The Comic Panel Podcast

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!

 

Morbid Curiosity Post Mortem

Morbid Curiosity theme ends here!

 

Welcome to the end of our morbid curiosity theme where we look at comics that are supposedly the worst, but we need to find out just how bad they are.

 

On today's episode Tailon, Jake and Chawienta discuss the four books that we covered over the course of the theme: I am not Starfire, Marville, Ultimate Iron Man, and All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder.

Batman's quest to create the most traumatized child ever and use them as free child labor (All Star Batman and Robin)

Morbid Curiosity theme continues here!

 

Welcome back to our morbid curiosity theme where we look at comics that are supposedly the worst, but we need to find out just how bad these are.

 

On today's episode Cody, Tailon, Jake and Chawienta discuss All Star Batman and Robin, The Boy Wonder volume 1 by Frank Miller (Sin City) and Jim Lee (Batman: Hush) with help from Scott Williams (WildC.A.T.S.); which might be the true pinnacle of this theme. Not the worst comic ever but certainly bad. Join us as we explore a comic in which Batman is truly deranged and has an extremely fragile ego, while the justice league range from being incompetent to short fused tyrants.

Tony Stark Sterotypes His Way Into Friendship (Ultimate Iron Man)

Morbid Curiosity theme continues here!

 

Welcome back to our morbid curiosity theme where we look at comics that are supposedly the worst, but we need to find out just how bad these are.

 

On today's episode Cody, Tailon, Jake and Chawienta discuss Ultimate Iron Man volume 1 by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), Andy Kubert (Batman and Son), and Danny Miki (Superman Year One); a comic that was unpopular enough to be retconned to fictional in-universe.

This might be the worst comic book of all time! (Marville)

Morbid Curiosity theme continues here!

 

Welcome back to our morbid curiosity theme where we look at comics that are supposedly the worst, but we need to find out just how bad these are.

 

On today's episode Cody, Tailon, and Chawienta discuss Marville by Bill Jemas and Mark Bright. I won't pull any punches, this book might be the worst book we have ever read for the podcast or otherwise. How bad is it though? you will just have to listen to find out.

Did this Comic Ruin Your Childhood? (I Am Not Starfire)

A new theme starts here!

 

Join us in giving in to our morbid curiosity with comics that are supposedly the worst, but we need to find out just how bad these are.

 

On today's episode Cody, Tailon, and Chawienta discuss I Am Not Starfire by Mariko Tamaki (Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me) and Yoshi Yoshitani (Zatanna and the House of Secrets).

This book faced backlash from it's announcement online, but is it really that bad?