Recorded: Monday, May 20th, 2013 . Duration: 71 minutes . Leave a comment

On this week’s episode we chat about Iron Man 3 (again), the Arrow season finale, a handful of information about the upcoming Batman: Arkham Origins video game being developed by Warner Bros, the latest news from Marvel’s cinematic universe plus much more.

This week’s reviews include Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #23, Age of Ultron #8, Batman #21 and Invincible #102 to name a few.

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Hosts:
Lee Skwarek . @LBR_Lee
Rob Brambilla . @LBR_Rob
Mike Haynes . @themikehaynes

Music:
On & On and Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Recorded: Saturday, May 4th, 2013 . Duration: 57 minutes . Leave a comment

This time around we speak our minds on the new look for He-Man, give a spoiler-free review of the recently released Iron Man 3 and talk a bit about some of the records shattered by the film over the weekend. Lee brings us tales of wonder from his weekend at Calgary Comic Expo and we rip through the slew of comics available for this year’s Free Comic Book Day.

Reviews for this week’s show include Age of Ultron #1-7, Saga #12, Superior Spider-Man #9 and Sex #1-2 to name a few.

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Hosts:
Lee Skwarek . @LBR_Lee
Mike Haynes . @themikehaynes

Music:
On & On and Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Recorded: Wednesday, February 27th, 2013 . Duration: 58 minutes . Leave a comment

On this week’s show, we break down the Orson Scott Card Superman controversy over at DC. We chat about the recently announced relaunch of Batman/Superman comic to be written by Greg Pak and drawn by Jae Lee, Geoff Johns’ stepping down as writer of Green Lantern and we share some thoughts on Spidey’s new duds in Marc Webb’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 movie.

We keep the reviews lean and mean this week with a look back at Batman #17.

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Hosts:
Lee Skwarek . @LBR_Lee
Rob Brambilla . @LBR_Rob

Music:
On & On and Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Recorded: Sunday, February 10th, 2013 . Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes . Leave a comment

Another movie-heavy episode this week as we’re talking the DC animated feature Dark Knight Returns Part 2, what’s in store for phases two and three of Marvel’s cinematic universe and the various reasons why there should never be another movie adaptation of The Spirit.

All this plus reviews for Invincible #100, Avengers #5, Superior Spider-Man #3, New Avengers #3 and more.

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Hosts:
Lee Skwarek . @LBR_Lee
Mike Haynes . @themikehaynes
Rob Brambilla . @LBR_Rob

Music:
On & On and Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Recorded: Sunday, January 27th, 2013 . Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes . Leave a comment

In our first show of the year, we discuss the latest round of cancellations over at Marvel as well as DC, the pile of Star Wars related news, from the announcement of JJ Abrams as Director of episode VII to the third printing of Star Wars #1, we chat a bit about Spider-Man getting fired from the Avengers in April, plus much more.

Reviews for this week include Superior Spider-Man #1, Indestructible Hulk #3 and Young Avengers #1 from Marvel, Batman #16 from DC, plus Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga #9 from Image.

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Hosts:
Lee Skwarek . @LBR_Lee
Mike Haynes . @themikehaynes
Rob Brambilla . @LBR_Rob

Music:
On & On and Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Recorded: Friday, December 28th, 2012 . Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes . Leave a comment

The gang returns for the final podcast of 2012! In this episode, we run down over a month’s worth of backlogged news including Gail Simone’s departure and return to the writing duties of Batgirl, Joseph Gordon Levitt’s rumoured role in DC’s upcoming Justice League movie plus much, much more.

We keep the reviews slim and trim this week with a couple thoughts on the recently released Amazing Spider-Man #700 along with the fallout of these events that take place within Avenging Spider-Man #15.1.

Lastly, we wrap up the year with our annual awards honouring the greatest books that captured our money and our hearts this past year. The categories for awards include “Best writer of the year”, “Best artist of the year”, “Best creative team”, “Best publisher of the year”, “Best new book (2012 debut)” and “Best comic series of the year”.

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Lee Skwarek . @LBR_Lee
Mike Haynes . @themikehaynes
Rob Brambilla . @LBR_Rob

Music:
On & On and Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

On this week’s show, 3/4 of the original LBR reunites for our first cast in over a month. In a movie-heavy news section, we chat about Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm and everything Star Wars, Gwen Stacy’s odds of making it out of Amazing Spider-Man 2 alive (spoiler alert: they’re not good) and the announcement of the release dates for not only Marvel’s Ant Man but DC’s long awaited Justice League movie as well.

The reviews for this week’s show include Batman #14 from DC, Thor: God of Thunder #1, Daredevil: End of Days #1 and Amazing Spider-Man #697 from Marvel as well as The Massive #6 from Dark Horse.

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Hosts:
Lee Skwarek
Mike Haynes
Rob Brambilla

Recorded:
Sunday, November 18th, 2012

Duration:
1h 45m 32s

Edited by:
Lee Skwarek

Music:
Lights & Music by Cut Copy
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

This time around, in a very film and television heavy episode, Lee and Rob share a couple thoughts on the latest DC animated adaptation of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns (Pt. 1), Rob loses his cool at the mere thought of Deathstroke’s inevitable misuse in the upcoming Arrow television series and we count down the days until the eventual internet leak of an unedited, premature version of the upcoming Wolverine movie.

The reviews for this week’s show include Batman #0 and Swamp Thing #0 from DC, Avengers vs. X-Men #11, Amazing Spider-Man #693 and 694 from Marvel as well as Thief of Thieves #8 from Image to name a few.

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Hosts:
Lee Skwarek
Rob Brambilla

Recorded:
Saturday, September 29th, 2012

Duration:
1h 06m 03s

Edited by:
Lee Skwarek

Music:
We Trying to Stay Alive by Wyclef Jean
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Image:
President Batman image by DarkJediKnight (via Flickr)

On this week’s show, Mike steps out as Rob makes his triumphant return to the show to discuss Rob Liefeld’s apparent Twitter meltdown, the latest casting news from Kick Ass 2, Mark Millar and other comic creators taking the fight to an online troll, Dark Knight Rises latest ticket sales numbers plus a handful of other news from the past three weeks.

This week’s reviews include Before Watchmen Rorshach, Ozymandias and All Star Western #12 from DC, Amazing Spider-Man #692 and Avengers #29 from Marvel plus Walking Dead #101 from Image and many more.

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Hosts:
Lee Skwarek
Rob Brambilla

Recorded:
Sunday, September 10th, 2012

Duration:
1h 12m 44s

Edited by:
Lee Skwarek

Music:
Missing You by John Waite
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

“Fist Bumping For Ben”

This time around, we talk about the recently announced titles and creative teams launching during Marvel’s upcoming NOW! event, DC’s plans for a company wide crossover taking place in 2013 and Dave Gibbons’ thoughts on the idea of Before Watchmen being considered canon.

This week’s reviews include Avengers vs. X-Men #9 and Spider-Men #4 from Marvel, Batman #12 and World’s Finest #4 from DC plus Thief of Thieves #7 from Image and many more.

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Hosts:
Lee Skwarek
Mike Haynes

Recorded:
Sunday, August 12th, 2012

Duration:
1h 06m 01s

Edited by:
Lee Skwarek

Music:
Modern Guilt by Beck
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

“Vacationing at the Well of Souls”

On this week’s show we review the final chapter of Chris Nolan’s Batman trilogy in Dark Knight Rises, we discuss Grant Morrison and (presumably) Rob Liefled’s decisions to leave DC’s New 52 in the upcoming year and Diamond finally makes the leap into the world of digital comics.

This week’s reviews include Avengers vs. X-Men #8 and Daredevil #15 from Marvel, Catwoman #11 and Justice League #11 from DC plus Darkness #105 from Image/Top Cow and many more.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:26:10: Intro / Dark Knight Rises chat / Aurora incident thoughts
-1:18:19: News
-0:43:55: Comic reviews
-0:25:00: Dark Knight Rises movie review

Hosts: Lee Skwarek and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Tuesday, July 24th, 2012
Duration: 1h 18m 05s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
Dark Knight OST by Hans Zimmer
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
Chris Nolan’s statement regarding Aurora shooting (via CBR)
Christian Bale visits Aurora, CO shooting victims (via CBR)

“From Paris With Love”

On this week’s show, we bring news from this past weekend’s San Diego Comic Con including official announcements for Marvel’s upcoming movie projects such as Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy, Walking Dead #100 posts some impressive sales numbers within its first week of release and we share a few thoughts on the Amazing Spider-Man and Dark Knight Rises movies.

Reviews for this week include Avenging Spider-Man #9 and AvX VS. #4 from Marvel, Batman #11 and Swamp Thing #11 from DC, The Massive #2 from Dark Horse plus many more.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:18:05: Intro / SDCC thoughts / SDCC Punisher short / Dark Knight Rises
-1:08:55: News
-0:42:42: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Tuesday, July 17th, 2012
Duration: 1h 18m 05s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
Night by Night by Chromeo
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
“Dirty Laundry” SDCC Punisher short (via YouTube)
Title logos for Guardians, Ant-Man, Iron Man 3, Thor 2 and Cap 2 (via Spinoff Online)

“God Rest His Soul”

Finally, after a three week delay, Longbox Radio returns to discuss Marvel’s upcoming NOW! relaunch, John Layman’s takeover of Detective Comics, we take a couple minutes to talk about the recent theatrical release of The Amazing Spider-Man plus much, much more.

This week’s comic reviews include a ton of titles from the past three weeks such as Avengers vs. X-Men #6 & #7, All Star Western #10 and Amazing Spider-Man #688 & #689 to name a few.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:15:15: Intro / Amazing Spider-Man Review
-1:10:27: News
-0:31:03: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Duration: 1h 15m 15s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
Aerodynamic by Daft Punk
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
Uncanny Avengers #1 cover by John Cassaday (via CBR)
Marvel’s NOW! teaser image (via CBR)

“Play That Beat”

After a two week absence, Lee and Mike return with news of just who’ll be taking over the reigns of Avengers from Brian Michael Bendis as well as who will potentially be supplying art for his rumored X-Men titles. We share a couple thoughts on the recently released Lego Batman 2 video game as well as early reviews for the Amazing Spider-Man movie and much more.

This week’s comic reviews include Marvel’s Spider-Men #1, Batman #10 from DC and Valiant’s Harbinger #1 amongst many others.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:06:11: Intro / Lego Batman 2 Discussion / Amazing Spider-Man Early Reviews
-0:56:17: News
-0:39:46: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Duration: 1h 06m 11s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
The Mob Goes Wild by Clutch
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
First Iron Man 3 Photo Revealed (via CBR)
Catwoman #0 Cover By Guillem March (via ComicsAlliance)

“Long Distance Relationship”

On this week’s show, we discuss the now confirmed conversion of Earth 2′s Alan Scott from straight to gay, One Million Moms pulls down their Facebook page after feeling the heat from DC Comics fans and, for the first time, we record a long distance podcast.

Comic reviews this week include Batman Annual #1, Amazing Spider-Man Annual #39 and Supercrooks #3 to name a few.

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Show Breakdown:
-0:34:32: Intro / Next week’s show / Lack of comics this week
-0:32:28: News
-0:18:36: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Sunday, June 3rd, 2012
Duration: 34m 32s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
More Than This by Roxy Music
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
New Marvel Heroes screenshots and characters revealed (via Marvel)

“Tastes Like Chicken”

This time around, we welcome special guest Tim to chat about the latest record setting numbers for Marvel’s Avengers movie. The gang breaks down the news of Northstar and Kyle’s upcoming wedding within the pages of Astonishing X-Men, the imminent transformation of a classic DC character who’ll be coming out of the closet and Robocop voicing Batman in DC’s animated adaptation of Dark Knight Returns.

Comic reviews for this week’s show include Aquaman #9, Amazing Spider-Man #686, Batman Incorporated #1, Ultimate Comics X-Men #12 plus many more.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:04:45: Intro / Marvel Creates Deaf Character In Honor of Boy
-1:00:29: News
-0:30:23: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek, Rob Brambilla, Tim Horn and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Sunday, May 27th, 2012
Duration: 1h 04m 45s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
Sowing the Seeds of Love by Tears for Fears
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
Marvel Creates Deaf Character In Honor of Boy (via CBS)
Poll: Who is DC’s New Gay Character? (via CBR)

“Ladies Are Overrated”

On this week’s show, Mike and Lee hold the line at $2.99 and turn LBR into a two-man show to cover news of the upcoming Sin City movie sequel, more casting announcements for Iron Man 3 and whether or not Avengers mastermind Joss Whedon will be returning for the team’s second silver screen appearance.

Comic reviews for the week include Avengers vs. X-Men #4, Hardcore #1, Saga #3, Catwoman #9, AvX Versus #2 plus many more for the past week as well.

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Show Breakdown:
-0:47:35: Intro / Comic Book Men Season 2 / CPN Shoutout
-0:43:58: News
-0:25:29: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Friday, May 18th, 2012
Duration: 47m 35s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
Funtimes in Babylon by Father John Misty
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
Arrow CW Teaser Trailer (via SuperHeroHype)

“No More Mutants… Except a Couple”

This time around, Rob finally buys AND reads comics! We chat about the recently announced Avengers video game, the pre-order bonuses of playing as Rhino or Stan Lee in the upcoming Amazing Spider-Man game and share a couple thoughts on the recent passing of Jonah Hex co-creator Tony DeZuniga.

This week’s reviews include Morning Glories #18, Batman #9, Avenging Spider-Man #7 and Trevyn, our guest for the week, shares a book he read recently as well.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:22:24: Intro
-1:20:19: News
-0:53:28: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek, Rob Brambilla, Trevyn Zdrill and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Friday, May 11th, 2012
Duration: 1h 22m 24s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
Dance Hall Days by Wang Chung
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
Marvel’s “No More Avengers” Teaser (via CBR)
The Art of Amanda Conner (via IDW)

“There’s Something Eerily Similiar About It”

On this week’s show, we go so crazy for Avengers that we spend a whole half-hour reviewing it! Also, with this year’s Free Comic Book Day now behind us, we take a look at the selection of books that were made available for free at a shop near you this past week and, moving into May, we take a peek at last month’s sales numbers and see how the big two stack up. All this plus much more in this week’s news!

Comic reviews for this week include the New 52 second wave books Earth 2 #1 and World’s Finest #1 from DC as well as Avengers vs. X-Men #3 from Marvel to name a few.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:30:53: Intro / Avengers movie review -Spoilers!
-1:05:08: Dark Knight Rises & Amazing Spider-Man trailer thoughts
-0:57:35: News
-0:31:25: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek, Rob Brambilla and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Sunday, May 6th, 2012
Duration: 1h 30m 53s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
Earth A.D. by The Misfits
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
Donate to Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
Stan Lee’s Legal Troubles with POW! Entertainment (via Robot 6)

“Represent Stilt-Man”

We’re less than one week from Marvel’s The Avengers and emotions are running at an all-time high! This week we’re talking some of the behind-the-scenes changes with DC Comics staff, Harley Quinn’s Revenge in the Batman Arkham City video game, John Romita Jr’s 50-hour world record setting signing and sketching attempt for charity plus much, much more!

This week’s comic reviews include AvX VS. #1 from Marvel, the latest issue of The Flash from DC, Mark Millar and Leinil Yu’s Supercrooks #2 plus many more from the final week of April.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:11:58: Intro / Free Comic Book Day rant / Avengers week excitement
-1:05:45: News
-0:33:02: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek, Rob Brambilla and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Monday, April 30th, 2012
Duration: 1h 11m 58s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? by REM
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
Donate to Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
Black Cat from the ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ video game (via CBR)
Valiant Entertainment’s new look (via Bleeding Cool)
Batman Arkham City GOTY trailer (via Joystiq)

“The Flastest Man Alive”

In the wake of Chris Roberson’s departure from DC Comics and the upcoming Before Watchmen, we discuss the idea of creator owned properties in comics as well as royalties and what’s considered fair treatment by publishers. We also break down the recent announcement of DC’s upcoming #0 issues planned for September, Jamie McKelvie taking on Defenders, plus much, much more.

As always, we’ve got reviews for DC’s Justice League #8, Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man #684, The Shadow #1 from Dynamite and a handful of other books from the past week.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:21:27: Intro / Avengers early reviews / Thief of Thieves updates
-1:16:56: News
-0:48:15: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek, Rob Brambilla and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Sunday, April 22nd, 2012
Duration: 1h 21m 27s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
Design by Fiction Company
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

“Picking It Up For The Nudie Womens”

On this week’s show, Rob gets a little bit of clarification on just what Danger Girl is all about. The gang discusses rumors of secret scenes shot for the ending of the new Avengers movie and learns of a few upcoming projects announced at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), which took place over the weekend, plus much more.

We’ve also got reviews for DC’s Suicide Squad #8, Batman & Robin #8, Image’s Saga #2, Thief of Thieves #3, Marvel’s New Avengers #24 and a stack of other comics from the past week.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:13:04: C2E2 convention discussion
-1:08:03: News
-0:46:30: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek, Rob Brambilla and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Sunday, April 15th, 2012
Duration: 1h 13m 04s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
Batman Theme by Neil Hefti
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

“Not Wearing Pants Anymore”

This week, Arley fills in for Wramil and we get him caught up on the latest Avengers vs. X-Men and Before Watchmen transpirings. We also talk AvX sales for March, the strange tale of the Walking Dead’s weekly reprints, Graphic.ly’s decision to pull all their comic apps plus much more.

We’ve also got reviews for Ultimate Spider-Man #9 and Venom #15 from Marvel, Action Comics #8 and Swamp Thing #8 from DC plus several more comics from the first week of April.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:23:02: Intro / State of the Marvel U / Before Watchmen & Walking Dead chat
-0:54:28: News
-0:29:28: Comic reviews

Hosts: Lee Skwarek, Rob Brambilla, Mike Haynes and Arley McDonald
Recorded: Thursday, April 5th, 2012
Duration: 1h 23m 02s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
The Times They Are A-Changin’ by Bob Dylan
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes & links:
Full Eisner 2012 nominations list (via SDCC)

“Star-Spangled War Bonds Man”

Fresh out of WonderCon and into Emerald City Con, our show this week features news of Brian Wood’s upcoming book The Massive from Dark Horse, the unveiling of the Man of Steel logo that will be used in the upcoming movie by Zack Snyder as well as a look at Dan Didio’s top 10 books released by DC during his 10 year tenure with the company.

Also, we’ve got reviews for Nick Spencer and Image Comics’ Morning Glories #17, Marvel’s Avenging Spider-Man #5 and Avengers vs. X-Men #0, All Star Western #7 from DC and a handful of other titles from the past week.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:16:50: Intro / ECCC Discussion / AvX Debut
-1:14:21: News
-0:45:46: Comic reviews
-0:12:55: Lee & Mike’s 4 minute long Thor argument

Hosts: Lee Skwarek, Rob Brambilla, Mike Haynes and Wramil Santos
Recorded: Friday, March 30th, 2012
Duration: 1h 16m 50s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
Henchmen and Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes & links:
‘Man of Steel’ movie logo revealed (via Examiner)

“Don Draper Lobotomy”

This time around, we’re talking WonderCon news! Thunderbolts becomes Dark Avengers, Brian Wood takes on the X-Men, Rob Liefeld fights for the futures of Deathstroke, Grifter and Hawkman plus The Wolverine causes (potentially) an international incident!

We’ve also got reviews for Marvel’s X-men Season One, Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga #1 from Image, Justice League #7 from DC and a pile of other books from the past two weeks.

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Show Breakdown:
-1:47:00: Intro / Comic Book Men finale / Flash Facts / Michael Bay’s TMNT
-1:36:15: News
-1:02:55: Comic reviews
-0:00:02: Final thoughts from Rob

Hosts: Lee Skwarek, Rob Brambilla and Mike Haynes
Recorded: Saturday, March 24rd, 2012
Duration: 1h 47m 00s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music:
I Ran (So Far Away) by A Flock of Seagulls
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes & links:
Captain Marvel (Ms. Marvel) Costume Redesign (via Tumblr)
Power Girl’s New “P” (via BleedingCool)
Rob Liefeld’s Deathstroke, Hawkman and Grifter Pleas (1) (2) (via Twitter)
The Wolverine Teaser Poster (via Movie-Moron)

“Pay The Man, Haynes”

On this week’s show, the gang leaves the confines of the Ice Palace to take in the annual Winnipeg Comic and Toy Expo and chats about some of the event highlights. In the news segment, we discuss Amy Reeder’s departure from Batwoman along with a couple other changes to DC’s New 52 creative teams and the Awesome Arena returns to showcase a battle between the red and green Hulks, with the latter having recently (in our minds) been trained in Kung Fu.

All this and more, including reviews for Amazing Spider-Man #680 and #681, Swamp Thing #7, Fatale #3 and many more books from the past two weeks.

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Show details:
Recorded: Saturday March 10th, 2012
Duration: 1h 22m 38s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music credits:
Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes & links:
Shazam’s new look via ComicsAlliance

“Embrace your body”

There’s music in the air (and possibly some sort of chemical hallucinogen) as things get goofy in our 20th episode. This week we chat about the upcoming Phonogram series from Image, our impressions of Kevin Smith’s Comic Book Men reality show debut, the odds of finding a fortunes worth of comic books in your great aunt’s home and the reportedly astronomical order numbers of Marvel’s Avengers vs. X-Men event that will be kicking off in April.

All this and more, including reviews for Batman #6, Avenging Spider-Man #4, Flash #6 and a pile of other books from earlier this month.

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Show details:
Recorded: Sunday February 26th, 2012
Duration: 1h 32m 28s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music credits:
I Touch Myself by Divinyls
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes & links:
ComicsAlliance Comic Book Men Ep. 1 Review via ComicsAlliance
Family Inherits Man’s Remarkable Comic Book Collection via Winnipeg Free Press
Avengers Vs X-Men #1 Advance Orders To Top 200,000 via Bleeding Cool

“Who’s in the tube?”

On this week’s episode, we talk about DC’s upcoming Before Watchmen prequel series’ as well as their planned and recently announced Smallville Season 11 “web first” ongoing series, we get to the bottom of the pending lawsuit between former Walking Dead artist Tony Moore and writer Robert Kirkman, Lee sheds a tear for the Punisher Max finale and Mike’s rage boils over at the mere thought of Power Girl’s new look.

All this and more, including reviews for Detective Comics #6, Amazing Spider-Man #679, Thief of Thieves #1 and a number of other comics from the past few weeks.

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Show details:
Recorded: Sunday February 12th, 2012
Duration: 1h 20m 16s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek

Music credits:
99 Luftballons by Nena
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes & links:
George Perez ‘World’s Finest #1′ Cover

“Dancing whale in a desert”

This time around, Rob Granito is back in our news segment with a plea to return to comic conventions. We critique the now officially launched DC Comics logo as well as Oni Press’ newly revealed logo. We also shed a tear for the cancellation of several books including Kirkman and Liefeld’s The Infinite as well as Bendis and Maleev’s Moon Knight.

All this and more, including reviews for Avenging Spider-Man, Batman, Venom and a number of other comics from the past couple weeks in January.

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Show credits/details:
Recorded: Saturday January 28th, 2012
Duration: 1h 17m 38s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek
Music:
The Promise by When In Rome
Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle

Show notes/links:
Rob Granito petition (via iPetitions)
Oni Press / Zuda logo comparison (via Bleeding Cool)
Liefeld ‘Infinite’ penciled vs. inked pages (via Comic Creator Magazine)

“Nothing gold can stay”

On this week’s show, Mike and Lee hold down the fort with news of DC’s first New 52 cancellations, the brand new titles that will be taking their places later this year, Walt Simonson’s return to Marvel as artist on Avengers and DC Universe Online celebrates its first birthday. All this plus comic reviews for books from last week and earlier in the month.

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Recorded: Sunday January 15th, 2012
Duration: 1h 19m 01s
Edited by: Lee Skwarek
Music: Red Right Hand by Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Great Lakes Avengers by Kirby Krackle