Serious Issues: A Comic Book Podcast

We're back with another 50ish comic book reviews AND an incredible new hashtag that's about to take the world by storm! This episode is brought to you by Dollar Shave Club! Hit up https://dollarshaveclub.com/seriousissues to join the club. Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (3:00) Ragman #1Michael Cray #1Gotham Central Garage #1Falcon #1The Family Trade #1God Complex #1Adventure Time 2017 Spoooktacular #1Archie Halloween Spectacular #1Dan Dare #1Fighting American #1Mr Wormwood Goes To Washington #1 DC (36:53) Dark Nights Metal #3Mister Miracle #3Detective Comics #966Action Comics #989Red Hood and the Outlaws #15 New Super-Man #16Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #15Wonder Woman #32Suicide Squad #27Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #30 Image (56:03) Royal City #6Redlands #3The Dying and the Dead #6Eternal Empire #5Black Science #32The Wicked and the Divine #32Retcon #2Sacred Creatures #4 Marvel (1:10:30) Runaways #2The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #25Inhumans Once and Future Kings #3The Amazing S

A tonne of controversial decisions are made in this episode. Listen at your own risk! Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (3:05) Batman White Knight #1 Batman The Dawnbreaker #1 The Shadow / Batman #1 Harley and Ivy Meet Betty and Veronica #1 The Archies #1 Slots #1 Eugenic #1 Shadowman / Rae Sremmurd #1 Voltron Legendary Defender #1 The Tick #1 Hack/Slash vs Vampirella #1 Punisher The Platoon #1 Spirits of Vengeance #1 Other Publishers (38:03) Ab Irato #6 Jazz Maynard #5 Motor Girl #9 Eleanor and the Egret #4 Centipede #3 Judge Dredd The Blessed Earth #6 Sherlock The Great Game #3 Beautiful Canvas #4 Usagi Yojimbo #162 DC (52:48) Batman #32 Deathstroke #24 Superman #32 Dastardly & Muttley #2 Injustice 2 #11 Savage Things #8 Image (1:06:01) Motor Crush #7 Paper Girls #16 Extremity #7 Elsewhere #3 The Walking Dead #172 Manifest Destiny #31 Stray Bullets Sunshine and Roses #28 Marvel (1:19:07) Avengers #672 Iron Fist #73 Jessica Jones #13 Iceman #6 X-Men Legacy #13 Venom #155 Royals #9 Bl

During one of our longest episodes yet, we review the first comic that was ever written FOR us, take on the juggernaut that is Marvel Legacy #1, talk about tween Darkseid and give our dads a shout out. Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (3:40) Gray Coyote #1 Marvel Legacy #1 Generations: The Spiders #1 Generations: The Americas #1 The Beautiful Death #1 Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter #1 Dark Knights Batman The Murder Machine #1 (with Patreon guest review from Tom Burton) Fu Jitsu #1 Image (45:01) Southern Bastards #18 Saga #47 Crosswind #4 The Black Monday Murders #7 Black Magick #8 Redneck #6 Lazarus X+66 #3 The Hard Place #2 Marvel (1:04:05) The Punisher #16 The Mighty Thor #23 Thanos #11 Black Panther #18 Infamous Iron Man #12 Venomverse #4 Deadpool Kills The Marvel Universe Again #5 X-Men Blue #12 Generation X #5 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #23 DC (1:21:50) Wonder Woman #31 Detective Comics #965 Action Comics #988 Nightwing The New Order #2 Kamandi Challenge #9 Justice League Power Ranger

It's an almost interruption free Serious Issues! No sick kids! Minimal crying babies! No sizzling steaks! Just non stop comic book reviews with Levdawg and Shinbone (aka Dog & Bone). Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (8:20) Batman: The Red Death #1 Wonder Woman / Conan #1 Generations: Ms Marvel #1 Angelic #1 Gasolina #1 Thought Bubble #1 Glitterbomb: The Fame Game #1  Millarworld Annual 2017 Bloodshot Salvation #1 Big Trouble In Little China: Old Man Jack #1 Dark Ark #1 World of Animosity #1 Mr Crypt #1 Killer Instinct #1 The Librarians #1 DC (43:25) Batman #31 Super Sons #8 Aquaman #28 Superman #31 Trinity #13 Nightwing #29 Batwoman #7 Injustice 2 #10 The Wild Storm #7 Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #12 Bug! The Adventures of Forager #4 Marvel (1:00:52) Spider-Men II #3 Invincible Iron Man #11 Avengers #11 U.S.Avengers #10 Jean Grey #7 All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #10 Royals #8 Doctor Strange #25 Venomverse #3 Star Wars Annual #3 Image (1:17:45) Snotgirl #7 Kill the Minotaur #4 He

This absolutely ridiculous episode features interruptions from no less than three small children AND a steak! It also (less importantly) features reviews of all of last week's comics! This episode is brought to you by MVMT watches! Hit up http://mvmt.com/seriousissues for 15% off a heaps sweet new watch! Comics reviewed this week: First Things First (4:51) Secret Empire Omega #1 Runaways #1 Generations Captain Marvel #1 The Realm #1 Retcon #1 Harley Quinn 25th Anniversary Special #1 Slam! The Next Jam #1 Wolfenstein #1 Ninjak #0 Sheena Queen of the Jungle #1 Super Bloom DC (36:11) Dark Nights Metal #2 (featuring special guest Patreon review from Tom Burton!) Action Comics #987 Mister Miracle #2 Detective Comics #964 Suicide Squad #25 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #28 New Super-Man #28 Wonder Woman #30 Marvel (54:25) Venomverse #2 The Uncanny Avengers #27 Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #12 Deadpool #36 Secret Warriors #6 The Amazing Spider-Man #32 The Defenders #5 Hulk #10 The Unbeatable Sq

Ever wanted to get to know Levins and Shinbone a little better? How about 70 minutes of probing questions better?  That's exactly what this episode is! 50+ questions as asked by YOU, about comics and also lots of other things that have nothing to do with comics. This was an absolute blast to do, thanks so much to everyone who sent us a question - sorry we completely butchered the pronunciation of your surname! Or maybe that's why you submitted the question in the first place? This episode exists thanks to our Patreon supporters! If you would like to hear more extra content like this please considering pledging your support too! 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. Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we’re missing out on. Email u

It was a great week for dogs in comics this week. Especially teleporting giant dogs. And dogs who can fuse bodies with humans. Also, a great week for having sex with beautiful cat men! Overall it was a very good week in comics, so to celebrate we recorded a slightly above average episode of Serious Issues! We also recorded a 70 minute Q&A episode today too! You can hear it by signing up to our Patreon page at http://patreon.com/seriousissuespodcast and getting access to our secret bonus Patreon episode feed!  SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (4:50) Venomverse #1 Venomverse: War Stories #1 Generations: Iron #1 Star Wars Captain Phasma #1 Star Wars Adventures #1 Dastardly & Muttley #1 Bombshells United #1 Scales & Scoundrels #1 Kingsman The Red Diamond #1 Lazaretto #1 Made Men #1 Yoga Hosers #1 Fruit Ninja #1 Image (42:45) Motor C

It's another late night episode of your favourite comic book podcast! Featuring our thoughts on the Secret Empire finale, two new Kirby specials and our guide to the horniest characters in the Marvel universe. Plus, Levins proves how little he knows about American history. Again. Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (3:50) The Black Racer and Shilo Norman Oversize Special #1 Darkseid Oversize Special #1 Red Hood and the Outlaws Annual #1 Generations Hawkeye #1 Star Wars Mace Windu #1 Moneypenny #1 Halo Rise of Atriox #1 DC (29:06) Wonder Woman #29 All Star Batman #13 Marvel (33:12) Secret Empire #10 Jean Grey #6 Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #11 Deadpool #35 Black Panther #17 Black Panther & The Crew #6 Infamous Iron Man #11 Thanos #10 Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #22 The Uncanny Avengers #22 Image (54:55) Crosswind #3 Black Magic #7 Saga #46 Deadly Class #30 Stray Bullets Sunshine and Roses #27  Savage Dragon #226 Other Publishers (1:10:20) Lady Killer 2 #5 Rebels "The Virginia

Levins was sedated and in an operating room four hours before we recorded this episode. Siobhan recorded the entire thing while holding a baby. Are we the most hardcore comic book podcast of all time? Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (2:32) Hi Fi Fight Club #1 Nightwing The New Order #1 Manhunter Oversize Special #1 The Hard Place #1 Generations Thor #1 Doctor Aphra Annual #1 War Mother #1 Other Publishers (21:19) Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #8 Black Hammer #12 Dept.H #17 Archie #23 Heathen #5 Shipwreck #5 XO Manowar #6 Sisters of Sorrow #2 Marvel (35:42) Secret Empire #9 Edge of Venomverse #5 (Patreon contributor review by Tom Burton!) Doctor Strange #24 The Punisher #15 Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again #4 Cable #4 Daredevil #25 Image (48:21) Underwinter #6 Renato Jones Freelancer #3 The Dying & The Dead #5 Eternal Empire #4 Generation Gone #2 Redneck #5 Shirtless Bear Fighter #3 Lazarus X+66 #2 Plastic #5 DC (1:01:40) The Hellblazer #13 Batgirl #14 Detective Comics #963 Su

A brand new episode of the only comic book podcast that gets regularly interrupted by a newborn baby! This episode is brought to you by MVMT watches! Hit up http://mvmt.com/seriousissues for 15% off a heaps sweet new watch! Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (2:35) Dark Nights Metal #1 The Sandman Oversize Special #1 Future Quest Presents: Space Ghost #1 Generations Wolverine #1 Spy Seal #1 Mage: The Hero Denied #1 Genius Cartel #1 Divinity #0 Dead Winter #1 Sheena Queen of the Jungle #1 Marvel (33:43) The Mighty Thor #22 The Ultimates2 #100 U.S.Avengers #9 Astonishing X-Men #2 Black Panther #5 Spider-Men II #2 Silver Surfer #13 All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #8 Royals #6 Secret Empire Brave New World #5 Invincible Iron Man #10 Star Wars #34 Image (59:54) Southern Bastards #17 Kill the Minotaur #3 Regression #3 Winnebago Graveyard #3 Descender #23 Invincible #139 DC (1:09:46) Batman #29 Superman #29 Wonder Woman #28 Aquaman #27 Trinity #12 Super Sons #7 Injustice 2 #8 Batwoman #6 Cave Cars

Sorry we're late! Would you believe us if we told you it was because of our damn kids? Of course you would! They're the worst! Guess what isn't the worst? That's right! Comics! Well some of them anyway. We review some very good ones but also a few that even worse than kids! Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (5:20) Redlands #1 Mister Miracle #1 Ghost Money #1 The Shadow #1 Inhumans Once and Future Kings #1 Generations Jean Grey/Phoenix #1 Star Wars Cassian & K-2SO Special #1 Zombies Assemble 2 #1 Sherlock The Great Game #1 Newsboy Legion Boy Commandos Special #1 DC (43:20) Red Hood and the Outlaws #13 (guest review by Patreon reviewer Tom Burton) New Super-Man #13 Suicide Squad #23 Detective Comics #962 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #13 Gotham Academy: Second Semester #12 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #26 Action Comics #985 Justice League Power Rangers #5 Marvel (1:00:16) Captain America #25 Secret Empire #8 Secret Warriors #5 The Defenders #4 Edge of Venomverse #4 Old Man Loga

Siobhan returns! For her first episode as a mum, we review an excellent new all ages series about a giant robot, the latest from the War of Jokes and Riddles and the crossover nobody wanted: Garfield and Grumpy Cat. Welcome back Shinbone! First Things First (1:45) Mech Cadet Yu #1 Generations: Totally Awesome Hulk / Banner Hulk #1 Robotech #1 Elsewhere #1 Ghost Station Zero #1 New Gods Special #1 Spiritus #1 Lark's Killer #1 Turok #1 Adventure Time x Regular Show #1 Galaktikon #1 Grumpy Cat Garfield #1 Lockjaw Dog Days #1 Image (45:00) Hadrian's Wall #8 Sex Criminals #20 Extremity #6 Injection #14 The Walking Dead #170 East of West #34 Stray Bullets: Sunshine and Roses #26 DC (59:25) Superman #28 Batman #28 Bane Conquest #4 Deathstroke #22 Savage Things #6 Shade the Changing Girl #11 Marvel (1:18:02) All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #7 Black Bolt #4 Avengers #10 Nick Fury #5 Jessica Jones #11 Hawkeye #9 The Unstoppable Wasp #8 Other Publishers (1:30:55) Ab Irato #4 Jazz Maynard #3 Swordquest #2 SUPPORT US

Sorry we're so late! All is explained in the episode and let me tell ya if you spent even one second of this week thinking "where the heck is my new episode of Serious Issues" baby our explanation is gonna make you feel like a bad person. Speaking of bad people, Lyn is back! Just kidding she's great. Maybe she's served you at Kings Comics before, she sticks around for almost the entire episode this week to review all of last week's books! A special surprise guest shows up at the end to review the 225th issue of Savage Dragon (the special guest is Jim obviously). Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (4:07) Your Pal Archie #1 Go Go Power Rangers #1 TMNT Usagi Yojimbo #1Zojaqan #1Alien Bounty Hunter #1Guardians of the Galaxy Telltale Series #1Faith and the Future Force #1Captain Canuck #1John Carpenter Tales of the Sci Fi Vault #1Bloodstrike #1 Marvel (32:16) Secret Empire #7Edge of Venomverse #3Captain America Sam Wilson #24 Captain America Steve Rogers #19Deadpool #34Black Panther #16Cable #3Th

This week Shinbone is replaced by two more voices in her head/Kings Comics staff - corgi expert Lyn Ngo and comic loving hoophead Wayne Hunt! Together they save Levins from the complete insanity that is hosting an entire two hour comic book review show by himself (although they strand him for the last 50 minutes of this episode). Listen carefully for a very special cameo! SUPPORT US ON PATREON FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK JOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUP FOLLOW US ON TWITTER TWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHAN INSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (2:30) Astonishing X-Men #1 Batman ’66 Meets The Legion of Superheroes #1 Generation Gone #1 Moonstruck #1 Lazarus X+66 #1 Korgi #1 Time & Wine #1 Ducktales #0 Rom vs The Transformers #1 James Bond Kill Chain #1 Bettie Page #1 Sisters of Sorrow #1 Miraculous #1 Marvel (59:00) Secret Empire #6 Secret Empire Brave New World #4 Doctor Strange #23 U.S.Avengers #8 The Ultimates2 #9 Royals #5 All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #6 Thor #21 I

Siobhan's a mum now! Congrats Shinbone (and Mr Shinbone and Shinbone Jr)! For the first week of her podcast maternity, Siobhan is replaced by the oracle of Serious Issues, the guy we always yell questions at while we record, Jim Papagrigoriou! After working at Kings Comics for more than 20 years, Jim is more than qualified to review this week's onslaught of number one issues, before leaving Levins to review 30 regular issues all by himself. Does Levins make it to the end of the episode without going completely mad? Tune in to find out. SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (4:08) Dark Days The Casting #1 The American Way Those Above and Below #1Spider-Men 2 #1Zombies Assemble #0Mage Hero Denied #0Kaijumax Season 3 #1Groo Play of Gods #1Lola XOXO #1Dread Gods #1Immortal #1After Eden #1 Wynonna Earp #1 War for the Planet of the Apes #1Marvel (58:0

Every new episode we record might be the episode that Siobhan goes into labour during! Does she end this episode a proud mother? Or just someone who read too many comics last week? SUPPORT US ON PATREONFOLLOW US ON FACEBOOKJOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUPFOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (1:14) Spider-Man Master Plan #1 Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe Again #1 Thor Ragnarok Prelude #1 Sacred Creatures #1 Cloudia & Rex #1 Gumby #1 Casper the Friendly Ghost #1 Hana Zuki #1 Diablo House #1 Bloodshot's Day Off #1 Unholy Grail #1 The Green Hornet Meets The Spirit #1 Justice Inc The Avenger #1 Ash vs The Army of Darkness #1 Rick and Morty Pocket Like You Stole It #1 Lady Mechanika The Clockwork Assassin #1 Image (35:52) Jupiter's Legacy 2 #5 Snotgirl #6 Sun Bakery #4 Rock Candy Mountain #4 Extremity #5 The Walking Dead #169 Seven to Eternity #7 Stray Bullets Sunshine and Roses #25 The Wicked and the Divine #29

56 comics are reviewed in our longest episode yet, which also features the most arguments we've ever had since we started Serious Issues! If you love super long podcasts in which the hosts constantly disagree about almost everything and also go off on tangents about Miley Cyrus for no reason then baby this is the episode for you!  Listen to our graphic novel review episode of June by supporting us on Patreon and getting immediate access to our Patreon exclusive bonus episode feed: patreon.com/seriousissuespodcast SUPPORT US ON PATREON FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK JOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUP FOLLOW US ON TWITTERTWITTER: LEVINS / SIOBHANINSTAGRAM: LEVINS / SIOBHAN Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (4:20) Batman Elmer Fudd #1 Jonah Hex Yosemite Sam #1 Secret Weapons #1 Edge of Venomverse #1 All New Guardians of the Galaxy Annual #1Star Wars Droids Unplugged #1Clue #1Jem and the Holograms Infinite #1Bankshot #1Beautiful Canvas #1Girl With the Dragon Tattoo #1Blood Brothers #1 Kull Eternal #

We spent an afternoon speaking with Ryan Griffen, creator of the TV series Cleverman, which mixes the world of superheroes with stories from The Dreaming. Ryan is also the co-writer of the brand new Cleverman comic book, which we reviewed earlier this week in Episode 66.  We talk to Ryan about his comic book inspirations - and his aspirations to write comics about Aboriginal characters for Marvel and DC. We learn a few things about the second season of Cleverman and the future of the comics based on the show. This episode was made possible thanks to the support of our Patreon supporters! Join up today for as little as $2 a month to ensure we can keep putting out awesome extra content like this: http://patreon.com/seriousissuespodcast – Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney. Get 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

Another extremely Serious episode featuring extremely Serious reviews of every comic that came out last week with your extremely Serious hosts Siobhan and Levins! Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (1:20) Cleverman #1 Peter Parker The Spectacular Spider-Man #1 Weapons of Mass Destruction #1 Secret Empire Underground #1 Wonder Woman Tasmanian Devil #1 Lobo Road Runner #1 Shirtless Bear Fighter #1 Crosswind #1 Swordquest #1 Bill & Ted Save the Universe #1 Marvel (39:23) The Mighty Thor #20 All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #4 Secret Empire Brave New World #2 Steve Rogers Captain America #18 Doctor Strange #22 Ultimates2 #8 X-Men Gold #6 Iceman #2 Luke Cage #2 U.S.Avengers #7 Royals #4 Silver Surfer #12 Nick Fury #3 Man-Thing #5 Invincible Iron Man #8 Daredevil #22 Darth Vader #2 DC (1:11:45) Batman #25 Aquaman #25 Superman #25 Super Sons #5 Injustice #4 The Wild Storm #5 Batwoman #4 Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #9 Image (1:28:12) Head Lopper #6 God Country #6 Invincible #137 The Few #6

56 of last week's new comics, read and reviewed! Featuring a bunch of great DC moments, some surprisingly good Secret Empire tie ins and more breaking news about Siobhan's hatred of teenagers! This episode is sponsored by Geek Fuel! Get a mystery box full of cool geeky items delivered to your door every month by visiting http://geekfuel.com/SeriousIssues SUPPORT US ON PATREON FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK JOIN THE SERIOUS ISSUES FACEBOOK GROUP FOLLOW US ON TWITTER Comics reviewed in this episode: First Things First (2:10) Dark Days: The Forge #1 Martian Manhunter/Marvin The Martian #1 Legion of Superheroes/Bugs Bunny #1 The Defenders #1 Secret Empire United #1 Kill The Minotaur #1 Winnebago Graveyard #1 Bitch Planet Triple Feature #1 Briggs Land Lone Wolves #1 Anderson: The Deep End #1 Jimmy's Bastards #1 Rai: The History of the Valiant Universe #1 Normandy Gold #1 DC (45:30) Bug! The Adventures of Forager #2 Detective Comics #958 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #22 Suicide Squad #19 Action Comics #981 New Su