Posts by Mike Gravagno
Super Hero Hour Hour 9/20
In this week’s episode of the Super Hero Hour Hour, Mike and Ryan tackle the 3rd episode of Fear The Walking Dead, discuss ways to improve ALL S shows reviewed here, and learn a little something about life. Tune in, drop out, and move on.
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In this very special episode of SuperHeroHourHour, Ryan and Mike look to the past and swing into The Amazing Spiderman from 1977. Just because there are no new comic book TV shows this past week doesn’t mean there’s not loads to talk about! They also cover a retrospective of ALL of the televised Spiderman adaptations.…
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In a very special episode of the SuperHero Hour Hour, Mike and Ryan come to terms with the fact that Dark Matter is over. There are also some technical difficulties with the sound that get fixed around minute 25, and it’s totally worth listening to all of it. And Fear the Walking Dead!
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 2, BATTLE 11 HAIL HYDRA (#1-2) VS SIEGE (#1-2) Once upon a time there were two children, one boy and one girl, who only had bad things happen to them. Though the two never met, they had a lot in common. They lived in two separate lands, connected only by how violent and scary and filled…
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BattleworldBattleworld Round 2 Battle 9 Follow the bracket here 1872 (#1-2) VS KORVAC SAGA (#1-2) This battle pits the two kinds of stories Secret Wars has been telling against one another. They’re spitting fire and going for the throat. They’re drinking ice water, and then spitting that ice water in each other’s eyes. It’s weird how…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 22 Follow the bracket here! SEIGE VS STARLORD AND KITTY PRIDE Okay, down and dirty plot dump for those who haven’t read these books. In Starlord and Kitty Pride, 616 Peter Quill was separated from the other survivors from REAL Marvel and is hiding out in Black Bolt’s swanky nightclub as…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 19 Follow the bracket here! AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1 VS CIVIL WAR #1 While the other Secret Wars books based on major events used their origins as a jumping off point, twisting the situations readers are familiar with, today’s battle focuses on books that don’t so much twist as follow their…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 2, BATTLE 4 Follow the bracket here! SECRET WARS JOURNAL #1-2 VS WHERE MONSTERS DWELL #1-2 And now we get into the pure silliness that comics have always been driven by. On one side we have 2 mini-stories in Secret Wars Journal, where Misty Knight and Paladin are dirty cops trying to score…
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ROUND 1, BATTLE 14 Follow the bracket here! MRS. DEADPOOL AND THE HOWLING COMMANDOS VS MARVEL ZOMBIES Ah, I love the smell of parallel issues in the morning. And I love the scent of sandalwood at night. And a nice barbeque mesquite in the afternoon. I could go on and on about the corresponding scents…
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BATTLEWORLDBATTLEWORLD ROUND 1, BATTLE 7 Follow the bracket here! SECRET WARS 2099 #1 VS SECRET WARS JOURNAL #1 In this battle, we once again have 2 books playing in parallel sandboxes. With Secret Wars 2099, David and party are expanding the 2099 universe in scope and characters from what we saw in its initial run…
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