Serious Issues: A Comic Book Podcast

Another ridiculously big week with a new stack of number ones and new issues of some of our favourite regular comics! Levins and Siobhan finally disagree with each other on some comics this week - it's the most serious issues yet! Comics reviewed this week: Action Comics #965All Star Batman #3Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #3 Black Science #25Briggs Land #3Chimera Brigade #1Chimichanga Sorrow of the Worlds Worst Face #1Ulysses #3Clone Conspiracy #1Darth Vader #25Detective Comics #942Dirk Gently Salmon of Doubt #1Doom Patrol #2Electric Sublime #1Flash #8Glitterbomb #2Great Lakes Avengers #1Hal Jordan and the Green Lanterns#6Peepland #1Howard the Duck #11James Bond Hammerhead #1Jupiter’s Legacy #4Kaijumax #5Kill or Be Killed #3Lazarus #25Lost Boys #1Moon Knight #7Mosaic #1New Super-Man #4October Faction #1Power Man and Iron Fist #9Punisher #6Reborn #1Red Hood and the Outlaws #3Revolution #3Sheriff of Babylon #11Solo #1Space Battle Lunchtime #5Han Solo #4Suicide Squad #4Supergirl #2Superwoman #3Uncanny Avengers #

This week features more number one issues, crossover comics, superhero deaths and cartoon porn than any previous episode! We review the first issues of Death of X, Moonshine, Archie Meets Ramones, Big Trouble in Little China/Escape From New York, Jessica Jones, Cage and 18 more number ones, plus stacks of regular issues and the brand new Marvel OGN: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up the Marvel Universe! – 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 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.

Levins and Siobhan are reunited, and 40 new issues of comics came along for the party too. We review the number one issues of Josie and the Pussycats, Teen Titans, Surgeon X and more - plus new issues of our favourites, including Snotgirl, Saga, Captain America, Squirrel Girl and The Flash. Comics reviewed in this episode: Teen Titans Rebirth #1 Batman Beyond Rebirth #1 Blue Beetle #1 Josie and the Pussycats #1 Surgeon X #1 Tarzan and the Planet of the Apes #1 The Flash #7 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #5 Action Comics #963 & #964 Wonder Woman #7 Detective Comics #941 Suicide Squad #3 Titans #3 The Hellblazer #2 Deathstroke #3 Batgirl #3 Kingpin #3 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #12 Sam Wilson Captain America #13 Steve Rogers Captain America #5 The Ultimates #11 Nighthawk #5 Deadly Class #22 Saga #38 Lake of Fire #2 Snotgirl #3 E.V.I.L. Heroes #2 Mooncop Mirror: The Mountain – Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.

Better late than never! Siobhan's on holiday and Levins was at the Junket un-conference, so he rounded up three awesome special guests to talk about comics with! Crammed into his hotel room, Levins reviews Batman, Archie and Seven to Eternity with Axis of Awesome frontwoman Jordan Raskopoulos, adult star and cosplayer Lucie Bee and cartoonist Eleri Mai Harris, who's also the editor of thenib.com. Following a brief Siobhan cameo, Levins finishes the episode by reviewing 30+ comics by himself. A must listen for anyone who's ever wanted to hear a man lose his mind while saying the word 'continuity' over and over.  -- 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 at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave us a nice review on iTunes! See acast.com/p

Levins and Siobhan sit down with Sydney based comic book creator Pat Grant, whose book 'Blue' is constantly recommended on the show as one of the best Australian comics of the last decade. Pat's putting on a live reading of Blue this week at the Yours and Owls festival in Wollongong, so we spoke about what a live comic book reading even is, plus Pat's future comic plans and ideas, the comics he grew up reading and his thoughts on Mad Magazine vs Cracked.  Blue can be read for free at boltonblue.com and tickets to the live reading are available here: moshtix.com.au/v2/event/blue-live/89365. Listen closely to find out how you can win a double pass! --- 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 at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave us a ni

It was a week of pretty good number ones and amazing number twos! We read and review Doom Patrol #1 plus the second issues of The Black Monday Murders, Briggs Land, Lady Killer, All Star Batman and Animosity. Also like 30 more books.  Comics reviewed in this episode: All New Inhumans #11All-Star Batman #2Animosity #2Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #2Black Monday Murders #2Black Panther #6Black Science #24Briggs Land #2Cinema Purgatorio #5Civil War 2 Amazing Spider-Man #4Civil War 2 God of War #4Civil War 2 Ulysses #2Detective Comics #940Doom Patrol #1Faith #3The Fix #5Flash #6House of Penance #6Jughead #9Lady Killer #2Mockingbird #7New Super-Man #3Red Hood and the Outlaws #2Gotham Academy Second Semester #1Hadrians Wall #1Samurai Brothers in Arms #1The Strain: Mr Quinlan Vampire Hunter #1Scarlet Witch #10 Sherlock A Study In Pink #4Suicide Squad #2Superwoman #2Uncanny Avengers #14Uncanny Inhumans #13Wonder Woman #6 -- Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coom

Holy bonus episode Batman! To celebrate Batman Day on the 17th of September we came up with a list of essential but slightly obscure Batman books that we love. If you've always wanted to expand your Bat-knowledge beyond The Killing Joke, Year One and Arkham Asylum, this episode has everything you need! We even asked a few members of the Kings Comics staff to recommend their favourite Batman stories. -- 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 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.

Levins and Siobhan just barely survived Oz Comic-Con, and their reward was 30 brand new comics! Find out if you should be reading the latest issues of Batman, Poe Dameron, Moon Knight and The Walking Dead, plus which of this week's new number ones are the start of something special. Comics reviewed in this episode: Cyborg Rebirth #1 Supergirl #1 Skyborne #1 Alters #1 Boo: The World's Cutest Dog #1 Eclipse #1 Glitterbomb #1 The Great Divide #1 The Aftermath Big Clean #1 Moon Knight #6 Doctor Strange #11 Marvel Tsum Tsum #2 Silk #12 All New, All Different Avengers #14 Poe Dameron #6 Superman #6 Batman #6 Nightwing #4 Aquaman #6 The Flintstones #3 Unfollow #11 The Sheriff of Babylon #10 Paper Girls #9 Kill or be Killed #2 The Walking Dead #158 Invincible #130 Sex #31 The Adventures of Archer & Armstrong #7 Rick and Morty Lil' Poopy Superstar #2 -- 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 quest

DC forgot to put out any comics this week but the other publishers made up for their absence by releasing more number one issues than we've reviewed in one week before.  Comics reviewed in this episode:  Afterlife with Archie #10Aliens Defiance #4All New Wolverine AnnualAstonishing Ant Man #11Civil War 2 Choosing Sides #5DC Bombshells AnnualDeadpool Vs Gambit #4East of West #29Eden’s Fall #1Equilibrium #1Future Quest #4Avatarex #2Groo Fray of the Gods #2Howard the Duck #10James Bond #9The Killer Inside Me #1Jupiters Legacy #3Lazarus #24Reincarnate #1Saga #37Skip to the End #1Han Solo #3Uncanny Avengers #13World of Tanks #1TMNT Universe #1X-Files Origins #1 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 at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave

This week we review what could be the finest first issue of 2016! Plus another perfect issue of Squirrel Girl, a much better take on John Constantine and a second instalment of Snotgirl! Also, Levins read 57 issues of Chew this week like a crazy person! Comics reviewed in this episode: Lake of Fire #1 Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Annual #1 Blue Beetle Rebirth #1 The Hellblazer #1 Deathstroke #1 Civil War 2: Ulysses #1 The Uncanny Inhumans Annual #1 Kingsway West #1 Generation Zero #1 Godzilla: Rage Against Time #1 Atomic Robo: The Temple of Od #1Six Pack and Dogwelder #1Detective Comics #939Action Comics #962Batgirl #2Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #3 Titans #2 Wonder Woman #5 The Flash #5Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #11Captain America Steve Rogers #4 Captain Marvel #8Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #10New Avengers #15Nighthawk #4Patsy Walker aka Hellcat #9Star Wars #22Snotgirl #2Chew #57Renato Jones the One Percent #4 Island #10 She Wolf #3Archie #11 Weird Detective #2 Adventure Time Comics #2Sombra #2Acti

We read 46 comics this week. 46! Last time we read this many we imposed a timer but people complained so instead we recorded our longest episode yet. Enjoy this two hour discussion about the best (and worst) comics from last week! Highlights include the end of Grant Morrison's Klaus and the beginning of Briggs Land, Super F*ckers Forever and Backstagers, plus a bunch of our favourite monthlies. Comics reviewed in this issue: Klaus #7 Briggs Land #1Super F*ckers Forever Supergirl Rebirth #1Suicide Squad #1 Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #1 Backstagers #1The Fallen #1Spawn Kills Everyone One ShotDemonic #1Jackboot & Ironheel #1Mighty Thor #10Black Widow #6Ultimates #10Uncanny Avengers #12Captain America Sam Wilson #12Power Man & Iron Fist #7Spider-Woman #10Mockingbird #6 All New Inhumans #10All New Wolverine #11Civil War 2 Amazing Spiderman #3Civil War 2 Choosing Sides #4Civil War 2 Gods of War #3Civil War 2 X-Men #3Poe Dameron #5Batman #5Superman #5 Nightwing #3Aquaman #5 Green Lanterns #5 Green Arrow #

This episode is late because Levins had a baby this week! So this episode is dedicated to his new daughter Matilda - and it happens to be an episode in which we don't hate any of the comics we read! This includes a super fun start to Snyder and Romita Jr's All Star Batman, Jonathan Hickman's latest series The Black Monday Murders and another near-perfect issue of Tom King and Gabrielle Walta's The Vision. Comics reviewed in this episode: All Star Batman #1 Deathstroke Rebirth #1 Red Hood and the Outlaws #1 Superwoman #1 The Black Monday Murders #1 The Accused #1 Daredevil #10 Jim Henson's Labyrinth 30th Anniversary Special #1 Detective Comics #938 New Super-Man #2 The Flash #4 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #2 Action Comics #961 Wonder Woman #4 The Flintstones #2 The Vision #10 All New All Different Avengers Annual #1 Spider-Man/Deadpool #8 Black Panther #5 Darth Vader #24 Empress #5 Scarlet Witch #9 Amazing Spider-Man #16 Space Battle Lunchtime #4 Sherlock: A Study in Pink #3 The Six Million Dollar M

This week we review the new number one issues of Suicide Squad and Harley Quinn, plus give our thoughts on the Suicide Squad movie. We also recommend three brand new, excellent, creator owned series in Animosity, Kill Or Be Killed and Ladykiller, plus say a tearful goodbye to Chip Zdarsky on Jughead. Comics reviewed in this episode: Suicide Squad Rebirth #1 Harley Quinn #1 Marvel Tsum Tsum #1 Animosity #1 Kill Or Be Killed #1 Ladykiller #1 Evil Ernie Godeater #1 E.V.I.L. Heroes #1 Jeff Steinberg Champion of Earth #1 Batman #4 Superman #4 Nightwing #2 Justice League #2 Aquaman #4 Green Arrow #4 Green Lanterns #4 Uncanny Inhumans #12 Civil War 2: Kingpin #2 Moon Knight #5 Doctor Strange #10 The Punisher #4 A Year of Marvels The Unstoppable #1 Silk #11 Daredevil Annual #1 Vote Loki #3 Paper Girls #8 Black Science #23 Low #15 Tokyo Ghost #9 Trees #14 The Walking Dead #157 Sex #30 Jughead #8 James Bond 007 #8 Control #3 The Sheriff of Babylon #9 Unfollow #10 Fresh Romance Serious Issues is a weekly comic book rev

Levins and Siobhan hit the red carpet after watching the Suicide Squad premiere at Event Cinemas on George St, Sydney. Find out what cosplayers and comic fans thought of the latest movie from DC Comics and Warner Bros. Pictures! – 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 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.

We stayed up way too late and ranted about another 40 new issues of comics - highlights include a new Batgirl #1, Archie #10 and the one-two punch of Unbeatable Squirrel Girl/Howard the Duck. Lowlights include the fatigue from reading more DC titles than we ever have in our lives and the fatigue that comes from recording an episode after midnight.  Comics reviewed in this episode: Red Hood and the Outlaws Rebirth #1 Batgirl #1 Nightwing #1 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #1 Titans #1 Rom #1 Action Man #2 Captain Kid #1 Mechanism #1 Predator vs Judge Dredd vs Aliens #1 Adventure Time Comics #1 Faith #1 Wonder Woman #3 Detective Comics #937 Action Comics #960 The Flash #3 Future Quest #3 Civil War II #4 Captain America #3 Captain Marvel #7 The New Avengers #14 Civil War II: Choosing Sides #3 The Uncanny Avengers #11 All New All Different Avengers #12 Howard the Duck #9 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #10 Mockingbird #5 The Mighty Thor #9 Spider-Gwen #10 Divinity II #4 Jupiter's Legacy 2 #2 Archie #10 East o

Kings Comics is holding a Zine Fair this Saturday the 6th of August, so to celebrate we invited independent comic makers Jonathon Valenzuela (The Tilted Page) and Andrew Rolfe (Halloween Alley Comics, Catnapped) to come talk about how they started making their own comics and which creators inspired their work. To celebrate indie comics in general, we also invited Shane ‘Dodgy’ Tydeman, host of indie comics podcast Flipside Focus, to recommend some titles he’s enjoyed recently. Find most of the comics we talk about in this episode at the Kings Comics Zine Fair this Saturday! Jon and Andrew will be selling their zines and there’s 25% off all indie comics in store. From 11am till 3pm at Kings Comics, 310 Pitt St, Sydney. -- 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 at facebook.c

36 of last week's comic books, read and reviewed, from the soaring highs of new series like Snotgirl, Black Hammer and Sombra - to the crippling lows of all our favourite Marvel series being forced to tie into Civil War II and the disappointing mediocrity of half of these new DC Rebirth titles. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll regret spending hundreds of dollars on comics each week. Just kidding, you'll just laugh. Comics reviewed this issue: Hellblazer Rebirth #1 Birds of Prey Rebirth #1 Justice League #1 Snotgirl #1 Black Hammer #1 Betty & Veronica #1 Groo: Fray of the Gods #1 Sombra #1 The Hunt #1 Deadpool & The Mercs for Money #1 Red Team: Double Tap, Center Mass #1 Avatarex Destroyer of Darkness #1 Batman #3 Superman #3 Green Lanterns #3 Aquaman #3 Green Arrow #3 New Suicide Squad #22 The Ultimates #9 All New Wolverine #10 Patsy Walker aka Hellcat #8 Nighthawk #3 All New Inhumans #9 Black Widow #5 Star Wars #21 Darth Vader #23 Scarlet Witch #8 Velvet #15 Rumble #12 Black Road #4 Lazarus #23 Weir

We put our feet up and review a paltry 34 comics. No timer this week, just a relaxing browse through titles including the brand new Green Lantern, Nightwing and New Super-Man runs, the end of the first Goldie Vance arc and another chapter of Civil War II! Reviewed in this episode: Nightwing Rebirth #1 Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #1 New Super-Man #1 Rick and Morty Lil' Poopy Superstar #1 Horizon #1 Millarworld Annual 2016 Mickey Mouse Shorts Season One #1 The Six Million Dollar Man: Fall of Man #1 Conan the Slayer #1 Kong of Skull Island #1 Detective Comics #936 The Flash #2 Wonder Woman #2 Action Comics #959 The Legend of Wonder Woman #8 Civil War II #3 The Vision #9 The Mighty Thor #8 Civil War II: Choosing Sides #2 Civil War II: Gods of War #2 The New Avengers #13 Old Man Logan #8 Silk #10 Power Man & Iron Fist #6 Goldie Vance #4 Space Battle Lunchtime #3 Archangel #2 Weavers #3 Sherlock #2 The Revisionist #2 Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #6 The Wicked & The Divine #21 Descender #13 Hou

We reviewed more comics this week than we did in our first two episodes combined, so to keep things orderly we used a timer and diplomatically gave each comic just two minutes of review time. Enjoy this slightly more frantic episode of Serious Issues and pray that we don't start using a timer just to read the rapidly increasing stack of comics we read each week! Reviewed in this episode: Justice League Rebirth #1 Pistol Shrimp Pump #1 Batman '66 Meets Steed and Mrs Peel #1 Brik #1 The Flintstones #1 SSBII #1 Throwaways #1 Kingpin #1 Doctor Strange A Prelude #1 Bounty #1 Kim & Kim #1 The Lone Ranger / Green Hornet #1 4001AD: Shadowman #1 Green Arrow #2 Future Quest #2 Aquaman #2 Green Lanterns #2 Superman #2 Batman #2 The Sheriff of Babylon #8 Unfollow #9 Paper Girls #7 Renato Jones The One% #3 The Walking Dead #156 The Fix #4 Midnight of the Soul #2 Black Science #22 Empress #4 Kaijumax Season 2 #3 Control #2 Weird Love #13 Cinema Purgatorio #3 Strange Attractors #2 The Punisher #3 Moon Knight #4 Sam Wils

This week: 24 new issues of comics and a junior graphic novel for 8 year old girls read and reviewed on another episode of the self described 'Greatest Comic Book Podcast of This Generation', out now on Millarworld! Reviewed in this episode: Jupiter's Legacy 2 #1 Cryptocracy #1 Hillbilly #1 Black Panther #3 Captain America #2 Uncanny Inhumans #11 Captain Marvel #6 Grayson Annual #3 Spider Gwen Annual #1 DK III The Master Race #5 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #9 Mockingbird #4 Spider-Man/Deadpool #6 Worst X-Man Ever #5 Sex #29 Darth Vader #22 East of West #27 Mae #2 All-New All-Different Avengers #11 Silk #9 Plutona #5 The Legend of Wonder Woman #7 DC Superhero Girls: Finals Crisis -- 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 at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like w