The Comic Panel Podcast

Superman Represents a Desire for a Better Tomorrow (Superman Retrospective)

Hello all! Have you missed us? We certainly have! Well, we are back with our final episode in our theme of Superman. This is our Superman Retrospective and we are happy to be welcoming back to the show Nat Yonce from the podcast Collective Action Comics!

In this theme we read Superman vs Meshi, Superman and the Authority, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, Superman: Phantom Zone, and Absolute Superman vol. 1. If you enjoy Superman, this is an all you can eat buffet! We certainly enjoyed reviewing these books and talking about them!

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for our new theme of comics about cults!

Music: "Level" by The Grey Room/Density and Time

Absolute(ly Not) Superman

Hello all! Welcome to our fifth episode in The Comic Panel's coverage of Superman! If you haven't been keeping track, we've read Superman vs Meshi, Superman and the Authority, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow, the four part mini series: Phantom Zone, and now we are covering the comic hot off the presses: Absolute Superman. 

 

In this Episode Cody and Chawienta talk extensively about how far you can stretch the concept of Superman before it stops being Superman. Do you have any thoughts on this question or the episode in general? Let us know by emailing us at thecomicpanel20@gmail.com or connecting with us on our twitter @thecomicpanel1 

 

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us and listen to more on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for our Superman theme retrospective where we will discuss Superman more broadly and see the return of Nat Yonce of Collective Action Comics!

 

Thank you for listening and we hope to see you next time.

 

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Phantom Zoning with Collective Action Comics

Hello all! Welcome to this special installment of The Comic Panel's coverage of Superman! If you haven't been keeping track, we've read Superman vs Meshi, Superman and the Authority, and Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow. Now we are reviewing the four part mini series: Phantom Zone written by Steve Gerber with art by Gene Colan and Rick Veitch.

This episode Cody, Jake, and Chawienta have a great time talking with Nat Yonce from Collective Action Comics Podcast all about the weirdness of the phantom zone and and what is the best ending to the pre-crisis Superman. We really hope that you enjoy listening as much as we enjoyed making it. 

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for our next book Absolute Superman: Last Dust of Krypton!

Music: "You Go" by Collective Action Comics

Maybe it was good that Krypton was destroyed (Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow)

Hello all! Welcome to the next installment of The Comic Panel's jaunt into the world of Superman! If you haven't been keeping track, we've read Superman vs Meshi and Superman and the Authority. Now we are reviewing Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow written by Alan Moore.

This collection includes The individual issues included are Superman #423, Action Comics #583, DC Comics Presents #83, and Superman Annual #11. In Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow we are introduced to a world that has gone 10 years without Superman. A reporter from the Daily Bugle does a 10th anniversary special of his disappearance and reaches out to Lois Lane for an interview. She recounts the harrowing tale of Superman's final days, when all his worst villains come back more deadly than ever before. In DC Comics Presents #83 we get an issue where Superman gets infected by a flower and starts hallucinating, and Swamp Thing is the only one who can save him. Finally, in Superman Annual #11 we celebrate Superman's birthday, but he's been given a deadly gift, the Black Mercy. This is a tentacle-y creature that latches onto a host and makes them live out their dreams. Batman, Robin, and Wonder Woman have to save Superman and defeat the person responsible, the War-hungry alien Mongul.

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for our next book Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow!

Music: "Friendship Wand" by Freedom Trail Studio

Superman's Secret Black-Ops Team (Superman and the Authority)

We are continuing our theme of Superman! The original Superhero who fights for Truth, Justice, and a Better Tomorrow.

 

In our second book we are reviewing Superman and the Authority. The writer for this book is none other than Grant Morrison along with  Mikel Janin on art, as well as Travel Forman, Evan Cagle, and Fico Ossio for some page assists.

This limited series ran for 4 issues in 2021 and ended with a one shot in 2022. It follows a Superman who's powers are fading so he forms a group of misfit anti-heroes to try to solve the real problems in the world. But first they have to get over their own problems. We also reflect on the proposed plans for DC Comics 5G initiative since this story started out as part of that plan.

 

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for our next book Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow!

 

Music: "You Go" by Collective Action Comics

Superman becomes a Japanese food fiend! (Superman vs Meshi)

Dun da dun dun! Who’s faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and can leap tall buildings in a single bound. Is it a bird or a plane, no it’s Superman!

We are starting a new theme focused on Superman, inspired by the wildly successful Superman movie that released last month. For this episode we are reviewing Superman vs Meshi. In this manga, Superman/Clark Kent develops an intense interest in Japanese Chain restaurants. And it even begins to draw in other members in Superman's life such as the Justice League! Enjoy our review of this humorous jaunt through Japanese cuisine with us and Superman leading the way! We hope you enjoy it as much as Superman enjoys that beef bowl!

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for our next book Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow!

Music: "Neon Nights" by Patrick Patrikios

So are we just not going to delve into it? (Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot)

Welcome all! Today we are reviewing Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot by Frank Miller and Geof Darrow as our third book in the theme focusing on Geof Darrow.

The Big Boy and Rusty the Boy Robot is two-issue comic about an attack on Tokyo by a giant 4-armed, 4-legged, Iguana with atomic breath…

Anyway, Rusty the Boy robot, an Astroboy-like artificially intelligent weapon created by the Japanese government, is sent by the state to save the people of Tokyo but is walloped. Now the leaders of Japan must make a drastic call, one they would have avoided had they thought that lives wouldn't be sacrificed, they called in the Americans. The Americans sent Big Guy, a man in a robotic exoskeleton to take out the giant iguana and he does so by using nuclear power to blow the creature to smithereens. After this Rusty and Big Boy become partners, reluctantly on Big Boy’s part. 

In this comic there is also a short story about The Big Boy and Rusty taking on creatures during the Fourth of July.

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for our new theme of Superman!

Music: "A Dyin' Breed" by The Grey Room and Density and Time

An ex-monk and a talking mule walk into the desert...

Welcome all! This is our review of Shaolin Cowboy by Geof Darrow!

Shaolin Cowboy: Start Trek is a story about the Shaolin Cowboy, a former Shaolin monk who wanders the land with a talking mule named Lord Evelyn Dunkirk Winniferd Esq. the Third. Having been "asked" to leave the Shaolin temple, he has since had a bounty placed on his head, which many are eager to collect. Collecting that bounty will prove mighty difficult as the Shaolin Cowboy doesn’t go down easy. 

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for our next book in the theme of Geof Darrow.

Music: "Repeat" by Mark Karan, Scott Guberman, Angeline Saris, Jeremy Hoenig

Is is Geof or Gee-off? No, it's Lieutenant Blueberry - A review of Lieutenant Blueberry first issue

Hello all, and welcome to our new theme where we focus on the comic book artist Geof Darrow. For our first book we are reviewing Lieutenant Blueberry by Jean Giraud aka Moebius, a book that greatly inspired Geof Darrow. 

Lieutenant Blueberry follows two military members in post-Civil War America. Lieutenant Craig, a proud son of a military general, and Lieutenant Blueberry, a member of the U.S. Cavalry with a bit of a rebel streak. Both are on their way to Fort Navajo when they come across a ranch that's been ransacked by the Apaches. The owner of the ranch is alive just long enough to inform them that his attackers kidnapped his son. Craig and Blueberry make their way to Fort Navajo to get help in finding the boy, but things take a turn for the worse. Colonel Dickson, who’s in charge of the fort has to convalesce and Major Bascom is left in command—someone who has a deep-seated hatred for Indians. This happens right before a peaceful meeting between the Americans and the Apaches to discuss the boy’s whereabouts was to take place. Instead, Bascom launches an ambush on the Apaches, which seemed to have sparked an even greater conflict between the Americans and Apaches.

We cover how this story unfolded, the techniques employed in telling it, whether it landed well, and much more — all in our usual conversation-between-friends style review.

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for our review of Shaolin Cowboy.

 

Music by SOULFULJAMTRACKS from Pixabay

Our Western comics retrospective but there's really only one book

Welcome all! If you read the title, you may be confused, but when you listen to the episode you'll get it. (hint: it's Elfquest). We are so glad you are taking the time to listen to our episode. There are many podcasts you could listen to and so the fact that you are listening to this one means a lot. 

Now, without further ado, we are ending our Western comics classics theme. To recap, the books we read for this were The Galactus Trilogy of the Fantastic Four written by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby, Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore, and Elfquest by Richard and Wendy Pini. 

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Our title is The Comic Panel Podcast. You can also listen to us on ksuaradio.com or 91.5 FM in Fairbanks, Alaska. Be sure to tune in two weeks from now for the start of our new theme Geof Darrow.

Music: "Radar" by The Grey Room and Density & Time