Episode Details

On this week’s comic book review podcast, we’ve got:

Beta Ray Bill #1
Marvel
Written and art by Daniel Warren Johnson

Shadecraft #1
Image Comics
Written by Joe Henderson
Art by Lee Garbett

The Other History of the DC Universe #3
DC Comics
Written by John Ridley
Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli

Silk #1
Marvel
Written by Maurene Goo
Art by Takeshi Miyazawa

Crossover #5
Image Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw

Strange Adventures #9
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan Shaner

Avengers: Curse of the Man-Thing #1
Marvel
Written by Steve Orlando
Art by Francesco Mobili

The Department of Truth #7
Image Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Tyler Boss

The Flash #768
DC Comics
Written by Jeremy Adams
Art by Brandon Peterson, Marco Santucci, David Lafuente

Ghost Rider: King in Black #1
Marvel
Written by Ed Brisson
Art by Juan Frigeri

Two Moons #2
Image Comics
Written by John Arcudi
Art by Valerio Giangiordano

Future State: Superman vs Imperious Lex #3
DC Comics
Written by Mark Russell
Art by Steve Pugh

Decorum #7
Image Comics
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Mike Huddleston

Batman/Catwoman #4
DC Comics
Written by Tom King
Art by Clay Mann

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Full Episode Transcript:

Alex:                 What is up y’all? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.

Pete:                I’m Pete.

Alex:                 And on The Stack we talk about a bunch of books that have come out this week. Kicking it off with one I know that Pete is very excited about. Beta Ray Bill number one from Marvel comics, written and art by Daniel Warren Johnson. Now, D.W.J., As I like to call him, he is the creator of Murder Falcon, which is one of your favorite books ever.

Pete:                Yeah.

Alex:                 I don’t know how you feel about Beta Ray Bill though. So how’d you feel about this book?

Pete:                Well, yeah. I’m not the hugest Beta Ray Bill fan, but this was a lot of fun. This was really awesome. Art style [google 00:00:54] gave Beta Ray Bill a grittiness that was nice. Yeah, I very much enjoyed this. This was sad. This was not just badass Beta Ray Bill.

Alex:                 You okay? Did you die there for a second?

Pete:                Yeah. There’s some real pain going on. And yeah. Also, Fin Fang Foom, one of my huge favorites in this as well. So, this was a real treat, this book. And the back matter is magical.

Alex:                 This very briefly and tangentially ties into the King in Black storyline, which has symbiotes attacking the Marvel universe here. They attack Asgard, Beta Ray Bill fights them off, kind of. And sparks up, or re-sparks up a little bit of a romance with Lady Sif. But I agree with you, as he did in Murder Falcon, he brings big action with big monsters, but also a deep well of emotion here. It’s very sad for Beta Ray Bill. Art is great, the writing