Serious Issues: A Comic Book Podcast

This week Levins and Siobhan speak with Chris Neill, the Sydney based writer and editor behind the self published music comics anthology series Meet Me In The Pit!SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN–Serious Issues is a comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.Find every comic we review on the show at Kings Comics in Sydney or online at http://kingscomics.comGet in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we're missing out on. Email us at seriousissues@kingscomics.com or find us at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave us a nice review on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mat Groom is the writer of Self/Made, a new comic book series coming to Image in December. He's also one of the hosts of Ranger Danger: A Power Rangers Podcast and this week he's our very special guest!Find out more about Self/Made here: https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/self-made-1SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN–Serious Issues is a comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.Find every comic we review on the show at Kings Comics in Sydney or online at http://kingscomics.comGet in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we're missing out on. Email us at seriousissues@kingscomics.com or find us at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave us a nice review on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-o

Big news, friends! This is gonna be the last weekly Serious Issues episode! Find out why (and what we're gonna do instead) by listening. Thanks so much for your support this far and we hope you'll stay with us!Comics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (5:30)The Terrible Elisabeth Dumn Against the Devils in Suits #1Bitter Root #1Uncanny X-Men #1Infinity Wars #1Captain Marvel Prelude #1Electric Warriors #1God Of War #1Bloodshot: Rising Spirit #1Rugrats: C Is For Chanukah #1DC (31:10)Mister Miracle #12Wonder Woman #58Superman #5Superman #24Catwoman #5Marvel (45:50)The Avengers #10Cosmic Ghost Rider #5Fantastic Four #3Captain America #5Thor #7Venom #8The Amazing Spider-Man #9The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #38Daredevil #611Star Wars: Darth Vader #23Image (1:01:28)Gideon Falls #8Murder Falcon #2Cemetery Beach #3Skyward #8Sleepless #9Other Publishers (1:07:34)The Quantum Age #4Friendo #2Afterwords Wash DaySUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTER

The Grant Morrison/Liam Sharp Green Lantern comic from Siobhan's dreams has finally arrived, can it live up to the hype?!Comics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (1:36)Green Lantern #1Marvel Knights #1Star Wars: Han Solo Imperial Cadet #1Outer Darkness #1Auntie Agatha's Home For Wayward Rabbits #1The Wicked + The Divine: The Funnies #1James Bond 007 #1The Whispering Dark #1The Empty Man #1Image (27:24)Dead Rabbit #2Farmhand #5Crowded #4Redlands #8The Last Seige #6Blackbird #2The Walking Dead #185Marvel (42:04)Infinity Wars #5Runaways #15Death of the Inhumans #5Asgardians of the Galaxy #3Doctor Strange #7X-Men Red #9X-23 #6The Immortal Hulk #8DC (1:00:05)Batman #58Nightwing #52Deathstroke #37United States vs Murder Inc #3Adventures of the Super Sons #4Border Town #3Other Publishers (1:14:24)Meet Me In The Pit #2Fearscape #2Moth & Whisper #3Sparrowhawk #2The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion #2SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTE

In the final week of Halloween specials, DC gave us the scariest comics of all: another round of Hanna Barbera meets DC crossover comics! We somehow survived this onslaught of horror plus read new issues of Fence, Ice Cream Man, Man-Eaters, Doom Patrol and more.Plus! In this week's post-show, Levins talks about reading Jeff Smith's Bone for the first time and Siobhan has been reading a book without pictures in it: Slade House by David Mitchell. Listen to the post-shows by supporting us at http://patreon.com/seriousissuespodcastComics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (3:40)Deathstroke/Yogi Bear #1Green Lantern/Huckleberry Hound #1Nightwing/Magilla Gorilla #1Superman/Top Cat #1Batman: Secret Files #1Justice League Dark/Wonder Woman: The Witching Hour #1Justice League/Aquaman: Drowned Earth #1The Terrifics Annual #1Hex Wives #1Avengers Halloween Special #1Vault Of Spiders #1Spider-Force #1X-Men Black: Emma Frost #1What If? Magik Became Sorcerer Supreme #1Midnight Mystery #1Edgar Allen Poe's Snifter of

Happy halloween, shitheads! We celebrate by going through our favourite spooky comics with Andrew Constant, whose DC mini-series The Demon: Hell Is Earth is released in trade this week!If you live in Sydney come get your copy signed by Andrew at Kings Comics! Details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/530456457365543/SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN–Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.Find every comic we review on the show at Kings Comics in Sydney or online at http://kingscomics.comGet in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we're missing out on. Email us at seriousissues@kingscomics.com or find us at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave us a nice review on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out informa

It's an extra special MEGA EPISODE where The Weekly Planet's own Nick Mason joins Levins to discuss brand new issues of Spider-Gwen, Books of Magic, Black Panther vs Deadpool, Judge Dredd and more. Levins is then immediately teleported to Kings Comics in Sydney to finish the rest of this week's new comics with Siobhan!If this isn't enough Serious Issues for you, be sure to hear the Patreon exclusive post-show, featuring Levins and Siobhan review graphic novels including Luisa: Now And Then, Monster and Von Spatz! This weekly post-show is available at http://patreon.com/seriousissuespodcastListen to Maso on The Weekly Planet: https://www.planetbroadcasting.com/our-shows/the-weekly-planet/Listen to our friends Into The Knight: https://intotheknightpodcast.wordpress.com/Comics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (1:40):Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #1Spider-Girls #1Infinity Warps: Arach-Knight #1What If? Thor #1X-Men Black: Juggernaut #1Black Panther vs Deadpool #1Marvel Superhero Adventures: Hallo

Did you know that on top of reviewing between 30 - 50 new issues of comics each week, we review 4 new trades or graphic novels in a new weekly Patreon exclusive post-show? This week we reviewed My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, the latest novella by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, Volume 2 of Gengoroh Tagame's manga My Brother's Husband and two graphic novels by Norwegian cartoonist Jason!Hear our weekly post-show by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/seriousissuespodcastComics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (3:54)Shuri 1The Unstoppable Wasp 1Infinity Warps: Weapon Hex 1X-Men Black: Mystique 1What If? Ghost Rider 1Marvel Zombie 1Venom Annual 1Lucifer 1Exorsisters 1Ogre 1Marvel (40:20)Runaways 14Thor 6Daredevil 609Mr & Mrs X 4The Life of Captain Marvel 4Darth Vader 22DC (52:17)Batman 57Nightwing 51Justice League Dark 4Injustice 2 36Cover 2Pearl 3United States Vs Murder Inc 2Image (1:07:20)MCMLXXV 2Cemetery Beach 2Flavor 6Gideon Falls 7The New World 4Stray Bu

All of last week's incredible comics, read and reviewed PLUS we announce something super cool for all our Patrons - a weekly post-show in which we review some recent trades and older comics we've been reading lately! This week we review My Boyfriend The Bear, Concrete, The Pervert and more!Get a weekly bonus dose of Levins and Shinbone by supporting us on Patreon: http://patreon.com/seriousissuespodcastComics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (3:55)Murder Falcon #1Cursed Comics Cavalcade #1Spider-Geddon #1X-Men Black: Mojo #1What If? Peter Parker Became The Punisher #1The Last Space Race #1Devil Within #1Marvel (26:43)The Avengers #9Infinity Wars #4Venom #7The Immortal Hulk #7The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #37The Amazing Spider-Man #7X-23 #5Captain America #4Iceman #2Domino #7DC (44:30)Superman #4Supergirl #23Wonder Woman #56Detective Comics #990Catwoman #4Suicide Squad #47Plastic Man #5Michael Cray #12House Of Whispers #2Image (1:01:32)Unnatural #4Sleepless #8Farmhand #4Crowded #3Other Publishers (1:

Two days late is still fashionably late right? Comics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (2:05)Shatterstar #1Sleepwalker #1X-Men Black: Magneto #1Typhoid Fever: Spider-Man #1The Superior Octopus #1What If? Flash Thompson Became Spider-Man #1What If? The X-Men #1The Batman/The Maxx: Arkham Dreams #1Wonder Woman/Justice League Dark: The Witching Hour #1Dead Rabbit #1Blackbird #1Errand Boys #1Jook Joint #1These Savage Shores #1The Umbrella Academy #1Death Orb #1The Lone Ranger #1Rainbow Brite #1Sparrowhawk #1Star Wars Adventures: Tales From Vader's Castle #1The Lollipop Kids #1Spook House 2 #1Zorro #1DC (56:04)Batman #56Nightwing #50Deathstroke #36Injustice 2 #35The Sandman Universe: The Dreaming #2Bordertown #2Image (1:06:45)Redlands #7Paper Girls #25Die! Die! Die! #3The Walking Dead #184The Last Seige #5Marvel (1:13:20)Death Of Inhumans #4Cosmic Ghost Rider #4Tony Stark: Iron Man #4Doctor Strange #6Asgardians of the Galaxy #2Other Publishers (1:20:12)House Amok #2Euthanauts #3SUPPORT US ON PATREO

Sorry we're late! It was a public holiday (just don't ask Levins what the holiday was for) which meant we got an extra day to read all of these extra comics!Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (2:10)Man Eaters #1The Wicked + The Divine 1373AD #1Heroes In Crisis #1Justice League Odyssey #1Infinity Warps: Iron Hammer #1Spider-Geddon #0Domino Annual #1Harbinger Wars 2: Aftermath #1Faith: Dreamside #1Gamma #1Fearscape #1Friendo #1High Heaven #1Image (40:15)Shanghai Red #4DC (41:40)Doomsday Clock #7The Terrifics #8The Silencer #9Action Comics #1003Wonder Woman #55Detective Comics #988Detective Comics #989Batgirl #27Batman: Kings Of Fear #2Marvel (55:54)Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #310The Amazing Spider-Man #6Edge of Spider-Geddon #4The Sentry #4Black Panther #4X-Men Red #8Extermination #3Moon Knight #199Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #35Marvel 2 in One #12Other Publishers (1:11:20)Fence #10Beasts of Burden #2Beyonders #2Regular Show: 25 Years Later #4SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US O

It's the episode we've been training for since we started this podcast. The ultimate dongwatch is here: Batman's.Comics reviewed in this episode:First Things FirstBatman Damned #1Return Of Wolverine #1Soldier Supreme #1Captain America Annual #1The Amazing Spider-man #1Dick Tracy: Dead Or Alive #1Burnouts #1Impossible Incorporated #1Patience! Conviction! Revenge! #1Olivia Twist #1Marvel (32:24)The Avengers #8West Coast Avengers #2Mr & Mrs X #3Venom #6Thor #5Edge of Spidergeddon #3The Life of Captain Marvel #3The immortal Hulk #6DC (53:44)Batman #55Mister Miracle #11|Injustice 2 #34The Wild Storm #17Pearl #2Image (1:06:55)Paper Girls #24Skyward #6Ice Cream Man #7Death Or Glory #5Stellar #4Aphrodite V #3Flavor #5Other Publishers (1:18:27)Black Hammer: Age Of Doom #5Ether: The Copper Golems #5Usagi Yojimbo #6The Terminator: Sector War #2Britannia: Lost Eagles of Rome #3Strangers In Paradise #6SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVI

Kings Comics has moved to a new location (403 George St Sydney!) and we decided to record this week's episode in the middle of the store, surrounded by customers!Comics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (3:38)Cemetery Beach #1MCMLXXV #1Iceman #1Journey Into Mystery: The Birth of Krakoa #1House of Whispers #1Archie 1941 #1Low Road West #1Moth & Whisper #1Welcome to Wanderland #1The Wrong Earth #1Image (39:24)Head Lopper #9The New World #3Sleepless #7The Weather Man #4Farmhand #3Crowded #3The Wicked + The Divine #39DC (57:38)Wonder Woman #54Superman #3Plastic Man #4Catwoman #3Supergirl #22Michael Cray #11Marvel (1:11:58)The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #36The Amazing Spider-Man #5Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #309Champions #24Daredevil #608Domino #6Infinity Wars #3Fantastic Four #2X-23 #4Runaways #13Darth Vader #21Other Publishers (1:38:30)The Seeds #2She Could Fly #3Mech Cadet Yu #12Ninjak #11Nancy Drew #4Hot Lunch Special #2SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES

Kings Comics is moving! We shed a tear as we record our last ever episode in the space we've called home since we started the podcast.Comics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (2:58)Border Town #1The Dreaming #1United States vs. Murder Inc #1Cover #1Thanos Legacy #1Asgardians of the Galaxy #1The Silver Surfer Annual #1Bully Wars #1War Bears #1James Bond: Origin #1Aphrodite IX AresThe Vigilant #1DC (33:09)Batman #54Deathstroke #35Adventures of the Super Sons #2Injustice 2 #33Image (43:22)The Walking Dead #183The Last Siege #4Black Science #38Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #38Unnatural #3Snotgirl #11Marvel (51:21)The Avengers #7Captain America #3The Immortal Hulk #5Cosmic Ghost Rider #3Death of The Inhumans #3Other Publishers (1:02:48)Come Into Me #3Vampironica #3SUPPORT US ON PATREONSUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES / STITCHERDOWNLOAD MP3FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN&ndash

The four horsemen of the apocalypse have returned! Did Levins and Siobhan survive reading FOUR Looney Tunes/DC crossovers this week? Tune in to find out!Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things FirstHarley Quinn/Gossamer #1The Joker/Daffy Duck #1Lex Luthor/Porky Pig #1Catwoman/Tweety & Sylvester #1Scarlet #1The Silencer Annual #1Nightwing Annual #1Hunt For Wolverine: Dead Ends #1Venom First Host #1Ve'Nam #1Daredevil Annual #1Beyonders #1House Amok #1Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Shattered Grid #1Image (41:14)The New World #2Isola #5DC (46:48)Batgirl Annual #2Batgirl #26Marvel (50:08)Edge Of Spidergeddon #2Extermination #2Marvel 2 In One #9Moon Knight #198X-23 #3Runaways #12Other Publishers (1:07:38)Euthanauts #2Submerged #2Harbinger Wars 2 #4Blackwood #4SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN–Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hos

Reviewed in this episode: Siobhan's terrible snack buying abilities!Also, all of these comics:First Things FirstWest Coast Avengers #1The Punisher #1Batman: Kings of Fear #1Cold Spots #1Beasts of Burden: Wise Dogs and Eldritch Men #1ImageRoyal City #14Die! Die! Die! #2Shanghai Red #3Aphrodite V #2DCAction Comics #1002Detective Comics #987The Silencer #8The Terrifics #7Wonder Woman #53Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. #6MarvelMr & Mrs X #2X-Men Red #7Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #34Black Panther #3The Avengers #6The Sentry #3Daredevil #607The Amazing Spider-Man #4The Life Of Captain Marvel #2Venom #5Star Wars: Darth Vader #20Other PublishersBlack Hammer: Age of Doom #4Regular Show: 25 Years Later #3Mega Man Mastermix #3SUPPORT US ON PATREONSUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES / STITCHERFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN–Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew

An incredibly sick Siobhan joins a perfectly healthy Levins to review all the comics that came out last week!Comics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (3:40)Pearl #1Crowded #1Edge of Spidergeddon #1Extermination #1Star Wars: Beckett #1The Terminator: Sector War #1Volition #1Image (29:04)Ice Cream Man #6Skyward #5The Wicked + The Divine #38Gideon Falls #6Flavor #4The Weather Man #3Manifest Destiny #36Analog #5Proxima Centauri #3Marvel (45:19)Infinity Wars #2Thor #4Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #308Tony Stark: Iron Man #3DC (55:37)Batman #53Injustice 2 #32Batgirl #25The Wild Storm #16Other Publishers (1:05:12)Ether: The Copper Golems #4Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden #5Coda #4Fence #9SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN–Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in

This week we say GOODBYE to Maestros, Eternal Empire, Eternity Girl and Bloodshot Salvation and WELCOME BACK to Fantastic Four and The Sandman!Comics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (2:05)Fantastic Four #1The Sandman Universe #1Black Badge #1Hot Lunch Special #1Marvel (23:00)The Amazing Spider-Man #3Hunt For Wolverine: The Adamantium Agenda #4Domino #5The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #35Star Wars: Darth Vader #19Image (34:37)Maestros #7Eternal Empire #10Unnatural #2Death Of Glory #4Farmhand #2DC (44:40)Catwoman #2Plastic Man #3Detective Comics #986Superman #2Supergirl #21Wonder Woman #52Wildstorm: Michael Cray #10Eternity Girl #6Other Publishers (59:13)Bloodshot Salvation #12She Could Fly #2Strangers In Paradise #5Nancy Drew #3Clan Killers #2Mech Cadet Yu #11SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN–Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, host

A smaller than usual week meant we were able to record TWO PODCASTS this week, including this very episode you're about to listen to PLUS a spolier-riffic bonus episode all about SAGA by Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan which you can hear over on our Patreon page: http://patreon.com/seriousissuespodcastComics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (4:00)Infinity Wars #1Adventures of the Super Sons #1Leviathan #1The Seeds #1Project Superpowers #1Image (21:22)Paper Girls #1Bloodstrike Brutalist #1Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #37The Last Siege #3The Walking Dead #182DC (30:55)Batman #52 Deathstroke #34Mister Miracle #10Justice League #5Injustice 2 #31Shade The Changing Woman #6Marvel (48:06)Death of the Inhumans #2Cosmic Ghost Rider #2Captain America #2The Immortal Hulk #4Astonishing X-Men #14X-Men Gold Annual #2Hunt For Wolverine: Weapon Lost #4Other Publishers (1:01:40)The Highest House #6The Quantum Age #2Valiant High #4SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISS

What a week! The New World! Mr and Mrs X! Justice League Dark! The final Descender! The final Saga for a while! We're actually going to record an all Saga spoiler episode next week and we want you to contribute! Head over to our Facebook group or Patreon page to find out how!Comics reviewed in this episode:First Things First (4:35)The New World #1DC's Beach Blanket Bad Guys Summer Special #1Justice League Dark #1Mr & Mrs X #1Infinity Wars Prime #1X-Men Grand Design #1Bone Parish #1Britannia: Lost Eagles of Rome #1The Long Con #1X-Men: Wakanda Forever #1DC (33:00)Action Comics #1001Doomsday Clock #6The Terrifics #6The Silencer #7Detective Comics #985Teen Titans #20Wonder Woman #51Mother Panic: Gotham A.D. #5Marvel (51:46)X-23 #2The Sentry #2Multiple Man #2The Amazing Spider-Man #2Venom #4Marvel 2 In One #8Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #33Moon Knight #197Image (1:05:51)Saga #54Royal City #13Descender #32Shanghai Red #2Other Publishers (1:15:55)Regular Show: 25 Years Later #2Blackwood #3Ha