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The next big event from DC Comics is DC KO, which stands for King Omega, even though the battle bracket might suggest Knock Out. Who will advance to the finals? Why are there so few villains involved? And who will make it to the finals? John and Jerry give a wrap-up of their weekend in Oklahoma at OAF Con and Speeding Bullet Comics.  We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, sponsored by our friends at Clint's Comics. Plus a new trivia question and a look at last week's top 10 books.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, t

Welcome to the third WCPE Book Club! This month, we are traveling back to 2018 with Volume 1 of The Terrifics! Written by Jeff Lemire with art by Ivan Reis, Joe Bennett, and Doc Shaner, The Terrifics brings together Mr. Terrific, Metamorpho, Phantom Girl, and Plastic Man in a loving homage to the Fantastic Four. Sitting in with us this month is friend-of-the-show Eddie Iiams, who offers up some great insights for an early Sunday morning podcast! John and Jerry spent the weekend in Norman, Oklahoma, for OAFCon, a comic-focused show with some great creator guests. We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, sponsored by our friends at Clint's Comics. Plus a new trivia question and a look at last week's top 10 books.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast.

What do the Sandman TV show and last Sunday's GarageCon have in common? LIsten in and find out. We will be discussing The Terrifics Vol 1 for the WCPE Book Club next week. You have read it, correct? You still have a few days to catch up!. We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, sponsored by our friends at Clint's Comics. Plus an all-new trivia question!  Speaking of Clint's, they made an exciting announcement last weekend. We are so happy to share this news with you.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and

We got everyone back in the studio this week. Cullen is here to look back on his time at Rose City Comic Con, the smash Drink and Draw event, and getting to hang out with our friends Phil Hester and Ande Parks. As reported last week, DC Comics released Red Hood #1. And within hours of its release, DC had cancelled the book. Last week was a crazy week, and this book was caught up right in the middle. Friendly reminder to keep up with your reading of The Terrifics Vol 1 for the WCPE Book Club. We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, sponsored by our friends at Clint's Comics. Plus all-new trivia and a broken Top 10 list.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City,

Cullen is out this week, doing the Lord's work at the Hero Initiative table at Rose City Comic Con. So, you'll just get John and Jerry this week. Entertainment Weekly recently released their list of the Spider-Man movies ranked 1 to 10. We review the list and debate the merits of where the movies rank on it. No matter what, we still love you, Andrew Garfield. We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, sponsored by our friends at Clint's Comics.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can h

Welcome to the second WCPE Book Club! This month, we are traveling back to 2016 with Cage!, the four-issue mini-series from creator Genndy Tartakovsky. Sweet Christmas, this was a fun series with all kinds of nods to the 1970s. Let us know what you think about this series!  We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, sponsored by our friends at Clint's Comics.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has

We are just a week away from our next WCPE Book Club discussion talking about Cage. Have you read it yet? Join us in the conversation next week.  Cullen is preparing for Rose City Comic Con, which is approaching quickly. As always, you can find Cullen overseeing the Hero Initiative table, which will feature creator guests (and podcast friends) Ande Parks and Phil Hester.  Have you started watching Peacemaker yet? You should, but only after the young listeners in our audience have gone to bed.  Looking for something different to read? Check out the multiple comic book offerings on Humble Bundle right now.  We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, sponsored by our friends at Clint's Comics, plus more trivia and a look at last week's Top Ten Comics sold.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you en

We are down one podcaster this week, but never fear! You are still getting a complete podcast featuring 100% of the nerdy content you have come to love over the last decade with the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! Cullen is preparing for Rose City Comic Con, which is approaching quickly. As always, you can find Cullen overseeing the Hero Initiative table, which will feature creator guests (and podcast friends) Ande Parks and Phil Hester.  Last month, Esquire magazine published its list of the 25 greatest superhero movies. While they generally get things right, there were a couple that had us scratching our heads and saying "Really?" about. Send us in your thoughts on the Top 25 list and let us know what you think should be up for consideration. We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, sponsored by our friends at Clint's Comics, plus more trivia.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or by email. We

We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has the most extensive collection of back issues in the metro area. If you need to find a particular book to finish the run of a title, head on down to Clint’s or check out their website at clintscomics.com. Tell them that the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! sent you.

Welcome to the first WCPE Book Club! This month, we are traveling back to 1995 with the first story arc from JLA, written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Howard Porter. Was it everything we remembered it to be? What did we learn this time that we missed reading years ago? We are joined on the show by WCPE listeners John Hildebrand and Cade Streeter. Also, listen in for next month's pick. Sweet Christmas, you're going to love this one! Jerry is back from vacation and made it a point to find some local comic stores in Missouri, Alabama, and Tennessee. Take notes, people, because you will want to visit all of these stores.  We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, sponsored by our friends at Clint's Comics.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EV

Someday, many years from now, we will be able to sit down and tell our grandchildren we were there when the first excellent Fantastic Four movie was released. Because that happened last weekend! Sit back and hear our thoughts about this love letter to Jack Kirby and Marvel's First Family. John's prayers to the Great Rao have been answered, or have they? We got a Legion of Super-Heroes sighting last week, but is it the right Legion? Just one more week to get your homework done for the WCPE Book Club. Travel with us back to the 1990s with the launch of JLA.  We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, plus trivia and last week's Top 10 sales.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located a

Welcome to the high holidays of comic book fandom! We have reached San Diego Comic Con Eve, with the show officially starting tomorrow. Expect lots of announcements of new books, new creator teams, and new publishing ventures.  Of course, with SDCC comes the yearly presentation of the Eisner Awards. Cullen and Jerry run through a high-level list of the categories and make our picks based on our readings of the last year.  Looking for something to read? Check out JLA #1-4 from the 1990s for our WCPE Book Club. We will be discussing this in two weeks.  Looking for even more comics to read? There are four different comic book offerings right now on Humble Bundle, including one that benefits the Hero Initiative. Check them out and get a lot of new books to read cheap. We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, plus new trivia.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear

Look Up! We have the start of the all-new, all-different cinematic DC Universe with the release last week of Superman. Did we like the movie? Like you have to ask. We knew we were going to love this film as soon as we saw Krypto in the first trailer last year. The guys were busy last Saturday. John and Jerry had a table at the inaugural KC Nerd Fest. At the same time, Cullen helped coordinate nearly a dozen creators signing Superman 100 Cover books for the Hero Initiative at I Like Comics in Vancouver.  We've got an announcement for our first choice in the WCPE Book Club. Travel with us back to the 1990s with the launch of JLA.  We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, plus trivia and last week's Top 10 sales.  We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. P

Shortly after we finished last week's podcast, word started circulating about the passing of Jim Shooter, longtime writer and editor with ties to Marvel, DC, Valiant, and Defiant Comics. We had the opportunity to host a panel with him ten years ago, which led to an incredible night at the bar following. Listen to our memories of Jim Shooter, and share your memories with us.  For those in the Kansas City area on Saturday, look for John and Jerry at Nerd Fest, sponsored by our friends at KC Book Beat. Season one of Ironheart on Disney+ has finished. Finally, we get Mephisto!. We read the New History of the DC Universe #1. Was it what you were expecting it to be? We have our weekly Pick 3 choices, sponsored by Clint's Comics, 3941 Main Street in the heart of Kansas City. We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Po

Sure, we have a holiday weekend coming up in two days, but we're looking ahead to next weekend. We are just 10 days away from Nerd Fest, sponsored by our friends at KC Book Beat. Nerd Fest will take place on July 12 at the Co-Op at Shoal Creek. To get the additional details, listen to our interview with Trisha Otis and take a look at kcbookbeat.com/events.   We watched the first half of Ironheart on Disney+. And yes, the second half has already dropped, and some of you may already know how it finishes before this podcast posts. So no spoilers!! Should we start a WCPE Book Club? Listen in and chime in.  We have our weekly Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics, 3941 Main Street in the heart of Kansas City. We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comi

We should have named this episode after the Seinfeld TV show, cause we just made up an entire show out of nothing.  Is Marvel looking to end the Ultimate universe? Only according to one writer of Ultimate X-Men. But seeing how fast he deleted his tweets, the only thing ending may be the writer's tenure at Marvel. Dynamite Comics has found a new home. And where will you be getting your DC Comics in the future?  We have our weekly Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics, 3941 Main Street in the heart of Kansas City. We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks,

DC is launching a new Golden Biscuit promotion today. What's in it for you, and will it impact the comic book stores? And where can I get some more biscuits? Looking for something to watch while you are eating your biscuits? Check out the new SyFy series Revival, based on the Image Comics book from Tim Seeley and Mike Norton.  There's a new Humble Bundle offering benefiting the Hero Initiative that we think you should check out. However, biscuits are not included. We have our weekly Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics, 3941 Main Street in the heart of Kansas City. In fact, it's less than a mile away from The Big Biscuit in Westport.   We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is

At the end of the month, we will get a new take on The History of the DC Universe, this time scripted by writer Mark Waid. Given the convoluted history of the DC Universe, we have some questions that we hope Waid has answered in the new series.  What have we been reading? What have we been buying? More importantly, we want to hear from you about your reading and buying habits.  We have our weekly Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics. Plus more trivia! We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly

Last week, shortly after we finished recording, word went out on social media that writer Peter David had passed away. David has been part of our collective comic book experience since the 1980s. His impact is tremendous, and his stories continue to amaze us decades later.  Marvel and DC finally announced their new joint project, with Deadpool teaming up with Batman later this year. We share what we know and offer some speculation.  Cullen set up at a comic swap last weekend. Who did he see and what did he get? We have our weekly Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics. Plus more trivia! We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and i

We have a slight lull in the programming schedule this week, with no new movies or TV shows to discuss. That makes this a perfect week to look at comics!.  Cullen will be at a show this weekend representing the Hero Initiative. Find out when and where in the show! We have our weekly Pick 3 choices sponsored by Clint's Comics. Plus more trivia! We would love to hear your comments on the show. Let us know what you’ve been reading or watching this week. Contact us on our website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or by email. We want to hear from you! As always, we are the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! and we hope you enjoy the show. The Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! is proudly sponsored by Clint’s Comics. Clint’s is located at 3941 Main in Kansas City, Missouri, and is open Monday through Saturday. Whether it is new comics, trade paperbacks, action figures, statues, posters, or T-shirts, the friendly and knowledgeable staff can help you find whatever it is that you need. You should also know that Clint’s Comics has