The Last Comic Shop Podcast

Time plays a critical role in this week's show as we review the 2026 Eisner award winner for "Best New Series" with Assorted Crisis Events volume 1 by Deniz Camp & Eric Zawadzki!  Plus we place 8 other Eisner award winning comics from the 2026 awards in a tournament bracket to see which one we will read on the podcast before the end of the year! Will it be Absolute Martian Manhunter? Lord of the Flies? Purgatory Funeral Cakes? Listen to find out!     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!

You don't need Excalibur to listen to this week's podcast covering DC Comics first ever maxi series with "Camelot 3000" by Mike W. Barr & Brian Bolland.   Plus we play a round of "Team Builder" where the Last Comic Shop gang will assemble an evil "Knights of the Round Table" out of famous comic book supervillains! Which baddies will be our brave King Arthur, our magical Merlin, and our sexy Guenevere? 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!

Revisit this live taping of the Last Comic Shop Podcast straight from the annual Pittsburgh based "3 Rivers Comic Con" earlier this year! Join Andy, Chad, Mikey & a whole slew of comic book fans in attendance as they pick the winner of this year's Best Super Hero Tournament Bracket! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood   Check out Pittsburgh's 3 Rivers Comic Con: https://3riverscomicon.com/ Find a New Dimension Comics Store Location: http://ndcomics.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!

The Last Comic Shop Podcast blasts off with the indie sci-fi series "Bridge Planet Nine" by Jared Throne this week! Plus celebrate those summer movie blockbusters with a trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share with your nerdy friends!    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!

All Things are new again this week as we review John Byrne's recent redux revisiting of his X-men run post Dark Phoenix Saga with "X-Men: Elsewhen Vol.1" by Marvel Arts!  Plus we talk about both the current state of Marvel's Mightiest Mutants and the lasting impact of those classic stories from the early 80s!   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!

Dust off your berets and pretend to look intellectual, kids! We are reviewing the artistic tour de force known as "Cages" by Dave McKean. Plus it's an Summertime themed round of our classic game "Mash Ups!" See how we pair classic teenage comic book characters with some of the most well known part time summer jobs 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!

Walloping Webspinners! We've got Spidey style action this week on the podcast!   First, it's a review of the Spider-Man: Brand New Day comic collection featuring stories from Dan Slott, Mark Waid, Zeb Wells & more!  Then it's the review of the new Spider-Man: Brand New Day movie starring Tom Holland & Zendeya!   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!

Coming straight from the depths of Hades, its a new take on arguably the most famous female superhero as we review the first volume of Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman & more!    Plus it's more "Listener Comments" where we comb our various social media & podcasting services for interesting tidbits left by you, our loyal fans!    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 continue our march towards the 2026 Eisner Awards this week with "Out of Alcatraz" by Chris Cantwell and Tyler Crook 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   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!

Celebrate our 300th episode with this 40th anniversary review of the legendary comic mini series "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller.    Plus it's time for a game of "Matches" where our contestants try to match comic book related "blanks" with our all star panel of past Last Comic Shop guests!    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood, Ethan Larson, Nicole Larson, Zach Thompson from Thompson's Comic Corner (@thompson2968.bsky.social), and 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!   Listen to Thompson's Comics Corner on YouTube: youtube.com/@ThompsonComicCorner2968

Girl Power! It's all about the Woman of Steel this week!  First, it's a review of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Everly!  Then it's the review of the new Supergirl movie starring Milly Alcock & Jason Momoa!   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!

Get ready for some fireworks as we continue our annual tradition of covering a Captain America comic series in honor of the 250th Independence Day of America! This year's entry is Captain America: Operation Rebirth by Mark Waid & Ron Garney! Plus we're pitting the most famous condiments up against each other in "The Last Sauce Shop" tournament bracket challenge!    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!

We are celebrating Mikey Wood's birthday by revisiting the very first time our favorite Pittsburgh based comic creator and aficionado ever stopped by the shop to share in his love of all things funny books!   Plus we take a look at Torpedo Volume 1 collecting the various crime noir gangster stories of one of comic book's most famous hitmen by Enrique Sanchez Abuli, Jordi Bernet, and Alex Toth.    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 are getting gothic this week celebrating the return of the legendary comic book creator Mike Mignola to both story and art with his book "Bowling with Corpses & Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown"! Plus we announce the 2026 nominees for induction into the prestigious Eisner Award Hall of Fame for comics! 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!

By The Power of Grayskull! It's a double dose of Masters of the Universe with this late entry to Movie "May"hem 2026!  First, it's a review of the original Masters of the Universe mini series from DC Comics released in 1982! Then it's the review of the new Masters of the Universe movie starring Nicholas Galitzine, Camila Mendes and Jared Leto!   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!

Dust off your fedora and oil up those web shooters as we take a look at the latest adventures of Spider-Man Noir in comic book form! That's right, it's the Gwen Stacy Affair mini series written by Erik Larsen! Plus we welcome back Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics & show runner of the annual Pittsburgh based 3 Rivers Comic Con to talk about this year's event! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott 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/ 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!

 Movie "May"hem 2026 comes to a close this week with a double dose of the Caped Crusader: Batman!   First up, its volume two of the highly acclaimed Absolute Batman series by writer Scott Snyder and artist Nick Dragotta which you can find in comic stores under "Abomination"!  Then, it's the Ultimate edition version of 2016 movie "Batman v. Superman, Dawn of Justice" directed by Zack Synder!    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!

Welcome back Last Comic Shop Fans! It's time to help kick off your summer season right by introducing the latest in the Last Comic Shop Podcast's collection of past episodes all linked together in one extended play mix!  Every May over at the Last Comic Shop, the gang celebrates the unique relationship between comic books and the cinema by showcasing comics and those movies that feature the same characters in an event they like to call "Movie Mayhem".  So for this mega pack, get ready to grab an extra large popcorn and settle into these comic book/movie review combos including:  1) The V for Vendetta comic book and 2005 film. Original Air Date: 5/31/2022 2) The Suicide Squad comic book and 2021 film. Original Air Date: 8/10/2021 3) The original Flash Gordon comic strip and 1980 film. Original Air Date: 5/16/2023 4) Ms. Marvel Team Up and 2023 The Marvels film. Original Air Date: 11/14/2023 5) Spawn the Complete Collection Volume 1 and 1997 film. Original Air Date: 5/7/2024 6) The Coldest City comic book and 2017 Atomic Blonde film. Original Air Date: 5/27/2025 Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood, Nicole Larson & Benjamin Morse (@BenjaminWMorse)    Order "We are Scarlet Twilight":  https://www.red5comics.com/uz-titles?category=We+Are+Scarlet+Twilight Support the Upcoming "Cobalt Crisis": https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/benjaminwmorse/scarlet-twilight-countdown-to-cobalt-crisis 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!

All Aboard! We're keeping Movie "May"hem on the tracks this week with our review of SnowPiercer, the post apocalyptic tale of a train keeping the last of humanity alive amid a frozen wasteland! First up is the original 1982 French graphic novel written by Jacques Lob and illustrated by Jean-Marc Rochette. Then, we review the 2013 movie by Academy Awarding director, Bong Joon-ho, starring Chris Evans & John Hurt!   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 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