The Last Comic Shop Podcast

We're getting Quacky this week with our annual Movie "May"hem event pairing movies & the comic books they were inspired from! Yes, it's the first 8 issues of the 1970s comic book series "Howard the Duck" written by Steve Gerber!  Plus we look back at one of the most infamous comic book adaptations of all time with the 1986 Howard the Duck movie starring Lea Thompson and Tim Robbins!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

We're kicking off Movie "May"hem 2026 this week! Our month where we pair comics and the movies inspired by them.  First up, its Volume One of the highly acclaimed Lone Wolf & Cub manga by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojim which you can find in comic stores under "The Assassin's Road"!  Then, it's the 1972 Lone Wolf & Cub movie "Baby Cart in Peril" featuring Tomisaburo Wakayama and Yoichi Hayashi!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

We are boldly going where no comic book podcast has gone before this week with our review of the Star Trek mini series "Red Shirts" by Chris Cantwell & Megan Levens! Plus, we take a look back at years worth of our fans feedback of various past episodes with a new segment we call "Listener Comments"!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

What would the DC Universe be without Superman? We hopefully will get answers to that with this week's Read Pile Review of "Justice League of America: The Nail" by Alan Davis & Mark Farmer!  Plus it's another round of our fan favorite game "Scenarios" where we dare ask the question: Which Superhero would be the best at being a Barbecue Cookout Grill Master?    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Take a deep dive into one of the most acclaimed graphic novels released in 2025 as we test our mythological mettle against "Drome" by Jesse Lonergan!  Plus another round of our most popular comic book related game: Blind Rankings! Who's the Most Powerful Female Super Hero? What's the most important position in baseball? See where we rank things when we don't know what selection is coming next!!    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott Guest Panelist: Nicole Larson   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

It's the Team Up of Century! Finally after decades, two of comic book most well known characters in Superman & Spider-Man join forces in a collection of stories done by a host of amazing creators! We cover them all in this exciting look at Superman/Spider-Man Issue 1!  Plus, with Marvel and DC playing nice again, we talk about our wish list for upcoming crossovers between these two historic comic book companies!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

We're wrapping up one Last Comic Shop month long event by teasing the next one! Yes, it's a preview of our upcoming Movie "May"hem month where we pair comics and the movies inspired by them.  First up, its Volume One of the highly acclaimed Punisher: Max series by writer Garth Ennis and artist Lewis Larosa which you can find in comic stores under "In the Beginning"!  Then, it's the 2008 Punisher: War Zone movie featuring the late Ray Stevenson & Dominic West.   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!  

On the heels of the hit second season of Daredevil: Born Again, we are using our fourth pick for the Merry Marvel March Society to take a closer look at the Man Without Fear! Only it's an OLD MAN Without Fear as we review Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven!   Plus we welcome fellow comic book podcaster, Zach Thompson, from Thompson's Comic Corner to chat about the current state of Marvel Comics...for better and for worse!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: Zach Thompson from Thompson's Comic Corner (@thompson2968.bsky.social)   Listen to Thompson's Comics Corner on YouTube: youtube.com/@ThompsonComicCorner2968   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

We are hoping to get lucky with this week's pick for the Merry Marvel March Society! It's the dystopian future of the Marvel 616 with "Earth X" by Jim Kruger, Alex Ross, and John Paul Leon!    Plus we look at the movies and comics released at the same time as issue 1 of this series in January of 1999!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

The Merry Marvel March Society for 2026 continues this week with the X-man turned cosmic defender, Phoenix! Yes, it's volume 1 of the 2024/2025 self titled series by Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo, and more!   Plus, it's the 5th Annual Mighty Marvel Trivia Challenge! Test your knowledge of all things Marvel against our panel of comic book geeks!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!    

It's the Kick Off to The Merry Marvel March Society in 2026 with 5 straight weeks of Marvel Comics!  As an added treat, we're welcoming comic book creator, John Davis, to the shop to talk about this selection: Spider-Man issue 17 by Ann Nocenti, Rick Leonardi & more!    Plus we'll be chatting about his upcoming comic book series, Terror Destruction Death Drones, set to hit Kickstarter next month!    Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott  Guest Panelist: John Davis (Terror Destruction Death Drones Series), Website   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Learn about some of the strangest Golden Age comics ever created courtesy of the Fantagraphics collection: "I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets!" created by Fletcher Hanks.  Plus another round of our most popular comic book related game: Blind Rankings! What's the Weirdest Comic book Crossover? Where's the most iconic fictional location? See where we rank things when we don't know what selection is coming next!!    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Reach deep into those buck bins, kids! This week we are reviewing an obscure 1980s cyberpunk fever dream called "Tailgunner Jo" by Peter Gills with artwork by Tom Artis. Plus it's an Olympic sized round of our classic game "Mash Ups!" See how we pair classic comic book characters with some of the most popular Winter Olympic games at random with hilarious results!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Blast off this week into our review of arguably one of the most famous indie comic book series with Maggie the Mechanic, a Fantagraphics reprint collection of Love and Rockets stories written and drawn by Jamie Hernandez.   Plus we take look at a recent list compiled by CBR.com of the Top 100 Comic Book Story lines of All Time! Which ones do we agree with? Which ones have we already covered on the show?  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

It's another YEAR OF CHAD pick as we review arguably one of his favorite comic runs ever with the Rob Liefeld years of New Mutants/X-Force recently collected in the X-Force Omnibus!    Plus we welcome fellow comic book podcaster, Zach Thompson, from Thompson's Comic Corner to chat about his favorite and least favorite members of Marvel's Mightiest Mutants!     Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: Zach Thompson from Thompson's Comic Corner (@thompson2968.bsky.social)   Listen to Thompson's Comics Corner on YouTube: youtube.com/@ThompsonComicCorner2968   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Welcome back Last Comic Shop Fans! It's time for the latest in the Last Comic Shop Podcast's collection of past episodes all linked together in one extended play mix!  The recently wrapped up Season 5 of the show had so many incredible episodes reviewing some of the best of what the comic book world has to offer. But we wanted to showcase some of our absolute favorites in this mega pack we like to call the Best of 2025!  So sit back and enjoy these evergreen past reviews including: 1) The 2025 Comic Book Fantasy Team Draft: Originally aired 1/7/25 2) Noir Burlesque: Originally aired 2/4/25  3) Jim Starlin's Warlock series: Originally aired 4/8/25 4) Heroes in Crisis: Originally aired 4/15/25 5) Local Man: Originally aired 6/17/25 6) The Original Marvel Secret Wars series: Originally aired 9/9/25 7) DC Comics' Warlord: The First 11 issues: Originally aired 12/16/25 Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood, Ethan Larson, Nicole Larson & George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)    Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!  

It's time to Toon in, kids! It's our review of Tony Fleecs & Dave Wachter's love letter to all those classic cartoons of our youth with the Eisner Award Nominated series, "Uncanny Valley" out of Boom! Studios.  Plus we take an in-depth look at "The 9 Rules of Road Runner/Coyote Cartoons", written by legendary animator Chuck Jones, which were used as a blueprint for every one of those classic Warner Brothers shorts!  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

We are checking one of the all time classics off the list this week as we review one of DC Comics most well known limited series of the past 30 years with "Kingdom Come" by Mark Waid & Alex Ross!    Plus we look at the music, movies, and comics released at the same time as issue 1 of this series in May of 1996!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Time is Absolute as the first "Year of JA" book of 2026 highlights one of our co-host's favorite intercompany crossover events: Valiant Comics' original Unity Saga by Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor Smith, Bob Layton & more!  Plus another round of our most popular comic book related game: Blind Rankings! What's the Lamest Superpower? Who's the most iconic Cosmic comic book character? See where we rank things when we don't know what selection is coming next!!    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

It's a Double Sized Episode Event to kick off our 6th season! Join all of your past favorite hosts and guests as we cover 23 issues of Spectacular Spider-Man written by JM Dematteis with art by Sal Buscema!    Plus a deep dive into the Movies, Music, and Other Comics released during this comic books two year run from 1991 to 1993!    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood, Ethan Larson, Nicole Larson & George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)  Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Our "DC"ember celebration concludes with our final book review of our fifth season: "Batman: Year One"  written by the legendary Frank Miller with art by David Mazzucchelli. Plus it's our annual "Year in Review" featuring our Top 10 picks for Best Comics of 2025!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Spend your Christmas with the Last Comic Shop crew as we review the first six issues of Ram V. and Evan Cagle's recent renewal of the New Gods series collected in the trade entitled "The Falling Sky"!  Plus Santa Mikey makes a stop at the Shop to pass out comic book related presents to all our loyal listeners!   Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Merry Christmas Last Comic Shop Fans!  At this special time of year, the Last Comic Shop celebrates DC Comics with their annual event they call DCember. And what kind of DCember would it be if we didn't celebrate one of their most famous heroes in the Dark Knight himself, Batman!  So grab a glass of eggnog, some festively decorated sugar cookies and enjoy evergreen past reviews including: 1) Batman & The Joker, The Deadly Duo: Originally aired 12/12/23 2) Absolute Batman Vol.1: Originally aired 8/5/25 3) Batman '89: Originally aired 5/21/24 4) Batman & Captain America: Originally aired 7/2/24 5) Batman, Going Sane & Joker, Folie a Duex: Originally aired 10/8/24 6) Batman, Venom: Originally aired 6/20/23 Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Ethan Larson, Nicole Larson, Mikey Wood & George from Shortbox Summary Interview Guest: Russ Braun (Batman, The Boys, Jimmy's Bastards): Website ; @RussBraun2/Twitter   Thanks to George from Shortbox Summary for supplying the intro! (@shortboxsummary)    Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop: https://www.teepublic.com/user/lastcomicshop

We travel to the underground world of Skartaris to celebrate the recent release of Mike Grell's high fantasy masterpiece "The Warlord" in Omnibus!  Plus we are finally planting our flag with a tournament of the top 16 Action Figure Play sets of all time! Which set from your childhood will emerge victorious from our brackets? Castle Grayskull? The USS Flagg? Listen and See!  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Ethan Larson    Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

We'd be "Lion" if we told you we didn't have another great book picked out for "DC"ember! It's Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughn and Niko Henrichon from DC Comics Black Label!  Plus we treat our fans with more Blind Rankings! What's the Best Christmas Movie? Whose Christmas Song reigns supreme? Who wins in a fist fight between The Grinch and Yukon Cornelius? Listen and find out!!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

We welcome back Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics, to kick off our annual "DC"ember event featuring 5 weeks of all DC Comics! This week's selection is all 12 issues of the "Dark Knights of Steel" Elseworlds story by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri & others featuring your favorite DC superheroes re-imagined in a high fantasy setting! Plus what's on our comic book Christmas' lists this year? Get the scoop on those books we are hoping Santa brings our way!  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & Mikey Wood Guest Panelist: Jon Engel   Check out Pittsburgh's 3 Rivers Comic Con: https://3riverscomicon.com/ Find a New Dimension Comics Store Location: http://ndcomics.com/

Autobots Roll Out with another Last Comic Shop Podcast episode featuring a licensed toy comic tie in series! That's right, it's the first 6 issues of the recent Skybound/Image reboot of the Transformers Comic by Daniel Warren Johnson!  Plus in preparation for our upcoming tournament on the "Greatest Action Figure Playset of All Time", we are debating which toys pass the mustard to be included among the 16 participates and which ones are best left forgotten.  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

It's time to uncover the comic book series that inspired the hit Marvel TV series with the original Jessica Jones: Alias, Issues 1-10 by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, & more !    Plus we look at the music, movies, and comics released at the same time as issue 1 of this series in September of 2001!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and Nicole Larson Guest Host: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)

We're going nuclear this week as the "Year of JA" continues with one of his all time favorite series: Valiant Comics original Solar, Man of the Atom run by Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor Smith, Bob Layton & more!  Plus another round of our newest comic book related game: The Lantern Line! Where do your favorite comic book characters rank in terms of being franchise players that can anchor their own books?    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

Face Front True Believers!   We've got six past episodes from our evergreen archives collected in one extended play format for you! All of the Marvel Books! All of them featuring arguably our most famous and frequent guest host, Mr. Mikey Wood!  Feast your ears on this collection of comics from the House of Ideas featuring:  1) Silver Surfer, Parable: Originally aired 9/28/21 2) Rom, Space Knight: Originally aired 3/12/24 3) The Uncanny X-men/New Teen Titans Crossover: Originally aired 1/31/23 4) The Infinity Gauntlet: Originally aired 8/1/23 5) The Sensational She-Hulk: Originally aired 3/16/21 6) The Longshot Mini Series: Originally aired 9/26/23   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood   Thanks to Mikey Wood for supplying the intro! (@spacemonkeymikey) 

The Avengers are assembling this week on the Last Comic Shop Podcast, as we look at this love letter to the Silver Age with "The Avengers: The Veracity Trap" by Chip Kidd and Michael Cho!  Plus, it's the 4th Annual Mighty Marvel Trivia Challenge! Test your knowledge of all things Marvel against our panel of comic book geeks!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

We're finishing out our spooktacular comic season for 2025 with a sultry tale of witchcraft that is equal parts sexy and scary! It's the Eisner award winning "Somna, A Bedtime Story" by Becky Cloonan & Tula Lotay!  Plus a good old fashioned game of "Mash Ups" where we dare to pair Marvel Cinematic Universe Characters and Most Iconic Monsters in Pop Culture together! Captain Dracula? Franken-Thor? Tune in to see what we come up with!      Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson

OH NO! There goes Tokyo! It's our review of Godzilla Monsterpiece Theatre from former Last Comic Shop Podcast guest, Tom Scioli!  Plus prepare to get schooled on the History of Supernatural and Horror related comics with our annual Halloween trivia game!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

We continue our macabre march through the world of spooky comic books this week with the first 10 issues of "House of Secrets" by Steven Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen released under DC Comics famous Vertigo subprint!  Plus, the Last Comic Shop gang holds a seance to summon the spirits of long passed comic book legends! Who will show up at the shop? Listen and SEE!!!!   Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

Happy Halloween Last Comic Shop Fans!  We've got Seven Spooky past episodes of the Last Comic Shop Podcast lined up for you in this extended play format featuring some of the absolute best our haunted house has to offer!  From a Tournament of the Best Trick or Treat Candy to the History of Oktoberfest to Terrifying Trivia games sure to liven up your Halloween Party, enjoy all of our Harvest time shenanigans while getting the lowdown on these creepy comics: 1) Marvel Zombies 3: Originally aired 10/10/23 2) My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 1: Originally aired 10/12/21 3) FrankenCastle: Originally aired 10/11/22 4) My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 2: Originally aired 10/1/24 5) Marvel's Blood Hunt: Originally aired 10/29/24 6) DCeased: Originally aired 10/24/23 7) Tomb of Dracula Issue 50: Originally aired 10/31/23   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Ethan Larson, Nicole Larson, & Mikey Wood   Thanks to George from Shortbox Summary for supplying the intro! (@shortboxsummary) 

The 2025 Halloween Season at the Last Comic Shop Podcast kicks off with a SNKIT this week! Yes, its our review of one of the greatest Wolverine stories of all time with the original "Weapon X" story from Barry Windsor Smith!    Plus we look at the music, movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as this series in March of 1991!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Host: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)

We are starting the Halloween season a day early with a book all about the supernatural and occult with a Filipino twist! It's Volume 1 of Trese entitled "Murder on Balete Drive" from Budjette Tan & Kajo Baldisimo! Plus we take a deep dive into one of most popular comic book collecting apps on the market: CLZ!  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

We're celebrating our 250th episode of the podcast with a trip back to the OLD WEST! It's volume one of the New 52 version of All Star Western from Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Moritat! Plus we unveil our newest comic book related game: The Lantern Line! Where do your favorite comic book characters rank in terms of being franchise players that can anchor their own books?    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

Watch out for evil alien snow and giant monster bugs as we dive into the strange world of the original Eternaut comic strip by Héctor Germán Oesterheld & Francisco Solano López, now adapted into a hit TV show on Netflix!  Plus we are planting our flag with a tournament of the top 16 comic book superheroes of all time! Who will emerge victorious from our brackets?  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Can you keep a SECRET? We welcome back George from Shortbox Summary to help us look back at the Grand Daddy of all Marvel Comics Event Crossovers with "Secret Wars" by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, and tons more!    Plus we look at the movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as the conclusion of this series in April of 1985!   Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) 

It's back to school here at the Last Comic Shop Podcast, as we look to educate you on a personal story of survival set in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. It's "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui. Plus we play another round of our classic comic book related game "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be the best school bus driver?"    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson

Walloping Webspinners Last Comic Shop Fans! Have we got a treat for you this Labor Day weekend!   It's another of our carefully curated collection of past episodes from our evergreen archives all spun together into one extended play experience! Get ready True Believers for a Sinister Six Pack of Shows all featuring the one and only Spider-man including reviews of:    Kraven's Last Hunt: Originally Aired 9/6/2022   Maximum Carnage and the Venom 2 Movie Review: Originally Aired 3/26/2024   The Death of the Staceys: Originally Aired 11/19/2024   Spider-Men and the Spider-man, No Way Home Movie Review: Originally Aired 12/21/2021   The Superior Foes of Spider-man: Originally Aired 7/27/2021   Spider-Men, Double Trouble and the Spider-man, Across the Spider-verse Movie Review: Originally Aired  6/6/2023   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood   Thanks to George from Shortbox Summary for supplying the intro! (@shortboxsummary) 

Rewind to this year's Live Stream For the Cure event as the Last Comic Shop Podcast takes a look one of the strangest comic book mash ups of all time with "The Punisher Meets Archie"! Plus fans challenge us to come up with some of the greatest hypothetical mash ups ever! From Captain Kirk vs. Steven Seagal to Jughead vs. Wimpy, get ready for the hilarity!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood Guest Host of Live Stream For the Cure: Nicholas Haskins   Special Thanks to the Live Stream For the Cure for hosting this year's event!   Support these other Cancer Fighting Charities mentioned on this week's show: The Susan G. Komen Foundation: No matter who you are or where you live, breast cancer may touch your life. Go2 for Lung Cancer: Help confront lung cancer on every front, every day, for everyone! The Prostate Cancer Foundation: Funding the world’s most promising research on the biology and treatment of prostate cancer. The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation: Together, We Can Solve the Puzzle of Pediatric Cancer.  

The Last Comic Shop Podcast tackles a giant sized modern day fable with "We Called Them Giants" by Kieron Gillan and Stephanie Hans this week! Plus a good old fashioned random trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Summer Bloc party!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Revisit six past episodes of the Last Comic Shop Podcast featuring The Man of Steel all in one Mega Pack!   Perfect for extended listening/streaming, these Superman shows from our evergreen archives deliver some of the best comics featuring that champion from Krypton!    Episodes in this Pack:    1) Superman: Red Son & Superman 2025 Movie Review. Originally aired 7/15/2025. 2) Superman: Super Corps. Originally aired 2/20/2024. 3) Superman Smashes the Klan. Originally aired 2/9/2021. 4) Superman '78. Originally aired 3/22/2022. 5) Superman vs. Imperious Lex. Originally aired 4/20/2021. 6) Superman vs. Muhammad Ali. Originally aired 6/21/2022.   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Nicole Larson, & Mikey Wood   Thanks to George from Shortbox Summary for supplying the intro! (@shortboxsummary) 

We've got one of the most interesting guests in the history of the Last Comic Shop Podcast this week as we welcome the supremely talented artist, Cynthia Von Buhler, on the show!   We'll be chatting about her versatility as a stage producer, children's book author, and latest turn as a graphic novelist with the Minky Woodcock series from Titan Comics including the latest entry "The Girl Called Cthulhu"!    Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)  Guest Panelist: Cynthia Von Buhler (Minky Woodcock Series, The Illuminati Ball, Evelyn Evelyn), Website

It's 96 ounces of Kick ass Batman this week as we look at the first 6 issues of the new Absolute Batman series by Scott Synder and Nick Dragotta! Plus we treat our fans with more Blind Rankings! Who are the best Batman writers? Who was the sexiest Lois Lane? See how we rank when we don't know what's coming next!?!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

The First Family of the Marvel Universe are taking center stage this week as it's all about the Fantastic Four!  First we've got the original 3 issue arc from the classic FF #48-50 featuring "The Coming of Galactus" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby!  Then blast off with our movie review of Fantastic Four: First Steps starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby! Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Nicole Larson

We continue our march towards the 2025 Eisner Awards this week with "Helen of Wyndhorn" by Tom King and Bilquis Evely nominated for "Best Limited Series" at this year's awards. Plus hear our predictions for the rest of the winners of comic books most prestigious industry award to be given at San Diego Comic Con later this week!   Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

Up in the Sky! It's A Bird! It's a Plane! It's an entire episode about SUPERMAN!   First, it's a review of the famous Elseworlds story where Superman becomes a Commie with "Red Son" by Mark Millar & Dave Johnson. Then its time for a movie review of Superman directed by James Gunn!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott