Comics Discourse 114
A group of great friends geeking out over contemporary and classic comic books, manga, and the creators behind them! Each week, Brian, Bryan and Hassan chat on comics, including recent reads, selected storylines, fun topics, and spotlights focusing on a particular book or creator!
Episodes
This month’s recent comic book reads episode spans major new #1 issues, British and European comics, manga, Kickstarter projects, and plenty of comic book discussion touching on publishers including DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Ignition Press, Tiny Onion, Bad Idea, Magnetic Press, Rebellion, and more.
Leading this month’s Top of the Stack is one of the year’s biggest new launches, Absolute Green Arrow. Our discussion als...
Image Comics has been on a hot streak lately, so we’re tackle some of the publisher’s newest releases, along with a couple books that recently wrapped up their runs. We discuss recent Image titles including D'Orc, She-Spawn, White Sky, If Destruction Be Our Lot, The Royals, Narco, Red Roots, Fireborn, Lost Fantasy, plus final issue discussions for I Hate Fairyland and Sacrificers. Which of these new Image books do we think are wort...
We continue our monthly spotlight on Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama. Special guest Frank joins us to discuss Volumes 2 and 3 (chapters 8–17). We continue the journey of Coco, Qifrey, Agott, and the other witches as the world expands with the Knights Moralis, Tarth, and more on the mysterious Brimmed Caps. Plus, we discuss the anime adaptation on Crunchyroll.
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It’s a Daredevil and Marvel Comics episode as we dive into the classic and brutal Without Fear story by Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark, and Stefano Guadiano (Daredevil Vol, 2 100 -105), featuring Mister Fear, the Hood, Dakota North, The Enforcers, and Milla Donovan, Matt Murdock’s often- forgotten wife. Plus we discuss Daredevil: Born Again Season 2 on Disney + and Jessica Jones Blind Spot by Kelly Thompson and Mattia De luis.
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We begin to see the patterns as we journey into the past to explore Batman: Dark Patterns, the DC Comics limited comic book series and new collection by Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman. Set early in Batman’s career, this series dives deep into the horrors lurking within Gotham City, told across four interconnected stories.
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It’s time for another Top of the Stack. we we dive into highlights of our comic book recent reads and industry news from DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, IDW Publishing, Abrams Books, and others.
This episode, we break down the absolute chaos of Absolute Batman 19 from Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta, discuss the comics journalism and Top Ten lists with the new fun Comics! The Magazine, the upcoming new book from Skybound, T...
We are joined by special guest Frank as we start a new monthly comic book spotlight, or should we say manga, as we journey to world of the Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama. Plus more manga and anime talk including Drifting Dragons, Delicious in Dungeon, Frieren, and Dorohedoro!
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Throughout comic book history, publishers have relaunched characters or concepts into new books, but not every character gets the comeback that they deserve. This episode, we play publisher of every comic book company (Marvel, DC Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics and even companies that do not exist anymore) and draft the characters or series we’d bring back to the spotlight. Who would make the cut? From forgotten favorites ...
We take a deep dive into one of our favorite comic book creators: writer and artist Phil Jimenez! From Team Titans to Wonder Woman, Donna Troy, Infinite Crisis, Historia, Spider-Man, and his creator-owned Vertigo title Otherworld, we explore his career across the industry. Join us as we discuss his work at both DC Comics and Marvel, and the impact he’s made on modern comics.
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Another stacked Top of the Stack episode packed with comic book talk from Dark Horse Comics, Image Comics, Mad Cave, IDW, Marvel, and DC Comics. We dive into Kaito 84 (an Usagi Yojimbo spin-off), revisit Vertigo’s Shade: The Changing Man, and break down books like Green Lantern Corps, Batwoman, Predator: Bloodshed, Punisher, Spider-Man/Venom: Death Spiral, Honor and Curse, Is Ted Ok?, Beneath the Trees Where No One Sees, Devil on M...
With the release of Invincible Season 4 and the return of Battle Beast, we dive into the epic Viltrumite War, covering Invincible issues #71–78 by Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley from Skybound and Image Comics.
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We get wacky as Special guest Shane Kelly from Comic Geek Speak join us to for our final monthly spotlight on Justice League International with Justice League Europe vs Extremists. We discuss JLE 15 - 19 by Keith Giffen, Gerald Jones, and Bart Sears where Captain Atom leads JL against alternate versions of Marvel Comic’s great villains and visit Disney World on a dead Earth. What?! It is DC Comics vs Marvel Comics!
The DC Comics event of the year concludes with DC K.O. #5 as King Omega finally arrives. We break down the finale, the tie-ins, and the overall event from Scott Snyder, Joshua Williamson, Javi Fernandez, Xermanico, Wes Craig, and more, plus what it could mean for the future of the DC Universe.
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Back by popular demand, we revisit the early years of Image Comics with ShadowHawk, Brigade, Supreme, Pitt, and Gen 13 by Jim Valentino, Rob Liefeld, Dale Keown, Jim Lee, J Scott Campbell and others. Do these books hold up to the test of time? Did they ever? Find out. Plus some new comic book talk including Absolute Wonder Woman Annual, Versus Manga, The End of Life, the new Vertigo book by Kyle Starks & Steve Pugh, and Batman/...
Come sit down on comfortable chair and join us as we talk comic books that are on the Top of the Stack. We dive into some new hot books like Bleeding Hearts, D'orc, & White Sky, along with books from a wide range of publishers including Image Comics, DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW, Ignition Press and more. We also talk about latest news coming out of ComicsPRO 2026 and talk about what has us most excited for t...
Hate. Death. Despero. It is not the typical Justice League International spotlight episode with the deadly return of Despero. Special guest Shane Kelly from Comic Geek Speak returns to the show to discuss with us Justice League International Special #1 and Justice League America 37 - 40 featuring Steel, Gypsy, Booster Gold quitting the team, Power Girl’s cat, and the Death of Mister Miracle! Wait? What? Plus Justice League Detroit...
In celebration of DC Comics relaunching Vertigo Comics, we’re spotlighting some classic titles from across the imprint’s history; Animal Man, Preacher, Fables, House of Mystery, American Vampire, and The Wake. The creators include Jamie Delano, Steve Pugh, Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon, Bill Willingham, Lan Medina, Lilah Sturges, Luca Rossi, Ross Campbell, Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, and Sean Murphy.
With the excitement around DC Comics KO, we turn the clock back to Marvel’s own heavyweight showdown: Avengers vs. X-Men. In this episode, we revisit the 2012 blockbuster event by an all-star lineup: Jason Aaron, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Jonathan Hickman, Frank Cho, John Romita Jr., Olivier Coipel, Adam Kubert, and Jim Cheung. What did we think when it first dropped? How does it read now, years later? Plus ...
Please kick back in a comfy chair and join us as the co-hosts dive into our latest reads across Marvel Comics, Fantagraphics, DC Comics, IDW, and Image Comics.
On the stack this time: Captain America, Alien vs Captain America, Search & Destroy, Alex Ross, The Twilight Zone, Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, TMNT, the return of Bendis to Marvel with Avengers #800, Absolute Wonder Woman meeting Absolute Batman, Captain Britain...
We dive into the first-ever Justice League America / Justice League Europe crossover, a landmark story that also kicks off Adam Hughes’ legendary run on JLA. These issues feature the debut of Fire and Ice’s iconic looks (although Fire’s is basically regular clothes, two sizes too small), the Huntress and a new female Doctor Fate joining the team, appearances by the Spectre and Superman, the return of the Gray Man, and the introduct...
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