Issue #9 -- Cornular

On this week's Issue, Jonah and Lucas discuss some of their favorite ongoing comics, such as "Absolute Batman", "Captain America", "D'Orc", "The Mortal Thor", "Odin", and MANY more! Also, Lucas shares his thoughts on "The Iliad" and the first few books of "The Odyssey". Tune in next week for some thoughts on DC's new summer film "Supergirl"! Thanks for listening!

Art by Maddy Asma

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SPEAKER_00 0:00

Hello out there and welcome to Wesley's Pop Culture Club issue number nine. Woo!

SPEAKER_03 0:11

My name is Lucas. My name is Jonah. Jonah, how are you doing today? Hey, doing well, man. How are you doing today?

SPEAKER_00 0:17

Doing well.

SPEAKER_03 0:18

Doing well. Okay. Thank you.

SPEAKER_00 0:22

Pretty pretty apropos for today's content that we are creating. Exactly.

SPEAKER_03 0:29

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 0:30

For those of you who may not be uh in the know, we are a pop culture slash entertainment discussion podcast. Uh so we tackle various uh various pop culture concerns, such as movies, television, music, comics, and sometimes books. Wow. Sometimes even books. Sometimes even a little bit of books. Even a little bit. Even a little bit of books. I think today we might have some book discussion.

SPEAKER_03 0:59

Ooh, is it perhaps in a corn corner-like fashion?

SPEAKER_00 1:02

It's in a corn corner-like fashion. Yeah. Cornular.

SPEAKER_03 1:06

It's in it's a lot of thank you. That's why that's why I stumbled with the first corn, because I was going to say that word and I was like, eh.

SPEAKER_00 1:15

I have a very cornular understanding of the books that I'm going to be talking about today. Okay. Um, but uh, real quick before we get into that, into the all the corn, um, just in case, again, you may not know, we are on Instagram at Wesley's Pop Culture Club. We're on YouTube, and we're also wherever you get your podcasts, you have to have found us somehow if you're listening to this currently. You gotta be on one of the unless you're just listening to this and your friend put it on in their car, in which case we apologize.

SPEAKER_03 1:52

Yeah. Um and you should uh do something to that friend to some know what. Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:58

I mean, finish the episode so we get the stats, and then like tell your friend, don't ever do that shit to me again. Yeah, exactly. All right. Um, I'm gonna just dive in here. We have a very special edition of Lucas's Book Corner. It's special because I finally finished We haven't seen that guy in a while. Yes. Pug. Pug and a peanut. It's special because I finally finished this damn thing. Oh my gosh. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 2:32

That you were on that for a while.

SPEAKER_00 2:35

I may have fallen behind on my book quota for the year. But you know what? I'm gonna catch up. It's mustard. Yeah. Not this again. I don't do the mustard. I don't play mustard.

SPEAKER_03 2:48

Dude, no, that's awesome. Congrats on finishing that.

SPEAKER_00 2:51

Thank you. I have finished um for the audio only listeners, the Iliad of Homer. Ooh. Translated by Richmond Lattimore. Excellent. Um It was great. Moving on. No. Um No, it was good. Uh I think I got a little bit um restless, I guess, with the uh with the story as it went on. It's just very long and it's all set in like one location basically over the course of like a few days or weeks. And uh like a couple weeks. So it's like it's just a lot. It's very, you know, it's this sprawling epic, and there's so many characters. I think I talked about this like maybe last month or the month before. Um and the I feel like the one thing that this book, this poem, like did for me was get me really excited for the one that I'm reading now, which is The Odyssey of Homer. Yes. We're getting prepped. Is this a sequel? I it is, yeah. It is actually nice. Uh I think there's some some debate as to whether they're written by the same poet. Um, but uh Richmond Lattimore made it pretty clear in the intro to this one that he thinks there is only one poet. Um and I feel like given the way that they're both written so far, I'm only like there's 24 books in this as well, and I am only through the first few, probably like three. Um, but there's a lot of like similarities in tone and style that um make me think that if not just one poet, then maybe like a sort of teacher and apprentice kind of thing. Like maybe the teacher is responsible for most of the Iliad, and then the apprentice is responsible for most of this. He offered that as a possible explanation as to like some differences in like whatever may arise um later on in the book. But I haven't noticed anything crazy that would lead me to believe they're written by different people. Um yeah.

SPEAKER_03 5:08

Um so what like kind of scene are you at in the Odyssey?

SPEAKER_00 5:13

So actually, um I so I read this book in high school. I read like at least part of it. I know. I don't I don't think we read the whole thing because it was like out of a textbook that we had, I think. So I think it was just passages. And this is basically divided up into three parts. So the first part is what they call the telemachy, which deals almost entirely with Odysseus's son. Like I am I am three books deep, and Odysseus has not appeared.

SPEAKER_03 5:46

Interesting.

SPEAKER_00 5:47

Yeah, he's been like mentioned a lot and he's referred to. He is like the guy, but um it's kind of following around his son right now. Um, and then there is The Great Wanderings, is the second part, and I think that's something like books five through eleven, maybe. And that's kind of like that's what I remember reading from from high school, is like his interaction with like the Cyclops and the cannibal people and um like Calypso, uh Skillen, Charybdis, like the Whirlpool and everything. Um I remember that because I feel like that's kind of the most like fantastical element. And then like the whole back half is like him is like his return journey, I guess, like from this island where he's been telling um these people like what happened to him since he left Troy. Um so all of the like great wanderings are told like are him telling the story. Okay, but I have not hit that part yet. Yeah, all of this was just explained to me in the intro. Um, I'm still in the Telemachy, so currently um Athena has come down and visited Telemachus, who is Odysseus's son, who will be played by Tom Holland in uh in the movie. Yeah, that's right. Let's get it, and she has kind of inspired him to uh to be um faithful in the fact that his father is still alive out there somewhere and to go into some nearby towns and to seek news of him. And uh so that's kind of what he's doing right now. Hmm. Yeah. Interesting.

SPEAKER_03 7:26

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 7:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 7:27

So that's where we're at. I don't yeah, I just remember reading the The Great Wanderings, and it must have been two in in high school.

SPEAKER_00 7:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 7:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 7:33

All the really like crazy, crazy stuff seems to be happening in there. I kind of hope the movie is like ten percent books one through five, ten percent books twelve through twenty-four, and like eighty percent just the great wanderings. Um, because seems like it would that's the stuff that would translate the best to me on screen. But you know, I trust Christopher Nolan. So whatever happens, happens, and I'm along for the ride. Whoo! And we've got our tickets. Yes, we already got them.

SPEAKER_03 8:08

Yeah, we do. Yeah, we're gonna see the 70 millimeter film version. Oh my god, dude. That is gonna be awesome. And I've never been to to the Oriental Theater.

SPEAKER_00 8:17

Same. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 8:18

Okay, never been. Oh, that's filming your first time. Yeah. Sweet. Very excited. Yeah. Yeah, we had to buy them a month ahead of time. Yeah. Right? A little more than a month. I don't I don't know what we had to, but it felt good too.

SPEAKER_00 8:31

It did feel dang good because now we're we're prepped. Now we're set, we don't gotta worry about it. Yes, you know. I don't know what the seating capacity in there is. Yeah, not sure. Seems like it would be big, but yeah, probably pretty big.

SPEAKER_03 8:43

Probably pretty big. Yeah. Probably pretty big. Well, this goes back to our last or a couple issues ago when we were talking about uh how thankful we are for online e-ticketing. Online ticket sales. Online ticket sales, right? Yeah. And that's what this podcast is brought to you by.

SPEAKER_00 8:59

Imagine, yes. Yeah. Imagine though, like we go all the way to Milwaukee to see this movie. Yes. Right? We get there, no tickets.

SPEAKER_03 9:09

I would be devastated.

SPEAKER_00 9:10

I would cry.

SPEAKER_03 9:12

Yeah, I would cry.

SPEAKER_00 9:13

I'm not afraid to say it. I would how long would you cry? At least the length of the movie. Until I saw people coming out of the theater. And then I might cry again seeing them having enjoyed themselves watching the film, you know. Right, right. So man.

SPEAKER_03 9:32

Yeah, that would suck. It would suck. Wouldn't like that.

SPEAKER_00 9:35

No.

SPEAKER_03 9:35

Yeah. But it's also created this like fear loop that if somebody does go there, and what was I gonna say? Now now now, like for me, I feel like I always have to. Sure. You know what I'm saying? And I'm like, oh, what if I don't? Always have to get them ahead of time. Always have to get them ahead of time.

SPEAKER_00 9:51

Yeah, but at least that's like a quick then you just do it and it's over. Then it's over. You know? Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 9:57

Like it's a quick little thing. But I do miss the spontaneity. Yeah. Because that's what I did for the last movie where we bought them there. Nintendo. And I was like, I was freaking out like that like days before for a couple days. Yes. I was like, is there gonna be and it was like I think the first Saturday, it was the first Saturday night. So I was like, oh my gosh. Yeah, my whole day is gonna be ruined.

SPEAKER_00 10:22

Oh yeah. But we were good. And then we may not have been able to talk about it on this podcast.

unknown 10:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 10:29

That would have been I would have been absolutely furious. If you haven't heard that, go check out issue six. Issue six. Yeah. Six. Yeah, because seven was uh check out issue six.

SPEAKER_03 10:41

Check it out. It's wherever. It's wherever.

SPEAKER_00 10:45

Ever you get them.

SPEAKER_03 10:46

It's just wherever.

SPEAKER_00 10:48

It's wherever. It's just out there in the ether.

SPEAKER_03 10:50

Yeah, it's right over there.

SPEAKER_00 10:51

Just reach out, grab it. Oh wow. Put it in your ear holes. Man, is that healthy? No. You're actually not supposed to put anything in your ears.

SPEAKER_03 11:00

Oh okay.

SPEAKER_00 11:03

Well, it's fun though. Most things that are fun are not healthy, and vice versa.

SPEAKER_03 11:10

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 11:10

You notice this?

SPEAKER_03 11:11

Yeah, and that taste good are not healthy too.

SPEAKER_00 11:14

Maybe it's just me. But for me, that's how I find my existence these days. I get it, man. Hey, you know what? We're here for a good time, not a long time. Yes.

SPEAKER_03 11:28

Where what are we at right now?

SPEAKER_00 11:29

Are we doing good on time? Yeah. Alright, we're good. Yeah, we're good. But uh yeah, let's transition into our um Oh, you were saying about life in general. Oh yeah. Oh well, and this show, I guess. Yeah. But actually, this show is gonna be we've discussed this, it's gonna be around for a long time. Oh yeah, yeah. Like, so it's probably not gonna be a good time. It's gonna be a bad time, but a long time.

SPEAKER_03 11:50

Yeah, it'll but it'll be had uh it'll have longevity. At least thousands.

SPEAKER_00 11:57

Um all right. Should we should we get into our our actual uh topic of discussion for the day? Let's get into the topic of discussion for the day. Let's get into it. Jonah, so what are we talking about on this issue?

SPEAKER_03 12:08

Oh my gosh. Wow, what a question. I am honored to be here. Thank you. We are here to talk about some comics, guys. Guy. Guy comics. Did you ever hear about them? You ever see them? Not before this. Really? Yeah, I mean, I I've seen a couple of them laying around. Laying around. But I we got some comics.

SPEAKER_00 12:34

Not me. I got here and you shoved all these comics into my arms and said, read these. We're gonna talk about them. And you read them all right before this. I'm a speed reader.

SPEAKER_03 12:42

You are a speed reader.

SPEAKER_00 12:45

I'm a speed reader. Sometimes I'm just Pete Talker.

SPEAKER_03 12:50

Hey, are we all though?

SPEAKER_00 12:51

I'm a midnight toker.

SPEAKER_03 12:55

Yes. Okay, first up to bat. First up to bat. Lead off to bat. We got Abby Bats. Abby Bats, baby. And in the the long hand, that's absolute Batman number 20.

unknown 13:08

Number 20.

SPEAKER_03 13:09

Published by DC Comics, written by Scott Snyder, drawn by what's his first name? Nick Dragota. Nick. And I think the colors are Frank Martin. Frank Martin, baby. Oh yeah. All right. What do Lucas? What do we got? Smacking. It's smacking. This book is smacking. It's just, it's going hard. Every I mean, it's just this issue right here was a freaking banger. Yeah. We got that absolute scarecrow guy scaring the shit out of me. Oh my god. That guy is a nice bear. I cried. Really? 15 minutes. Wow. Well, it was not as long as the Odyssey length, but No, no, no, no.

SPEAKER_00 13:51

Not quite that long.

SPEAKER_03 13:52

What why does this smack to you?

SPEAKER_00 13:56

Man, it's just uh honestly, for me. So, first off, there's just a lot of good storytelling going on here. Yeah. There's a lot of world building, there's a lot of interesting twists on the DC mainline universe that I'm enjoying. For me, the most like tension-filled part of this issue is in the middle when Batman is at Blackgate Penitentiary and he has a discussion with Scarecrow, and Scarecrow sort of manipulates Joe Chill, who is the murderer of Batman's father, into hanging himself in his prison cell.

SPEAKER_03 14:37

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 14:38

Not cool. Scared the shit out of me.

SPEAKER_03 14:40

Yeah, that was scary.

SPEAKER_00 14:42

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 14:43

And also, he kinda. It's a little like, you know, it's kind of graphic and stuff for suicide stuff, but he just like pushes him. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm like, this guy is fucked up. Like I cannot wait for Batman to kick his ass if that ever happens, which I think does.

SPEAKER_00 15:02

We got another Bat Ombre in the absolute Batman. They just keep on coming. Come on. Churning him out?

SPEAKER_03 15:10

After Bane? Bane was unspeakable what he did. Unspeakable. I don't even want to talk about it. That guy, I can't even it cannot be spoken about. No. And now we got this dude just coming in here thinking he can just do whatever he wants and have a whole bunch of people kill themselves, which is messed up. Messed up. But I would agree that part, that part with the uh with in uh the jail, the penitentiary was like definitely kind of the climax of this issue for me. Um I also like this okay, I like the element of the robins coming in here too. The issue ends with like all or like the main robins about to just fight Batman. Crazy cliffhanger. Crazy cliffhanger. All the cliffhangers on this series have been incredible. Like every issue is an awesome cliffhanger. Um yeah, I just feel like he really needs some help, some backup.

SPEAKER_00 16:16

Yeah, I like that Alfred is like, kid, get out of there, run. He's just like, no. Oh, I don't remember that part. It's like the like the very last page. He just stands back off his chest, and he's like, No, I'm gonna kick some ass, actually.

SPEAKER_03 16:32

Yes, and that's like Ben his MO lately as well. Oh, yeah. He's just like he's just completely saying F you to Alfred, basically.

SPEAKER_00 16:42

Yeah, he needs the help, but he doesn't he does not want it at all.

SPEAKER_03 16:46

And maybe that will be as you may turn around, maybe maybe where he's like, I'm gonna need your help.

SPEAKER_00 16:51

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 16:51

Um But yeah, it just seems like so okay. The other thing I wanted to mention was there, I remember he visits with um there there's some scenes with his friends who are now all like you know, basically it seems like they're turning into villains against him because Bane did these horrible things to them because of Batman. Besides um Eddie's name. Or Wa was saying. Oh Waylon, yeah. Yeah, what was so where was Eddie at? Eddie is in here.

SPEAKER_00 17:23

I don't know. I mean it's it doesn't look great, but yeah, he he just seems less angry about it than like Oswald and Harvey. Um goes to talk to him, I guess. And he says, I'm not angry at anyone, I'm just occupied.

SPEAKER_03 17:45

Hmm. That seems a little vague, you know, demands an enigma. He he is Enigma. He's him. He is, yes. So that'll be interesting to see. So he's gonna like I hope Whalen can help him out. Yeah. Um also Waylon is back to a human. He is. So that's cool. So Diana, thank you. Salute you. Our hats are on to you, right? Yeah, they are right on, tight. Um, so that was cool. But yeah, this has been uh just awesome. I feel like we were saying it kind of dropped maybe a little bit during the Ivy arc, but man, it's back.

SPEAKER_00 18:22

We're back. Yeah, we're back, baby. Buy this. Okay, go get it. Next up, another one that you should go by. Dork number four. Dork four. Dork four. Now, this is an image comics book. Um, this one is written by Brett Bean. Um and drawn by him. And then I believe there's some coloring assisting going on by Jean-Francois Baulieu. Not sure that I'm doing that right, but it seems right. Our hats are on to you, Jean-Francois. And then lettering by Nate Piekos. And uh Jonah. How'd you feel about Dork 4?

SPEAKER_03 19:10

I I did enjoy this one. Um I really I really like this series. It's very fun. It's funny. It's fun and funny. Nice. Yeah, we like those. We like those things. We do. Um I I kind of want to see a little more uh of the plot moving along.

SPEAKER_00 19:35

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 19:35

I feel like it's kind of like a little stagnant in these past couple issues, um, like in my opinion. But it I do like this one because we're we kind of uh are learning a little bit more about Dork's motives. Right. Like there's a little bit more like one-on-one. Um and I but I I I I just say like overall I really like this world.

SPEAKER_00 20:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 20:04

Because it for me it's like it's just like something as a kid I know I would really like.

SPEAKER_00 20:09

Right.

SPEAKER_03 20:10

And so I still like it, because that kid's still in me. Um But it's just like I love like Brett Bean is one of my favorite artists now, which I like it's because of this book, and I just love the kind of the cartoony look of it. It's very crisp and clean, the colors look amazing. Um so like overall, like this is a beautiful book. It's fun, like I said, but like uh what I mean by that is like it's like kind of a nice break from like absolute Batman, like kind of honestly in my whole stack, like I know this is just gonna be a good time. It's a fun time, it doesn't take itself seriously, right?

SPEAKER_00 20:47

It's very goofy. It's very goofy, yeah. I love that.

SPEAKER_03 20:49

What what about you?

SPEAKER_00 20:50

Yeah, I agree. I I have been kind of feeling the same way about the sorry the sor sort of the story. Um speed talking got the best of me there. Um, but I it seems like, you know, there's they're kind of planting seeds that maybe in the next issue or couple issues there's gonna be some some stuff going down there, going to find the silver witch. Um and maybe we'll get some more some more lore and some uh some plot progress with that, you know. Um but yeah, I agree. This it's just uh this is kind of a like uh I mean I don't mean this in like a I'm not invested in it way, because I am, but this is just kind of like a like you said, like a good time. Like it's a fun read. I'm not going to read anything in dork that I can tell that's gonna like mess me up for a few days, you know? Totally. Um which some of the other polls that I've got uh will will tend to do. Um so I like that. It's just kind of like I mean it can be like simultaneously gory and like it charming, you know. Totally. Which I like that a lot.

SPEAKER_03 22:00

I feel like that's kind of what makes it original and unique, is that it is very gory. Um, but it's like it's not offensive or anything. Right. It's still like it's just kind of funny.

SPEAKER_00 22:13

Yeah. So no, I agree. Super uh like the dialogue is super well written. Yes. Um, it's just goofy. Lots of like one-liners and stuff. Yes. I love that totally.

SPEAKER_03 22:24

Alright. We'll throw that in the stack.

SPEAKER_00 22:27

Alright, that's in the stack. Uh next up, Jonah is going to take us into a comic that he's been reading that I have not been reading. I know nothing about this.

SPEAKER_03 22:38

Whoa! Okay. Okay, so we got Amazing Spider-Man number 28. Um written. Okay, this is uh published by Marvel Comics, written by Joe Kelly. Jokeli. Jokeli. Uh art by Corey Smith in ink by Orin Jr. And coloring by Marcio Menyaz. So there's a lot. A lot of people in this. Um I I really like so this issue in particular was like an in-between kind of issue, an in-betweener.

SPEAKER_00 23:10

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 23:10

So it's like um we just learned in I believe the one that comes right before this is the free comic book day issue, where we actually learn that Peter has a cousin. Right. And I did read that one. You did read that one. We did read the free comic book day one, yes. So he has a cousin that he did not know about, um, which I can't remember his name at the moment. Trevor Ford. I don't think it's Trevor. I think they say the last name, but anyways. Parker. Is that Parker? Ah, that would make sense. That would make sense. But um, so it's like revealed uh that that is revealed. And um so this one, yeah, he's just kind of like he's kind of like, oh my gosh, I have all these like he's kind of like decompressing after everything that happened because a lot of stuff has happened where he went into space earlier in this run, and now he's back. Um he was punched into space by this guy named Hellgate. Yeah, you told me about that. That's freaking awesome. Yeah, it's pretty like kind of a funny concept. And um, Mary Jane is Venom, and then he's got this cousin, and so he's kind of like, oh my gosh, this is a lot. And then it's like Doctor Strange is like, there's this time portal that's about to close, or this this like portal is about to close, and you have to come and like fix it right now. And he's like, Come on, like, what? And this is actually from I was read or it says in here that it's from the eight deaths of Spider-Man, which is like a run that a little mini run that started right before this one.

SPEAKER_00 24:50

Okay.

SPEAKER_03 24:50

Which I did not read all that. So, anyways, kind of just some hijinks ensue. And uh by the end of this year, well, also he kind of gets reconnected with his friends that he met in space who have been a really awesome group of of uh characters. Nice. And kind of by the end, he there's been a character who's been appearing throughout this run a little bit, uh, named Kinsugi. And basically he he's like younger than Spider-Man, he looks up to Spider-Man and he ends up giving Spider-Man advice because he's like kind of at his wit's end. He's like on top of a roof and he's not not gonna jump. Okay, but he's just like he's just like, oh man, like this is a lot to handle. And uh and the guy's like um he's like like you're gonna be okay, basically. Nice, you're gonna be okay. Like, like take it one step at a time. And so now we're going into we're about to go into this next little arc, I believe. Um so I uh zooming out, I really so I really like this run. Spider-Man is my favorite character, so like I'm gonna like pretty much, yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna say I said it. It's out there, it's there.

SPEAKER_00 26:01

Boom. You're on the record.

SPEAKER_03 26:03

It's on the record, right?

SPEAKER_00 26:04

You know I'm recording this, right? Oh, you are shooting out every Friday.

SPEAKER_03 26:10

Really?

SPEAKER_00 26:10

Yeah. Wow, okay. Is it where can I get it? It's out there. It's out there?

SPEAKER_03 26:16

It's out there. Anywhere? Yep. Okay. Good.

SPEAKER_00 26:19

Good. Just watch out for your ear health.

SPEAKER_03 26:22

Oh, I I usually do. Okay. Yeah. Cool. I like to do that. Um, but uh yeah, I I just this has been a really good run so far, and I like I'm gonna probably like anything that Spider-Man is involved with, but um we're leading up to Spider-Man a thousand, which is coming out in in September, which is going to be kind of touching on the cousin aspect, it sounds like that's gonna be the main focus of the story, the main story. So um good quality. I like it. Is Spider-Man a thousand gonna be a thousand pages? God, I hope no. I hope not. I hope no. No, it's actually gonna be, I think a hundred and four. Oh, okay. It's gonna be a thick one. Yeah. It's gonna be like ten dollars thick.

unknown 27:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 27:04

That's gonna be nasty. Thick masked. It's gonna be disgusting.

SPEAKER_00 27:12

God, I hope so. Okay, man, what do you got next? All right, man. I got uh I've been pulling a few books from Image lately that are kind of recent uh first issues, like just starting. And the first one here is called Red Roots. Ooh, Red Roots. Very ominous cover. Very ominous, yeah, very ominous cover and uh very ominous insides as well. Oh. Um this is, like I said, an image book. And um this is written and drawn and colored by Lorenzo de Felice and lettered by Russ Wooten. Um and so this one is, like I said, pretty ominous. Uh, there's kind of like two stories going on at one time in this first one, and one of them is like this teacher who keeps finding severed heads in her apartment. Oh, I remember you talking about this. Oh my gosh. The other is like this guy uh who's like kind of like a hitman or like an agent of some sort who's infiltrating like um like a drug operation building, and he's just slaughtering people. And he's working his way up to the top floor, and he gets to the top floor, and he kills like the head honcho guy, and then at the same time he gets shot so many times, and then he falls to the floor, and these roots come out of the ground and like pull him through the floor, and the guys who shot him are like, What the hell's going on there? So this was crazy, honestly. For like a first issue, um, this is probably one of the better first issues I've ever read. Um it was just non-stop, like very eerie, and goes back and forth between like the teacher and this guy, the hitman sort of guy. So it was really cool, and I really like the tone. Um, and then the second one came out, and the this one did end on like I don't know what to call this guy, but like there is a character who comes in through the teacher's door at the end of the first issue. She finds like a heads everywhere. Like she finds the first head, calls the police, and then she's like out of her house while they're investigating for a few days, and then she comes back and she immediately finds like ten more, like all throughout the house, and she thinks she's like kind of losing it. So she goes into her bathroom, and then this guy, this giant guy with like a club, like he almost looks like an ogre or a troll, comes in through the door, like breaks down her door, comes in and says, I think you have something of mine. And so it's unbelievable. Yeah, it's crazy. And so it ends on like a weird, like kind of fantasy note almost. And then I will say, like, the second one for me kind of slowed down a little bit, but they leaned really hard into the fantasy side of things, but kind of at the cost of like some of the eeriness, which is kind of a big thing that I liked about that first issue. So I'm still invested for sure, but uh yeah, I uh have been enjoying that one.

SPEAKER_03 30:24

Okay, that was a really good review of that. Thank you. Interesting. Thank you. Yeah. I mean, that sounds pretty cool. I hope that it gets a little bit better in the next one.

SPEAKER_00 30:31

Yeah, I mean, you know, it's only two issues, so I'm sure I'm sure the uh consistency will will become more clear as it goes on.

SPEAKER_03 30:40

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 30:40

But all right, moving along.

SPEAKER_03 30:44

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 30:44

What do we got next? You want to intro this one?

SPEAKER_03 30:46

I'll intro it. Next up we got Daredevil number two.

SPEAKER_00 30:50

Daredevil number two.

SPEAKER_03 30:51

Daredevil. Love Daredevil. Daredevil. Um that is published by Marble Comics, written by Stephanie Phillips, drawn by Lee Garbit, and the colors is also by Frank Martin.

SPEAKER_00 31:05

That's our man. He's he's in these books. He's in these books. He's putting in the time and the work.

SPEAKER_03 31:11

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 31:12

And he's gonna give that guy a raise already.

SPEAKER_03 31:15

What do we think, Lucas? We like Same here, bro. We like We like this Daredevil guy.

SPEAKER_00 31:26

I yeah, I mean, I don't I am intrigued by this omen fellow. Yes. Um totes. Uh, and and how this like kind of ongoing investigation is connected to what's going on with Matt, this like murder investigation thing. Um, and then like I mean, the big thing for me is that ending. Matt's about to get like obliterated by a car, and uh, he gets swooped up by the one and only thwip thwip thwip thwip spoderman. Spoder saving the day. Spodermen coming at you live. So I think I think three came out last week. Um so I'm pretty excited to uh get into that. I've I told Joan I've been falling a little bit behind on my uh on my stacks just because there's so damn much in there. Gosh. But we'll get there. It's a thick stack. We'll get there and we'll talk about it and you'll hear all about it. Right here on the podcast. But what did you think about Daredevil 2?

SPEAKER_03 32:30

Dude, I I really like this. Um I I f feel like like uh Stephanie Phillips is a really good writer. Everything is like moving at a nice pace. Yeah. It's nothing feels rushed, it feels very like real life paced. Um everything feels sort of deliberate.

SPEAKER_00 32:52

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 32:53

Like I'm kind of stealing this also from um uh another podcast that I like. But it does feel like she's very deliberate with like how we're gonna plan this out. There's different scenes that are deliberate. Um I liked probably my favorite scene was actually when the cops are on the the ship. They get like a tip to check out this ship. Yeah, the old tip ship. The old tip ship. And the ship tip ship tip. And they're looking around, and there's all these eyeballs just on the ground. And then they're like, what the hell is this? And then I think they uh they like that's the last scene of that. So I'm hoping they pick that up in the next one.

SPEAKER_00 33:34

Oh, yeah. Seems like something they'll probably go back to.

SPEAKER_03 33:37

They might go back to that because there's something going on. Um, so that was cool. And then um, oh yeah, some of the I wanted to also touch on the coloring, like the scenes with Daredevil fighting, it's really like quite literally popping off the page. Yeah. And we like a good pop in our Frank Martin. Frank Martin is just getting it done.

SPEAKER_00 33:58

Button in the work.

SPEAKER_03 33:58

But yeah, this is a really good issue. I'm really excited for the next one, also.

SPEAKER_00 34:04

Yeah, me too. Can't wait to talk about it. All right, I'm gonna dive into a couple more of these image books that I've been picking up lately. Oh, let's get this. So, first off, we've got an issue number one of If Destruction Be Our Lot.

SPEAKER_03 34:21

Man, that that cover is gorge.

SPEAKER_00 34:24

Yeah. Now, this is written by Matthew and Mark Elijah Rosenberg. Um, and then we've got art by Andy McDonald, colors by Francesco Segala, and letters by Hassan Osmani Elhau. And again, I am trying my best with pronunciations here, so I apologize. I love you all. Um, and yeah, this one is really interesting. Um, I really liked it. I was showing you before it's like very heavy, it's a really long first issue, which is cool. Um, so this is kind of a set in a future uh after humans are quote unquote extinct. Quote unquote. Whoa. Yeah. That's quite a big uh what if. Yeah. Anyways. And it centers around an Abraham Lincoln robot. Amazing. Who um he's kind of like he's kind of like malfunctioning, and he also is starting to question his existence. Like he's getting kind of bored with like the day-to-day. So he convinces his friend Bus, who is like an automated bus robot, to explore further beyond her established route. And so they end up in this area where um it seems like less uh I don't even know. It's like kind of like robot like I don't even know how to explain it. There's like it's like less presence, like everything seems to be like the robots are kind of in hiding and like they're kind of sketchy, like they don't seem to be adhering to like robot law and stuff. So okay. Um anyways, they are out there and the bus crashes because they are swerving to avoid what appears to be a human person. No. Yeah. Quote unquote. Quote unquote. Oh my god. So then the robot authorities appear on the scene, and they're like, it quickly becomes apparent that they know that humans are still alive and they're trying to keep it on the DL. Oh, come on. So they round everybody up and they arrest Abe, and that is how the issue ends. Wow, okay. Yeah, I'm kind of hooked. Yeah. No, it was really good. This was another one that I'm like, wow. Actually, all these all these image ones for like first issues, I'm in, you know. Like they're all they're all really, really good, very engaging, and they they got me.

SPEAKER_03 37:02

I feel like Image produces so much high quality stuff.

SPEAKER_00 37:06

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 37:07

Like even before I've been a regular reader, I I was reading some of the kind of older hits, like Saga and A Little of Invincible, uh, and other stuff like that. And it's like I haven't really read a lot of disliked from Image.

SPEAKER_00 37:22

Right. Yeah. Yeah. I mean they put out a lot of good stuff, and I like it that it's like different. Like obviously, I really do like the I like the superhero comics that we're reading, but I also like these because they're it's like a little bit more outside the box, I guess. Or like what I would consider outside the box anyway. Um and then moving on to my last of these image ones, we've got Odin issue notes. So cool. Yeah. Excellent. This one is pretty crazy. Um, it's co-written by Marguerite Bennett and James Tinian IV. Art by Letizia Cadenisi, colors by Jordi Bel Air, and lettered by Tom Napolitano. Jordi Bel Air does the coloring on Absolute Wonder Woman.

SPEAKER_03 38:11

Oh, yes, that is right.

SPEAKER_00 38:13

Yeah. Um, I read a solicit of this before I bought it that said it was like the movies Midsummer and Green Room combined. And wait, which one's Green Room? Green Room is that thriller with um Patrick Stewart and what was that guy's name? Who Anton Yelchin. Um it's kind of like from what I remember, they are members of a punk band who go to a venue and they're like assaulted by like Nazis, basically, like like neo-Nazis. Um and then Midsummer being like kind of like the modern wicker man type thing, but from like uh Florence Pugh's point of view, so like she's like the May Queen kind of thing. I and I was kind of interested in how that was gonna make any sense at all. Because I feel like they're both I like those movies, but like um Green Room is a fantastic movie. Um but I was like, how would you marry those two ideas, you know? And it worked. I don't know. Wow. It's it's about this journalist who is um kind of like undercover for a story with a group of neo-Nazis, and they are going to like the woods of Norway, basically, um, to somehow summon the Norse god Odin. And basically, like they get in there, they meet their host who is also Nazi, and a lot of bad hombres in this yeah, bad ombre, yeah. And so, and remember, like this this reporter, like she's kind of just along for the ride, like for the story, but also like at what cost kind of thing, you know, like why? Like it's maybe you're a little bit too involved in your work. Um, so, anyways, she goes on this trip with these guys, they get in there, they get to the campground kind of thing. Their host is like, okay, now we're all gonna cut our tongues and bleed into this cup, and we're gonna drink it. Oh, come on. And there might also be something else in there, but doesn't really say what. So then they go on like a week-long trip, basically, uh, where they're hallucinating this stag that is like showing them where to go, and along the way, the stag is like, Hey, by the way, if you want to like cut pieces off me and eat me, that's cool. Like, I'll I'll regenerate. And so they're doing that. And I didn't notice until the end, like the reveal at the end, but while they're chasing the stag, their number of people has been reduced by one. Oh my god, so that's interesting. They come out of this hallucination, and like the main character, like the woman, she notices like her nails and her hair are grown out a little bit. So it's been like a few days at least, you know what I mean? Um and they realize that the stag was one of the members of their party, and they have killed and eaten him.

SPEAKER_03 41:24

Oh, come on, dude.

SPEAKER_00 41:26

And that's that's wild. That's kind of where it ended. So it was definitely like typical of like some James Tiny and stuff, definitely made me like uneasy and kind of like sick to my stomach a little bit. That is really intense. Yeah, but in the best way, like it was it was really interesting, and uh I did like it a lot. I I picked up the second one today, so I'm excited to see where it goes.

SPEAKER_03 41:48

That's awesome. That sounds really cool. I know we both really liked Nice House on the Lake number one. That first one that was just an amazing first issue. So crazy. Yeah, and that's also by James Tint Tinyan, the fourth. So yeah, I think he's been getting a lot of uh I think he was nominated for some Eisner or yeah, the Eisners.

SPEAKER_00 42:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 42:09

Um I think he was nominated this last one, and I maybe passed.

SPEAKER_00 42:13

Yeah, I know, I know for sure for um I think for I guess for sure, I think, um, for something is killing the children, but that was maybe back in like 2019 or so when that started. Okay. Um super, super great writer. Um so yeah, that's it for Odin. Cool. Speaking of Odin. Oh, we got Odin's son!

SPEAKER_03 42:38

Odenson! Odenson. Woo! We got Mortal Thor number 10. Yeah, we do, published by Marvel Comics, written by Al E. Wing, drawn by Pascal Ferry, I think is one moment here. Um Pascal Ferry, and the artist is Matt Milla. Color artist, sorry. Matt Milla. Um so I I've been really Lucas and I were talking about Al Ewing, um, and a little bit about the series. I like this series quite a bit. Um I feel like each each book is like a little bit something happens. Like one thing, like a important piece happens, and it's it's kind of taking its time. Uh, I like I like I guess I kind of like slower pace kind of stuff.

SPEAKER_01 43:27

Sure.

SPEAKER_03 43:28

But um it's very like there isn't a lot of dialogue, like there's a not a lot of dialogue on every page all the time, which I really like. Um like focuses on the drawing quite a bit. And so in this one, um, and I need to kind of refresh myself here, but he basically gets into a fight with this the stone man, which I cannot remember his name. Um anything that he touches turns into stone.

SPEAKER_00 43:58

Wow, a great.

SPEAKER_03 44:00

Gargoyle. Oh that's his name. I cannot remember.

SPEAKER_00 44:02

Greg Gargoyle.

SPEAKER_03 44:03

Greg Gargoyle. Greg Gargoyle. And uh and so he basically so okay, and then in this Thor, Sigurd is like we think he is supposed to be like the surrogate Thor.

SPEAKER_00 44:18

Sure.

SPEAKER_03 44:18

Um where it's never been clear yet. He's been having dreams of the actual Thor, who right now I believe is quote unquote dead. And he's in that kind of uh limbo, basically, is what it seems like it is. It's like a limbo, and he can communicate with Sigurd a little bit. Um, he kind of guides him. But uh so it's a really cool battle happens with him and Great Gargoyle, and the end of this, they've been kind of teasing um like the Minotaur and uh Dario Agar. That's the human, like his actual name. They've been kind of teasing him a little bit, um these last couple issues, but he seems to be the big bad right now. And uh so we get like a final confrontation, the last page is like those two, they're like in his office at the top of the the building, and he's like uh like basically they're about to face off. So this next issue I hope is gonna be like a badass battle. Um, and Segurd has had to kind of like boss battle his way up to this point, it seems like he's had to defeat Grey Gargoyle and like a couple other uh dudes, and um I so this is also like zooming out. Uh it sounds like Al Ewing is doing like three volumes of Thor.

SPEAKER_00 45:43

Right.

SPEAKER_03 45:44

Right? So he already completed one before he did Immortal Thor, which was 25 issues, um, and now he's on, you know, he's probably about halfway, almost halfway through this one. So the overall planning on this is I'm sure quite impressive. It seems pretty impressive.

SPEAKER_02 46:02

So yeah.

SPEAKER_03 46:04

I I really like this book. Um, I like it's kind of one of those ones too where I I like pretty much any Thor thing I read because I just love the character and the world. Um, but it's just like Sigurd seems like a cool guy that you just want to root for. So uh I'm in.

SPEAKER_00 46:20

Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_02 46:20

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 46:21

We love it. Yes. Alright, next up, we got the Spectacular Spider-Man Brand New Day, issue number one.

SPEAKER_03 46:34

Oh my goodness.

SPEAKER_00 46:36

Now you might be thinking, hey, isn't that that movie that's coming out? Oh it is. I think it is. It is. Yeah, okay. But this is different. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I don't think uh maybe. Is this this could be the plot of the movie? Uh it could be. We don't know. Maybe. We don't know yet.

SPEAKER_03 46:52

We've seen a trailer or two.

SPEAKER_00 46:53

I saw there's a new one. Oh, is there a new one? Yeah. Oh shoot.

SPEAKER_03 46:56

I think we're gonna have to watch that. We should watch that.

SPEAKER_00 46:58

I haven't I haven't seen it yet. Oh, yeah, we should just watch that after this. Yeah. Um, yeah, Jonah. Okay, so this is a this is a Marvel Comics publication.

unknown 47:09

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 47:09

Um, and this comes to us from Dan Slott at the helm doing some writing. Um we've got Marcus Toe as the artist, Alex Sinclair doing the colors, and VC's Joe Caramagna as the letterer. Alright, Joe. Alright, Joe. I see you. Um, yeah. Jonah, what are your thoughts on this? Uh I really liked this.

SPEAKER_03 47:41

I feel like this issue does a lot. This is a really good. If you're never read Spider-Man, this is a great starting point.

SPEAKER_00 47:49

I agree.

SPEAKER_03 47:50

Because I really like the first page that give you the whole background of Spider-Man, who he is, how he got his powers. Um that was cool. And then there's another page as well. Um so then they do a couple other a couple more pages a little later on that give you even more background of the time period of when this is supposed to take place within the Marvel universe. Right. Um, and because what I've from what I've read, so like Dan Slot has been the longest running Spider-Man writer ever, and I think it's like 10 plus years.

unknown 48:31

Jeez.

SPEAKER_03 48:32

And so he has been gone from it for a little bit. Well, like technically, like from the main line, I should say. Right. And so this is like I he had said Dan Slot had said in an interview that this is supposed to like take place adjacent to when the events of when he wrote the original run were taking place. So like maybe, you know, I don't know if it's right after or like next to it, because I have not read all of his run.

SPEAKER_01 48:58

Sure.

SPEAKER_03 48:58

But it's in that time frame, and so there's a scene here that is referring to Civil War, um, where like Peter unmasks himself, but then Oh yeah. Yeah, but then Doctor Strange does a spell where everybody forgets.

SPEAKER_00 49:13

Right.

SPEAKER_03 49:13

And so that's like the I guess like so. If you're in if you're into the lore, that's where this is. And I I think right off the bat, because actually right now I'm reading the Dan Slot Omni of ASM, um which is from like you know, like 2008, kind of right in there is when it starts, and uh which I've really really been enjoying that. Um but it's just fun because this, like I said, this is taking place in that time. Um and I kind of forget where I was gonna go with that, but I yeah, so I like so basically I just like that it's very new reader-friendly, and then it's funny, it moves the story along at a pretty quick pace, um, which I kind of like that as well. And I like that it introduces Punisher, who is confirmed in the new movie, right? We like we have seen him, we do have that, yeah, and he's kind of like fucking some stuff up for Peter with the bad dude, yeah, with Mr. Negative, and and again, Mr. Negative is like the bad guy in the original run as well, and so is the the feast, uh, this the center, uh, this homeless shelter that Aunt May works at. But dude, that freaking last page freaking got me. Like I would that was one of my favorite cliffhangers I've seen recently.

SPEAKER_00 50:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 50:38

But what what'd you think, man?

SPEAKER_00 50:40

Yeah, I really like this. Um I agree that ending is uh yikes That's not a good situation to be in. A negative punisher, a dark castle? Yikes. Um Yeah, I think it makes sense to me that yours you said Dan Slot is the longest running Spider-Man writer. Yeah. It makes sense because this to me, I think that that's what I like texted you when you first like when we first read it and we were talking about it, is that it feels very Spider-Man to me. Um totes. Like it's just it's funny. It's uh I don't know. His luck is like not great. Um Yes, right? But um and it is kinda it's interesting how like I like that um, you know, again, I don't know what the plot of this new movie is going to be really, but I like that it almost is like it could be this. Like I guess because it's kind of like picking up where that this spell has been cast where nobody knows who he is anymore. Sure. Good point. Um I think it's just an interesting time for this to be coming out. I'm sure there's some uh planning to that. Um but yeah, I thought I thought this was really good. The the plot was engaging, that twist at the end is crazy. Um really excited for the next one. Same mood. Oh yeah, heck yeah, baby. Alright. Moving on. Um we're a little bit crunched on time, so I'm just gonna do quick shout-outs real quick on these next two, because they are both really good and worth shouting out. And I'll get into them more, maybe on a future issue. Um, but first off, absolute green arrow. Yeah, number one. That looks sick. This was really good. Um, its tone fits perfectly into the absolute universe. It's pretty dark, um, kind of bleak, but not like not over the top. Well, it's a little bit, it's a little bit gory, I guess. Um, but really good. And then next up, a Denis Camp. Come on. That's right. Come on. Bleeding Hearts. This particular issue is number four. Um, this is uh really good one. Um it's been the story has definitely been kind of building to something happening here. So I know five came out I think last week. Um, so that's nearing the top of my stack. So um yeah, uh, those have both been really good. And uh that's that. Moving on.

SPEAKER_03 53:26

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 53:27

Moving on.

SPEAKER_03 53:27

Do we got should I do a quick uh you can get to I'm gonna do a little shout out. I got Thor. Um this is written by Donny Cates and Donnie Cates drawn by Nickline.

SPEAKER_00 53:38

What um is that volume six? Do you know?

SPEAKER_03 53:43

Uh give me one second.

SPEAKER_00 53:44

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That is nice, dude. Let's get it. I have the I have a number one of those. Yeah. I was there when you got that. You were? Yes. That was a while ago. I was a long time.

SPEAKER_03 53:59

Um I okay, I really like this run. Um, I know it's been kind of hated on by peoples and stuff, but I uh I I just feel like every issue in this is a banger so far. Like he there is a lot. This feels like a lot happens to progress the plot. And it's kind of like there's this thing called the Black Winter that uh Galactus is coming to um like warn Thor and like Asgard, hey, this thing's coming, it's gonna kill everyone unless I eat five planets. Oh, okay. And it's like, mmm, I don't know about that one Galactus. Convenient for you. Galacti. Galacti. But Thor's like, well, I'll join you. And Thor's like kind of like a douche in this a little bit. I'm gonna kind of say that, which is very odd, which I know one of my other friends, that's why he didn't like this. Sure. Um, but uh so basically he eats some planets, and Thor's like, alright, like he's saving the people, and he's like, Alright, like, what do we do now? And essentially the Black Winter comes, and we actually find out that it's Thor, but like Black Winter eyes, and it's one of the coolest, it was definitely one of the coolest moments that I've had reading a comic book because I'm like, this is really sick, and then it gets better where he's like Thor's like, What do you want? Like, what are you doing? And then he's like, Galactus has been lying to you this whole time, and he's like, Galactus is my herald. Oh my god, and I'm here for him, and I believe he wants to kill him. I am to reclaim what is mine, I am here for him, and just like points at him. So, like Um, so basically, I I just can't believe the stakes that are happening in this comic book. And um that sounds huge. It's freaking huge. And so I I do they're really at a cosmic level, they're really like Donnie Cates really leaning into this cosmic stuff, which seems to be his forte, kind of what I've heard, other stuff of his. Sure. But also from what I've read, this one every time. Banger. Nice. That's what I got. That's awesome. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 56:22

Okay, sweet. Um, and now we've got our last but certainly not least.

SPEAKER_03 56:29

Come on.

SPEAKER_00 56:31

Captain America.

SPEAKER_03 56:32

Captain America, baby.

SPEAKER_00 56:33

Number 11.

SPEAKER_03 56:34

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 56:35

Now, this is a Marvel comic uh written by Chip Zadarsky. We got Valerio Sheety doing the art, uh, color artist Romulo Fajardo Jr., and lettered by VC's Joe Caramagna. Let's get it, Joe. Let's get it, Joe. Come on, dude. Joe's been busy.

SPEAKER_03 56:53

He's a busy guy.

SPEAKER_00 56:54

He loves words and letters. Um Jonah, what are your thoughts on this here as we approach Armageddon?

unknown 57:02

Oh my lord.

SPEAKER_00 57:03

I'm so excited.

SPEAKER_03 57:04

Um this was a banger. Um, I know I sound like a fanboy. I'm saying everything is a banger. You know what you like. I know what I like. You're not messing around pulling books that you're not gonna like.

SPEAKER_00 57:16

Right. You know, thank you.

SPEAKER_03 57:17

Yes. I I know it's tried and true for myself. Um, dude, I also so we had kind of mentioned, like I'll kind of speak for myself, that I felt like this series was kind of lack, like I don't want to say lacking, but kind of slow a little bit. Yeah. It was kind of like started really strong and then it kind of petered for a while. And this issue in particular, I felt really uh really pumped it up because we kind of saw that long-term planning, it looks like we're the room full of hoax.

SPEAKER_00 57:46

Room full of hoax, baby.

SPEAKER_03 57:47

They're here. We were right, we were right all along. They're here, they're attacking, they are ruthless. Um, but also like Cap dies in this.

SPEAKER_00 57:59

Yeah, can we talk about cliffhangers here? Is my man in hell? I think your man's in hell. With doom.

SPEAKER_03 58:07

With doom. This is nuts. I gotta say, this was a very surprising twist I did not see coming.

SPEAKER_00 58:13

Yeah, no, me neither.

SPEAKER_03 58:15

What what did you think, my guy?

SPEAKER_00 58:16

I really like this one too. Yeah, I I think I've said this before, but like I and I think it is a kind of a uh a pacing thing, whoa. Um, but I feel like I will read one and then I'm like, oh, I like that, and then the next one will come out and I'll be like, oh, I really like that. And then like it just keeps happening, but then it almost in a way that like I go back and I'm like, wait, did I really like the last one that much then? Because like I feel like the pacing has been like, like you said, kind of a little bit slow, but it feels like I mean it's it feels like deliberate, I guess, is what I'll say. Like um, and now that you know, obviously Chip is trying to get us ready for Armageddon. Now that it's here, it feels like this issue as like the last one before that is kind of like no holds barred. A bunch of shit is happening. Cap is dead, he's in hell, where apparently Doom is also and is just chilling. Um Yeah, and I I don't and the the reveal that it is in fact a clone of Doom, this young boy. Oh, yeah. Um, and that Steve is, you know, once again sticking to his his convictions, and um this this boy has none of the like collected trauma that Doom has, you know, he's innocent as far as Cap can tell, so he does his best to protect him. I thought that was great. Um and yeah, just seeing these the room full of Hulks will never fail to get me.

SPEAKER_03 59:58

Um, there's that that really cool panel in the beginning where they're all shooting out of the sky. Yeah. And I'm like, gosh, that's sick. And he's like, What have you done? Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:08

So good.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:09

I am really pumped for somebody to battle Red Hulk.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:14

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:14

Because that's a bad hombre. He's a bad hombre, he needs to go.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:18

He needs to go. He has got to go.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:20

Yeah. He is creating a lot of havoc, and we don't need it.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:25

We don't need it.

SPEAKER_03 1:00:26

There's too much happening in the in the Marvel universe already. Yeah. In 616. So uh it's just too much. Yeah, we need a break. But yeah. Oh yeah, and then also uh Falcon comes in. Oh yeah. And he's supposed to be in Armageddon. Yes, which I think is cool. So yeah. I kind of saw it in my head. I was like, if they have so Chip's writing Armageddon and Cap. So it's like I think the storylines might split a little right now because like we said, Falcon I think is in Armageddon, and I hope that they continue the storyline with Cap and Hell and doing that stuff. Um and uh I guess to think a little far ahead, I also saw that Chip has been uh he's gonna be writing Avengers in November. Oh yeah, this was like a recent drop. He's reuniting with Marco Cicchetto from when they did Daredevil. That's sweet. Yeah, super cool. So like there's probably some lot, like you said, some long-term planning happening here. Yeah, I could see it. I could see it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:28

All right, man. That's it. I am uh I'm really excited for Armageddon. I think uh I think I am too. Maybe next month we should talk about that one. Totes. Well, that's the event of the summer. It's the event of the summer. It's the event of the summer for Martin. That's what all this work has been for.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:43

Yeah, I think so, right? Like a good majority of it. A good majority. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:01:48

Dude, no, I'm so excited for Armageddon too. Um very pumped.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:53

Uh yeah, we're gonna we're gonna be diving in on that. Um, I think I think that kind of wraps things up for today. I think we've wrapped it up. I think we've wrapped it up. Nice little bundle. Yeah, a little package. Package, and we'll be mailing it out to you to your ears. Express mail. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:12

FedEx Express.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:12

It's coming, it's on its way. Now, yeah, so be ready. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:16

You there listening. Thank you. They're listening. Thank you for sticking with us. Thank you.

SPEAKER_00 1:02:22

All right, everybody. Well, we will see you uh next week. Yeah, wow, that's quick. Quick.

SPEAKER_03 1:02:29

That's a quick turnaround. Thank you. Thank you for listening. Yep. Thanks, everybody. Yes, this has been Wesley's Pop Culture Club. You can find us wherever you get your podcast or just wherever. Ever. Just sitting over there. Yep. And uh, and I I'm Jonah. And I'm Lucas, and we will see you soon.

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