https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-of-comic-books-podcast--2913804enSociety & CultureCopyright Johnathon Wheatleyhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/d53e1e1fc06d00b7acec3f12713a10ff.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/history-of-comic-books-podcast--2913804Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:18:44 +0000Johnathon WheatleyJohnathon Wheatleyfeeds@spreaker.comA brief rambling history of comic books and the people who made them.false75949016-d284-59fc-a484-60ca64f5693depisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-chester-gould-the-father-of-dick-tracy-and-the-american-crime-comic--74430338c510312a-abc0-42e4-b5bf-e0ed8a0c624eFri, 21 Aug 2026 02:06:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a resposting of the first part of this too brief and rambling biography of Chester Gould, the creator of Dick Tracy that also brought about the American Crime Comic genre.1690falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-rube-goldberg-the-dean-of-cartoonists--73953841410b9fb1-f1e1-4307-beba-baebbaa5f7fcFri, 14 Aug 2026 02:03:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Rube Goldberg, the dean of cartoonists.931falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-carl-barks-the-good-duck-artist-part-two--73589025960bd80f-677a-4e2d-b049-d2b038bee074Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:42:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carl Barks, as he creates one my popular character, Scrooge McDuck.1570falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-carl-barks-the-good-duck-artist-part-one--732690547ecfae92-0ef3-44ee-9a7e-3594da5b4670Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:29:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting fo the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carl Barks, one of Walt Disney's most celebrated cartoonists.968falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-julie-schwartz-dc-s-greatest-editor--73136730c251eb16-5466-4600-807b-1734f3d4a6adFri, 24 Jul 2026 01:12:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Julie Schwartz, DC Comics's greatest editor.1903falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-gene-colan-part-two--7302110213e037f4-fdc5-40df-a6d3-2cbf6d5bec63Fri, 17 Jul 2026 02:35:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Gene Colan, as he embarks onto one of the most iconic series of his career.1174falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-gene-colan-part-one--7290381130d292c3-9089-450a-8b39-acf5829fd570Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:17:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Gene Colan, one of the great artists of Marvel's Silver Age.1287falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-troubled-genius-of-mort-meskin--727978323455b569-a92e-4458-aaf5-46bedc947fe0Fri, 03 Jul 2026 02:00:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a resposting of this rambling and too brief biography  of Mort Meskin, a brilliant Golden Age artist who's personal demons kept him from surpassing his contemporaries.1427falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-gardner-fox-dc-s-greatest-writer-part-two--72696188512d4c75-0d24-4492-aa61-927c123157d6Fri, 26 Jun 2026 01:02:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Gardner Fox, as he helps DC Comics usher in the Silver Age.1473falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-gardner-fox-dc-s-greatest-writer--72591629d31c11c4-ff0c-43ae-9f57-3af8e6c88cbcFri, 19 Jun 2026 00:36:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Gardner Fox, arguably the writer who had the greatest impact on DC Comics.1698falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-humorous-art-of-john-severin--7249104612c618f1-7053-42ae-82dc-172d44ee236fFri, 12 Jun 2026 01:13:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of John Severin, the definitive artist of "Cracked" magazine.785falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-history-of-king-features-syndicate-part-two--7235931529343b6a-901e-40d8-878e-b20119d712b3Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:46:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of King Features Syndicate, one of the great comic strip publishers of all time.1622falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archive-the-history-of-king-features-syndicate-part-one--72217008af8eea3b-b234-406e-be26-5152a11699e9Thu, 28 May 2026 23:53:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history King Features Syndicate, one of the great comic strip company's of all time.1770falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-visionary-life-of-barry-windsor-smith--7210135517b71b05-cc93-49b2-92f3-3836bbb13a35Thu, 21 May 2026 17:55:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief of the life of Barry Windsor-Smith, one of the most talented and unique artists of the 70's and 80's.1392falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-supergirl-woman-of-tomorrow-by-tom-king-bilquis-evely--7201405402293c81-e396-416d-8082-917df39761d2Fri, 15 May 2026 02:01:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of this new classic in which Supergirl goes on an intergalatic journey of revenge that was so good it is the inspiration for the upcoming movie.399falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-matt-baker--7191734180e58526-789d-41b2-8c32-6219c8722a07Fri, 08 May 2026 02:56:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Matt Baker, one of the great 'good girl' artists of the Golden Age of Comic Books.1072falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-kurt-schaffenberger--71802398c6c8bc3f-82b4-4b52-ae3e-252557ade6eaFri, 01 May 2026 01:53:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Kurt Schaffenberger, one of the great artists of Superman & Lois Lane during the Silver Age.1427falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-arthur-adams--71597085bb136fba-767a-4aaa-bfd2-bbfc0a2bd7a2Thu, 23 Apr 2026 20:47:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Arthur Adams, one of the top artists of the 1980's who would be a major influence on the 90's artists.1716falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-john-romita-sr-the-quintessential-marvel-artist--71393692e5c7f422-6278-462e-9567-d663fda46c38Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:24:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of John Romita Sr., the artist who truly defined the Marvel style.1853falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archivies-george-tuska-a-true-professional--71223015e4fa1015-2320-4383-98e3-3bc282269b1eFri, 10 Apr 2026 01:39:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of George Tuska, one of the great professionals of the comic book medium.1278falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-controversial-inks-of-vinnie-colletta--710758878a950eae-b3bd-4707-98bd-6b28785c9fc6Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:01:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Vinnie Colletta, one of the most controversial inkers in comic book history.1497falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-brilliant-inks-of-joe-sinott--7091210508582e58-fd99-44e7-bbd5-6ec7bf219f4aFri, 27 Mar 2026 02:22:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a resposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Sinott, one of comic books greatest inkers.1213falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-incredible-life-of-herb-trimpe--707702634212ae88-fca2-4c5f-b8f5-dbfb4818fa89Fri, 20 Mar 2026 01:26:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Herb Trimpe, one of Marvel's great artists  of the 70's and 80's, along with giving one of the best runs on the Incredible Hulk ever.1792falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-fiction-house-part-two--70613080a83ffb80-452c-425f-be24-7c113d98f495Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:11:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Fiction House, one of the classic publishing houses of the Golden Age of American Comic Books.1104falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-history-of-fiction-house-part-one--704955083a293e77-dfea-4f69-a7c0-c7a49c55c3b2Fri, 06 Mar 2026 01:04:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Fiction House, a forgotten but pivotal publisher of comic books Golden Age.1500falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-pulps-the-precursor-to-the-american-comic-book-part-two--703166348a758f46-8bb2-4337-b43b-453330db168fFri, 27 Feb 2026 03:52:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of pulp magazines, the precursor to American comic books, as we get into the introduction of the superhero genre.1506falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-pulps-the-precursor-to-the-american-comic-book-part-one--70171911a7eb640e-9b04-4da7-ae2e-246409f2d467Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:36:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of pulp magazines, the precursor to the American comic book.1836falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-marvel-vs-dc-part-three--700312251bc9b0a0-9014-4fb9-9aaf-e2c23518b2c4Fri, 13 Feb 2026 03:26:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the final part of this too brief and rambling history of Marvel vs. DC, which catches up with comic books classic rivalry into modern day.723falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-marvel-vs-dc-part-two--698364019f45eeb3-c217-4484-877f-d6277e470bfaFri, 06 Feb 2026 04:49:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd  now a reposting of this second part of the history of Marvel vs. DC, as their rivalry would actually find themselves working together at times.1886falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-marvel-vs-dc-part-one--69677261793c9c00-6a17-45bc-b244-afcf362f27c4Fri, 30 Jan 2026 02:48:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the famous rivarly between Marvel and DC Comics.1793falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-speculation-crash-of-the-1990s--69554945aca3f15f-6f6f-4649-aaf8-2c2349df68c5Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:23:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Speculation Crash of the 1990's, one of the darkest times in comic book history.810falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-all-you-need-is-kill-by-hiroshi-sakurazaka-ryesuke-takeuchi-takeshi-obata--694629277f196442-c2b0-4fae-96ae-4479cf8ed805Fri, 16 Jan 2026 03:08:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "All You Need Is Kill", a superb manga adaptation of the now science fiction classic by Hiroshi Sakurazaka.314falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-frank-miller-part-two--69365026bb786ea8-d6a1-482a-a69a-4e86b1693adaFri, 09 Jan 2026 02:25:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Frank Miller, as he ventures into his most popular creator owned work before his career starts to deminish.1537falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-frank-miller-part-one--6927422041d1b50b-bd5a-4113-8328-b3f87385fb7fFri, 02 Jan 2026 01:57:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Frank Miller, one of the most important writer/artists of the 1980's and 90's.1565falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/merry-christmas-from-history-of-comic-books-podcast--6920395562997a0c-316a-4555-8ee1-24a754b611adThu, 25 Dec 2025 14:12:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyMerry Christmas and a Happy Holidays    97falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-shazam--691281473bc60f7d-c169-4fa9-8400-91be814abb7eFri, 19 Dec 2025 03:46:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of the 2019 film, "Shazam", which besides being a great comic book movie, makes a great Christmas movie to boot.271falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-christmas-classics-sin-city-silent-night-by-frank-miller--690018571654dbb4-5915-419b-a476-aa98684701cdFri, 12 Dec 2025 02:54:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: Silent Night" by Frank Miller, in which he tells a Christmas story in his classic crime noir universe.265falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-holiday-knights-from-the-new-adventures-of-batman-robin--6889273665cd51ef-2d79-4023-93fc-70c7126448aaFri, 05 Dec 2025 03:31:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Holiday Knights", the first episode of "The New Adventures of Batman & Robin" that delivered a fun Christmas anthology.362falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-jim-valentino--687721878324cfbb-218b-4c4d-8716-70274feb687cThu, 27 Nov 2025 15:46:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jim Valentino, the Image founder who wasn't a superstar but helped lay the ground work for what the company would become.1255falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-marc-silvestri--68668739b28b3c85-f5ba-4767-b420-8143098d0763Fri, 21 Nov 2025 03:01:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Marc Silvestri, another of the original Image founders.1607falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-whilce-portacio-the-odd-image-founder-out--68561203e1e93e85-4a9d-4fdd-99dd-61765570f6c5Fri, 14 Nov 2025 03:10:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Whilce Portacio, the original seventh member of Image Comics who was never really a founder.1066falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-todd-mcfarlane--684570213da7f941-c69b-475c-94ce-aa69ec23feb8Fri, 07 Nov 2025 04:09:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography Todd McFarlane, one of the founding members of Image Comics.2101falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-creepy-classics-saga-of-the-swamp-thing--68359029951c4c01-e538-4e58-a882-926f2a035aeaFri, 31 Oct 2025 02:34:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "The Saga of the Swamp Thing", Alan Moore's brilliant revival of the classic DC character that set the standard for him there after.295falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-creepy-classics-hellboy-seed-of-destruction-by-mike-mignola--6826020289721e6c-89bb-4e80-9d64-de6103805ec0Fri, 24 Oct 2025 01:41:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief reivew of Mike Mignola's "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction", which launched his classic Hellboy character.311hellboyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-creepy-classics-the-goon-by-eric-powell--6817317526c92f36-8228-4a24-b8c6-d6b06872d2d3Fri, 17 Oct 2025 01:00:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and to brief review of "The Goon" by Eric Powell, his classic monster noir comic.237eric powell,the goonfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-classics-locke-key-welcome-to-lovecraft--680816698690ad64-6378-449c-b08e-4e1521801d3bThu, 09 Oct 2025 17:47:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of Joe Hill's & Gabriel Rodriguez's "Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft", the first volume in their now classic horror series.296locke keyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-classics-30-days-of-night--67995273a98766e4-9edb-4ab2-92b2-6388c25c2d46Fri, 03 Oct 2025 03:14:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "30 Days of Night", Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's classic vampire tale.34030 days of nightfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-archives-the-life-of-rob-liefeld--67903654d0694eb5-61fb-4cce-aae0-2b4e73ed55f6Fri, 26 Sep 2025 01:28:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Rob Liefeld, probably the most controversial of the Image founders.1864robliefeldfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-jim-lee--67815990623a1c21-4b73-4540-bca5-483e740f2e29Fri, 19 Sep 2025 01:40:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jim Lee, the Image founder who went off and took over DC Comics.1677jim leefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-savage-life-of-erik-larsen--677296802a66d6db-e25b-4b4d-bcf9-39d3e83f72fcFri, 12 Sep 2025 01:29:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Erik Larsen, the Image Comics founder who just wanted to make funny books his own way.1183eriklarsenfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-image-comics-part-two--6764022563123f74-d6d7-4689-8cea-ab6ddb7f8105Fri, 05 Sep 2025 03:11:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd  now a reposting of this second part of this rambling and too brief history of Image Comics, as the upstart publisher goes through from trials and tribulations before settling into the third most successful publisher in American comic books.1185image comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-image-comics-part-one--67548218391f675e-891e-440f-92b5-55504b8b60ecThu, 28 Aug 2025 23:43:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Image Comics, the comic book company that challenged Marvel & DC's dominance in the American comic book marketplace.1325image comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-joe-kubert-comic-book-s-rock-part-four--67472996a8b62826-9335-4aac-b2cd-34f0c571154dFri, 22 Aug 2025 00:55:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a resposting of the last part of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, who even in his twilight years, still managed to turn out a classic.946joe kubertfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-joe-kubert-comic-book-s-rock-part-three--67370688be498fd0-4581-4d14-a037-c969d3d45ae0Thu, 14 Aug 2025 19:02:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, as he sets out to start his legendary school.1406joe kubertfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-joe-kubert-comic-book-s-rock-part-two--67296126af44e20d-863d-4bf0-8b3f-e6e5682500ceFri, 08 Aug 2025 01:38:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief second part of this biography of the great Joe Kubert, as he continues his comic book career, including working on his most iconic character.1781joe kubertfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-joe-kubert-comic-book-s-rock-part-one--67210743fb6fa806-f3c2-4053-9bcc-a01b6e6b6c3fFri, 01 Aug 2025 01:12:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a resposting of this first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Joe Kubert, one of the great innovators of the comic book genre.1643joe kubertfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-part-two--671070260a367f07-23eb-4b2a-818f-7906b7e678b8Fri, 25 Jul 2025 01:26:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.2195teenage mutant ninja turtlesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-history-of-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-part-one--67022673b9a8b0e8-9bf2-49dc-b016-dc9c3c3b08c3Fri, 18 Jul 2025 01:27:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one of the most successful independent comics of all time.1888teenage mutant ninja turtlesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-ozamu-tezuka-the-god-of-manga--669381530dcb4e91-8f52-4c84-b444-d3fd8f64f2d9Fri, 11 Jul 2025 01:18:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Ozamu Tezuka, probably the greatest manga creator of all time.1983ozamu tezukafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-captain-america-rebirth-by-mark-waid-ron-garney--66856168978f9c01-149e-475e-a3d2-f54c03e7323fFri, 04 Jul 2025 03:02:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Captain America: Rebirth" by Mark Waid and Ron Garney,  just in time for the 4th of July.311captain americafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-crime-comics-part-two--6676622297791d36-bae6-4882-a1b2-e455f3532e5bFri, 27 Jun 2025 01:42:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the crime comic book genre.1487crime comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-crime-comics-part-one--66635545dccaf848-079e-4b32-a845-84e42dd526c1Thu, 19 Jun 2025 19:23:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a resposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the crime comic book genre.1910crime comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-war-comics-part-five--66542425fd5b3043-56ba-4ea1-90de-213ab18cf289Fri, 13 Jun 2025 03:17:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the final part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.681war comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-war-comics-part-four--6641484958622146-2035-4ed7-afd9-83a552b8f1b6Fri, 06 Jun 2025 02:18:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the fourth part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.1947war comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-war-comics-part-three--6633458274fb708e-90e3-41d9-ad25-d874cdd55d82Fri, 30 May 2025 01:11:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of part three of this rambling and too brief history of the war comic genre.1980war comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-war-comics-part-two--662152525049a021-77c5-46ba-a44a-188e0d3fdd59Fri, 23 May 2025 00:52:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comics genre.1922war comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-war-comics-part-one--661090508cb80a1e-da13-479f-ab59-5afabe9178c5Thu, 15 May 2025 22:25:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the war comic genre.1953war comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-history-of-kitchen-sink-press-part-two--6600852850e95457-f87e-454c-b1af-06d62552c3e4Fri, 09 May 2025 02:05:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of Kitchen Sink Press, as the independent publisher continues to make its mark in the comic book industry before sadly declining.  1913kitchen sink pressfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-history-of-kitchen-sink-press-part-one--65923989c6ff07f0-03ef-4df0-97a2-4a7008049cb6Fri, 02 May 2025 01:26:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Kitchen Sink Press, one of the great independent publishers in comic book history.2022kitchen sink pressfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-life-of-stan-the-man-lee--656192345fdf0a8c-cf08-4507-9bf6-95ed6d6a52b8Fri, 18 Apr 2025 01:24:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Stan 'The Man' Lee, the man who made Marvel Comics what it is today.1996stan leefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-crisis-of-infinite-earths--6553326466e2c758-4583-401c-a8cc-b36ceccc53cdFri, 11 Apr 2025 01:27:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of "Crisis of Infinite Earths", the standard for all comic book events.1568crisis of infinite earthsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/bill-finger-the-other-creator-of-batman--6534317188ed6c38-7f7f-4552-9202-04e2808cb343Fri, 04 Apr 2025 02:47:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief biography of Bill Finger, the other creator of Batman.1234bill fingerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mad-life-of-harvey-kurtzman-part-six--65172567ef677ab4-8df5-40d8-8065-17bf16d9507eFri, 28 Mar 2025 01:11:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the conclusion of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he starts to receive some long deserved accolades towards the end of his life, including having an award named after him.1241harvey kurtzmanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mad-life-of-harvey-kurtzman-part-five--6500592110073e59-e431-4b2d-92d1-76ff5beb6c7eFri, 21 Mar 2025 01:18:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the fifth part of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he returns to "Playboy" with a new comic strip while also embarking onto a new career path: teacher.1166harvey kurtzmanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mad-life-of-harvey-kurtzman-part-four--64871628cc1259f8-dde0-471e-8c82-6dca534915c3Fri, 14 Mar 2025 00:44:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the fourth part of this rambling and too brief biography of Harvey Kurtzman, as he leaves EC Comics and Mad Magazine to set out on his own, for better and worse.1287harvey kurtzmanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mad-life-of-harvey-kurtzman-part-three--64742392ca73a49a-9c88-42dd-87cf-dfaece5875fdFri, 07 Mar 2025 04:17:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the third part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, as it sets out creating his own comics at EC, one of which would change the landscape of humor in America.1562harvey kurtzmanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mad-life-of-harvey-kurtzman-part-two--646163601b0f503d-8a53-476b-83dd-de148c24d709Fri, 28 Feb 2025 02:01:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, as he reenters civilian life after his military service to become a full-time comic book artist, leading him to the company that would reshape his life and...1596harvey kurtzmanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-mad-life-of-harvey-kurtzman-part-one--6447679687ac6db8-6f7a-433e-a440-6e126dea24caThu, 20 Feb 2025 15:24:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Harvey Kurtzman, one of the greatest artists of the comic book medium.1448harvey kurtzmanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-don-heck--6437021360e8cd4f-4738-47d7-be57-9c2d1e534f61Fri, 14 Feb 2025 02:37:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief biography of Don Heck, one of the great journeyman of the comic book medium who also managed to create some classic characters, including my all-time favorite, Iron Man.1152don heckfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-mike-grell-part-two--64239616990f3a6a-bac2-4966-ab96-a08c93b134a4Fri, 07 Feb 2025 02:33:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the conluding part of this rambling and too brief biography of the legendary writer/artist, Mike Grell.995falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-mike-grell-part-one--640649922fac9123-4e6d-4be6-9fa6-6c4c98da6712Fri, 31 Jan 2025 02:46:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of a rambling and too brief biography of the legendary writer/artists, Mike Grell.1035mike grellfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archies-charles-schultz-the-father-of-charlie-brown-and-his-friends-part-four--6386674619ff555a-7ddb-4c3d-a124-5582b4b1b63aFri, 24 Jan 2025 04:10:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this last part of the this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comic strip.770charles schultzfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-charles-schultz-the-father-of-charlie-brown-and-his-friends-part-three--63721123d3ad5cf4-d328-49cd-9be2-5611fe958b53Fri, 17 Jan 2025 03:44:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the third part of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the "Peanuts" comic strip.2011charles schultzfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-charles-schultz-the-father-of-charlie-brown-and-peanuts-part-two--6363152459c29fdb-fbde-4ca0-a3df-f08e1077a9baThu, 09 Jan 2025 22:24:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of part two of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comics strip.1917charles schultzfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-charles-schultz-the-father-of-charlie-brown-and-peanuts-part-one--635529846a01d6a1-b493-45a0-baf1-d91a40215400Fri, 03 Jan 2025 03:27:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Charles Schultz, the creator of Charlie Brown and the Peanuts comic strip.2038charles schultzfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-christmas-classics-christmas-with-the-joker--63482450e5952c93-eead-4377-955c-7ec4c5065470Fri, 27 Dec 2024 03:10:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of this classic episode of "Batman: The Animated Series", which is not only a great Christmas episode but the first appearance of Mark Hammil's the Joker.247christmas with the jokerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-christmas-classics-iron-man-3--63407496c6b7feb5-6953-47c3-8ead-97af7fd833dbFri, 20 Dec 2024 02:59:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and to brief review of "Iron Man 3", the MCU Christmas film.338iron man 3falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-christmas-classics-batman-returns--6329505972372fb6-75e6-4a92-9f02-9b23d7b698e6Fri, 13 Dec 2024 04:02:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Batman Returns", not a perfect film but makes for nice Christmas viewing.296batman returnsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-christmas-classics-sin-city-silent-night-by-frank-miller--631817901494f244-b2ab-43cb-b01d-041b94e11c01Fri, 06 Dec 2024 03:40:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this too brief review of "Sin City: Silent Night" by Frank Miller, in which he tells a Christmas story but in the Sin City way.272sin city silent nightfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-war-against-comics-part-four--630481981fd44cbc-7ee7-4648-a5f7-cba98ec525e8Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:47:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the last part of this rambling and too brief history on the war against comics in the 1950's.858war against comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-war-against-comics-part-three--629621785c9b2d2e-cb17-44a7-a72b-0e8e22c8bda6Fri, 22 Nov 2024 03:04:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a reposting of part three of the "War Against Comics" series, this time focusing on the actual Comics Code itself.706comics codefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-war-against-comics-part-two--62747665696ba9aa-6fbc-45d3-b77e-325517a909b2Fri, 15 Nov 2024 03:00:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of the war against comics in the 1950's.  2033war against comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-war-against-comics-part-one--62661032c952297a-35ee-433e-a340-853284fb3825Fri, 08 Nov 2024 03:42:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the war against comic books in the 1950's.1986war againstfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-halloween-classics-batman-the-long-halloween--62577641f6541209-5f4e-4f91-99ad-ae76a439ceb1Fri, 01 Nov 2024 01:35:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Batman: The Long Halloween", one of the best Batman stories ever.397batmanthelonghalloweenfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-creepy-classics-gyo-by-junji-ito--624962224addd78d-0d6d-4bbe-ae58-db89070fa7a4Fri, 25 Oct 2024 01:09:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief review of "Gyo" by Junji Ito, one of his scariest mangas by the horror master him.271gyofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-batman-part-three--6241793609b7b020-1e84-4152-985c-84d91ca33e8dSat, 19 Oct 2024 02:11:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this concluding chapter of this too brief and rambling history of Batman.1601batmanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-batman-part-two--62318701a5b47e2d-618c-4d4b-a2fd-cebe24bd305cThu, 10 Oct 2024 20:04:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this second part of a rambling and too brief history of Batman.1943batmanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-batman-part-one--62122805d7d74996-58ce-4f02-8b19-56a446089011Fri, 27 Sep 2024 01:01:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyNow in keeping with the recent Batman Day, a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of the Dark Knight.2173batmanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-marvel-comics-part-three--620385300c54ba09-dc99-480d-ab48-3df14f7b1242Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:31:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this final part of this rambling and too brief history of Marvel Comics.1335marvel comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-marvel-comics-part-two--6141339334c02ac5-2d5c-4c12-97b9-997424ac87c7Fri, 13 Sep 2024 02:18:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Marvel Comics.1953marvel comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-marvel-comics-part-one--61279848a632de4b-c4f3-4daf-957c-a888b844f7f6Fri, 06 Sep 2024 03:38:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Marvel Comics.1974marvel comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-jack-kirby-the-king-of-comics--6120439134d9dc13-19d7-45ec-b088-25e981f3efd9Fri, 30 Aug 2024 01:21:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Jack Kirby, the King of Comics.1898jack kirbyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-spider-man-part-four--61120660f07ef4bb-39fe-4d5c-b4de-a008c13f33d5Fri, 23 Aug 2024 01:41:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this last part of this rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, Marvel Comcs's most iconic character.1506spider-manfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-spider-man-part-three--61047649285ce45e-e669-4718-941e-6b0a7ec800d2Fri, 16 Aug 2024 01:18:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a reposting of the third part of this rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, Marvel's most iconic hero.1452spider-manfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-spider-man-part-two--60960129f8c49bb6-1efe-4518-9b67-8504d95053a9Thu, 08 Aug 2024 19:05:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, the flagship character of Marvel Comics.1937spider-manfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-spider-man-part-one--608914972a83452a-8fb2-4551-a6e7-c561f99f0ccbFri, 02 Aug 2024 01:39:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a reposting of this first part in a rambling and too brief history of Spider-Man, just in time for Spider-Man Day.2014spidermanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-the-watchmen--6080805245318b99-b047-4349-873e-2b187f12a531Fri, 26 Jul 2024 01:50:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of "The Watchmen", the seminal work by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons.1857thewatchmenfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-archives-the-strange-life-of-steve-ditko-part-two--60737087640251ef-8aa7-4553-b83a-f1cbc0d778a1Fri, 19 Jul 2024 02:56:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Steve Ditko.1179steve ditkofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-strange-life-of-steve-ditko-part-one--606689235685d77a-9487-4d0f-8060-979fe16497c9Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:58:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first half of this rambling and too brief biography of Steve Ditko, one of the great artists of the Silver Age.1956steve ditkofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-spirited-life-of-will-eisner-part-two--60600872e2daec98-b5a6-4cc1-907d-8149e533c144Thu, 04 Jul 2024 14:45:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this second part in a rambling and too brief biography of the great Will Eisner.1952will eisnerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-spirited-life-of-will-eisner-part-one--605344299225b7fa-39f6-4391-ad5a-f635e9bdab73Fri, 28 Jun 2024 01:25:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Will Eisner.1961will eisnerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-curt-swan-the-good-superman-artist-part-two--604537773f0565d4-c8c0-4df3-9277-beb856b039c9Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:18:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a reposting of this second part of this rambling and too brief biography of Curt Swan, arguably the greatest Superman artists of all time.1179curtswanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-curt-swan-the-good-superman-artists-part-one--6038020804193f97-957b-42d5-b046-94bcd9c4caa3Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:37:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of the late, great Curt Swan, the Good Superman Artist.1105curtswanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-dc--60305415ab3c128f-f505-4d49-ac30-dab2d7cba84bThu, 06 Jun 2024 22:56:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and far too brief history of DC Comics.1047dc comicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-2000s-to-modern-day--602297835a7a99f3-1220-4f85-95f0-278daff6fcb7Fri, 31 May 2024 00:59:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of comic books up to modern day....or at least until it was originally posted.694falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-1990-s--601566449a3116e7-323e-40a1-a547-3ada2ead9716Fri, 24 May 2024 01:21:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the 1990's as comic books reached never before heights before crashing and nearly burning to the ground.8561990sfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-1980s--60066419eb5b6668-e41b-408b-a534-8a37e8b25cbbFri, 17 May 2024 01:35:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the 1980's, one of the greatest in comic book history.7151980'sfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-1970s--599579266f9b181e-f731-4d3a-8ef2-d4e556fbe470Fri, 10 May 2024 02:04:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now this rambling and too brief history of the 1970's period of American comic books or better known as the first 2/3's of the Bronze Age.684falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-battle-for-superman--59791006c1c12202-8084-4a1d-bb98-13459d45c865Fri, 03 May 2024 02:32:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting about the battle over Superman between his creators, Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, and the company they sold him to, DC Comics.699supermanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-superman--59661108367a8039-714d-4a70-b201-20a8d6b85ad0Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:51:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of Superman, the character that launched the Golden Age of Comic Books.2341supermanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-origin-of-superman--59541077cf52a649-eef5-4b82-a476-2e3163df1659Fri, 19 Apr 2024 01:17:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the origin of Superman, just in time for Superman Day.628supermanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-silver-age--594298815b2ffc8f-0447-4426-a2df-eb5604bad76dFri, 12 Apr 2024 01:31:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Silver Age of Comic Books, where the medium was revived during the 1960's.  727siilveragefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-wonder-woman-part-two--5930282678c499d7-9cbf-4cb4-b4a1-e595e50927a9Fri, 05 Apr 2024 04:06:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Wonder Woman, the premier female superhero in comic books.1901wonderwomanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-wonder-woman-part-one--59215056c6f6b79a-f9ab-4d02-a581-e5a84b9e861bFri, 29 Mar 2024 02:20:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyNow to close out Women's History Month, this reposting of the first part of a rambling and too brief history of Wonder Woman, the premier female superhero in comic books.2017wonderwomanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-female-creators-in-american-comic-books-part-three--591326643ecae692-11fc-46d2-965b-b020fabcf94bFri, 22 Mar 2024 00:49:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the conclusion of this reposting of this rambling and too brief history of female creators in American Comic Books.1721femalecomicbookcreatorsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-female-creators-in-american-comic-books-part-two--59051820bd8c629d-761a-425e-9d1c-7e2387455f75Fri, 15 Mar 2024 01:49:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief second part of this history of female comic book creators.1717femalecomicbookcreatorsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-female-creators-in-comic-books-part-one--589669571b6be438-e1ea-4cdf-890b-b334b610fdefFri, 08 Mar 2024 02:22:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a reposting of this rambling and too brief first part of the history of female creators in comic books.1494femalecomicbookcreatorsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-adolphe-barreaux-the-hidden-pioneer-of-black-comic-book-artists--5888356136e8a3eb-6025-4dc5-8b35-8a11bd1d9cb4Fri, 01 Mar 2024 01:39:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Adolphe Barreaux, probably the first black comic book artist, even if no one knew it at the time.1072adolphebarreauxfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-all-negro-comics--587925220993c5c3-7029-45d8-8eca-fdba8a98188cFri, 23 Feb 2024 04:00:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the episode on "All-Negro Comics", the first comic created by black creators starring black characters.852allnegrocomicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-romance-comics--58702667e081c275-b12d-4ff9-a501-8ba073563336Fri, 16 Feb 2024 02:35:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now in time for Valentine's Day, a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the romance genre in comic books.1873romancecomicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-black-characters-in-comic-books-part-two--58619196d633d8e5-ce57-4a9a-aed0-07e6bf5ff333Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:13:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now this reposting of the second part of a rambling and too brief history of black characters in comic books.1709blackcomicbookcharactersfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-history-of-black-characters-in-comic-books-part-one--58540087ce9a6ebd-6b95-4d57-9df2-f494682054f1Fri, 02 Feb 2024 04:41:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd the first part of this ramblng and too brief history of black characters in comic books.2005blackcomicbookcharactersfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-interim-age--584521639356110f-5365-4347-97d8-1c0bd3372a45Fri, 26 Jan 2024 02:48:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the Interim Age, covering the strange period in comics between the end of the Golden Age and the beginning of the Silver Age.528falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-the-golden-age--583601826ce8ad23-142a-4ba1-bb62-8133302401beFri, 19 Jan 2024 02:31:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a repost of this rambling and too brief history of the Golden Age of American Comic Books.654thegoldenagefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archives-history-of-comic-books-part-zero--58308984093d9cce-cf19-4c88-a005-d3c17ad50adfFri, 12 Jan 2024 02:39:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a reposting of the first episode of History of Comic Books.  Listen at your own risk717historyofcomicbookspodcastfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-classics-justice-league-comfort-joy--580925688ca4dc79-f692-47bd-a540-86d3b64f73dcFri, 22 Dec 2023 03:42:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Justice League: Comfort & Joy", the classic Christmas episode of the animated series that aired on Dec. 13th, 2003, as the various members of the Justice League enjoy the holidays in their own way.350justiceleaguecomfortandjoyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-classics-shazam--58014893a3e5b05f-adcf-4ed4-bb4b-3db988b1176cFri, 15 Dec 2023 03:37:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Shazam", the 2019 comic book adapation that not only remains the best film to come out of the Snyderverse but is also a great Christmas movie.284shazamfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-x2-x-men-united--57872937d59ef693-440c-4f59-b704-6185dfcd5231Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:59:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "X2: X-Men United", the 2003 film from director Bryan Singer that improves on everything from the original and shows that the comic book movie was truly coming into its own.357x2xmenunitedfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-uncanny-x-men-308-by-scott-lobdell-john-romita-jr--5778576219dcd5e5-cbaa-4083-aad9-6bcd1be6752aThu, 23 Nov 2023 16:18:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Uncanny X-Men" #308 by Scott Lobdell & John Romita Jr., a fantastic Thanksgiving issue that also sees Scott Summers & Jean Grey finally get engaged.298uncannyxmen308falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-x-men-god-loves-man-kills-by-chris-claremont-brent-anderson--57674588ffcc7093-bf3b-4b86-8e60-b091b710f299Fri, 17 Nov 2023 03:26:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills" by Chris Claremont & Brent Anderson, their 1982 graphic novel that served as the inspiration for the "X2" movie of 2002.320xmengodlovesmankillsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-x-men-days-of-future-past-2014--5758525390562d88-217a-4907-ae2a-3945398cb182Fri, 10 Nov 2023 02:32:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of the "X-Men: Days of Future Past" movie form director Bryan Singer, one of the best adaptations of the comic book movie ever.305xmendaysoffuturepast2014falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-x-men-days-of-future-past-by-chris-claremont-john-byrne--574910690675e282-47ea-4c36-a716-c14d5f750345Fri, 03 Nov 2023 03:12:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of the iconic "X-Men: Days of Future Past" by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, still one of the greatest story in the series.287daysoffuturepastfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archive-history-of-horror-comics-part-two--574034835a336542-480b-4043-ab53-ef782e332083Fri, 27 Oct 2023 02:24:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the second part of this archive edition of this rambling and too brief history of horror comics.1528horrorcomicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/archive-history-of-horror-comics-part-one--57312278744d7eb3-52a4-4caa-9a32-6dfa2cf00af9Fri, 20 Oct 2023 01:10:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a repost from the archives with this first part of a rambling and too brief history of horror comics.2039horrorcomicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-creepy-classics-werewolf-by-night-on-disney-plus--57217776e7fbad8c-554d-49a5-b9d6-bf1cc71e8e8cFri, 13 Oct 2023 01:56:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Werewolf By Night", the 2022 Halloween special on Disney Plus that highlighted some of Marvel's classic monsters.261werewolfbynightfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-extraordinary-life-of-lily-renee-from-holocaust-survivor-to-comic-book-pioneer--57104020cbd34d59-9f84-4fae-9552-eb704381d695Fri, 06 Oct 2023 01:46:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief biography of Lily Renee, one of pioneer female comic book artists of the Golden Age whose life was as extraordinary as the heroes she drew.813lilyreneefalse610fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/tom-gill-comic-book-artist-teacher--56985068ce7f987d-1042-4b2a-8f8d-f947db08fc60Fri, 29 Sep 2023 01:17:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief biography of Tom Gill, the brilliant comic book artist of the "Lone Ranger" who was also a pretty talented teacher as well.1166tomgillfalse69fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-hal-foster-the-father-of-the-adventure-strip-part-two--56891350ade3c9da-a4e1-4b9a-80ae-1c537b643947Fri, 22 Sep 2023 01:37:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of Hal Foster, the father of the adventure strip.1397halfosterfalse68fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-hal-foster-the-father-of-the-adventure-strip-part-one--568068200da25bd6-9425-40d6-82c2-ba95d1210febFri, 15 Sep 2023 01:23:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Hal Foster, the father of the adventure strip.1387halfosterfalse67fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-nast-the-inventor-of-the-modern-political-cartoon-part-two--56731506914034b2-8c03-4fbc-9b95-75a1368b8781Fri, 08 Sep 2023 03:28:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd part two of this rambling and too brief biography of Thomas Nast, the creator of the modern political cartoon.1085thomasnastfalse66fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/thomas-nast-the-inventor-of-the-modern-political-cartoon-part-one--56655388039ffad2-658c-4575-b433-c41f37556dd0Fri, 01 Sep 2023 00:48:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography on Thomas Nast, the inventor of the modern political cartoon.1705thomasnastfalse65fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/history-of-quality-comics-part-two--56584816bd268200-4464-4935-ab31-a4c3534ce33aFri, 25 Aug 2023 01:05:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Quality Comics, the classic Golden Age publisher whose creation live on in DC Comics today.1261qualitycomicsfalse64fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/history-of-quality-comics-part-one--56508442c1ae2148-8cfd-413f-b356-56c6d47e1951Fri, 18 Aug 2023 02:35:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Quality Comics, the classic Golden Age publisher whose characters would become an integral part of DC Comics.1519qualitycomicsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cracked-magazine-the-history-of-the-best-rip-off-of-mad-magazine-part-two--564335836265addd-2bc1-451d-b701-b6d5d4f87f78Fri, 11 Aug 2023 01:02:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd the concluding chapter to his rambling and to brief history of Cracked magazine, the best rip-off of Mad magazine.1115crackedmagazinefalse62fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/cracked-magazine-the-history-of-the-best-rip-off-of-mad-magazine-part-one--56364255975d4483-659c-4f5b-b6e9-a579607fe1feFri, 04 Aug 2023 02:26:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Cracked magazine, the best rip-off of Mad magazine.1235crackedmagazinefalse61fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-weapon-x-by-barry-windsor-smith--56258904c2c65525-f3cd-4aae-a060-1b0b24ccde06Fri, 28 Jul 2023 01:55:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Weapon X" by Barry Windsor-Smith, his classic take on the story of how Wolverine got his adamantium skeleton.280weaponxfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-wolverine-by-chris-claremont-frank-miller--56172896cd7ae3ba-82cf-4263-bde2-2bdff55c13c1Fri, 21 Jul 2023 02:13:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of the original 1982  "Wolverine" limited series by Christ Claremont & Frank Miller, which featured the character in his first solo outing.277wolverinefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-whiteout-by-greg-rucka-steve-lieber--56097426978584f8-7c36-4cd2-8e3b-19950fad7af8Fri, 14 Jul 2023 03:44:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Whiteout" by Greg Ruck & Steve Lieber, a classic murder mystery set in Antartica246whiteoutfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-we3-by-grant-morrision-frank-quitely--56022580425e6cd8-1ead-4247-ad62-723b1dfda88aFri, 07 Jul 2023 02:49:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a ramblinga and too brief review of "We3" by Grant Morrision & Frank Quitely, a three issue mini-series from 2004 about cybernetic animal assassins that is a lot more powerful than the concept reads on paper.255we3falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-walking-dead-by-robert-kirkman--55538628b9760f7f-eb07-4781-b49d-bc8a21decbc6Fri, 30 Jun 2023 01:30:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Walking Dead" by Robert Kirkman, his seminal zombie series that reset the genre for the comic book medium.314thewalkingdeadfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-dark-phoenix-saga-by-chris-claremont-john-byrne--548332583f86cd75-243d-425c-9381-92a824be17c4Fri, 23 Jun 2023 02:27:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Dark Phoenix Saga" by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, which collects "Uncanny X-Men" #129 to 138, agruably the greatest X-Men tale of all time.284darkphoenixsagafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-ultimate-x-men-by-mark-millar-andy-adam-kubert--54454110b34de66e-cfc0-46ec-bd9e-197fbaf29e52Fri, 16 Jun 2023 01:52:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Ultimate X-Men" by Mark Millar, Andy & Adam Kubert, the second series in Marvel's Ultimate line that rebooted the classic mutant team, along with eventually introducing Ultimate Nick Fury, who bares a...296ultimatexmenfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-ultimate-spider-man-by-brian-michael-bendis-mark-bailey--54145971787d0609-a453-440a-b003-152abe9f2e7bFri, 09 Jun 2023 02:38:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Ultimate Spider-Man", the flagship title that launched the Ultimate  universe at Marvel.317ultimatespidermanfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-torso-by-brian-michael-bendis-marc-andreyko--54072003671226f9-d58d-4a3c-9e1f-13309c6f2aacFri, 02 Jun 2023 03:12:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Torso" by Brian Michael Bendis & Marc Andreyko, which is a retelling of the true story of the Cleveland Torso Killings of the 1930's.390torsofalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-men-in-black-1997--5400295659c99c45-6640-4f06-b9f3-f14db23046eaFri, 26 May 2023 01:27:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of the 1997 "Men In Black" movie that is quite frankly, better than the original comic book.378meninblackfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-tom-strong-by-alan-moore-chris-sprouse--539256410692f3e8-a3e7-4598-b749-9997d8694ddaFri, 19 May 2023 01:56:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Tom Strong", the classic adventure series by Alan Moore & Chris Sprouse.321tomstrongfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-umbrella-academy-by-gerad-way-gabriel-ba--53828334b14421e2-714c-4a0e-8b67-6bf38e8c53acFri, 12 May 2023 02:00:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Umbrella Academy" by Gerad Way & Gabriel Ba, their eccentric yet entertaining take one the superhero/fantasy genre.446theumbrellaacademyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-tick-2016-tv-series--53746822f0e5ece5-539c-4f65-87d7-9db96ca6bd0eFri, 05 May 2023 03:01:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of the 2016 "The Tick" TV show from Amazon Prime, which this time satirizes the MCU and DCEU content of the time.384thetick2016falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-tick-2001-tv-series--53672760838f2b67-59ac-40a6-9116-d62156f0c679Fri, 28 Apr 2023 01:02:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of the "The Tick" 2001 live-action series, a hilarious but too short-lived adaptation of the comic book series.316thetick2001falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-tick-the-animated-series--535970398d87a68d-b9f5-445e-a703-b5780e4c705aThu, 20 Apr 2023 17:37:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Tick: The Animated Series", the brilliant Saturday morning cartoon adapation of the comic that ran from 1994 to 1997.289thetickanimatedseriesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-tick-the-complete-edlund-by-ben-edlund--535308126c201332-9653-4f37-998a-e2a10c8b0035Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:54:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Tick: The Complete Edlund" by Ben Edlund, collecting all twelve issues of the classic satirical comic.246thetickfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-superman-birthright-by-mark-waid-lenil-you--53467414fec1bf40-698e-4bd9-bf09-3c6b7e702f65Fri, 07 Apr 2023 03:09:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Superman: Birthright" by Mark Waid and Lenil Yu, their classic revamp of his origin for the 21st century.263supermanbirthrightfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-superman-chronicles-vol-1-by-jerry-siegel-joe-shuster--533975187cc1a6f1-c179-4225-872c-bdfcc0bf1f5fFri, 31 Mar 2023 00:58:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Superman Chronicles Vol.1" by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, a 2006 trade that collected the very first adventures of Superman.275supermanchroniclesfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-stray-bullets-by-david-lapham--53317746646dfa8c-59f5-4e13-88fe-d1cb4921d855Thu, 23 Mar 2023 22:59:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now for a rambling and too brief review of "Stray Bullets" by David Lapham, his classic crime series he has been publishing off and on since 1995.213straybulletsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-spider-man-kraven-s-last-hunt-by-j-m-dematteis-mike-zeck--53227252280adcb8-7377-4ca0-b982-5af9ed712428Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:26:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Spider-Man: Kraven's Last Hunt" by J.M. DeMatteis & Mike Zeck, the classic six part tale in which Kraven the Hunter finally comes into his own.266kravenslasthuntfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-spider-man-the-death-of-the-stacys--53153745173140d9-08db-4cf4-ac09-2d03514a0287Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:33:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now this rambling but too brief review of "Spider-Man: The Death of the Stacys", that collects "Amazing Spider-Man" #88-92 to #121-122, two of the most tragic events in Peter Parker/Spider-Man's life.299deathofthestacysfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-spider-man-the-birth-of-venom--530792246852a155-45cb-481e-a226-272c9fb4ad94Fri, 03 Mar 2023 04:09:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Spider-Man: The Birth of Venom", a fantastic trade collecting the first appearance of the black symbiote suit in "Secret Wars" #8 to Venom's early appearances in "Amazing Spider-Man", documenting the...333spidermanbirthofvenomfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-space-usagi-by-stan-sakai--529066047f53f957-c233-4834-8936-d748f333eaa0Fri, 24 Feb 2023 01:54:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Space Usagi", in which Stan Sakai takes his classic samurai rabbit into a space opera.356spaceusagifalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-scud-the-disposable-assassin-by-rob-schrab--529066751e379816-24ac-4b07-8a84-8840f47b5c6dFri, 17 Feb 2023 02:34:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Scud: The Disposable Assassin" by Rob Schrab, which stars a robot assassin who learns that once he target dies, he explodes, so he has to everything possible to keep him alive.324scudthedisposableassassinfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-sandman-season-of-the-mists-by-neil-gaiman-various-artists--529061530d1da2f3-fd45-432c-989f-a5f8d20481dcFri, 10 Feb 2023 01:37:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Sandman: Season of the Mists" by Neil Gaiman and various artists, which collects issues #21-28 in which Morpheus attempts to rescue an old friend from Hell, only for Lucifer to have plans of his own.329seasonofthemistsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-pride-of-baghdad-by-brian-k-vaughan-nico-henrichon--529067170d113f0e-c73e-4eee-ac5d-6db28690bcb5Fri, 03 Feb 2023 03:23:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Pride of Baghdad" by Brian K. Vaughan & Nico Henrichon, their 2006 graphic novel about a group of lions who escape the Baghdad Zoo during the Iraq War.  301prideofbaghdadfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-sleeper-by-ed-brubaker-sean-phillips--529067066580e4d2-5e60-49bc-afbc-89f494667ffbFri, 27 Jan 2023 00:47:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Sleeper" by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, their brilliant 24 issue series from the early 2000's that mixed deep cover crime noir with superhero comics.360sleeperfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-point-blank-by-ed-brubaker-collin-wilson--52906667b3b5962a-b397-4295-8864-100f79524c57Fri, 20 Jan 2023 03:29:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Point Blank" by Ed Brubaker & Collin Wilson, in which Cole Cash/The Grifter searches for who put his former Team 7 member, John Lynch, in a coma, with some surprises along the way.324pointblankfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-powers-who-killed-retro-girl-vol-1-by-brian-michael-bendis-michael-avon-oeming--52906560af088660-6870-40d5-bbcd-788d3f476802Fri, 13 Jan 2023 02:12:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl?" Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Avon Oeming, the beginning of this iconic series about police detectives whose job it is to investigate superheroes.278powersfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classic-the-other-side-by-jason-aaron-cameron-stewart--5290685870fa979f-f09f-42c0-8ea8-b6afc4c59271Fri, 06 Jan 2023 02:05:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Other Side", the Vietnam War comic by Jason Aaron and Cameron Stewart.335theothersidefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-classics-holiday-knights-from-the-new-batman-adventures--52906620478cdc29-79fb-413b-80b4-7c184e2191b6Fri, 30 Dec 2022 01:44:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Holiday Knights" from the "The New Batman Adventures", another classic Batman Christmas special.382holidayknightsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-classics-christmas-with-the-joker--529080612311089d-2dbe-4673-b113-c1697d437e71Fri, 23 Dec 2022 04:02:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Christmas With The Joker", the second episode of the classic "Batman: The Animated Series" that was not only the debut of Mark Hamill as the Joker but also a fun Christmas special.320christmaswiththejokerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-classics-iron-man-3--529067721b7798ca-5836-4a72-a5cd-5d06dd34c909Fri, 16 Dec 2022 02:30:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Iron Man 3", the 2013 Marvel film written and directed by Shane Black, so it naturally had a Christmas flavor.326ironman3falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-classics-batman-returns--5290664881d8837d-2dea-4099-ad29-a78e568e1beeFri, 09 Dec 2022 01:49:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Batman Returns", the 1992 movie that, since set during Christmas, makes a fun, Christmas comic book movie.292batmanreturnsfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-christmas-classics-sin-city-silent-night-by-frank-miller--5290678430b244ad-109d-4480-a821-56ff0850d8d7Fri, 02 Dec 2022 02:45:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: Silent Night", his Nov. 1995 one-shot in which Marv, one of his many anti-heroes of Sin City, decides to do some good on Christmas Eve but in his own way.304silentnightfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-sin-city-that-yellow-bastard-by-frank-miller--5290809192ef899b-6539-4bf5-9322-c34c5cc1a6f2Thu, 24 Nov 2022 16:16:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: That Yellow Bastard" by Frank Miller, his 1996 mini-series that is arguably the last great one in the franchise.298thatyellowbastardfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-sin-city-the-big-fat-kill-by-frank-miller--52906810ee546766-9ad5-4a5d-a27f-9014703dde0cFri, 18 Nov 2022 00:30:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of Frank Miller's "Sin City: The Big Fat Kill", his third volume in his "Sin City" series that finds Dwight having to defend Old Town from outside invaders.296thebigfatkillfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-sin-city-a-dame-to-kill-for--52906853be3bcb78-dcc9-44f4-b1eb-3a8778eaf98bThu, 10 Nov 2022 18:35:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For", Frank Miller's follow-up to "The Hard Goodbye" to truly fleshes out this crime noir world in probably its best story ever.263adametokillforfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-sin-city-the-hard-goodbye-by-frank-miller--5290663867eef5b2-3a20-459e-b1f1-921b4b74654aThu, 03 Nov 2022 22:10:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Sin City: The Hard Goodbye" by Frank Miller, his introduction to his classic crime noir series that is simply Miller at his pursest.284thehardgoodbyefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-creepy-classics-blade-ii--5290678393456355-829f-4f26-a9d1-dd30c274cda9Thu, 27 Oct 2022 23:54:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Blade II", once again starring Wesley Snipes but also directed by Guillmero Del Toro, which provided his first big break into Hollywood.333bladeiifalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-creepy-classics-blade-1998--5290663718bf399c-5037-4774-8b9c-ba47f3acb6b6Fri, 21 Oct 2022 03:15:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Blade", the 1998 movie adaptation of the classic Marvel character that not only was the first successful Marvel movie but a pretty good vampire film to boot.290bladefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-creepy-classics-tomb-of-dracula--52906752e4f7d940-6c52-4e62-9996-3c8d97e3057aThu, 13 Oct 2022 23:03:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Tomb of Dracula", the classic 1970's horror comic from Marvel that not only made Dracula a Marvel villain but introduced other classic characters like Blade.379tombofdraculafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-creepy-classics-vault-of-horror-by-ec-comics--52906662fa3eb682-417b-405e-891a-17d07e527f6bFri, 07 Oct 2022 03:31:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and to brief review of the "Vault of Horror" horror comic from EC Comics, one of the many classic horror anthology series the company produced in the 1950's.314vaultofhorrorfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-runaways-by-brian-k-vaughan-adrian-alphona--52906552b21b428e-e047-4d85-9f0e-81360c259381Fri, 30 Sep 2022 00:54:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Runaways" by Brian K. Vaughan & Adrian Alphona, which answers the questions of what would happen if you found out your parents were super villians.265runawaysfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-rocketeer-complete-adventures-by-dave-stevens--52906756d7583355-d196-4a0f-b163-80ef1e2e7838Fri, 23 Sep 2022 01:29:07 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Rocketeer: Complete Adventures" by the late, great Dave Stevens, his classic send up to the pulp heroes of the 1930's and 40's.268rocketeerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-complete-persepolis-by-marjane-satrapi--529067891e7838ed-79e0-4f73-a5a1-43be75d34a1dFri, 16 Sep 2022 01:22:24 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now rambling and too brief of "The Complete Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi, a fantastic autobiography about it was like to be a girl growing up during the Iranian Revolution.335completepersepolisfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-teen-titans-the-judas-contract-by-marv-wolfman-george-perez--52906160c3b24e7d-7608-4209-af48-bb523e8a94deFri, 09 Sep 2022 01:05:15 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and brief review of "Teen Titans: The Judas Contract" by Marv Wolfman & George Perez, the classic story in which the Titans must deal with a traitor in their midst.274judascontractfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-milk-cheese-by-evan-dorkin--52906008209f8e7a-0da0-46cf-8099-06cdb73b1fccThu, 01 Sep 2022 14:06:40 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Milk & Cheese" by Evan Dorkin, his hilarious comic strip about a rampaging carton of milk and slice of cheese that ran from 1989 to 2010.235milkandcheesefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-invincible-by-robert-kirkman-corey-walker--5290680131821762-bd5b-4466-a290-807fc282ba3aFri, 26 Aug 2022 00:40:50 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Invincible" by Robert Kirkman & Corey Walker, their brilliant take on what happens when the teenage son of a superhero develops powers of his own.  280invinciblefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-richard-stark-s-slayground-by-darwyn-cooke--52906857f76c3d48-2969-480e-9e83-dc6766ac7ba5Fri, 19 Aug 2022 00:42:05 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of Darwyn Cooke's final adaptation of Richard Stark's classic Parker series.299slaygroundfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-score-by-richard-stark-darwyn-cooke--52906185077d2e90-3190-4e21-8622-f0d785a2cfdfFri, 12 Aug 2022 02:10:03 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling review of "The Score" by Richard Stark & Darwyn Cooke, Cooke's classic adaptation of of Stark's crime novel as the criminal Parker joins a crew to rob a whole mining town, only for things to naturally not go as planned.252thescorefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-outfit-by-darwyn-cooke--529068629020271d-a9e3-4b1d-a987-56d3bbdf6bf2Fri, 05 Aug 2022 02:11:45 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Outfit" by Darwyn Cooke, he which he adapts the sequel to "The Hunter" by Richard Stark, as Parker finds himself targeted by the mafia, only for him to turn the tables on them.277theoutfitfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-hunter-by-darwyn-cooke--529066879b993225-fa64-4283-8115-96172ad88497Fri, 29 Jul 2022 01:58:19 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Hunter" by Darwyn Cooke, his brilliant adaptation of Donald Westlake/Richard Stark's classic crime novel.258thehunterfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-mage-a-hero-discovered-by-matt-wagner--52908102c8c7f501-275c-4871-ac24-c843f02c3a3eThu, 21 Jul 2022 23:35:33 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Mage: A Hero Discovered" by Matt Wagner, the first entry in his classic "Mage" series that took him 35 years to complete.249mageherodiscoveredfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-maus-a-survivor-s-tale-by-art-spiegelman--529081484a43a1b6-758b-4757-840a-1ff040aad783Fri, 15 Jul 2022 02:33:11 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Maus: A Survivor's Tale" by Art Spiegelman, his brilliant comic telling how his father survived the Holocaust, with the twist of Jewish people being depicted as mice while the Nazis are cats.277mausfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-jla-tower-of-babel--5290672112902c72-2396-44f1-9aa8-f8b2ab45d8cbThu, 07 Jul 2022 22:27:17 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd a rambling and too brief review of "JLA: Tower of Babel" by Mark Waid & Howard Porter, which collects issues #42-46 of the "JLA" series in 2001, as Rhas Al' Ghul has a new plan to decimate the Earth's population but first he has to take down...207jlatowerofbabelfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-jla-new-world-order--52906878e9288cca-66c2-4790-966a-249dfe812f9bFri, 01 Jul 2022 01:35:34 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "JLA: New World Order", which collects issues #1-4 of the "JLA" series form 1997 by Grant Morrison & Howard Porter in which the top seven heroes of DC: Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green...253jlafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-justice-league-a-new-beginning--5290806658dfb44b-dc68-426a-9dee-4d4277f103d8Fri, 24 Jun 2022 02:11:43 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief revieiw of "Justice League: A New Beginning" by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis & Kevin Maquire, which collects issues #1-7 of the 1987 "Justice League" relaunch, and remains one of the funniest comics ever made.256justiceleaguefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-league-of-extraordinary-gentlemen-vol-1--529061778ff59016-fa00-4306-b33c-815fa4e02e68Fri, 17 Jun 2022 02:43:45 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol.1", the 1999 mini-series by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill that launched the franchise.284leagueofextraordinarygentlemenfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/milton-caniff-the-rembrandt-of-the-comic-strip--52908065e9079d9f-70aa-442e-957f-5b71cb4b0056Fri, 10 Jun 2022 02:35:38 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief biography of the great Milton Caniff, one of the best comic strip artists of all time who inspired countless others who followed.1542milton canifffalse516fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-tragically-short-life-of-mike-wieringo--5290815493e88d3c-fc26-46dc-9f1b-c622e915a451Thu, 02 Jun 2022 23:31:23 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief biography of Mike Wieringo, a talented comic artist of the 90's and 2000's who left us far too soon.1287false515fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/curt-swan-the-good-superman-artist-part-two--529079258b5ae2f8-78f0-45f8-888a-9cece87da03aFri, 27 May 2022 01:29:29 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of Curt Swan, arguably the greatest Superman artist of all time, as he wraps up his career with the Man of Steel by helping produce one of the greatest Superman stories ever.1160comicbooksfalse514fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/curt-swan-the-good-superman-artist-part-one--5290679952ad375a-3eca-478a-b653-bbe5d592c3adFri, 20 May 2022 00:52:32 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Curt Swan, arguably the greatest Superman artist of all time.1042comic books,historyfalse513fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winsor-mccay-the-brilliant-innovator-of-comic-strips-cartoons-part-three--5290668956fe71e0-f46b-4055-8bc5-533dd9763693Fri, 13 May 2022 00:11:37 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the concluding chapter in this rambling and too brief biography of Winsor McCay, as he releases his last landmark cartoon, though the very medium he helped innovate starts to pass him by.1262comic books,historyfalse512fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winsor-mccay-the-brilliant-innovator-of-comic-strips-cartoons-part-two--52906901d533b324-305b-4941-a637-8a7e8a65319bThu, 05 May 2022 23:32:11 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the second part of this rambling and too brief biography of the great Winsor McCay, as he not only creates his greatest comic strip but also embarks into the field of animation.1668comic books,historyfalse511fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/winsor-mccay-the-brilliant-innovator-of-comic-strips-cartoons-part-one--5290683071d8a244-f6f7-4eb7-a3c4-83fba9bde61fFri, 29 Apr 2022 02:14:05 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Winsor McCay, one of the most brilliant innovators of both comic strips and cartoons.1215false510fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-eccentric-art-of-basil-wolverton-part-two--52906711dda98ef8-5d14-4c65-ab94-84402a883947Fri, 22 Apr 2022 01:50:39 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the second and concluding part of this rambling and too brief biography of Basil Wolverton, as he finally gets his big break in a contest for one of the greatest comic strips of all time.1201false59fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-eccentric-art-of-basil-wolverton-part-one--529069162e912d41-c2dc-49ce-87de-6c7929a0a313Fri, 15 Apr 2022 02:31:28 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of ths rambling and too brief biography of Basil Wolverton, one of the more eccentric artists of the Golden Age.1402basil wolvertonfalse58fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-history-of-fawcett-comics-part-two--52906951804b2c59-18b4-4994-8270-a43f5aeb9da4Thu, 07 Apr 2022 23:49:48 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the second and concluding part of this rambling and too brief history of Fawcett Comics, as they are brought down not by sales but a lawsuit from its biggest rival.891false57fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-history-of-fawcett-comics-part-one--52906769219f4e49-64e5-414e-aa5b-6e3177adf396Thu, 31 Mar 2022 22:26:11 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief history of Fawcett Comics, one of the premier publishers of the Golden Age.1368false56fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-carmine-infantino-part-two--52908172abb7c770-801c-407f-ae5d-88f0ba94ae50Thu, 24 Mar 2022 23:16:35 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the second and concluding part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carmine Infantino, as he goes from being one of DC Comics's best penciler's to actually running the company.1114comic books,historyfalse55fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-carmine-infantino-part-one--529067544f34e785-fa2a-4261-95bf-43feddbf6d68Fri, 18 Mar 2022 00:01:29 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carmine Infantino, the artist who literally penciled comics into the Silver Age.1418comic books,historyfalse54fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-brief-but-brilliant-career-of-fletcher-hanks--52906219ab24315b-905e-4dcc-935a-7ec09b886090Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:30:11 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling but too brief biography of Fletcher Hanks, a Golden Age artist who is largely forgotten but years ahead of his time.726false53fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lev-gleason-the-daredevil-of-the-golden-age-part-2--52908188953869fd-2d90-45dc-b137-c13c65ad3ba7Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:05:45 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the second and concluding part of this rambling and too brief biography of Lev Gleason, the daredevil publisher of the Golden Age of Comic Books.1518false52fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/lev-gleason-the-daredevil-of-the-golden-age-part-one--52906988fb0e4a75-31b1-4cec-b3b2-f25d1bcaf520Fri, 25 Feb 2022 02:31:26 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Lev Gleason, the daredevil publisher of the Golden Age of American Comic Books.1276comic books,historyfalse51fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-joker-by-brian-azzarello-lee-bermejo--52906938a70a632d-4a5b-4cf3-b7ef-7b80b2e3f207Fri, 18 Feb 2022 00:58:24 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Joker" by Brian Azzarello & Lee Bermejo, their 2008 graphic novel about Batman's classic arch nemesis.314falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-iron-man-vs-doctor-doom-doom-quest--5290810010771dd9-cb1a-4665-be79-94d75893fb23Fri, 11 Feb 2022 03:12:14 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Iron Man vs. Doctor Doom: Doom Quest", which collects "Iron Man" #149-150 & #249-250, in which Iron Man & Doctor Doom find themselves transported to the land of Camelot, where they must work together...327falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-road-to-perdition-by-max-allan-collins-richard-piers-rayner--529061996352756a-1927-4646-8ab5-9bc5878a0cadFri, 04 Feb 2022 02:20:36 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Road to Perdition", the classic 1998 crime comic by Max Allan Collins & Richard Piers Rayner.284falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-my-friend-dahmer-by-derf-backderf--529068298af7d21a-0206-46ef-8400-70c039730829Fri, 28 Jan 2022 01:06:18 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "My Friend Dahmer" by Derf Backderf, telling the true story about the early years of the infamous serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the signs that pointed to the monster he would become.284comic books,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-invincible-iron-man-extremis-by-warren-ellis-aid-granov--52906215513bcfec-4564-4983-b16c-1120e748d8d9Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:37:32 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Invincible Iron Man: Extremis" by Warren Ellis & Adi Granov, which collects the six issue relaunch of the in 2007 that introduced an advance in Iron Man's technology.314falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-iron-man-armor-wars--52906807b1aa1a8c-d5f8-4985-b000-01d950287badFri, 14 Jan 2022 01:11:01 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Iron Man: Armor Wars", one of the quintessential Iron Man stories that, on a personal note, made me the obsessive comic book fan I am today.402comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-power-of-iron-by-david-micheline-john-romita-jr--5290683430c57e8e-5846-4d2c-a635-651bd726c21dFri, 07 Jan 2022 00:03:11 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Power of Iron" by David Micheline & John Romita Jr., which collects "Iron Man" #120-128, as Tony Stark/Iron Man deals with a number of villains, including his own alcoholism.287comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-infinity-gauntlet-by-jim-starlin-george-perez-ron-lim--529062252d35acba-04f2-46eb-a978-98073e3a53b9Fri, 31 Dec 2021 00:03:56 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Infinity Gauntlet" by Jim Starlin, George Perez & Ron Lim, one of the greatest events in comic book history.372comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-incredible-hulk-ground-zero-by-peter-david-todd-mcfarlane--5290698582c89782-8983-474a-b9bb-e4a7641a9c0dFri, 24 Dec 2021 01:16:19 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Incredible Hulk: Ground Zero" by Peter David & Todd McFarlane (with an assist at the end by Erik Larsen), collecting "Incredible Hulk" #340-346, in which Bruce Banner/The Hulk learns the government has...359comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-judge-dredd-the-complete-case-files-01--5290623619dedc6f-1369-4819-902a-2ab526bddfa3Fri, 17 Dec 2021 03:24:02 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd  now a rambling and too brief review of "Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 01", which collects the very first tales of the classic comic book character.289comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-inhumans-by-paul-jenkins-jae-lee--52906843db2e9108-53cf-4ff4-851a-118d6fbcbdc1Fri, 10 Dec 2021 03:11:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Inhumans" by Paul Jenkins and Jae Lee, the late 90's maxi-series that showed how great these characters can be.289comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-harlem-hellfighters-by-max-brooks-caanan-white--52906247e0e8e340-6e82-4da1-96d6-5636f567c351Fri, 03 Dec 2021 00:38:40 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The Harlem Hellfighters" by Max Brooks and Caanan White, which tells the true story of the all-black 369th Unit States regiment, who served brilliantly during World War I despite the racism they faced at home.332comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-green-lantern-green-arrow-by-denny-o-neil-neal-adams--5290682776d109ad-5f5d-4e07-a26a-946c4ee236d2Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:00:00 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Green Lantern/Green Arrow" by Denny O'Neil & Neal Adams, in which they had these classic superheroes tackle some real world issues.247comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-green-arrow-the-longbow-hunters-by-mike-grell--529068155875c151-ceda-4507-aa58-419ed93ee47aFri, 19 Nov 2021 01:58:32 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters" by Mike Grell, the 1987 mini-series that reinvented the classic DC character for the modern age.323comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-grendel-devil-by-deed-by-matt-wagner--52906967abe8fe10-121e-4878-845c-caf0f75376a9Thu, 11 Nov 2021 16:19:08 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Grendel: Devil By Deed" by Matt Wagner, in which Wagner remains his criminal creation into one of the more iconic comic book characters in recent years.313comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-goldfish-by-brian-michael-bendis--529067538c4255e5-2c2e-4131-973c-22ea558c1f6aFri, 05 Nov 2021 00:52:05 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Goldfish" by Brian Michael Bendis, his 1994 crime story that showed not only his early writing talents but his gifts as an artist as well.301comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-creepy-classics-tales-from-the-crypt--529081335f532c7d-f434-4620-8f2c-ca5d4cf11844Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:27:15 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd  now a rambling and too brief review of "Tales From the Crypt", the classic EC Comic from the 1950's that is probably THE creepy classic of comic books.252talesfromthecryptfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-creepy-classics-saga-of-the-swamp-thing-by-alan-moore--52906832bfce5937-aa8c-4192-83d5-0bfd80058e0cFri, 22 Oct 2021 01:17:43 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Saga of the Swamp Thing" by Alan Moore, in which the legendary writer gave the definitive revamp of the DC character.241comicbooks,swampthingfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-creepy-classics-hellboy-seed-of-destruction--52908189754b34d1-42c2-4f4b-8ca8-1a67b96ffc4fFri, 15 Oct 2021 01:00:04 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of the 1994 "Hellboy: Seed of Destruction" by Mike Mignola, which introduced his classic character to comic books.320comicbooks,horrorfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-creepy-classics-the-goon-by-eric-powell--5290625393ccac5e-fa58-466c-81dd-66d1ca75e7a8Thu, 07 Oct 2021 23:21:25 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first in a series of 'Creepy Classics', highlighting classic comic books with a horror bend.  First off is a rambling and too brief review of "The Goon" by Eric Powell, one of the best horror/comedies on the stands.250comicbooks,horrorfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-ghost-in-the-shell--52908191c858f010-32ee-4485-a4e6-129dd39c49c5Fri, 01 Oct 2021 02:28:17 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Ghost in the Shell", both the iconic manga and anime film.295comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-fables-1001-nights-of-snowfall--529061741f54f910-e688-419d-a239-0c26b6809f8fFri, 24 Sep 2021 02:11:44 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of Bill Willingham's "Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall", a one-off trade that is the 'Fables' take on 'Arabian Nights'.299comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-new-fantastic-four--529068385869f61e-2ea6-42db-a745-12a0c2012f5cFri, 17 Sep 2021 01:01:07 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "The New Fantastic Four" by Walt Simonson & Arthur Adams, which first appeared in "Fantastic Four" #347-349 in 1990, in which Ghost Rider, Spider-Man, the Hulk and Wolverine replace the classic team.324comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-elektra-assassin--46510615b003f37f-c45a-4819-9d81-5ec2283b6cf1Fri, 10 Sep 2021 01:06:56 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review on "Elektra: Assassin" by Frank Miller & Bill Seinkiewicz, in which the titular assassin tries to stop a nuclear war while dealing with SHIELD and demons.480assassin,elektrafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/chester-gould-the-father-of-dick-tracy-and-the-american-crime-comic-genre--439550924aa7d9f7-4c05-4130-a6cc-99e9625d0959Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:48:16 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Chester Gould, the creator of Dick Tracy and, by default, the American crime comic genre.1662comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-it-s-a-bird-by-steven-t-seagle-and-teddy-kristiansen--43867814c0ae1a94-1519-4af1-b02d-5deb7e2ffc7eFri, 12 Mar 2021 00:41:54 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "It's a Bird..." by Steven T. Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen, an autobiographical tale about how Seagle nearly turned down writing "Superman" due to his own personal problems.198comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-locke-key-welcome-to-lovecraft-by-joe-hill-gabriel-rodriguez--438678158a5ed96c-f37e-4cc0-b853-f8c332d487f3Fri, 05 Mar 2021 00:07:24 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Locke & Key: Welcome to Lovecraft", the now classic horror story by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez.223comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-jack-kirby-s-the-fourth-world--43643377bee53005-9927-4553-b753-aa7d6a748bafFri, 26 Feb 2021 00:34:31 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of Jack Kirby's "The Fourth World", in which Kirby made his jump to DC in the 1970's to create such classic characters like Orion, Mister Miracle and Darkseid. Artistically, this is Kirby at his best but it...375comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-xenozoic-by-mark-schultz--4353739976f6e093-4e5f-444c-8398-c8cddb7998f6Fri, 19 Feb 2021 03:31:29 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Xenozoic" by Mark Schultz, the classic post-apocalyptic series that finds humans living among dinosaurs while trying to rebuild the wreckage of the past.286comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-fax-from-sarajevo-by-joe-kubert--434108535a01ea65-2e6d-47eb-af86-8f6568e27e3bFri, 12 Feb 2021 00:19:39 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Fax From Sarajevo" by Joe Kubert, a harrowing true story of survival during the Bosnian War that is quite possibly the comic book masters greatest work.216comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-cerebus-high-society-by-dave-sim--43296474541ffca4-2c95-4946-8e70-f15e503157d4Fri, 05 Feb 2021 03:19:08 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Cerebus: High Society" by Dave Sim, which collects #26-50 of the comic book series that finds Cerebus ditching his sword for politics, only to find it much more cutthroat.229comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-camelot-3000--4317649411ddc4fa-c267-4a8c-8a25-5d38bb5011f0Fri, 29 Jan 2021 03:03:29 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Camelot 3000" by Mike W. Barr & Brian Bolland, the classic science fiction/fantasy story that is also one of the first maxi-series ever produced.330comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-calvin-hobbes-by-bill-waterson--4308876007463c48-81eb-4603-a366-1dbd8c3e7763Fri, 22 Jan 2021 02:20:12 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Calvin & Hobbes" by Bill Waterson, one of the greatest comic strips of all time.289comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-the-books-of-magic--43088761a996724c-d41a-4994-94e7-3f0cbbb197a1Fri, 15 Jan 2021 01:22:02 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too short review of the classic mini-series, "The Books of Magic" from DC/Vertigo and written by Neil Gaiman.237comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-classics-bone-by-jeff-smith--428551445e6f3d78-dbae-4b5c-b508-a100e717fe04Fri, 08 Jan 2021 02:14:59 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief review of "Bone" by Jeff Smith, one of my all time favorite comic books.238comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/rube-goldberg-the-dean-of-cartoonists--42855145ff2d4e6d-15e9-4069-abd3-0d447ce43540Thu, 31 Dec 2020 22:32:19 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief biography on Rube Goldberg, the dean of cartoonists.870comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/carl-barks-the-good-duck-artist-part-two--42654525e025d727-c9c1-4516-8454-435c3a090a37Fri, 25 Dec 2020 02:51:10 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of the 'Good Duck Artist', Carl Barks.1448comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/carl-barks-the-good-duck-artist-part-one--4265452408067f2d-9b5e-4dd9-8f4c-4b8bbdc96e1dFri, 18 Dec 2020 00:04:54 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Carl Barks, the 'Good Duck Artist' of Disney comic books.855comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/julie-schwartz-dc-s-greatest-editor--42654526f3506443-03d5-4cd9-b6f7-cae1cefd6e23Fri, 11 Dec 2020 02:23:10 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief biography of Julie Schwartz, one of the greatest editors in DC's history.1741comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-life-of-gene-colan-part-two--42411373c3d98b71-8d97-409a-a186-17458fcf6bffThu, 03 Dec 2020 23:23:10 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of Gene Colan, one of the greatest artists of the Silver Age and beyond.1137comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-troubled-genius-of-mort-meskin--4215518554860e6a-2664-4b29-bb88-ada30d5f588bFri, 20 Nov 2020 00:08:29 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now a rambling and too brief biography of Mort Meskin, a Golden Age artist who rivaled no less than Jack Kirby in the beginning, only for his personal demons to derail his career.1317comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gardner-fox-dc-s-greatest-writer-part-two--42155184c27579b4-e554-49a3-8feb-8d43ab77b189Fri, 13 Nov 2020 03:05:39 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief biography of Gardner Fox, probably the greatest writer in DC's history.1369comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/gardner-fox-dc-s-greatest-writer-part-one--4189453365dcfe84-1df8-49ca-9808-52415fa7d234Fri, 06 Nov 2020 01:53:03 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the first part of this rambling and too brief biography of Gardner Fox, arguably DC's greatest writer.1586comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/king-features-syndicate-part-two--4164038919da8c87-bc55-4aba-915c-c7954ff01bc3Fri, 23 Oct 2020 02:19:05 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd now the conclusion to this rambling and too brief history of King Features Syndicate, one of the great syndicates of the comic strip medium.1530comicbooks,historyfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/king-features-syndicate-part-one--416403917143d777-7a3c-40b4-b7aa-e42e76ea149aTue, 13 Oct 2020 23:01:17 +0000Johnathon WheatleyAnd the first part of this rambling and too brief history of King Features Syndicate, one of the most important comic strip syndicates in the medium.1650comicbooks,historyfalsefull