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Once again, The Human Fly does not fail to deliver — and neither does our guest! Fire and Water godfather Rob Kelly is back to wrap up the finale of a Human Fly two-parter as he and your host Max talk about this over-the-top story. Not to mention goons from the Lower East Side! Unnecessary masking! Divorce statistics! People with way too much money! And, of course — giant robot condors. Let’s get wild! This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Follow THE DEATH-DEFYING HUMAN FLYCAST on Twitter: @humanflycast E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net E-MAIL: humanflycast@gmail.c

Those Wonderful Toys returns with a lively conversation between Chris and Plaid Stallions maven Brian Heiler! Brian discusses his new Toy Ventures magazine and the return of his long out-of-print book, Rack Toys: Cheap, Crazed Playthings! Tangents along the way include !mpact Comics, Shazam!, The Monster Squad (not that one), Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and A Man Called Sloane! This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Order your copies of Toy Ventures here: https://plaidstallions.com/reboot/shop/ Consider supporting the Fire and Water Podcast Network on Patreon: Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts & https://twitter.com/supermatespod Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/supermatespodcast Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Email me at supermatespodcast@gmail.com Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Pat

Thinking about trying the digital comic subscription service DC UNIVERSE INFINITE? Or just want help getting the most out of your subscription? The Irredeemable Shag and Paul Hix discuss the best (and worst) features of the app, and suggest some often overlooked titles worth reading! Have a question or comment? Leave comments on our website: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/fwp-dcuinfinite E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Follow Paul Hix: Waiting for Doom Podcast: https://www.waitingfordoom.com/ Twitter: @Reading_Hix Subscribe to the FW PRESENTS: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fw-presents/id1207382042 Subscribe via other podcatchers: http://feeds.feedburner.com/fwpresents Also available on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts This episode brought to you by InStockTrades. This week’s selection: DC Through the 80S the Experiments HC https://www.instocktrades.com/products/jan217093/dc-through-the-80s-the-experiments-hc DCeased Unkill

Hold onto your hats, folks — in this episode we'll be talking about giant robot condors, man-eating sharks, and a mutual love affair with The Human Fly's baton! Yeah, you heard me! Your host Max and special guest Rob Kelly get into all of this and more as they discuss The Human Fly #3 — the first of a two-part story. (Don't worry, Rob will be back next month for Part Two!) Let’s get wild! This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Follow THE DEATH-DEFYING HUMAN FLYCAST on Twitter: @humanflycast E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net E-MAIL: humanflycast@gmail.com Opening th

Take a trip back in time and behind the scenes of DC Comics in the 1970s, as Professor Xum Yukinori reads more of his favorite pieces from THE AMAZING WORLD OF DC COMICS, DC’s self-published mail-order fan magazine. Originally recorded in 2018 by Xum Yukinori; edited in 2021 by Isamu Hideaki-Yukinori and Adrian Zet. CONTENTS: 0:00:00 – “Short Circuits” Reprise. Music composed by Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn, Mateo Pascual, Basil Poledouris, Hanu Khosla, Paleowolf, Pierre Langer, and Ike Yorihiro. 0:07:54 – “The Wrong Arm of the Law”. Music composed by Kevin MacLeod. 0:28:57 – Promo Break 1. 0:35:12 – “When Titans Clash – In Court”. Music composed by Fred Steiner. 1:13:25 – Promo Break 2. 1:20:38 – “Aging the All-Stars”. Music composed by Ike Yorihiro. Main show titles composed by Carl Johnson. Interstitial music composed by Carl Johnson and Steven Brandt. Images from this episode: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/fwp_awodcc3-gallery/ Xum Yukinori (1963-2019) Please feel free to leave comme

The Irredeemables (Shag and his 15-year-old daughter) discuss the newly-released BLACK WIDOW movie! Curious what a teenage girl thinks about this superheroic role model for young girls? Listen to this episode to find out! Have a question or comment? Leave comments on our website: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/fwp-black-widow E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Subscribe to the FW PRESENTS: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fw-presents/id1207382042 Subscribe via other podcatchers: http://feeds.feedburner.com/fwpresents Also available on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts This episode brought to you by InStockTrades. This week’s selection: MARVEL KNIGHTS BLACK WIDOW BY GRAYSON & RUCKA TP https://www.instocktrades.com/products/jul181173/marvel-knights-black-widow-by-grayson-rucka-tp-(mr) This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire

In this episode, your host Max is joined by very special guest, Steve Givens! Max and Steve discuss the second issue of The Human Fly, and get into all sorts of twisty canyons and spike-filled deserts! Come along as the Fly tries to survive a death race, Ghost Rider makes an appearance, and a broken man gets his life back! Also on track, Steve and Max will talk about secret identities, inner and outer conflict, and how writer Bill Mantlo made The Human Fly's own Woodward & Bernstein so dang hot! Let's get wild! This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? E-MAIL: firewater

Remember those wax packs of gum cards you used to buy near the checkout? Remember the smell of those vibrant vinyl costumes you and all your classmates wore at Halloween? Jason Young does, and that’s what compelled him to write and design his two recent books The Wonderful Artwork of Wax Wrappers and An Old School Halloween. Join your host Chris Franklin and Jason, as they discuss these books, and dive deep into the subject matter, and just about every pop culture topic they can think of along the way, including Mego! This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Order Jason’s books here: https://jyoung11.wixsite.com/oldtimesdigest Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts & https://twitter.com/supermatespod Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/supermatespodcast Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Email me at supermatespodcast@gmai

Siskoid and guest Derek William Crabbe sit down at a chess board and discuss Greg Rucka's run on DC Comics' Checkmate, and how each character represents the chess piece they're name after... WHILE playing a game of chess. With thanks to Fire & Water patron John Ross-Haynes for suggesting we do this coverage. This one's for you, John! This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Subscribe to the FW PRESENTS: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fw-presents/id1207382042 Subscribe via other podcatchers: http://feeds.feedburner.com/fwpresents Also available on Stitcher, Spotify and Google Podcasts Cred

After almost a year, MEANWHILE... is back for a fourth installment with Shag, Rob, Max, and special guests Dr. Anj and Steve Givens discussing how we've been "Finding Our Joy" in watching, reading, and listening during the pandemic, and what's next! Have a question or comment? Leave comments on our website: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/fw-presents-meanwhile-4 E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Subscribe to the FW PRESENTS: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fw-presents/id1207382042 Subscribe via other podcatchers: http://feeds.feedburner.com/fwpresents Also available on Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music and Google Podcasts This episode brought to you by InStockTrades. This week’s selections: NOT BRAND ECHH COMPLETE COLLECTION: https://www.instocktrades.com/products/apr190976/not-brand-echh-complete-collection-tp STAR TREK STARDATE COLLECTION VOL.1: https://www.instocktrades.com/products/aug130431/star-trek-stardate-coll-hc-vol-01 This podcast is a proud

Welcome our guest Patrick Joseph as he joins host Max Romero for the inaugural episode of The Death-Defying Human FlyCast! In the first of this limited-episode series, we discuss secret identities! The Beach Boys! Cyndi Lauper and Gloria Gaynor! Not to mention 26 buses and a menstruating gorilla! And that's before we even start talking about the The Human Fly #1! Grab your rocket cycle and don't forget your magna-gloves — things are going to get wild! This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Follow THE DEATH-DEFYING HUMAN FLYCAST on Tw

Coming soon to the Fire and Water Podcast Network — it's The Death-Defying Human Flycast! Join your host Max Romero as he and a rotating roster of guests explore one of the weirder corners of the Marvel Universe in this limited-episode show! We'll cover the 19-issue run of The Human Fly; its writer and creator, Bill Mantlo; and the people behind the real-life Human Fly! What, you thought he was just made up? Come along as we try to answer the age-old mystery: Who was The Human Fly? Was he a stuntman? A hero? Where is he now? All we know for sure is he's the wildest superhero ever — because he's real! This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online:

FW Presents the Fire and Water Network's review of THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER. Join Ryan Daly, Chris Franklin, and the Irredeemable Shag as they discuss the 2021 Disney+ series from Marvel Studios that continues the saga of Captain America after Avengers: Endgame. What did the guys think of the cast of characters, the legacy of the shield, the action, the socio-political commentary and timeliness of the story; and where should they go from here? Tune in and find out! Let us know what you think! Leave a comment or send an email to: RDalyPodcast@gmail.com. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK. Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Subscribe to the FW PRESENTS: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fw-presents/id1207382042 Subscribe via other podcatchers: http://feeds.f

FW Presents returns with another Showcase Gene Colan special! This time, Ryan Daly goes on a rampage through one of his favorite black and white magazines's Marvels HULK! Joining Ryan to discuss three Colan-drawn-but-very-different-looking stories from HULK #26 is podcasting's own Michael Bailey. Listen as they share their incredible origins with the Jade Giant, and wax rhapsodic about QAnon, Jim Steinman, and Michael's endless supply of Superman podcasts. Plus, listener feedback from the previous episode. Throughout his life, Gene Colan brought his truly unique art style to the pages of Batman, The Tomb of Dracula, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, The Avengers, Howard the Duck, Doctor Strange, The Spectre, and so many others. What issues will Ryan chronicle on this podcast? You’ll have to tune in to find out! Let us know what you think! Leave a comment or send an email to: RDalyPodcast@gmail.com. Check out Michael's Fortress of Baileytude at: This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK.

Network All-Stars Rob, Chris, and Ryan and special guest Paul Kien pretend they had Bruce Wayne Money and discuss their "Holy Grail" comic book and toy purchases! Join the conversation and find more great content: Leave comments on our website: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/fwpHG E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Subscribe to the FW PRESENTS: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fw-presents/id1207382042 Subscribe via other podcatchers: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/fwpresents/ Also available on Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Google Podcasts This episode brought to you by InStockTrades. This week’s selections: FAMOUS FIRST EDITION NEW FUN #1: https://www.instocktrades.com/products/nov190556/famous-first-edition-new-fun-1-hc VELVET HC: https://www.instocktrades.com/products/dec160787/velvet-dlx-ed-hc-(mr) This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com F

To celebrate the 90th anniversary of the first print publication of THE SHADOW, the Fire and Water Podcast Network proudly presents a dramatic reading of one of the Dark Knight Detective's more unusual adventures, "The Batman Confronts Gray Face" narrated by Xum Yukinori. This prose story, written by Shadow creator Walter B. Gibson with illustrations by Tom Yeates, originally appeared in DETECTIVE COMICS #500. Hear the story now, as only Xum could read it. Special thanks to Isamu Hideaki-Yukinori and Adrian Zet for their editing work on this episode. Music for the Batman segment composed by Shigeru Umebayashi. Additional music by Jerry Goldsmith. Xum Yukinori (1963-2019) Please feel free to leave comments below Learn more (than you need to know) about XUM YUKINORI at http://xum-yukinori.blogspot.com Subscribe to FW PRESENTS on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fw-presents/id1207382042 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: h

Rob welcomes newly minted STAR TREK fan Erin Entrada Kelly to rank the original series 79 episodes! Join the conversation and find more great content: Leave comments on our website: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/fwpdiscoveringtrek E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Subscribe to the FW PRESENTS: Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fw-presents/id1207382042 Subscribe via other podcatchers: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/show/fwpresents/ Also available on Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon Music, and Google Podcasts This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER – https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page – https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Support The Fire & Water Podcast Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening!

The Irredeemable Shag and guest Noah Tarnow dive into the Marvel mag of mirth and mayhem -- WHAT THE--?! We discuss issue #6 of the series from 1989 which includes parody stories such as: SMACKS OF VENGEANCE, ORIGIN OF THE PULVERIZER, SORE WANTS A HAIRCUT, and ADVENTURE INTO FEAR featuring the Man-Thang and Swamp Thang! Hilarity ensues! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our website: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/fwp-what-the Images from this episode: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/fwp-what-the-gallery E-mail: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Follow Noah Tarnow: I Don’t Get It: The Pop Culture Get-Off-My-Lawn-Cast: https://soundcloud.com/user-121475467 Big Quiz Thing: https://www.bigquizthing.com/ This episode is part of Merry Marvel MARCHing Society Podcast crossover of 2021 covering ACTS OF VENGEANCE! Follow the crossover in these other shows: 3rd Degree Byrne Back 2 The Bins/Avengers Spotlight Coffee & Comics Comic Book Time Machi

On a special tie-in episode of FW Presents, Ryan Daly welcomes his hometown friend and first-time guest Jake Imm to discuss THE AVENGERS #312 and #313. In these chapters, part of the 1989 crossover event "Acts of Vengeance" members of the Earth's Mightiest Heroes are rocked back when a cabal of super-villains sends adversaries against them who the heroes have never faced before. Let us know what you think! Leave a comment or send an email to: RDalyPodcast@gmail.com. Follow Jake on Twitter at: @DrakeIkeman This episode is part of Merry Marvel MARCHing Society Podcast crossover of 2021 covering ACTS OF VENGEANCE! Follow the crossover in these other shows: 3rd Degree Byrne Back 2 The Bins/Avengers Spotlight Coffee & Comics Comic Book Time Machine DoomSpeak Fanholes Podcast Head Speaks Into The Weird Jeff and Rick Present: Unpacking The Power Pack Justice Not Entirely Dissimilar To Lightning - A Thunderbolts Podcast Longbox Crusade Make Ours Marvel Married With Comics Resurrections: An Adam

On this FW Presents: Showcase Gene Colan, Ryan Daly continues to spotlight the work of his favorite artist. This time, however, he's covering more than a single issue. This time, Ryan's discussing an entire four-issue miniseries, 1981's Superman spinoff THE PHANTOM ZONE. And for a story this epic and crazy, he needs more than one guest. Enter Dr. Anj and Martin Gray to discuss the striking art and whacky story (did we mention Steve Gerber wrote this?!!) of The Phantom Zone!!! Throughout his life, Gene Colan brought his truly unique art style to the pages of Batman, The Tomb of Dracula, Iron Man, Wonder Woman, The Avengers, Howard the Duck, Doctor Strange, The Spectre, and so many others. What issues will Ryan chronicle on this podcast? You’ll have to tune in to find out! Let us know what you think! Leave a comment or send an email to: RDalyPodcast@gmail.com. Check out Doctor Anj's blog at: http://comicboxcommentary.blogspot.com Check out Martin Gray's blog at: https://dangermart.blog This podcast is a pr