Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

Face Front, True Believers! Now begins a year-long exploration of the first family of Marvel Comics: the Fantastic Four! Adjunct professor of Marvel history Chris Eberle, teaching assistant Adam Murdough, and prize pupil Jamie D unite to bring you the reasonably complete lowdown on 'The World's Greatest Comic Magazine' through all the ages of its existence! First up, the first half of the all-important Lee/Kirby run of the Silver Age, including everything from the team's first appearance through the Galactus Trilogy, plus a passel of pedagogical propaganda pertaining to the pulsatin' pre-history of Marvel Comics itself! (2:46:10)

The Geeks go for the gold in this episode, as they list and discuss their favorite characters, vintage and recent, who have served as members of the world's first superhero team: the Justice Society of America! (1:35:03)

The Geeks take a little time to catch up on correspondence, review some recent comics news, react to a few celebrity obituaries, and just enjoy each other's company. Join them, won't you? They're lonely. (1:32:54)

In this, Chris Eberle's first appearance in an 'OTR' episode, Chris earns his Recent Release Reviewer's credentials as we dissect the nostalgic All-New Invaders from Marvel; the gigantic Detective Comics (Vol. 2) #27 from DC; and the esoteric ElfQuest: The Final Quest from Dark Horse. Also, a few brief remarks about Paul Cornell's new Wolverine series and the new Ms. Marvel #1. (1:36:04)

Another month, another PREVIEWS! We go through the February catalog for items shipping to stores starting in April. (1:37:41)

'I Didn't Spend 6 Years in Evil Medical School to be Called Mr.!' Taking a look at the Yellow Peril, one of the original arch-villains: Dr. Fu Manchu. Along for the ride are current Fu Manchu writer William Patrick Maynard & CGS Forums moderator Solitaire Rose. (1:05:29)

The nominations have been received and sorted, and the time has come to announce the contenders for the title(s) of Comic Geek Speak's 'Best of 2013'! Which comics and creators did we, the Geeks, and you, the Listeners, deem worthy of special recognition this year? Listen to this episode and you'll not only find out, but enjoy a year's worth of super-concentrated high-test comic talk into the bargain! (2:00:02)

No, you're not dreaming! The 'Book of the Month' series is back, and we mark its return with a discussion of the first collected volume of one of the most celebrated series in comics history, if not in all of fantasy literature: Neil Gaiman's Sandman. (1:58:24)

Our X-haustive X-egesis on the X-Men X-pires in this episode, covering the last seventeen years (1997-2013) of the first fifty years of of X-Men comics. The Geeks (along with 'gifted youngsters' Dani O'Brien and Jamie Hatton) offer their takes on Chris Claremont's attempted homecoming to the X-titles; the poignant-if-temporary death of Colossus; Grant Morrison's fan-polarizing New X-Men run; Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men; a cranium-creasing complement of crossover events, from 'Operation: Zero Tolerance' to 'House of M' to 'Messiah CompleX' to 'Avengers vs. X-Men'; and much more. The Spotlights have ended, but the Dream lives on! (2:08:45)

Did somebody say 'Previews'? We go through the January catalog for items shipping to stores starting in March. Includes our first look at this year's Free Comic Book Day giveaways! (1:55:38)

Speakers of Geek from two different states assemble to discuss the Avengers one final time, as our series of 50th-Anniversary retrospective Spotlights on the Avengers concludes with a look at the most recent phase (2000-present) in the decades-long evolution of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. From the grand finale of Kurt Busiek's run, through the custodianships of Geoff Johns and Chuck Austen, to the Avengers' rise to star franchise status under the direction of Brian Michael Bendis, to the cosmic expansionism of Jonathan Hickman's current run, this episode brings us up to date on the Avengers and is the culmination of an entire year of Avengers talk. Miss it not, True Believers! (2:21:14)

Doc Savage #1 from Dynamite Entertainment, Inhumanity #1 from Marvel, and Justice League 3000 #1 from DC: Which of these three comics has induced fits of self-loathing in one of the Geeks? This month's Off the Racks episode holds the answer! (1:33:29)

We begin 2014 with a roundup of select news and events from the last few weeks of 2013. Topics include the return of Gail Simone, Jim Starlin, and the Star Wars franchise to Marvel, and the inevitable mishmash of geek-appropriate TV talk. (1:27:21)

Because YOU demanded it! A packed studio of Geeks, plus some special guests, sit down to play a few rounds of no-holds-barred, no-quarter-given comics trivia! It's our last episode of the year, and we're closing out 2013 in style! (2:25:35)

Murd's five-year mission to record a complete dramatization of the Dickens classic 'A Christmas Carol' reaches its midway point with this reading of the third chapter. (49:42)

As the holiday season approaches its apex, the Speakers of Geek take some time to relax and reminisce about their personal favorite childhood Christmas gifts. So what kind of geeky goodies did the guys get during their formative years? Pour yourself an eggnog, listen, and learn! Plus: a Christmas nightcap with Drunk Cap! (1:50:16)

This month's roundup of recent releases includes Marvel's Amazing X-Men, DC's Scooby-Doo Team-Up, and Valiant's Unity. As always, our OTR reviews contain SPOILERS, so read before you listen! (1:47:08)

It's beginning to look a lot like... Previews! We go through the December catalog for items shipping to stores starting in February. (1:34:56)

You better watch out, you better not cry! Uncle Sal is comin' to town, with a sackful of hilarious tales of bitterness and frustration, just in time for the holidays! (Make sure the children are nestled all snug in their beds before you listen, though--Mature Audiences only!) (2:22:25)

Here at the tail-end of Fraggle Rock's 30th anniversary year, we sit down with our favorite professional Muppet fans, artists Katie Cook and David Petersen, to reminisce about our favorite characters, episodes, music, and historical trivia from the classic TV series, Jim Henson & Co.'s attempt to achieve world peace through children's television! A pre-holiday treat for all the Muppet fans out there in CGS Land. (1:52:02)