Episode Details

On this week’s comic book review podcast:

Crossover #1
Image Comics
Story by Donny Cates
Art by Geoff Shaw

Sweet Tooth: The Return #1
DC Comics
Creator, writer, artist Jeff Lemire

Wolverine: Black, White & Blood #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan, Matthew Rosenberg and Declan Shalvey
Art by Adam Kubert, Joshua Cassara and Declan Shalvey

Origins #1
BOOM! Studios
Created by Arash Amel, Lee Krieger and Joseph Oxford
Script by Clay McLeod Chapman
Art by Jakub Rebelka

Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons #1
Dark Horse Comics/IDW
Written by Jody Houser & Jim Zub
Line art by Diego Galindo

Backtrack #8
Oni Press
Written by Brian Jones
Art by Jake Elphick

U.S.Agent #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Priest
Art by Georges Jeanty

That Texas Blood #5
Image Comics
By Chris Condon and Jacob Phillips

Mighty Morphin’ #1
BOOM! Studios
Written by Ryan Parrott
Illustrated by Marco Renna

Spy Island #3
Dark Horse Comics
Written bye Chelsea Cain
Art by Lea Mitternique

Web of Venom: Empyre’s End #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Clay McLeod Chapman
Art by Guiu Villanova

Batman #102
DC Comics
Written by James Tynion IV
Art by Carlo Pagulayan

Dryad #6
Oni Press
Written by Kurtis Wiebe
Illustrated by Justin Barcelo

The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #4
Image Comics
Written by Jason Aaron
Art by r.m. Guéra

Thor #9
Marvel Comics
Written by Donny Cates
Art by Nic Klein

Wicked Things #6
BOOM! Box
Created and written by John Allison
Art by Max Sarin

DCeased: Dead Planet #5
DC Comics
Written by Tom Taylor
Art by Trevor Hairsine

Inkblot #3
Image Comics
Written by Emma Kubert
Art by Rusty Gladd

X-Men #14
Marvel Comics
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Mahmud Asrar and Leinil Yu

Marauders #14
Marvel Comics
Written by Gerry Duggan
Art by Stefano Caselli

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Full Episode Transcript:

Alex:                 What’s up, everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.

Justin:              I’m Justin.

Pete:                I’m Pete.

Alex:                 And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of comic books that have come out this week.

Pete:                We sure do.

Justin:              Yeah.

Alex:                 This is the main thing people are concerned about right now is new comics. That’s what we’re all talking about on this Wednesday morning. So let’s get into it. Let’s talk about new comics. Let’s just chill out and have a good time and not stress about absolutely anything else going on in the world. Kick it off with Crossover #1 from Image Comics, story by Donny Cates, art by Jeff Shaw. This is a highly anticipated comic. And I got to say, I feel like it was worth the wait. If you didn’t pick it up, mild spoilers here. But the idea of the book is it takes place in a world where a comic book crossover suddenly pops up in the real world, in Colorado, essentially changing the entire world. A