Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

Previews time! Taking a look at the November comic coming attractions, the Speakers of Geek offer up a number of recommendations and topics including the new Batman/Green Arrow/Question: Arcadia title by Gabriel Hardman, a new Doctor Who mini-series, offerings from Fantagraphics including a new comic by R. Crumb, lots of G.I.Joe and Larry Hama talk, Assorted Crisis Events, legacy numbering, reading older Amazing Spider-Man, and much more! (1:01:34)

DC’s next big event, DC K.O, is almost here! It’s a cosmic throwdown to save the universe from Darkseid - but the 32 fighters must first battle each other for the crown of King Omega. Who will win? The Speakers of Geek give their predictions for the first round - with many surprise picks! It’s time to choose your fighter! (47:12)

An all review episode of current comics and comics from our reading piles! We discuss The Mortal Thor 1 by Ewing and Ferry, Marvel All-On-One: Thing vs the Marvel Universe oneshot by North and McGuinness, and we dig a little deeper into the first issue of the New History of the DC Universe. Other titles and topics include Darkstars, ‘90s Amazing Spider-Man, Love Everlasting, early works of Alex Ross, Lazarus, memories of George Pérez and more! (1:25:59)

Convention Talk! Grading! Reviews! Publisher app updates! Trivia! Even an unboxing! It’s a full topic Comic Talk as the Speakers of Geek wrap-up the Harrisburg Comic & Pop Con, follow up on more reactions to Barry Windsor-Smith’s Monsters, return to the Overstreet Price Guide to do Modern Era Trivia, discuss the upcoming NY and Baltimore cons, talk a little Star Wars and more! (1:23:54)

Doctor Doom’s reign over the Marvel Universe meets new threats and challenges as Dormammu attacks, Thor speaks his mind, Doom and Reed Richards debate, and a terrible secret is about to be revealed! The Speakers of Geek discuss One World Under Doom issues 4 thru 6 (and a bunch of tie-ins) by Ryan North, R.B. Silva, David Curiel, Travis Lanham and company. (53:23)

Comic Talk! Previews! Collection horror stories! Toy Talk! Collectible Card Game Talk! And more! The Speakers of Geek, along with guest Brad From Canada of the Scene Invaders Podcast, offer up their recommendations for comic coming attractions for the month of October 2025. Topics include Punisher’s return to Marvel Knights, the X-Men Age of Revelation event, Ultimate OZ Universe: The Lost Lands, Return of the Blue Brothers: the Escape of Joilet Jake, Wind in the Willows, Absolute Evil, and others. (1:26:31)

The Speakers of Geek are joined by longtime listener and friend Pankaj from Philly to discuss the Top Comics of the 21st Century! From stories to runs to collections to single issues, we do our best, along with the help of listener suggestions, to talk about as many of the great comics from the last 25 years as we can! (2:02:51)

Esquire released their ranking of the 25 Best Superhero Movies of All Time. And the Speakers of Geek discuss and debate (and sometimes debunk) their list! We also share our thoughts and reactions to Fantastic Four: First Steps! (57:25)

The Speakers of Geek react to news drops from this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Topics include a new DC event entitled DC KO, John Byrne’s X-Men Elsewhen to get published, the George Pérez Artist’s Edition, Star Trek TV and podcast talk, toy news from McFarlane Toys and others and so much more! (55:02)

It’s a casual comic talk episode covering a recent trip to Hershey Comic Con, digging in back issue bins and purchasing original art, listener feedback from our Discord on recent episodes, a rant on comics fandom, plans for the upcoming episode 2025 and more! (1:15:07)

Comic Talk! Previews! And our thoughts on the new Superman movie! We start off with updates on discount tiers for DCBS. We then give recommendations for comic coming attractions for the month of September 2025 such as IDW’s Twilight Zone, MadCave’s Racer X, collections of Assorted Crisis Events, Human Target and Batman: the Last Halloween and much more! Along the way we discuss double dipping on new collection formats, are there too many new characters being introduced, X-Men ’97 animated series and we wrap up with a review of Superman! (1:32:50)

In a new episode feature entitled CGS Reads, the Speakers of Geek begin their journey through Marvel Limited Series of the ‘80s starting with Machine Man by Tom DeFalco, Herb Trimpe, Barry Windsor-Smith and company. We give our thoughts and reactions, talk about the art, give some backstory, and explore the retro-future world of Marvel 2020! (38:59)

Author and creator Jeff Lemire joins us for this episode to celebrate the release of 10,000 Ink Stains: A Memoir from Dark Horse. A look back at twenty-five years of making comics while reflecting on his personal life, our conversation covers topics such as developing and staying true to a unique vision, independent vs mainstream comic work, various milestones in his early career, the Black Hammer Universe, the New 52, working with Keith Giffen, accolades for his current series Minor Arcana and so much more! (1:11:30)

The Speakers of Geek return to their reading piles to discuss various current titles such as Krypto’s first appearance in Adventure Comics 210 facsimile, Namor by Aaron, Davidson, Lins and company, Fire & Ice and Justice League Unlimited, the works of Taiyo Matsumoto, early Black Label titles, the New History of the DC Universe and others. We also cover the new first issue of Captain America by Zdarsky, Schiti and company and “Birthday” from Action Comics 1087 by Waid, Patridge and company. And we manage to throw in comic talk on DC's use of legacy characters, Marvel's sliding timescale and more! (1:41:00)

Thoughts and reactions to current comic news! We kick things off with a few questions and concerns around comic book storage, collecting and purchasing. And then we discuss the passing of legendary Editor and Creator Jim Shooter, the conversation around the recent original art sale of a Detective Comics cover by Jock, a new creative team announcement on Transformers and more! (1:33:39)

The CGS Honor Roll celebrating the amazing guests that have contributed to the podcast over our 20 years continues with Tom Martinek, Senior Digital Artist at Industrial Light & Magic. Recorded back in March, our conversation covers Tom’s work history, how his geekdom has changed, his CGS contributions, practical vs digital effects, and so much more. We also share our reactions to the first three episodes of Daredevil: Born Again. It’s been a joy to know “Mr. Fusion” over the years and to recognize his place within the larger CGS Community! (1:37:39)

Imperial! Batman Hush 2! Marvel Knights: the World to Come! “We Are Yesterday” - the Justice League Unlimited/World’s Finest Crossover! The Speakers of Geek tackle current issues of the big DC and Marvel events and stories running through the summer. (1:07:52)

Comic talk, reviews and Previews! We get a health update from Shane. Pants recounts his trip to 3 Rivers Comicon. Thoughts and reactions to the G.I.Joe Silent Missions oneshots, Young Avengers by Heinberg and Cheung, Gamemasters: The Comic Book History of Roleplaying Games by Fred Van Lente and Tom Fowler, and other titles. And then a bevy of comic coming attractions for August including Hero Squared, the 25th Anniversary of Powers, Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths, X-Men of Apocalypse, and more! (1:23:21)

The Speakers of Geek wrap up their thoughts on Star Wars: Andor season 2. Discussion topics on episodes four through twelve include the character journeys and endings, production values, the connections to Rogue One and the larger Star Wars Universe, the future of Star Wars and more. (1:12:38)

The Speakers of Geek share their thoughts on a number of topics, news items and comics including the passing of Peter David and his amazing contributions to comics, the 1980s superhero work of Mike Mignola, the new Batman/Deadpool crossover announcement, a remastered Absolute Crisis on Infinite Earths coming next year, and reviews of the first issues of Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell, Superman Unlimited, Moonshine Bigfoot, Star Wars, Youngblood Deluxe and finally… Z! (1:36:28)