It's the last episode of the season! Rj Is going to close us out with one last Ostrander and Madrake pick, Martian Manhunter: Sun of Mars. We had a lot of fun with this one. We get to take a much deeper dive into an otherwise overlooked member of the Justice League. We talk about the origin of J'onn J'onzz, his unique powersets, and his many secret identities. We even go down a few of the tell-tale comic book rabbit holes about comic book character deaths and personal lives.

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It's Rj's turn to pick an artist (or a creative team), and we are diving straight into Hell with The Spectre by John Ostrander and Tom Mandrake. We follow Jim Corrigan as he tries to fulfill his quest to understand Evil and confront it. It's part police procedural, part monster of the week, part murder mystery. It's got something for everybody!

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It's part two of Shaun's Brubaker/Phillips series, and we're going back to Old Hollywood. We follow a couple of blacklisted screen writers as they try to solve a murder from within the movie industry. And in typical Brubaker fashion, a lot of bad things happen to good people, and there are not a lot of heroes.

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It's Shaun's turn to pick an artist, and he has predictably brought us some Sean Phillips, and Ed Brubaker. We're starting off the series with Incognito. It's a hard boiled sci-fi neo-noir with an anti-hero metahuman twist. In typical Brubaker/Phillips fashion, there are very few likable characters, but somehow the story still pulls you in. And you're rewarded with some hard-hitting concussive action.

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Cacey's got another one for us from one of our favorite duos, Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely! This week we really stretch our brains with Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery. Join us as we discuss comics and storytelling as metaphysical concepts. And how comics will save your life.

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It's Cacey's turn to pick an artist to showcase for this season, and we're getting a double feature of Frank Quitely and Grant Morrison! We're kicking it off with WE3. This book covers all 2 emotions: extreme violence, and extreme sadness. It's like a cross between Homeward Bound and Weapon-X. Trigger warning: this book contains animal cruelty. If you are sensitive to that kind of thing, feel free to skip this one.

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It's part two of our Alex Ross series as Adam takes us through Kingdom Come. Mark Waid and Alex Ross team up to bring us a very stark warning about total power. Set in the not-too-distant-future of 1997 (aka now), Superman returns from a long absence to reign in the new generation of superheroes. With very mixed results. This book reads like a Where's Waldo of fun easter eggs and "what if" characters. And the art is, of course, absolutely stunning.

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We're back! It's been a long break. Longer than we expected. But we are excited to be back doing what we do here. And that's talk about our favorite comics! This season we are each picking an artist to showcase. We're coming out swinging with one of the best to ever do it. Adam's pick is Alex Ross, and we're starting off with Fantastic Four: Full Circle. This was a special project that showcases Ross in ways we have never seen, and with some pretty fantastic results. So grab a sandwich… It's Clobberin' Time!

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