Comic Book Pitt

Episode 364: 90's Flashback: Jim Lee's WILDC.A.T.S

September 17th, 2020  |  1 hr 9 mins

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Dan, Jared, and Scott go back to the early 90's, to the birth of Image Comics, and discuss the first four issues of Jim Lee's WILDC.A.T.S.

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Episode 363: RIP Chadwick Boseman

September 3rd, 2020  |  1 hr 23 mins

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Cait, Dan, Link, and Shawn discuss the sad and untimely passing of Black Panther star, Chadwick Boseman. They also talk about the past and upcoming DC FanDome events, Lovecraft Country, and the doctors of the Marvel Universe. Comics discussed includes Mr and Mrs X, DCeased: Hope at World's End, Strange Academy, Chu, Big Girls, and Fortnite x Marvel - Nexus War: Thor.

Episode 362: Big Girls #1

August 28th, 2020  |  1 hr 23 mins

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Dan and Jared discuss the recent DC Fandome online event, digging for quarter comics and more. Comics reviewed include Bot-9, Big Girls #1, GI JOE #7, Seven Secrets #1, and Superman #24.

Episode 361: Octobriana 1976

August 14th, 2020  |  1 hr 9 mins

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Jon Engel from New Dimension Comics sits in with Dan and Shawn to talk about comic book retail and evolving in the time of Covid-19. Jon also discusses Mainframe Comic Con, the changes from DC Comics, what’s in his reading stack, and more. Dan and Shawn also talk about Jim Rugg’s newest book, Octobriana 1976.

Episode 360: Savage Dragon #250

August 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 6 mins

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This episode, Dan, Jared, and Scott discuss what some of the older TV shows they're watching these days, including a trip down a rabbit hole to the dark and emotional series finale of M.A.S.H. Comics discussed this episode includes Savage Dragon #250, Negan Lives #1, Cankor, Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Too Long A Sacrifice #1, Sacred Six #1, and The Kill Lock #6.

Episode 359: Snake Eyes: Deadgame #1

July 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 21 mins

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This episode, Dan, Link, and Shawn discuss various TV-related topics, from the newly announced Gotham City police series on HBO to the new Batwoman on The CW. We manage to squeeze some comic talk in, discussing Snake Eyes: Deadgame, Sandman Mystery Theatre, and Harley Quinn and the Birds of Prey.

Episode 358: The Secret Lives of CBP

July 8th, 2020  |  1 hr 28 mins

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This episode has a long cold open where Dan, Jared, and Scott talk about a myriad of topics including swimming pool woes, local government, and DC's Doomsday Clock. After that, they discuss Marvel acquiring the Alien and Predator properties and some comics...Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, G.I. Joe, Wynd, and Outer Darkness/Chew.

Episode 357: A Conversation With Jessica Peña

July 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 16 mins

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Pittsburgh artist Jessica Peña joins Cait, Dan, Link, and Shawn to have frank discussion about current affairs in the comic book industry, what we're reading, what we're watching, and whether sawed off shotguns are better than regular shotguns...

Episode 336: Talking the Talk: Crisis on Infinite Earths

December 30th, 2019  |  56 mins 30 secs

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Dan and Link are joined by guest Chris Maverick from VoxPopcast, a pop culture discussion podcast, to talk about The CW's crossover event, Crisis on Infinite Earths.

Episode 335: Top 5 Comics of 2019

December 20th, 2019  |  1 hr 11 mins

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Dan and Link are joined by guest Chris Maverick from VoxPopcast, a pop culture discussion podcast, to talk about their favorite comics from 2019.