Comic Nerds Unite: Comic Book Podcast

Tim's eldest daughter Lexi loves Supergirl.  Supergirl has a popular TV show.  It only seemed natural to combine these two things and do a Supergirl TV show episode with Lexi!  We dive into the show in general, its characters and memorable episodes, and we specifically talk about the season finale "Better Angels" as a Watching Assignment.  We also discuss Superman/Batman #19 by Jeph Loeb and Ian Churchill, and Supergirl #s 9-15 by Joe Kelly and Ian Churchill. This week's episode is brought to you by children with good memories.  Follow us on Twitter: @supertim82 @personman44 @cnupodcast @lexiv03 Find us on the rest of the Internet:  Facebook iTunes Stitcher Dig this podcast? You'll love the other ones here:  Benview Network Digging that sweet, sweet theme song?  The Fantastic Plastics are super mega rad.  #supergirl #dccomics #cbs #comics

It's like Christmas for comic nerds!  Kent, Tim, and Marc discuss their FCBD 2016 experiences and some of the FCBD comics we read, including Bongo Free-For-All, Boom! Studio's Summer Blast, Civil War II from Marvel, Dark Horse FCBD 2016, ROM #0, Captain America FCBD, Love & Rockets Sampler, Lady Mechanika #0, Spongebob Freestyle Funnies, & We Can Never Go Home/Young Terrorists FCBD.   We also discuss the awesome comic book store that is Daydreams Comics in Iowa City, IA, Cry Havoc by Simon Spurrier and Ryan Kelly from Image Comics, A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld from Pantheon Graphic Novels, Extraordinary X-Men by Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos from Marvel Comics, and Simpsons Comics #226 by Tony Digerolamo and Phil Oritz from Bongo Comics. Cherry RC Cola mixed with Rumchata is this week's unofficial sponsor. Follow us on Twitter: @supertim82 @personman44 @cnupodcast Find us on the rest of the Internet:  Facebook iTunes Stitcher Dig this podcast? You'll love the other ones her

  A Marc-eting genius at CNU thought it would be good to hop on the Captain America: Civil War hype train and do the Civil War series.  Choose a side, listeners!  This week, in honor of the new Captain America film, we tackle the Marvel event of 2006, Civil War!  We talk about Amazing Spider-man #529-531 by J. Michael Stracyznski, the main Civil War series, by Mark Millar, Steve McNiven, and Dexter Vines, the mysterious Illuminati and we talk about the impact Civil War had on the Marvel landscape back in 2006 and beyond. Marvel's Civil War (2006) starred Captain America, Tony Stark (Iron Man), Spider-man, and all the other Marvel superheroes squaring off to support or oppose a Super-powered Registration Act.  Miscrediting Brian Michael Bendis is this week's unofficial sponsor. Follow us on Twitter: @supertim82 @personman44 @cnupodcast Find us on the rest of the Internet:  Facebook iTunes Stitcher Dig this podcast? You'll love the other ones here:  Benview Network Digging that sweet, sweet theme song? 

All-New jumping-on point! We re happy to announce #1 fan Kent Wagenschutz has been promoted to an official co-host of Comic Nerds Unite! We celebrate by doing our 2nd episode of all two-sentence reviews of comics. We manage to squeeze 55 reviews into one podcast! Marc's Reviews: GI Joe, Spider-Woman, Black Widow, Paper Girls, Amazing Spider-Man, Valiant Comics, Providence, Captain Marvel, Jonah Hex, DC Comics Presents, Usagi Yojimbo, Hostess Fruit Pie Ad, Ultimate Fantastic Four, Marine Man, Ash, Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man, Battle Hymn Kent's Reviews:  Andre The Giant: Life and LegendWeirdworld #5 The Autumnlands #10 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 #1  Big Thunder Mountain Railroad #1 Spider-man #2 The Indomitable Beast by Dr. Alan Rabinowitz Supreme Blue Rose #1-4 The Mighty Thor in Marvel Spectacular (1973) Angel and Faith #1 Supercrooks Spider-Gwen #6 Deadly Class #19 Injection #8 Tim's Reviews:  Rocket & Groot #2 Mighty Thor #5 All-New Hawkeye #5 The Vision #5 Archie #3 King-Size Cab

Imaging waking up naked in a gulley and then a snake slips in your mouth. This podcast is better than that.  Get ready for some spookums! We talk about Rachel Rising by Terry Moore with Tim's wife and Star Wars Nerds Unite co-host Jennifer Van Autreve and #1 fan Kent Wagenschutz! We also read some listener mail and discuss an independent film called Superman v. Batman: Dawn of Justice.   Star Wars Nerds Unite is this week's unofficial sponsor. Follow us on Twitter:@supertim82@personman44@cnupodcastFind us on the rest of the Internet:  FacebookiTunesStitcherDig this podcast? You'll love the other ones here:  Benview NetworkDigging that sweet, sweet theme song? The Fantastic Plastics are super mega rad.  #terrymoore #rachelrising #comics #abstractstudio #podcast

The "gray" has many meanings. We go deep. Super deep.  This week we cover Marvel Comic's Hulk: Gray with #1 fan Kent Wagenschutz! Hulk: Gray is written by Jeph Loeb with art duties by Tim Sale. We also talk about various presents we give each other, read some listener mail, and talk about The Human Fly by Bill Mantlo from Marvel Comics, Green Lantern by Geoff Johns, and Transformers Vs. G.I. Joe #11 by Tom Barber and Tom Scioli.   Fentiman's Dandelion & Burdock is this week's unofficial sponsor. Follow us on Twitter:@supertim82@personman44@cnupodcastFind us on the rest of the Internet:  FacebookiTunesStitcherDig this podcast? You'll love the other ones here:  Benview NetworkDigging that sweet, sweet theme song? The Fantastic Plastics are super mega rad.  #jephloeb #timsale #hulk #gray #marvel #comics

Prepare to be Punished!!!  We take advantage of the Punisher's appearance in Netflix's Daredevil Season 2 by making "Punisher Kills The Marvel Universe" this week's Reading Assignment!  It was written by Punisher Maestro Garth Ennis, and penciled by Dougie Braithwaite and published by Marvel comics.  We then talk about Wolverines #1 and #2 by Charles Soule, Nick Bradshaw and some other dudes, the first Beauty trade paperback by Jeremy Haun, published by Image comics, and Spider-Man/Deadpool #s 2 & 3, put out by Marvel comics, written by Joe Kelly and art by Ed McGuinness.  Meijer brand orange juice is this week's unofficial sponsor. Follow us on Twitter:@supertim82@personman44@cnupodcastFind us on the rest of the Internet:  FacebookiTunesStitcherDig this podcast? You'll love the other ones here:  Benview NetworkDigging that sweet, sweet theme song? The Fantastic Plastics are super mega rad.  #meijer #orangejuice #punisher #daredevil #marvel #comics

Craziness in a car. On our way to C2E2 in Chicago, we thought it'd be fun to record an episode! In part one, we talk about our hopes & goals at the convention.  In part two, we discuss what we actually did at the con, including meeting Chris Claremont & Marguerite Bennett and hanging out with Ted Sikora of Apama, the Undiscovered Animal.  In part three, we just leave the microphone on & shoot the shit. Marc manages to fit in a quick review of Sword of the Atom from DC Comics, written by Jan Strnand and art by Gil Kane. This episode really captures what it's like to take a road trip with your friends...if your friends love comics.  Follow Us On Twitter @supertim82@personman44 @newmutant82@jlambertart Follow Us on the Internets (giving us ratings is super dope):iTunesStitcher Listen to Other Awesome BenView Podcasts:BenViewNetwork.com is the where you can discover the wonder of BenView!   Love the Theme Song?The Fantastic Plastics are rad! #comics #c2e2 #chicago

Let's get biblical. This week Tim and Marc discuss the classic JLA tale, Tower of Babel!  It was published in 2000 from DC Comics, and written by Mark Waid, with pencilling duties by Howard Porter and Steve Scott.  Ever wonder how Batman would take out his best friends and colleagues?  This story will tell you how!  We also read some listener mail from Kent Wagenschutz and Dylan Martino, and Marc talks about Milk & Cheese's Other #1, written and drawn by Evan Dorkin, from Slave Labor Graphics. Follow us on Twitter:@supertim82@personman44@cnupodcastFind us on the rest of the Internet:  FacebookiTunesStitcherDig this podcast? You'll love the other ones here:  Benview NetworkDigging that sweet, sweet theme song? The Fantastic Plastics are super mega rad.  #jla #comics #podcast #batman #superman #flash #wonderwoman #martianmanhunter #plasticman #aquaman

We were so excited about the Deadpool movie we just had to talk about it!  We dig deep, so if you haven't seen it yet, rush to your theater and watch it!  We'll wait!  ...ready?  Okay, great.  How great was Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Gina Carano, T.J. Miller, and Ed Skrein in this movie? The writers nailed all the fourth wall breaking, quick wit of Deadpool for sure too. R-rated superhero movies are a rare thing and we were not left wanting.  We also talk about Tim's trepidation with his house selling, Detective Comics by Brian Buccellato and Francis Manapul, Werewolf by Night #27 by Doug Moench and Don Perlin, Conan #56 by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, a Weird Jack Kirby fact, and letters! Follow us on Twitter:@supertim82@personman44@cnupodcastFind us on the rest of the Internet:  FacebookiTunesStitcherDig this podcast? You'll love the other ones here:  Benview NetworkDigging that sweet, sweet theme song? The Fantastic Plastics are super mega rad.  #deadpool #comics #moviereview

We head boldly into the post Secret Wars Marvel universe by covering The Vision #s 1-4!  This ennui-filled bit of suburban malaise was written by Tom King, with art by Gabriel Hernandez Walta and colors by Jordie Bellaire.  We have our good friend and Marvel continuity expert Jeff Uppole on the show to help us wade through the mire that is Vision's continuity.  We also talk about Amazing Forest #1 by Ulises Farinas, Erick Freitas, and a whole slew of artists, Mystery In Space #17, and Vader Down #1 by Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato.   Follow us on Twitter:@supertim82@personman44@cnupodcastFind us on the rest of the Internet:  FacebookiTunesStitcherDig this podcast? You'll love the other ones here:  Benview NetworkDigging that sweet, sweet theme song? The Fantastic Plastics are super mega rad.    #batman #madlove #brucetimm #pauldini #batmantheanimatedseries #comics

It's Valentine's Day, and to celebrate, we found the most tragic romantic story in comics:  Mad Love!  It's written by Paul Dini and art is by Bruce Timm.  It's the story of how Harley Quinn came to be so infatuated with the Joker, and it was adapted into an episode of Batman: The Animated Series! Marc also treats us to a special "every 15 episode" intro featuring some of the comics industry's brightest stars! Follow us on Twitter:@supertim82@personman44@cnupodcastFind us on the rest of the Internet:  FacebookiTunesStitcherDig this podcast? You'll love the other ones here:  Benview NetworkDigging that sweet, sweet theme song? The Fantastic Plastics are super mega rad.    #batman #madlove #brucetimm #pauldini #batmantheanimatedseries #comics  

Tim and Marc get a weird MP3 in the e-mail, which turns out to be from 2011 and is a review of DC's New 52- Batman Volume 1, The Court of Owls by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo!  Weird, right?  The MP3 also contains reviews of the New 52's Detective Comics #s 0-18 by Tony S Daniel, John Layman, Greg Hurwitz, and Jason Fabok, Catwoman #s 1-12, and Harley's Little Black Book #1.  We also discuss the news of DC revamping Hanna Barbara properties in comic book form, Wal-Marts selling trade paperbacks, Tim's crusade to get RC Cola into social media, a letter from #1 fan Kent Wagenschutz, and some Time Master guy in the corner who didn't stop break dancing.   Follow Us On Twitter @supertim82 @personman44  Follow Us on the Internets (giving us ratings is super dope):
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We wax philosophical about the past year with our awards episode for 2015.  In it, we talk about our favorite writers, artists, book, characters, which usual CNU guest hosts are or are not sleeping until 8PM and/or Watching Talespin, how great a sponsor our unofficial sponsor RC Cola is, how many buttrams it would take to get Tim to read another Convergence mini-series, how Jeremiah Lambert Art will "poo this", if talking about villains from The Walking Dead is appropriate or not, how many times saying the word "banana" will prepare listeners for spoilers, and some more.  Not much more, but some more. Follow Us On Twitter @supertim82 @personman44  Follow Us on the Internets (giving us ratings is super dope):
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Tim and Marc needed to tear through their comic book backlog, so we tried something new this week. We read as many comics as we could, and wrote 2 sentence reviews for This week we're all about quantity over quality!  This is one comic book podcast you do not want to miss! We talk about:  Back To the Future #1 from IDW, by Bob Gale, John Barber, Brent Schoonover, Erik Burnham, and Dan Schoening Paper Girls #s 2 & 3 from Image Comics, by Brian K. Vaughn, Cliff Chiang, and Matt Wilson The Mighty Thor #2 from Marvel Comics, by Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman, and Matt Wilson The Amazing Spider-Man #1.1 from Marvel Comics, by Jose Molina, Simone Bianche, and Israel Silva Amazing Spider-Man #s 3 & 4 from Marvel Comics, by Dan Slott, Guiseppe Camoncoli, and Cam Smith Captain America: White #4, from Marvel Comics, by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale Providence #6 from Avatar Press, by Alan Moore and Jacen Burrows The Saga of the Swamp Thing #1 from DC Comics, 1982, by Martin Pasko, Tom Yeates, Bruce Jones, and Dan Sp

For our 101st episode, we have #1 fan Kent Wagenschutz on the show to discuss the wonderful book from Archaia, "Tale Of Sand".  This book is based on the un-produced screenplay of Jim Henson, the amazing creator of the Muppets!  Ramon Perez handles art duties like a boss. We also talk to Kent about all the books he's been reading, Chew from Image comics, Kathy Bates, and Superman: Lois & Clark #s 1 & 2 from DC comics! Follow Us On Twitter @supertim82@personman44  Follow Us on the Internets (giving us ratings is super dope):iTunesStitcher Listen to Other Awesome BenView Podcasts:BenViewNetwork.com is the where you can discover the wonder of BenView!   Love the Theme Song?The Fantastic Plastics are rad! #comics #cnu #jimhenson #muppets #kentwagenschutz #taleofsand #ramonperez

This is it!  We made it to 100 episodes!  And to celebrate, we take a pretty deep dive into one of the most critically-acclaimed comics ever written, The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, and Mike Dringenberg!  We cover Volume 1, issues 1-8, plus I talk about Green Lantern #154 from 1982!  Come celebrate 100 mediocre to pretty okay episodes about funny books! Follow Us On Twitter @supertim82@personman44  Follow Us on the Internets (giving us ratings is super dope):iTunesStitcher Listen to Other Awesome BenView Podcasts:BenViewNetwork.com is the where you can discover the wonder of BenView!   Love the Theme Song?The Fantastic Plastics are rad! #comics #cnu #episode100 #sandman #neilgaiman

If you love four friends burpin', opening nerdy presents, & talkin' comics, this episode is for you. We cover the titanically influential The Authority Vol. 1, originally from Wildstorm Comics, now from DC Comics, written by Warren Ellis, pencils by Bryan Hitch & inks by Paul Neary. We also open our presents we got for each other on air, & we talk about the other books we enjoyed this week. They were- The new Dr. Strange series by Jason Aaron & Chris Bachalo, The 'Nam #s 1, 3, & 4 by Doug Murray & Michael Golden, Excalibur #42 by Alan Davis, & Totally Awesome Hulk #1 by Greg Pak & Frank Cho. This episode was a bit more laid back, especially in the "burping on-air" aspects, if you're not into that other episodes are more structured. Thanks for listening! Follow Us On Twitter @supertim82@personman44 @newmutant82@jlambertart Follow Us on the Internets (giving us ratings is super dope):iTunesStitcher Listen to Other Awesome BenView Podcasts:BenViewNetwork.com is the where you can d

This week we tackle Revival Vol. 1, published by Image Comics, written by Tim Seeley and art by Mike Norton.  We also discuss Orpheus by Dale Mettam, Sallamari Rantala, and the super-sexy Jeremiah Lambert, She-Hulk #10 by Charles Soule and Javier Pulido, and G.I. Joe #29 by Larry Hama and Frank Springer. Follow Us On Twitter @supertim82@personman44  Follow Us on the Internets (giving us ratings is super dope):iTunesStitcher Listen to Other Awesome BenView Podcasts:BenViewNetwork.com is the where you can discover the wonder of BenView!   Love the Theme Song?The Fantastic Plastics are rad! #comics #dccomics #jessicajones #strawberryjelly #alias

There's no Reading Assignment this week, we're just talkin' comics!  We were joined by Prodigal Sons Jeremiah Lambert and Jeff Uppole, and we discuss-  Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughn & Cliff Chang, Ruse #s 1-5 by Mark Waid and Butch Guice, Alias by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, Extraordinary X-Men #1 by Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos, Huck #1 by Mark Millar and Raphael Albuquerque, Metamorpho #11 by Bob Haney and Sal Trapani, The Mighty Thor #1 by Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman, and Spider-Woman #1 by Dennis Hopeless and Javier Rodriguez.  We also talk about the new Jessica Jones Netflix show and do an old-fashioned Nightwing and Power Girl date! Beware. This one is NSFW. Follow Us On Twitter @supertim82@personman44 @newmutant82@jlambertart Follow Us on the Internets (giving us ratings is super dope):iTunesStitcher Listen to Other Awesome BenView Podcasts:BenViewNetwork.com is the where you can discover the wonder of BenView!   Love the Theme Song?The Fantastic Plastics are rad! #comics #dcc