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Third Issue

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Three friends, three mics, one couch in New Jersey. Comics, Marvel, DC, movies, TV, anime, gaming and whatever else is worth arguing about this week. Hosted by Mateo Zapata, Andrew Fuentes and John Villalona.

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  1. Darth Ultron the wise... | Third Issue Ep. 16

    Halloween episode: Mateo is Daredevil, John is a robber. We pay our respects to Patrick Stewart, ask why James Gunn needs a podcast to explain his universe, pick who dies in Doomsday, and get into two more episodes of Vision Quest.

  2. Is Clayface Better Than Joker? | Third Issue Ep. 15

    This week we catch up on Vision Quest: why it feels like old-school MCU, the Ship of Theseus, Ultron waiting in the background and the Jim Hammond theory. Then Clayface: the jump scares, the body horror, why it had to be rated R, Aaron Paul's two seconds, and whether the DCU could pull off a...

  3. Turn Off Your Brain And Watch Street Fighter | Third Issue Ep. 14

    Andrew missed our Lanterns episode, so this week he finally gets his say: why the show aired in a different order than it was written, why it needed a bigger budget, and how we would have rewritten the finale. Then it's the new Street Fighter movie, from the 1987 opening and Cody Rhodes as Guy to...

  4. Vision Is Jason Bourne Now | Third Issue Ep. 13

    Andrew returns and we look back at New York Comic Con: the interviews nobody wanted to give, the best cosplay we saw, and Mateo meeting Matt Hardy. Then the Marvel and DC news, Vision Quest, whether the fans really do know best, and why superhero movies should go back to making us feel like we…

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  5. Is Portugal better without Ronaldo? | Third Issue Ep. 12

    Today we talk Nations League and Messi's last dance. Portugal looks better without Ronaldo, and we get into why: the ego, the Saudi League, and what he's doing to his own legacy. Then Messi's last game, the Inter Miami versus Barcelona rumour, 17 Ballon d'Or nominations, and whether Lamine Yamal…

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  6. **SPOILERS** Goodbye Hal | Third Issue Ep. 11

    **SPOILERS** Today we give our immediate reaction to lanterns. Hal's goodbye, the moment Carrie pulls the trigger, and whether the Guardians have been the problem the whole time. Where John Stewart goes next, what season two owes Sinestro, and a 9.5 that neither of us planned to give.

  7. Mahershala Ali As Martian Manhunter? | Third Issue Ep. 10

    FULL SPOILERS for Marvel's Wolverine. We give away the whole game in the first fifteen minutes. The origin they actually went with instead of Weapon X, the ending that undoes everything you just played, Hal's funeral, Superman's three suits, and which Lantern ring each of us would get.

  8. Daredevil: Cancelled Again | Third Issue Ep. 9

    Daredevil got cancelled, and this episode is the three of us working through it in real time. Today we talk about Charlie Cox's future, that season 3 suit, the Blip season we never got, Doctor Doom forging the mask, and Thor's screaming goats.

  9. In Reeves We Trust | Third Issue Ep. 8

    Today we talk about Batman, Primetime, Gorilla Grodd, and a Spider-Man fan film so bad the internet renamed it "Racist Spider-Man." Andrew tells the whole Spider-Man Lotus story: the GoFundMe, the leaked DMs, the VFX team that walked out and put their footage out before the movie. Then the Batman…

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  10. "That's my Wolverine" | Third Issue Ep. 7

    Wolverine came out a few days ago and got review bombed before most people finished the first level... but was it really that bad? Also, the Daredevil game we actually want and why Andrew doesn't want Insomniac anywhere near it; the best game each of us has ever played; and how Lego Star Wars is...

  11. Justice League: Doom Should Be the DCU's Avengers | Third Issue Ep. 6

    Should Justice League vs the Legion of Doom be the DCU's Avengers? That argument ate half this episode and nobody won. Is James Gunn planting villains in Lanterns and the Jimmy Olsen show on purpose? Does the man take criticism from anyone? Andrew's defense: the DCU is one year old, Marvel got...

  12. Haunted Church | Buddy 2026 Review | Third Issue Ep. 5

    First take of a two-episode night, back on the couch with three mics. Mateo's Puerto Rico trip starts with a forgotten car-seat adapter and an Uber begged into a U-turn, then the room gets dark: a church basement, a girls' bathroom light that turned itself back on, a niece who pointed at the…

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  13. Is the DCU Actually Cooking? Lanterns Episode 2 and the Suit Debate | Third Issue Ep. 4

    The laptop died on us, so this one is two lav mics and a phone on a couch - and the camera hit its thirty-minute wall right before the sign-off. We got it out anyway. It is a DC week: is the DCU actually cooking, or did Marvel just have one good year? A Superman rewatch that keeps getting worse,...

  14. Resident Evil, Halo and Why Gotham Is in New Jersey | Third Issue Ep. 3

    Third Issue goes portable: John is travelling, so this one is a Discord session. We watch the new Resident Evil trailer together, get into Zach Cregger and Weapons, how the Halo show actually got made (and why season 2 ended up free on YouTube), Clayface, and the correct - New Jersey - location…

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  15. The Doomsday Trailer Did Nothing For Me | Third Issue Ep. 2

    The camera died again, and we kept talking anyway. This week: the Avengers Doomsday trailer lands very differently for the three of us, Mateo explains being six years old and meeting Chucky in Spanish on Telemundo, the new Cyclops casting gets the BossLogic concept-art treatment, and we each...

  16. Is Spider-Man: Brand New Day the Comeback? | Third Issue Ep. 1

    The origin. Two recordings died before this one — a laptop that was never plugged in, and a take that looped over itself. Third time stuck, hence the name. We review Spider-Man: Brand New Day, rate it 9.7 / 9.0 / 8.0, argue about how Peter Parker affords New York rent, and answer the question...

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Three friends, three mics, one couch in New Jersey. Comics, Marvel, DC, movies, TV, anime, gaming and whatever else is worth arguing about this week. Hosted by Mateo Zapata, Andrew Fuentes and John Villalona.

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How many episodes does Third Issue have?

Third Issue has 16 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on November 2, 2026.

What is Third Issue about?

Three friends, three mics, one couch in New Jersey. Comics, Marvel, DC, movies, TV, anime, gaming and whatever else is worth arguing about this week. Hosted by Mateo Zapata, Andrew Fuentes and John Villalona.

How often does Third Issue release new episodes?

Third Issue publishes weekly, based on its 16 episodes since August 2026.

Who hosts Third Issue?

Third Issue is created and hosted by Third Issue.
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