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I AM THE DRAGON PUNCHER! We are more scattershot than usual in our discussion on Eaglesham and Hickman’s Fantastic Four #576, Nimrod, X-Factor, Hank Pym (the Scientist Supreme, just ask him) Cable, Iron Fist, Larry Marder’s Beanworld, James Kochalka’s Monkey Vs. Robot from Top Shelf, ultra-detailed versus economical graphic styles and their impact on the perception of the viewer, Scud the Disposable Assassin and Julian Lytle’s Antz, Regina piles, School: A Ghost Story by Brian Defferding, The Storm in the Barn, James Stokoe’s Orc Stain #1 for Image, Mark Waid’s Irredeemable and Incorruptible, Siege sales and event books, and much more!

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Agents of Atlas‘ Gabriel Hardman stops by to shoot the shizzle on working as a storyboard artist, Avengers Vs. Agents of Atlas, Comic Book Comics #4, the connection between John Byrne’s Namor and Ed Brubaker’s Captain America, Wild Pig, Sam Raimi and Spider-Man 3, an unfortunate Neal Adams experience and Gabriel’s comeuppance, Punisher #11, Heathentown, pencilers and inkers and the mystical third entity created by a special combination of the two, Alpha Flight, Home Alone 3, Gabriel’s working methods and influences, Noel Sickles and Scorchy Smith, Bernie Wrightson, and a whole lot more! Plus, a special suprise appearance by Davros and the usual Hotline hoohah!

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We try and pick up the slack dropped by a missing Jason Wooode with willy-nilly wordplay on Hickman, Eaglesham, and Mounts triumphant Fantastic Four #570 (once again reclaiming its flagship status and tagline of the World’s Greatest Comic Magazine), Ian Churchill and Hulk #14, crime comics: The Hunter, Filthy Rich, and Dark Entries, Vertigo’s fantabulous Madame Xanadu by Matt Wagner, Amy Reeder Hadley, and Richard Friend, listener comments, leaving comics, Fanzine Flashback: Amazing Heroes #113, more than necessary on Solson, Sky Doll, Bongo Comics, The Simpsons, and the arrival of Sergio Aragones, Red Circle, Dark Reign, Norman Osborn, and Dark Reign: Mr. Negative, Daredevil #500, War Machine, and oodles more!

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PLANTANAS! Jason “Babymaker” Wooode returns to help us impregnate your ears with talk of Final Crisis #7, Sabertooth and Mystique, Space Ghost, Steve Rude and Nexus, Death Note, Uncanny X-Men Annual #2, Amazing Spider-Man Extra! #2, Thunderbolts #128, McDuffie and Fantastic Four, Justice League of America #29, Jonah Hex, Peter Gabriel, Power Girl, and a whole mess more! Bonus! The Hotline is SIZZLIN’!

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It’s all hands on deck as we discuss Vertigo’s new House of Mystery, Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files #2, Gene Colan, Jeff Parker, fill-in artists, silliness (or lack thereof) within Marvel’s Secret Invasion, ‘76, Millar and Hitch’s Fantastic Four, Jay Faerber’s Gemini and Noble Causes, the Horus Heresy, Crawlspace: XXXombies, the Larsenverse, Invincible and Atom Eve, beer, and much more!

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