The Comic Panel Podcast

Our *not so* favorite wizard mafia are back! (The Magic Order vol 2)

Welcome everybody to our first review in our theme "Continuations"! In this theme, we will review the next volume in a series that we've already reviewed. If you don't already know, The Comic Panel is a bi-weekly radio show/podcast comic book club covering any and everything regarding comics and manga. We have each co-host pick a book that follows a specific theme and review a book for each episode. Then we wrap up the theme with a retrospective episode covering our opinions and favorite moments from each of the books. 

Since we've already reviewed volume 1 in this series, we are reviewing the second volume of The Magic Order. This book has creatives such as Mark Millar as writer, Stuart Immonen on the art, with Sunny Gho and David Curiel as colorsits, and Clem Robins as letterer. 

The Magic Order vol 2 introduces us to a new group of villains led by a wizard named Victor Korne. These villains seek to take back the power that Victor believes is rightfully theirs. See, a thousand years ago, Soren Korne was ruler over the earth, but a group of wizards fought and overthrew him and went on to establish their protection over the earth. This group would form what is now called The Magic Order. Victor Korne wants to restore the earth to the way it was when his ancestor was in power, where humans were fearful of the dark because of the monsters that walked among the earth. His plan is to call upon a powerful demon, Othoul’endou, which gave Soren Korne his power. They summoned this demon by gathering the pieces of an artifact called the Stone of Thoth which takes the demon from any place in the world and in time straight to the summoner. The Magic Order has to stop this band of evil wizards with a powerful ancient demon on their side, a threat they’ve never faced before. 

If you liked this episode be sure to follow us on Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of us on Spotify, our at 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 Something Is Killing the Children vol 2. 

Music: "For the Win" by Everet Almond

 

When a cult is behind the zombie apocalypse (The Gravedigger's Union)

Welcome all!

 

In this episode we are reviewing The Gravedigger's Union vol 1 by writer Wes Craig and artist Toby Cypress. This is our third book in our Comics Roulette theme. In a world with witches, cults, yuppie vampires, steroid-zombies, and other monsters, who will be there to defend the world? The Gravedigger's Union. They are a government sanctioned CBU tasked with fighting against the apocalyptic horror show that exists on the Earth. We follow a group of employees within this organization who decides to go off-book so they can put a stop to this once and for all. They go after a cult called the Black Temple which is tied to this crisis. For the b-plot, we follow someone considered to be the "true prophet" of the Black Temple, by some, a woman named Morgan. She is highly scrutinized by the board of the cult, who are uncertain that she is indeed a prophet. Despite that she is on a mission to find the one thing the cult needs to end the world: the third seal.

If you enjoyed our review of The Gravediggers Union vol 1 be sure to follow us on X/Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of our episodes. In our next episode, we will be doing our Comics Roulette post mortem.

Music: "Immortal" by Neffex

So all this is about a girl? (Sin City)

Hello all, welcome to our third book review in our theme of Comics Roulette. For those who are just joining us we are a biweekly radio show/podcast comic book club, where four friends discuss anything and everything regarding comics and manga. The way we do our show is we have one person choose a theme and then for the next four episodes, we each take turns choosing a book that fits that theme. For Comics Roulette, we each chose five books ranging from books we wanted to read and books we really didn't want to read.

 

In this episode we are reviewing Sin City written and drawn by Frank Miller of The Dark Knight Returns fame, and many others. Sin City is a place where the rotten lives and and breathes, a place you would dare let your thoughts drift towards. It's dirty and perversion is rampant, but for one night, the ex-con Marv, experiences pure bliss in the form of a woman. They have a night that shall not be spoken of, but then Marv wakes up next to her and she's dead. Marv's angel is dead and he's determined to figure out who killed her. Stay tuned for our reveiw of this noir classic!

 

If you enjoyed our review of Sin City vol 1 be sure to follow us on X/Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of our episodes. In our next episode, we will be covering the Gravediggers Union written by Wes Craig.

 

Music: "Doc and Wyatt" by Everet Almond

Well there goes the suspense (Heroes in Crisis)

Hello all, welcome to our second book review in the new theme of Comics Roulette. For those who are just joining us we are a biweekly radio show/podcast comic book club, where four friends discuss anything and everything regarding comics and manga. The way we do our show is we have one person choose a theme and then for the next four episodes, we each take turns choosing a book that fits that theme. For Comics Roulette, we each chose five books ranging from books we wanted to read and books we really didn't want to read.

For this episode, we are reviewing Heroes In Crisis written by Tom King with artists such as Clay Mann, Travis Moore, and others. Shouldn't heroes be able to get counseling in peace? Why does there have to be a fight every time they congregate? What happens in this book is even worse than that, there was a massacre at the counseling center. There are two suspects Harley Quinn and...Booster Gold? What happened out there? Were they the ones responsible? Find out all that and more in this exciting episode. 

If you enjoyed our review of Heroes in Crisis be sure to follow us on X/Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of our episodes. In our next episode, we will be covering Sin City by Frank Miller.

 

Music: "Win The Battle Win The War" by Everet Almond.

 

Who knew time traveling could be so confusing (Cable Classic)

Hello all, welcome to our first reivew of the new theme of Comics Roulette. For those who are just joining us we are a biweekly radio show/podcast comic book club, where four friends discuss anything and everything regarding comics and manga. The way we do our show is we have one person choose a theme and then for the next four episodes, we each take turns choosing a book that fits that theme. For Comics Roulette, we each chose five books ranging from books we wanted to read and books we really didn't want to read. 

 

For this episode, we are reading Cable Classic vol 1 featuring talent by writers Fabian Nicieza and Louise Simonson and artists Rob Liefeld and John Romita Jr. Cable is a time-traveling mercenary who makes it a habit of forming teams and then promptly leaving them to fend for themselves. Needless to say, he has few friends and even those friends don't exactly trust him. In his past and in the future, he routinely encounters a foe by the name Stryfe who he can never seem to defeat. Cable now has to deal with his failures past and future. Will he defeat Stryfe? How many people will be harmed along the way? This collection contains New Mutants #87, Cable: Blood & Metal #1-2, and Cable #1-4.

 

If you enjoyed our review of Cable Classic vol1 be sure to follow us on X/Twitter @thecomicpanel1 and listen to more of our episodes. In our next episode, we will be covering Heroes in Crisis by Tom King. 

Music: "Everybody Get Up" by Everet Almond

How hard is it to find Plant comics? (Botony Postmortem)

Welcome everyone! Yes, we are wrapping up the Botony theme in this episode. For this theme we reviewed Man-Thing by Steve Gerber, Swamp Thing Green Hell by Jeff Lemiere, Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death by Amy Chu, and Groot by Jeff Loveness. In this episode you will find riveting discussions on books that, quite honestly, we didn't find all that riveting. You'll find laughter and thought-provoking commentary that will leave you laughing as well and asking yourself "do I want to read these books?"

 

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I am Groot (Groot)

I am Groot

Poison Ivy makes babies and becomes a neglectful helicopter parent (Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death)

The Ecology theme continues here!

 

Welcome to our ecology theme where we look at comics that have characters that are associated with the natural environment.

 

On today's episode Cody, Tailon, and Chawienta discuss The Poison Ivy by Amy Chu (Red Sonja) and Clay Mann (Heroes in Crisis), as well as contributions from others.

Can you believe that Poison Ivy's first solo comic was released in 2016! This is just a mini series but soon after comes an ongoing solo comic from a different creative team.

 

It's like the movie WaterWorld (1995) except with DC stuff (Swamp Thing: Green Hell)

The Ecology theme continues here!

 

Welcome to our ecology theme where we look at comics that have characters that are associated with the natural environment.

 

On today's episode Cody, Tailon, and Chawienta discuss The Swamp Thing: Green Hell by Jeff Lemiere (Underwater Wielder) and  Doug Mahnke (The Mask), as well as contributions from others.

This is an elseworlds tale where Alec Holland is brought to an Eco-dystopic future to defend the last surviving humans against the combined might of the green, red, and the rot.

 

Is it Normal to Burn at the Touch of our Man-Thing? (The Man-Thing)

The Ecology theme starts here!

 

Welcome to our ecology theme where we look at comics that have characters that are associated with the natural environment.

 

On today's episode Cody, Tailon, Jake and Chawienta discuss The Man-Thing The Complete Collection Volume 1 by Steve Gerber (Defenders) and Val Mayerik (Howard the Duck), as well as many other talented artists and writers.

Here we go through the Man-Thing's origins, his most famous comic run, and the introduction of fan favorite character Howard the Duck. Be warned though! For all who know fear will burn at the touch of the Man-Thing!