About Heroes

Yup, the podcast is finally up. Jeff, you can stop sending me nasty messages on Facebook now. This week we discuss, among other things, Secret Invasion 6, Deadpool 1, Supergirl 33, Patsy Walker - Hellcat 2, Breaking Dawn, Booster Gold 12, Green Lantern 20 and some other books that escape me. Episode 114 - We Did It Our Way

Wow, I'm glad we got that out of our system last week. This episode is much better, I think. Here's what's in store for you: Teen Titans 62 DC Universe - Last Will and Testament 01 Final Crisis - Legion of 3 Worlds 01 Justice Society of America 18 Batman RIP Catwoman 82 New Avengers 44 Mighty Avengers 16 X-Force 6 X-Men Legacy 215 Star Wars - The Force Unleashed Episode 113 - Melanie's not in this episode

Is it just a clever title? You decide! Air 1 Secret Invasion 5 Robin 177 Batman 679 Legion of 3 Worlds Atomic Robo - Dogs of War 1 Booster Gold 11 Teen Titans 61 Green Lantern Corps 27 Punisher 61 Secret Invasion - Inhumans 1 The Helm 2 Walking Dead 51 BPRD The Warning 2 Welcome to Hoxford 1 Episode 112 - The Worst Comic Podcast Ever

This week: Final Crisis 3, Trinity, Batman RIP, Secret Invasion, Buffy and the horrendous pricing of comics today. Also, we have a new voicemail number! Call us at 859-559-4591 and leave us a message, so we can play it on the air. We'll make you famous! Episode 111 - If Uncanny X-Men was a dollar, kids would stop smoking weed

We start this episode with a discussion of current toys, including Transformers Animated and Universe, DC Unlimited, Bandai Dragonball Z and GI Joe. Then, what starts as a discussion of Green Lantern 33 devolves into us basically deciding which flavor of crazy old comic creators are/would be if they weren't gone. Episode 110 - Even to a Kneecap

Here's a magic trick for you: Dan got the podcast posted within 16 hours of it being recorded. Lately, that's magical. In this episode, we spend the hour discussing a small art-house film about puppies and butterflies called The Dark Knight. Episode 109 - A Magic Trick

Oh, please, don't kill us. Please, please don't kill us. You know I love you baby. I wouldn't leave ya. It wasn't my fault. No I didn't! Honest... I ran out of gas. I, I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locusts. IT WASN'T MY FAULT, I SWEAR TO GOD. Actually, I was at my in-laws and they didn't have internet access, so I wasn't able to upload the episode. Here's the run down: Transformers Animated & Universe toys Emails from Jeff & Ray Secret Invasion 4 (again) Booster Gold 1,000,000 Final Crisis - Requiem Action Comics 867 Hellboy II Episode 108 - I can use my finger to push it down

Omar and Melanie are back! They regale us with Japan stories, and we then work our way to Buffy 16, Batman 678, Joker's Asylum - The Joker 1, Patsy Walker: Hellcat 1, Astonishing X-Men 25, Doctor Who - Journey's End, Y - The Last Man and American Dream. Episode 107 - In Japan...

Bit of a delay getting this episode published; would you believe a hard drive crash? No? How about a driver conflict? How about six fishing boats and a dinghy? Anyway, Ray joins us this week via Skype to discuss Omar's wedding, Secret Invasion & all of its crossovers, Doctor Who - The Stolen Earth, the Incredible Hulk movie, Wall-E and Pixar films, Transformers Spotlight Cyclonus and Batman: Gotham Knight and RIP. Episode 106 - In Which We Speak Very Little About Comics

Before Omar and Melanie leave for their honeymoon, they graced us with their presence for this podcast, in which we chat about Trinity 2 & 3, Booster Gold 10, Gotham Underground 9, Salvation Run 7, Titans 3, Skarr Son of Hulk 1, Gen X 2, Invincible 50, Wolverine 66, Kickass 3, and thoughts on collecting, buying and selling comics. Episode 105 - We Gotta Hurry

It's no secret that we've had trouble actually getting the group together for the podcast. After two or three aborted attempts at meeting this week, we decided to do the whole thing with spit and duct tape - that's right, we did a whole podcast via Skype. But the good news is that we got Jeff to join us for this one! It starts with a bit of an e-mail shuffle, then Jeff announces a contest. From there, we start into our rants, hitting Manhunter 31, Trinity 1 & 2, the last 2 episodes of Doctor Who, Justice Society of America 16, Secret Invasion 3... AND THEN SKYPE CRAPS OUT AND WE HAVE TO RECONNECT ...and then we continue on to Avengers-Invaders 2, some toy talk about Iron Man, Transformers Animated, DC Infinite Heroes, Invincible Iron Man 2, Wolverine, Cable 4, Young X-Men 4, and we cap it off with Buffy 15. Episode 104 - Long Distance Relationship

What would make you think there might not be a podcast this week? Shame on you. Since we've finally been able to coordinate enough to get a few of us together in the same place at the same time, we were able to talk about Final Crisis 1 and Batman 677 (which led into a 'discussion' about Grant Morrison's storytelling), Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men, Uncanny X-Men 498, 1985 1, All-Star Superman 11, X-Force 4, and of course, Indiana Jones and the Unnecessarily Long Film Title. Enjoy. Episode 103 - Grant Morrison and Web-Pits

In this episode, we catch up on two weeks of comics, and try to fit two weeks worth of awesomeness into one episode. Now with more intensity! Episode 102 - Better Late...

It's a post-100 world, folks. We're older and wiser now. It just doesn't show. We start our episode with a recap of the Cincinnati Botcon and a little talk about the 25th Anniversary Transformers line they previewed at the show. Then we run through some wonderful e-mails and we talk about a few comics from the last two weeks, including Free Comic Book Day X-Men, Blue Beetle 26, Mighty Avengers 12 & New Avengers 40, DC Universe 0 and Green Lantern 30. Then we wrap up the episode with a discussion of the best comic book movie ever filmed, IRON MAN. Episode 101 - A Perfect Movie

The second part of Episode 100 includes gifts from Jeff, Ray's magic, Omar and Ben's drunkenness (just so you have fair warning), a conversation with Josh, and some comic book talk, about: Countdown 02 Captain Marvel 05 Annihilation Conquest 06 Batman Confidential Blackest Night Wolverine X-Factor The Sword 7 Thanks for sticking with us for 100 episodes! Episode 100b - Crisis at About Heroes

Jeff Hartz comes all the way from Florida South Carolina to join us for a look back at some of our favorite moments from the last 99 episodes of About Heroes. Part B, which includes Ray's magic trick, will go up later this week. Episode 100a - Clip Show

It was a bit of a slow week in comic books, but we soldier on through and talk about: "Old Nerds with Jeff & Ray" Batman - Death Mask 1 Titans 1 Serenity - Better Days 2 Booster Gold 8 Justice Society of America 24 Wolverine 64 Green Lantern Corps 23 BPRD 1946 4 The Goon Also, two quick notes. Yes, this episode is intentionally without the opening music and episode title, because I thought the way we recorded it was funnier. And we've decided to integrate the clip show we spoke of before into episode 100. We didn't forget. Episode 99 - What He Plants on the Ladies

It's a secret invasion of the About Heroes podcast! Is one of us a Skrull? Ben joins the regulars to help us figure it out. On this episode: E-Mails from Jesse and Ray Logan 2 Cable 2 Young X-Men 1 The Walking Dead 49 Amazing Spider-Man 555 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 13 Angel - After the Fall 6 Abe Sapien - The Drowning 3 Secret Invasion 1 Episode 98 - Maybe He Really Does Love You

The Ray/Jeff battle royale continues, and Chris makes a wise suggestion about spinning it off into its own podcast. Beyond that, I've once again left the show notes at home, so I'll update this post later. Writing them on paper seemed like such a good idea at the time. Episode 97 - Screw You, Kentucky Guy

So the sheet on which I wrote the show notes is at home, and I'm at work, but I want to go ahead and get the episode up, so I'll update this post later with the notes. I can tell you that 1) the audio on this one is much better and 2) we spend a lot of time talking about the Mandarin's rings. About Heroes Episode 96 - Silly Ring, Activate!

I'm back, with Omar, Chris and Melanie - it's like a Beatles reunion. We play some voicemail, and read a few e-mails, which launches us into some recommendations for classical heroics in comics (we suggest Gravity, Y The Last Man, Kingdom Come, Green Lantern Rebirth, the Dark Phoenix Saga, Batman Year One and Year Two, and Sailor Moon), a further discussion of digital comic downloads, some Transformers talk, and we ring the bell on Ray vs. Jeff, Round 2. Then we move onto comics discussion, starting with The Last Defenders 1 and hitting on Logan 1, Wolverine 63, Serenity - Better Days 1, Green Lantern Corps 22, X-Factor 29, Walking Dead 47, Booster Gold 7, BPRD 1946 3, Abe Sapien 2, Secret Invasion Saga and Doctor Who 1. Episode 95 - I Think They're Going Back to Mongul

In my second week off, Omar, Melanie, Chris and Nick talk about Kickass 1, Young Liars, Cable 1, Buffy 12, X-Force 2, Green Lantern 28, Detective Comics 824, Countdown 8, Uncanny X-Men 496, and the latest issue of Wormwood. Next week, I'll make my triumphant return and whip these guys back into shape. Episode 94 - I'm Pretty Much Just Blaming the Editors

In my absence, Omar, Melanie and Chris recorded a wonderful episode of the show, in which they read a lot of really fun e-mails, and talk about Justice Society of America 13, X-Men Legacy 208, Captain America 35, Melanie discovers a small indy series called Dragonball, Ultimate Spider-Man 119, Batman 673 (not 672 as Omar guesses), Countdown 10, Teen Titans 56, and Kickass 1. Episode 93 - No Time for Character Development

In this trouble-free podcast, we start out reading a few e-mails, then we talk about the new Knight Rider show and Speed Racer film. From there we start into comics, reviewing Hulk 2, Ultimates 3, Amazing Spider-Man 551, Cable & Deadpool 50, Transformers Spotlight - Arcee and Justice League of America 18. Then we talk briefly about the rumor that DC Comics is cracking down on late art, and about the toy news (or lack thereof) from the New York Toyfair. Then it's back to comics, with Mighty Avengers 9, Death of the New Gods 6, Countdown 10, Robin 171, Umbrella Academy 6 and Runaways 29 rounding out the discussion. Episode 92 - No, We're Watching the Watcher

32 minutes into the podcast we were recording last night, my computer freaked out and threw a kernel panic. Once I'd rebooted, I was able to find the file, but it was hopelessly garbled, so we couldn't use it. So we recorded another 50:00 worth of show, talking about Uncanny X-Men 495, X-Factor 28, X-Force 01, Wolverine 62, New Avengers 38, Booster Gold 00, Countdown 11, JSA 12, The Goon 21, Fantastic Four 554, BPRD 1946 2, Abe Sapien - The Drowning 1, Walking Dead 46, Spawn 175, Green Arrow - Black Canary 5 and Salvation Run 5. For those who aren't particularly fond of their aural sanity, I went ahead and attached the ruined (but still somewhat comprehensible) audio after the main podcast. For you sane folks out there, stop listening after 'stay geeky.' Episode 91 - Kernel Panic

Shannon Wheeler, creator of Too Much Coffee Man and the new book Screw Heaven, When I Die I'm Going To Mars, joins us for an interview. We also talk about Captain America 34, Batman 673, Emperor Vulcan 5, Green Lantern 27, Ultimate X-Men 90, and Mighty Avengers 8, as well as what we think Batman's death would mean to the DC Universe. Also, this week (and from here on out), we've got actual show notes! Click on the "Continue Reading" link for links, images, and a few videos. Episode 90 - You Should Sell Your Comic at Starbucks

Nick sends us some of the e-mails that he received from the contest, which start us on a discussion of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics, past and present. We talk about X-Men 207 and Messiah Complex, Countdown 14, Blue Beetle 23, Astonishing X-Men 25, Amazing Spider-Man 548, Young Avengers: Patriot, and Transformers Spotlight: Blaster. Episode 89 - Why Omar Doesn't Care That Professor X Is Dead

This week, in another awe-inspiring episode of About Heroes, we discuss Spider-Man's Brand New Day, X-Men's Messiah Complex, Wolverine Origins 21, Countdown 15, Cable & Deadpool 49, Booster Gold 6 (from whence comes the title of this episode), The Sword 4 & other Luna brothers comics, Catwoman 75 and Justice League of America 17. We also talk a bit about Shannon Wheeler's new work, "Screw Heaven, When I Die, I'm Going to Mars," and we talk briefly about the passing of Heath Ledger. Episode 88 - You don't fuck with Rip Hunter, Time Master

This week, Nick announces his contest winners, and we talk about some books: Amazing Spider-Man 546, Wolverine 61, Nova 10, Salvation Run 3, Green Lantern Corps 20, Green Arrow - Black Canary 4, X-Factor 27, Mighty Avengers 7, Hulk 1, The Goon 20, and Countdown week 36. About Heroes, Episode 87

It was a slow week, so we've got a bit of a shorter episode. We talk a little bit more about One More Day, and then on to things we actually enjoyed: Detective Comics 840, Countdown 17, Messiah Complex and Uncanny X-Men 494, Teen Titans - Year One 1, The End League 1, Umbrella Academy and Lobster Johnson. About Heroes, Episode 86