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Sep 28, 2026 · 1:44:27
Longtime fave Kyle Starks is back on the show this week to discuss his Kickstarter for his new comic, Louise Sprouse Stole My Heart (And I Have Two Hours to Get It Back)! We also…
Sep 21, 2026 · 1:42:04
The writers of Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming and Just Another Summer join us for this week's show! We talk about Star Trek being both silly and serious at the same time, what…
Sep 18, 2026 · 1:06:08
After being asked about post-Kirby runs on New Gods, we figured we should take the latest try by Ram V, Evan Cagle, and a whole bunch of guest artists for a spin! Learn more…
Sep 14, 2026 · 1:45:36
Two of the creators behind the new Dark Horse series The Big Shakedown, Jordan Blum and Scott Koblish, join us for this week's show! We talk to them about our shared love of…
Sep 12, 2026 · 1:07:34
Blame it on vacation! This should have been August's Comics Catch-Up but for whatever reason, it just never got posted! So here it is: Our look at the four-issue Catwoman…
Sep 7, 2026 · 2:01:57
Matt and Chris are taking your listener questions on this week's super-sized show! Among the topics: X-Men baseball, Dropout, extreme sports, Wario, and much more! Learn more…
Sep 1, 2026 · 2:12:20
Are you ready to hear Matt and Chris lose their minds over a Legends of the Dark Knight story from 2001? Listen to the end, friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Aug 24, 2026 · 1:36:49
We're in the Garden with this edition of Hickmania, and Doctor Doom is facing down the Mad Celestials while Valeria and Nathaniel do everything they can to buy time! Covering FF…
Aug 17, 2026 · 1:41:57
We're rating swords on this week's show, from a banned Magic card to a very big sucker. And can swords that have been turned into another weapon be considered as swords? Learn…
Aug 10, 2026 · 1:37:22
Out of the way! A cartoonist is coming! Katie Skelly returns to the show this week to talk about her new book, Heaven. Plus, some surprising influences, moving from cool-girl…
Aug 3, 2026 · 1:41:30
We're rating one of the biggest swords around on this week's show, along with another wooden sword, a weapon of Klingon legend, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Jul 30, 2026 · 2:12:08
We're back and ranking comic book stories for another month, including some Dragon Ball, Spider-Man and recent stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
Jul 27, 2026 · 1:38:48
Hickmania continues this week with Fantastic Four #601-604, which wraps up with a pretty raw moment and what sure feels like an ending to Hickman's run. But we're just getting…
Jul 20, 2026 · 1:43:56
On this week's show, we're taking your listener questions about topics like which member of the Justice League we'd want to DM our D&D game, Marvel's new EIC and move to LA, and…
Jul 13, 2026 · 1:44:23
On this week's show, Matt and Chris are rating even more swords, including a few of major mythic importance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 10, 2026 · 1:01:51
Is this DG Chichester/Scott McDaniel Daredevil epic a secret hidden Marvel gem from the early '90s? Or is it as bad as everyone says? Only one way to find out! Learn more about…
Jul 6, 2026 · 1:32:55
On this week's show, we're covering the super-sized, 100-page special where Fantastic Four returns during Hickman's run on the book! Not only are there some great guest artists,…
Jul 1, 2026 · 2:11:25
We're ranking comic book stories once again, including some classic Uncle Scrooge, Judge Dredd, and X-Men stories! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 29, 2026 · 1:40:09
We're rating swords once again on this week's show, one of which Matt and Chris can't quite come to agreement on. Plus, a major top chopper and a serious bottom chopper! Learn…
Jun 22, 2026 · 1:40:16
Writer Fred Van Lente returns to the show this week to talk about his new Boom! Studios series Vampyrates! We obviously talk a lot about vampire lore, as well as pirate flags,…
Jun 20, 2026 · 1:03:26
It's hard to deny the ambition of Frank Miller's 43-year-old breakout prestige-format series...but does it actually hold up? Our answer may surprise you (or it may not). Learn…
Jun 15, 2026 · 1:53:37
We're taking your listener questions on this week's episode, including several about one of our favorite directors! Plus, wrestlers acting, Doctor Who, Mark Waid's Captain…
Jun 8, 2026 · 1:42:28
We're diving back into the Jonathan Hickman run on FF, where we blow through the Black Bolt/Kree stuff as quickly as fast as we can so we can get to the good stuff. That includes…
Jun 2, 2026 · 2:27:10
We're ranking stories once again, including some Spidey Super-Stories! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA Patreon to…
Jun 1, 2026 · 1:42:57
We're dual wielding this week, with our second I to X of Swords episode in a row! This time, we're rating a particularly beautiful real-life sword, as well as one from a card…
May 25, 2026 · 1:44:33
We're rating swords on the show once again this week, with two Power Rangers submissions, a whip-like sword from Soul Calibur, and much more! We make our show on Zencastr, and…
May 21, 2026 · 1:26:15
Chris and Matt both tried to read a Mask comics miniseries back when it came out, but bounced off because it was nothing like the movie. Now we're returning to the original John…
May 18, 2026 · 1:45:27
We took some of your listener questions on this week's show, including inquiries about failsons in comics, Superman's boots, Yakuza, who AEW should honor with a women's…
May 11, 2026 · 1:34:43
HickMania continues on this week's show as we read issues 1-5 of Hickman's run on FF! We talk about Spider-Man replacing Johnny on the team, Doom coming on board, and some very…
May 4, 2026 · 1:49:45
We're rating more swords on this week's show, including two different things that can be described as a "chainsword"! Plus: a Sailor Moon sword, a version of Excalibur, and a…
Apr 29, 2026 · 2:29:20
It's time to rank comics once again! And this time, we're reaching back into the Silver Age for a whole bunch of stories! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow…
Apr 20, 2026 · 1:23:44
We're taking your listener questions on this week's show on topics including Mario princesses, Muppets, gritty reboots, burgers, and a whole lot more! We make our show on…
Apr 17, 2026 · 56:41
Matt and Chris are catching up on what just might be the most late-Bronze-Age Batman comic there is, where Bruce is just so, so sleepy! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can…
Apr 13, 2026 · 1:36:12
That's right, we're rating swords once again on this week's show, and one of them is made of lightning! We also rate a very cool D&D sword, a video game sword we love, and much…
Apr 6, 2026 · 2:02:27
It's HickMania time once again, and one member of the Fantastic Four is doomed to die! We talk about how well Hickman and artist Steve Epting did at putting all four members in…
Apr 1, 2026 · 2:06:32
Time to rank more stories? You know it! And we even get one this time that cracks the top 100! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!…
Mar 30, 2026 · 1:47:05
It's time for more sword ratings on this week's show, including some from more anime we're not sure we should watch, X-Men comics, D&D, and real life itself. We make our show on…
Mar 23, 2026 · 1:38:39
Dan Schkade returns to the show this week to talk about the Flash Gordon newspaper strip, the new Lavender Jack collection, Berserk, the downsides of talkin' trash, and much…
Mar 16, 2026 · 1:43:43
Longtime friend of the show, member of the crew even, J. Gonzo, joins us for the show once again this week to get really serious about what it means to be an artist in 2026! We…
Mar 12, 2026 · 56:46
This month, we're looking back to the 1968 magazine where Norman Osborn returned as the Green Goblin! He and Peter do drugs, and it's all lovingly rendered by John Romita Sr. We…
Mar 9, 2026 · 1:52:08
We're taking your listener questions on this week's show, including queries about character classes for our pets, superhero media music, the franchise with the best swords, and…
Mar 2, 2026 · 1:50:31
We're rating swords once again on this episode! At least one of them could be your friend, and they're all pretty toyetic. Well, with one key exception made by Hattori Hanzo. We…
Feb 28, 2026 · 2:24:23
We're back and we're rankin' on this extra-sized special, including several stories from The Gauntlet! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up…
Feb 23, 2026 · 1:36:29
We're very happy to welcome Geoffrey Golden of The Devastator back to the show this week to talk about his new game ALL-CARDS, which uses...every trading card! We actually play a…
Feb 19, 2026 · 49:07
Alex Ross' 2022 prestige Abrams Arts tribute to Lee and Kirby's Fantastic Four is what we're catching up on this month. It's good, but is it great to the point we'd recommend it…
Feb 16, 2026 · 1:50:15
Time for more Hickmania on this week's show as we read through Fantastic Four #579-582! Reed is sick of his Science Club, so he starts a new one! Also, his dad shows up from the…
Feb 9, 2026 · 1:48:37
Longtime friend of the show Kel McDonald is back this week to discuss their new Cities Between collection, Shards of Reflection, which is funding now on Kickstarter! Before we…
Feb 2, 2026 · 1:47:18
Benito joins Matt as guest host this week to talk to longtime friend of the show Jeremy Whitley! Jeremy's got a Zoop crowdfunding campaign for not one, but two new comics, Slay!…
Jan 26, 2026 · 1:41:05
We're rating our first batch of swords for 2026 this episode, while also going back to one we tabled last year! And there's one submission we really have to work to decide if…
Jan 19, 2026 · 2:27:55
It's legitimately the 15th annual Gordie awards! You submitted the categories, we choose the winners! A bevy of big stars are in the audience at the Flash Gordon Memorial…
Jan 15, 2026 · 55:00
We honestly have no idea how we missed this one by Jason Aaron and Doug Mahnke. Batman goes to space to learn how to punch better, and in the process befriends a dog. It's…
Dec 29, 2025 · 2:07:03
Merry Ranksmas! We're ranking some holiday-themed stories to close out the year on this ESE special...when we're not talking about Margaritaville. We make our show on Zencastr,…
Dec 22, 2025 · 2:21:20
It's our annual Christmas special, but there's one problem. A moose/snowmobile crash has led Matt and Chris to forget what Christmas even is! It's up to an unusually game Matt…
Dec 15, 2025 · 1:57:50
It's time to rate more swords this week, and we got some weird ones this time. Plus: Stay tuned for one of the wildest arguments in Ajax history. We make our show on Zencastr,…
Dec 10, 2025 · 1:11:27
It's Christmas time, so we're going back to 1994 to read the Christmas special from Rob Liefeld's Image imprint! Troll has got to find the 12 gifts from "The 12 Days of…
Dec 8, 2025 · 1:50:00
We're taking your listener questions on this week's show! We figure out just when Nygma Time is, decide what to get Stone Cold HCC for Christmas, and discuss Thanksgiving parade…
Nov 30, 2025 · 2:11:15
This month, we get another story into the top 100 and rank some first appearances of Batman villains, along with much more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow…
Nov 24, 2025 · 1:51:37
We're rating even more swords on this week's show, including one that slayed a Gorgon, one that's all too real, one that we don't even have a picture of, and a couple that come…
Nov 20, 2025 · 1:41:12
Yes, we finally did it. We read all six issues of the 1995/1996 Dawn miniseries. It's somehow both surprisingly impressive and just as bad as we expected. We make our show on…
Nov 17, 2025 · 1:54:47
Our GarFriend Daniel Kibblesmith returns to the show this week to talk about his new book So You've Been Bitten By a Radioactive Spider: How to Survive the Marvel Universe! We…
Nov 10, 2025 · 1:58:10
If only we had known this story arc would be taking place in multiple cities, we'd have figured out a way to make this HickMania 2. But it's our third installment, and Hickman is…
Nov 3, 2025 · 1:39:37
Our friend 'till the end Erica Henderson joins us on the show this week to talk about Harley and Ivy: Life and Crimes, including how she now gets to determine what's canon for…
Oct 30, 2025 · 2:27:39
Time for more rankings, and it's specifically time for Every Spooky Ever! Listen as we rank some monstrous comic stories, some moreso than others! We make our show on Zencastr,…
Oct 27, 2025 · 1:49:02
Benito and Matt finally got Chris to watch a movie they recommended, Deadstream. So they're offering up some more spooky-not-scary ideas for stuff for him to watch, while…
Oct 20, 2025 · 1:38:23
The creative team behind the new biographical graphic novel Fela: Music is the Weapon is joining us on the show this week to talk to us about making biographical comics that do…
Oct 15, 2025 · 50:34
It's undoubtedly a visual marvel, but how well does the story of James Stokoe's 5-issue 50-year Godzilla epic from 2012 hold up? We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too!…
Oct 13, 2025 · 1:40:49
Sword rating time once again, and we're taking some that glow, some that break, and some from, yes, fine art. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to…
Oct 6, 2025 · 1:45:44
Yes, we finally find out what Joseph Michael Linsner's Dawn is about in this episode. And we also take some of your listener questions! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can…
Oct 1, 2025 · 2:20:42
It's time to rank more comic book stories, including a truly bananas backup about Lil' Silver Sable. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up…
Sep 29, 2025 · 1:42:34
We rated some more swords on this week's episode! One we weren't familiar with from the source material, but the vibes were immaculate. The rest? Well, good and bad. We make our…
Sep 25, 2025 · 1:09:30
You demanded it, we read it! The 12-issue Charles Soule/Javier Pulido run on She-Hulk from 2014 tries to come at the character from a law focus. How well does it pull that off?…
Sep 22, 2025 · 1:51:22
We get going on the Jonathan Hickman Fantastic Four run proper in this episode, and while there are clearly some seeds being planted for big future stories...it also really reads…
Sep 15, 2025 · 1:50:28
We're taking your listener questions on this week's episode, including Qs about candy, what swords we would be, how much Spider-Man can eat, bad Riddler designs, and more! We…
Sep 1, 2025 · 1:45:06
We're rating more swords on this week's show, and this time they include: something that's not a sword, a sword that's way too big, a sword that is also a hammer, and lots more!…
Aug 27, 2025 · 2:06:56
Time to rank stories once again, with stories from Matt Wagner and several creators who disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow…
Aug 25, 2025 · 1:38:53
HickMania begins this week with what very much feels like a prologue to not just Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four run, but maybe...his whole Marvel saga? And yet it still feels…
Aug 20, 2025 · 1:01:43
We're reading the 2023 update to Matt Wagner's first comic work from 1983. How does it hold up? We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!…
Aug 18, 2025 · 1:31:17
Our good pal Kyle Starks is back on the show this week to talk about his Kickstarter for the latest volume of Where Monsters Lie! Plus we discuss how humor comics are viewed in…
Aug 11, 2025 · 1:42:33
We're rating swords once again on this week's show, and one of them...takes souls. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Join the WRA…
Aug 4, 2025 · 1:40:44
Our longtime pal Elle Collins drops by the show this week for a super-sized chat about "Superman," "Fantastic Four: First Steps," and how superhero movies seem to be changing at…
Jul 28, 2025 · 2:14:57
Time to rank more stories! This time, we're taking on some Dragon Ball, a PSA comic, Batman just before "Year One," and much more! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too!…
Jul 21, 2025 · 1:35:47
We took your listener questions on this week's show, including one about DC Comics championships. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!…
Jul 18, 2025 · 1:03:42
Robin's first five-issue mini-series from 1991: Good, average, or secretly bad? We dig into this Chuck Dixon/Tom Lyle trip to France (and Spain and Hong Kong) to find out. We…
Jul 14, 2025 · 1:44:46
We unexpectedly find our first I, a real bottom chopper, as we rate more swords on this episode! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!…
Jul 7, 2025 · 2:02:36
Time for a Jurgalogue. We're finishing our re-read of the Jurgies with a story not written by Dan Jurgens. It's the Michael Avon Oeming-written "Thor Disassembled" Ragnarok story…
Jul 2, 2025 · 2:08:10
Time to rank stories once again, including one 2000s Avengers story we'd rather not. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more…
Jun 30, 2025 · 1:38:35
The creators of the new comic based on the Doughboys podcast join us to talk about turning a podcast into a comic, selling direct to fans, the Ren & Stimpy "gross-up," Doughboy…
Jun 26, 2025 · 1:27:13
We finish up the Dan Slott/Mike Allred/Laura Allred run on Silver Surfer on this episode, and we finally rank the whole thing! Where does it end up? We make our show on Zencastr,…
Jun 23, 2025 · 1:46:23
Matt was getting ready for Heroes Con when he and Chris recorded, so enjoy this edit-free episode where we rate some more of your sword submissions! We make our show on Zencastr,…
Jun 16, 2025 · 1:37:00
On this week's show, we're very pleased to welcome back Jeremy Whitley, editor of the Aces and Aros Anthology, which is funding now on Kickstarter! We talk about editing vs.…
Jun 9, 2025 · 1:39:09
The artist behind a new illustrated version of "A Christmas Carol," titled Scrooge is on the show the week to talk about the project, funding now on Zoop! We also discuss…
Jun 2, 2025 · 2:12:36
That's right! It's May! And we're ranking stories, including some classic Tim Drake Robin stuff. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now!…
May 30, 2025 · 1:22:05
Based on your suggestion, we finally read the entire 2014 volume of Silver Surfer, which has a kind of Doctor Who vibe to it. Spoiler: It's great. We make our show on Zencastr,…
May 26, 2025 · 1:39:15
We rate more famous swords on this week's show! Do we manage to find our elusive I? We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow this link to sign up now! Learn more…
May 19, 2025 · 2:00:33
We finish up the Dan Jurgens run on Thor on this week's show, and it finishes pretty strong! Covering Thor (1998) #75-79. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow…
May 12, 2025 · 1:49:41
On this week's show, we took your listener questions, including one about the most influential living writers, who we named immediately. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can…
May 5, 2025 · 58:34
Matt and Chris traveled to Eastern Tennessee for the wedding of friend of the show Elle Collins this weekend, so they got together with Marlene and Ben Gulley to talk about it…
Apr 30, 2025 · 2:10:52
Time to rank more comic book stories on this month's special, including some Punisher, some Spider-Man and some Elseworlds! We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too! Follow…
Apr 28, 2025 · 1:50:10
We've got some swords to rate this week, and they run the gamut from video-game weapons to genuine symbols of European kingdoms. We make our show on Zencastr, and you can too!…
Apr 26, 2025 · 1:15:10
We read the entirety of the Andy Helfer/Bill Sienkiewicz/Kyle Baker run on The Shadow from the late 80s, and there's never been a more cocaine-paced comic. Is that good? Listen…
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