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16 JUN 2025 · Super Summer continues on this week as we start with what we are reading in the comicbook world this week:Matt:
- The New Avengers 1
- Star wars 2
- Absolute batman 9
- Aquaman 6
- super girl 2
Lauren: Deadpool and Wolverine
We covered some news (14 min), discussing the outrageously priced Galactus popcorn bucket and potential fan castings for James Gunn's Wonder Woman before moving on to the main topic.
(21min) This week we are discussing Superman TV shows breaking down fun facts and production with some of the most notorious shows featuring the Boy Scout such as Adventures of Superman
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Smallville
Superman & Lois
Superman: The Animated TV Series
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9 JUN 2025 · It's time for SUPER SUMMER!We kick it off with our reading recommendations:
Matt: Absolute Green Lantern #3
- Justice League Vs Godzilla Vs Kong
- The Moon Is Following us #10
- Ultimate Spiderman incursion
- Ghost rider vs Galactus
Lauren: Laura Kinney Wolverine #7
We chatted about some news, including our thoughts on Stranger Things coming to an end, and finally, we were given the dates. (14 min)
And of course, our main topic is diving into Superman (1978) starring Christopher Reeve and Gene Hackman as well as directed by Richard Donner. We briefly discuss the 3 subsequent sequels as we are getting ready for James Gunn's Superman film on July 11th. (24 min)
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2 JUN 2025 · This week we kick it off with what we are reading and watching:
Matts list:
- Hyde Street #6- Image Comics/Ghost Machine
- Mr. Terrific Year One: DC Comics
- Absolute Wonder Woman 8- DC Comics
- Predator Versus Spiderman-Marvel Comics
- Daredevil Cold Day in Hell- Marvel Comics
- Peacemaker PResents Vigilante Eagley Double Feature- DC Comics
- Death of a Unicorn- AppleTV
- Mythic Quest Apple TV
- Laurens List:
- Hornsby & Halo- Ghost Machine/ Image Comics
- The Mask of Fear, Reign of the Empire by Alexander freed
- Dead City- AMC
- Handmaid’s Tale- Hulu
We then dive into some pop-culture news (19 min) and then we hit our main topic! (31 min)
This week the two of us are discussing HBO's season 2 of The Last of Us giving all of our thoughts both good and bad. How did we feel the season went? What could have been different? Find out!
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26 MAY 2025 · Friends! We come with a very special episode this week as Jeremy Adams aka Spacekicker on social media joins us for an excellent episode.
We start off by discussing his origin story of how he got into writing for TV and Comics.
We chat about Aquaman and Green Lantern Corps all of which he is currently writing as part of his exclusive deal with DC Comics.
We then go into Supernatural because Jeremy wrote a few of the best episodes on the show.We chat Scoobynatural, Last Holiday, and Last Call all written by Jeremy. (25 min)
He gives us insight into what he was thinking during the writing and what visiting the set was like as well.
Check out his works at https://spacekicker.com/ or find him on social media by searching for spacekicker.
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21 MAY 2025 · We are all vibes on this special interview today as Kenny has returned to us to chat about his incoming online comic book shop! We chat about how he is developing this new revolutionary app and their partnership with Image Comics.
Things go off the rails as Matt delivers an unhinged seminar on how to properly meme your way to 5 million views on Threads and we discuss comic books before losing Lauren to the woes of bad internet connection.
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19 MAY 2025 · This week we are back and start things off by discussing our comics:
Lauren: Wolverine and X-Factor from Marvel
Matt: Absolute Batman 8, Aquaman 5, and Supergirl 1 from DC and Godzilla V X-Men from Marvel Comics
Lauren talks about The Walking Dead Dead City and Star Wars A New Dawn!
We then chat News (18Min) such as our thoughts on the Superman and Ironheart trailers.
For our Main Topics ( 26min) we go into our thoughts on Andor season 2. The series has ended and it may just be the most perfect Star Wars we have ever gotten.
We go through the episodes and give all of our thoughts and discuss how it left us feeling.
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14 MAY 2025 · *THIS EPISODE WAS LIVE SO THERE IS A 30 SECOND COUNTDOWN BEFORE THE EPISODE KICKS IN*
We are honored to sit down with Ernie Altbacker to discuss his new Kickstarter campaign Area 51 Studios. "It turns out Area 51 is a secret government base, but not for storing alien corpses or crashed spacecraft. It's actually a studio lot where aliens come to shoot low-budget galactic reality shows."
The story focuses on Zephril Boon as he tries to save his once-great career!
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12 MAY 2025 · What's up family?!
We kick this episode off by discussing our comicbook recommendations:
Absolute Green Lantern 2 and Two-Face 6 from DC Comics
Star Wars 1and Laura Kinney Wolverine from Marvel
The Moon is Following Us 9 from Image Comics
We chat about what we have been watching as well as some news.
Our Main Topic this week (21 min) is all about Ahsoka!
We go into her appearances in the Clone Wars, Rebels, her novel, and her show on Disney+ and everything in between. She is one of our favorite force users so we had to dedicate an episode all to her.
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7 MAY 2025 · The Thunderbolts* or New Avengers as we are calling them now have hit theaters bringing us one step closer to Avengers Doomsday. We saw the film and break down our thoughts and reactions to the latest MCU film.
Spoilers ahead!
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5 MAY 2025 · It is officially Star Wars month here on the show! With that we kick of some quick readings recommendations and news before we go into our first episode of Star Wars month. (
18 minutes) We saw Revenge of the Sith in theaters which was Lauren's first time in theaters with the film so we discuss our thoughts as well as why it is Matt's favorite Star Wars movie as well as tie in The Clone Wars season 7 as Order 66 and everything happens chronologically!
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A podcast hosted by Lauren and Matt that discusses the latest in pop-culture news, tv shows, comics, and movies all the while featuring a beer of the week.
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