction of the joy we get from making these episodes! Batman Arkham Knight (the comic) takes place in the Batman Arkham games universe and set between the…
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The Comic People Waited Seven Years For (Team Fortress 2)
Hello all! We apologize for the terribly long time it took for this episode to come out. It seemed it took almost as long for this episode to come out as did this comic to finish! And just like when this comic was finished, we all rejoiced that there was finally an ending. All jokes aside, for…
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He just a fast guy! (Sonic Scrapnik Island)
Hello, everyone! Welcome to the second episode in our theme "Comics based on video games"! We've been enjoying recording these episodes and we hope you've been enjoying listening to them. In today's episode we cover Sonic: Scrapnik Island. Sonic and Tails crash land on Professor Robotnik's...
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Oh, so this is what Street Fighter is (Street Fighter Alpha 2: Sakura Does Her Best)
Welcome everyone to our first review in our new theme of "Comics based on video games." For our first book we are reading Street Fighter Alpha 2: Sakura Does Her Best. Sakura is an aspiring street fighter. She has the will and the dedication to learn everything she can because ultimately, she…
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How are cults represented in comics?
Hello everybody! Welcome to our retrospective to our theme of Cults. For those who don't know we do this at the end of our themes. We take a look back at the comics we've read and compare them and give any final thoughts we have on them. The books we revewed for this theme have been 20th Century...
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The Woman Who Exposed a Blood Cult Turns Out to Be a Goddess (Luna)
Welcome all to our last book in our theme of Cults! We hope you've been enjoying this series of episodes as much as we've enjoyed recording these episodes. In today's episode we are reviewing "Luna" by Maria Llovet. Teresa is a young woman plagued by prophetic dreams that connect her to something...
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How Can Teens Find Themselves in a Town Owned by a Cult? (Loving, Ohio)
Welcome everyone to another striking review by The Comic Panel! In today's episode we are reviewing a comic titled "Loving, Ohio" by Matt Erman and Sam Beck! This is our third episode around the theme of cults. Loving, Ohio is a small town that is completely run by a new age cult known as the...
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Welcome to the Children of the Atom! (Ultimate X-Men (2024))
Welcome all, to our newest episode in our theme of Cults! Today we are reviewing Ultimate X-Men 2024 Vol 1 and 2 written and drawn by Peach Momoko. This is part of Marvel Comics new ultimate universe that re-contextualizes the Marvel Universe by having its history and geopolitical landscape…
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Is It Worse Not Knowing the Purpose of The Cult? (20th Century Boys)
Welcome back everybody! We are happy to present to you another great review from The Comic Panel! This episode is the first review of our new theme of Cults! The book we are reviewing is 20th Century Boys by Naoki Urasawa (Monster, Pluto). 20th Century Boys is a comic about a group of friends and...
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Superman Represents a Desire for a Better Tomorrow (Superman Retrospective)
Hello all! Have you missed us? We certainly have! Well, we are back with our final episode in our theme of Superman. This is our Superman Retrospective and we are happy to be welcoming back to the show Nat Yonce from the podcast Collective Action Comics! In this theme we read Superman vs Meshi,...
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Absolute(ly Not) Superman
Hello all! Welcome to our fifth episode in The Comic Panel's coverage of Superman! If you haven't been keeping track, we've read Superman vs Meshi, Superman and the Authority, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, the four part mini series: Phantom Zone, and now we are covering the...
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Phantom Zoning with Collective Action Comics
Hello all! Welcome to this special installment of The Comic Panel's coverage of Superman! If you haven't been keeping track, we've read Superman vs Meshi, Superman and the Authority, and Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow. Now we are reviewing the four part mini series: Phantom…
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Maybe it was good that Krypton was destroyed (Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow)
Hello all! Welcome to the next installment of The Comic Panel's jaunt into the world of Superman! If you haven't been keeping track, we've read Superman vs Meshi and Superman and the Authority. Now we are reviewing Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow written by Alan Moore. This collection...
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Superman's Secret Black-Ops Team (Superman and the Authority)
We are continuing our theme of Superman! The original Superhero who fights for Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow. In our second book we are reviewing Superman and the Authority. The writer for this book is none other than Grant Morrison along with Mikel Janin on art, as well as Travel Forman,...
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Superman becomes a Japanese food fiend! (Superman vs Meshi)
Dun da dun dun! Who’s faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and can leap tall buildings in a single bound. Is it a bird or a plane, no it’s Superman! We are starting a new theme focused on Superman, inspired by the wildly successful Superman movie that released last…
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So are we just not going to delve into it? (Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot)
Welcome all! Today we are reviewing Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot by Frank Miller and Geof Darrow as our third book in the theme focusing on Geof Darrow. The Big Boy and Rusty the Boy Robot is two-issue comic about an attack on Tokyo by a giant 4-armed, 4-legged, Iguana with atomic breath…...
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An ex-monk and a talking mule walk into the desert...
Welcome all! This is our review of Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow! Shaolin Cowboy: Start Trek is a story about the Shaolin Cowboy, a former Shaolin monk who wanders the land with a talking mule named Lord Evelyn Dunkirk Winniferd Esq. the Third. Having been "asked" to leave the Shaolin temple, he...
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Is is Geof or Gee-off? No, it's Lieutenant Blueberry - A review of Lieutenant Blueberry first issue
Hello all, and welcome to our new theme where we focus on the comic book artist Geof Darrow. For our first book we are reviewing Lieutenant Blueberry by Jean Giraud aka Moebius, a book that greatly inspired Geof Darrow. Lieutenant Blueberry follows two military members in post-Civil War America....
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Our Western comics retrospective but there's really only one book
Welcome all! If you read the title, you may be confused, but when you listen to the episode you'll get it. (hint: it's Elfquest). We are so glad you are taking the time to listen to our episode. There are many podcasts you could listen to and so the fact that you are listening to this one means a...
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The story of resilience, in comics and out of comics (Elfquest)
Welcome all! This is our fourth and final review for the theme of Western Comics Classics before our Retrospective. We hope you've been enjoying these episodes as they have been fun to record! Elfquest is a classic by Wendy and Richard Pini. The story focuses on the Wolfriders, a tribe of elves...
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The Book that made us ask "Did you have to go there?" (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
Welcome everybody! This is our review of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen vol 1 by Alan Moore. This is our third book in the theme of Western Comics Classics. This comic follows a group of individuals who are brought together by a woman who was recently divorced, by the name of Wilhelmina...
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Indiana Jones' More Drifter Cousin: Corto Maltese
Welcome everybody! Get ready an exciting adventure that awaits! The comic book for today is Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn. This is our second book in our new theme of Western Comics Classics. This comic starts off with Corto Maltese reclining in Madame Java’s Inn at Paramaribo in…
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When Galactus comes to town (The Galactus Trilogy + one more)
Hello all! Welcome to the first episode of our new theme Western Comics Classics! For this theme we pick western comics that are considered classics in the genre. For our first pick we are reviewing The Fantastic Four issues 48-50 aka The Galactus Trilogy and issue 51 "This Man This Monster". The...
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Reflecting on our own reflections (Continuations Retrospective)
Hello all! Welcome to our Continuations Retrospective, where we discuss the highlights from the books we read for the theme. Those books were The Magic Order vol 2, Something Is Killing the Children vol 2, Invincible vol 3, and The Department of Truth vol 2. For those who are listening for the...
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There is fiction in this work of fiction (The Department of Truth vol 2)
Welcome all! This is The Comic Panel, for those who are listening for the first time, we are a bi-weekly radio show/podcast comic book club covering any and everything regarding comics and manga. We have each co-host pick a book that follows a specific theme and review a book for each episode.…
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I think the show is better (Invincible vol 3)
Welcome all! Get ready to listen to our third review in our theme of Continuations! It's been a good theme so far and we are continuing right along into reviewing Invincible vol 3. And yes, we did cover Invincible volumes 1 and 2, but they were a radio exclusive back in 2021. To describe…
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Well that was abrupt (Something is Killing the Children vol 2)
Welcome! This our second episode in our theme of Continuations! For this episode, we are reviewing Something is Killing the Children vol 2 by writer James Tynion IV and illustrated by Werther Dell'Edera. Erika and James have defeated the monster...or so they thought. Turns our the monster had...
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Our *not so* favorite wizard mafia are back! (The Magic Order vol 2)
Welcome everybody to our first review in our theme "Continuations"! In this theme, we will review the next volume in a series that we've already reviewed. If you don't already know, The Comic Panel is a bi-weekly radio show/podcast comic book club covering any and everything regarding comics and...
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When a cult is behind the zombie apocalypse (The Gravedigger's Union)
Welcome all! In this episode we are reviewing The Gravedigger's Union vol 1 by writer Wes Craig and artist Toby Cypress. This is our third book in our Comics Roulette theme. In a world with witches, cults, yuppie vampires, steroid-zombies, and other monsters, who will be there to defend the…
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So all this is about a girl? (Sin City)
Hello all, welcome to our third book review in our theme of Comics Roulette. For those who are just joining us we are a biweekly radio show/podcast comic book club, where four friends discuss anything and everything regarding comics and manga. The way we do our show is we have one person choose a...
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Well there goes the suspense (Heroes in Crisis)
Hello all, welcome to our second book review in the new theme of Comics Roulette. For those who are just joining us we are a biweekly radio show/podcast comic book club, where four friends discuss anything and everything regarding comics and manga. The way we do our show is we have one person...
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Who knew time traveling could be so confusing (Cable Classic)
Hello all, welcome to our first reivew of the new theme of Comics Roulette. For those who are just joining us we are a biweekly radio show/podcast comic book club, where four friends discuss anything and everything regarding comics and manga. The way we do our show is we have one person choose a...
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How hard is it to find Plant comics? (Botony Postmortem)
Welcome everyone! Yes, we are wrapping up the Botony theme in this episode. For this theme we reviewed Man-Thing by Steve Gerber, Swamp Thing Green Hell by Jeff Lemiere, Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death by Amy Chu, and Groot by Jeff Loveness. In this episode you will find riveting discussions…
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I am Groot (Groot)
I am Groot
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Poison Ivy makes babies and becomes a neglectful helicopter parent (Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death)
The Ecology theme continues here! Welcome to our ecology theme where we look at comics that have characters that are associated with the natural environment. On today's episode Cody, Tailon, and Chawienta discuss The Poison Ivy by Amy Chu (Red Sonja) and Clay Mann (Heroes in Crisis), as well as...
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It's like the movie WaterWorld (1995) except with DC stuff (Swamp Thing: Green Hell)
The Ecology theme continues here! Welcome to our ecology theme where we look at comics that have characters that are associated with the natural environment. On today's episode Cody, Tailon, and Chawienta discuss The Swamp Thing: Green Hell by Jeff Lemiere (Underwater Wielder) and Doug Mahnke…
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Is it Normal to Burn at the Touch of our Man-Thing? (The Man-Thing)
The Ecology theme starts here! Welcome to our ecology theme where we look at comics that have characters that are associated with the natural environment. On today's episode Cody, Tailon, Jake and Chawienta discuss The Man-Thing The Complete Collection Volume 1 by Steve Gerber (Defenders) and Val...
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Morbid Curiosity Post Mortem
Morbid Curiosity theme ends here! Welcome to the end of our morbid curiosity theme where we look at comics that are supposedly the worst, but we need to find out just how bad they are. On today's episode Tailon, Jake and Chawienta discuss the four books that we covered over the course of the…
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Batman's quest to create the most traumatized child ever and use them as free child labor (All Star Batman and Robin)
Morbid Curiosity theme continues here! Welcome back to our morbid curiosity theme where we look at comics that are supposedly the worst, but we need to find out just how bad these are. On today's episode Cody, Tailon, Jake and Chawienta discuss All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder volume 1…
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Tony Stark Sterotypes His Way Into Friendship (Ultimate Iron Man)
Morbid Curiosity theme continues here! Welcome back to our morbid curiosity theme where we look at comics that are supposedly the worst, but we need to find out just how bad these are. On today's episode Cody, Tailon, Jake and Chawienta discuss Ultimate Iron Man volume 1 by Orson Scott Card...
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This might be the worst comic book of all time! (Marville)
Morbid Curiosity theme continues here! Welcome back to our morbid curiosity theme where we look at comics that are supposedly the worst, but we need to find out just how bad these are. On today's episode Cody, Tailon, and Chawienta discuss Marville by Bill Jemas and Mark Bright. I won't pull any...
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Did this Comic Ruin Your Childhood? (I Am Not Starfire)
A new theme starts here! Join us in giving in to our morbid curiosity with comics that are supposedly the worst, but we need to find out just how bad these are. On today's episode Cody, Tailon, and Chawienta discuss I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me) and…
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Recapping the Magic (theme)
Your four comicbook co-hosts recap their thoughts about The Magic Order, Books of Magic, Dr. Strange: Way of the Weird, and John Constantine: Hellblazer vol. 1.
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The Comic Panel: John Constantine - Hellblazer
The Comic Panel covers the first nine issues of the Swamp Thing spin-off that became a cornerstone for magic in the DC universe. With cutting political satire and seedy stories, enjoy our coverage of John Constantine Hellblazer Vol. 1 Original Sins (Written by Jamie Delano and Art from John...
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