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NEWS

1. A school board in Tennessee banned Maus - Spiegelman responds
2. New details emerge for ‘Free Comic Book Day 2022: Marvel’s Voices’ #1
3. Humanoids sets sites on all-new ‘The Incal Universe’ graphic novels
4. Ibrahim Moustafa’s next Humanoids title announced
5. Vault Comics First Look: Quests Aside – Out April 2022
6. Titan announces The Man Who Fell To Earth comic adaptation
7. Marvel teases X-Men, Avengers, and Eternals summer event ‘Judgment Day’
8. ‘Daredevil’ #1 launching June 2022 by Chip Zdarsky & artist Marco Checchetto
9. Marvel’s ‘Hulk’ #6 to feature ‘Deadliest Hulk’ Titan in April
10. Iron Man to propose marriage in ‘Iron Man’ #20
11. TKO Studios to distribute through Simon & Schuster, Inc. starting February 1

Our Top Books of the Week

Dave:

1. Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond #1 (Jed McKay, C.F. Villa)
2. Night of the Ghoul #4 (Scott Snyder, Francesco Francavilla)

Nathan:

1. The Human Target #4 (Tom King, Greg Smallwood)
2. Mary Jane & Black Cat: Beyond #1 (Jed McKay, C.F. Villa)

Standout KAPOW moment of the week:

Nathan - The Human Target #4 (Tom King, Greg Smallwood)

Dave - X-Men #10 (Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz, Marte Gracia)

TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK

• Dave: Sabretooth #1 (Victor LaValle teams, Leonard Kirk)
• Nathan: Monkey Prince #1 (Gene Luen Yang, Bernard Chang)

JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.

• Dave: Sabretooth #1 (Ryan Brown)
• Nathan: Batman #120 (Kyle Hipp)

Interview - Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League - Earl Rauch & W.D. Richter 

1. Tell our listeners about yourselves and how you came to collaborate on the original Buckaroo Banzai. As I recall, the original script went through a number of forms.
2. One of the elements I love about the movie and the novel are the constant callbacks - like an editor’s note in a Marvel comic - was this a conscious decision to adopt a comic book convention?
3. Were there any comics you were reading at the time?
4. Against the World Crime League was originally teased at the end of the film. How has this story evolved from its original conception? And why was a novel the right medium?
5. I have to ask about my favorite film, Big Trouble in Little China - Much like Buckaroo, Jack Burton has endured. What is it about these characters that connect with audiences all these years later?
6. Without spoiling anything - things are looking pretty bleak for Buckaroo and the Hong Kong Cavaliers at the start