Episode Details

On this week’s comic book review podcast:

Magic #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Jed MacKay
Illustrated by Ig Guara

Green Lantern #1
DC Comics
Written by Geoffrey Thorne
Art by Dexter Soy and Marco Santucci

The Silver Coin #1
Image Comics
Written by Chip Zdarsky
Art by Michael Walsh

Beasts of Burden: Occupied Territory #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer
Art by Benjamin Dewey

King in Black #5
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ryan Stegman

Venom #34
Marvel
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Ivan Coello

Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters #2
Oni Press
By Chris and Laura Samnee

The Swamp Thing #2
DC Comics
Written by Ram V
Art by Mike Perkins

Seven Secrets #7
BOOM! Studios
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Daniele Di Nicuolo

The Immortal Hulk #45
Marvel
Written by Al Ewing
Art by Joe Bennett

Dead Dog’s Bite #2
Dark Horse Comics
By Tyler Boss

Batman #107
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Jorge Jimenez and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz

The Last Witch #4
BOOM! Box
Written by Conor McCreery
Illustrated by V.V. Glass

America Chavez: Made In The USA #2
Marvel
Written by Kalinda Vazquez
Art by Carlos Gómez

Fear Case #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Tyler Jenkins

Suicide Squad #2
DC Comics
Written by Robbie Thompson
Art by Eduardo Pansica

Nocterra #2
Image Comics
Written by Scott Snyder
Art by Tony S. Daniel

Geiger #1
Image Comics
Written by Geoff Johns
Art by Gary Frank

Far Sector #11
DC Comics
Written by N.K. Jemisin
Art by Jamal Campbell

Crime Syndicate #2
DC Comics
Written by Andy Schmidt
Art by Kieran McKeown and Bryan Hitch

Bliss #6
Image Comics
Written by Sean Lewis
Art by Caitlin Yarsky

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Full Episode Transcript

ThanAlex:         What is up, everybody? 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. Tons of books out this week. Lots of number ones to get through.

Pete:                Tons. Tons.

Alex:                 So let’s jump into it talking about Magic. Number one from BOOM! Studios written by Jed MacKay, art illustrated by Ig Guara. This is a bit of a reinvention of the classic universe people probably know from Magic: The Gathering and the card games. It takes a bunch of Planeswalkers, essentially magic folks and otherwise, has them attacked, spoiler over the course of the issue, and they end up having to band together. I got to tell you, I obsessively collected Magic: The Gathering cards as a kid, but I don’t think I ever paid attention to the mythology. So I didn’t know a lot going into this, but I still, as usual with the Jed MacKay book, enjoyed it quite a bit. What did you think, Pete?

Pete:                Yeah, I thought it was