Dawn Runner: 11/26/24

More Marvel this month as we review one of the most significant comics in history with the Death of Gwen Stacy issues of Amazing Spider-Man by Gerry Conway, Gil Kane, and John Romita Sr.
Plus it's our third annual Marvel Trivia Challenge, so get ready to put your thinking caps on and play along with our gang!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood

It's the "Week of JA" at the Last Comic Shop Podcast as we look back at one of our host, JA Scott, favorite comic series from the past with the original run of Archer & Armstrong from Valiant Comics!
Plus we take a look back at comic books in the 1990s. From the highest of the highs to the lowest of the lows, we'll cover it all in our discussion about one of the most divisive decades in comics!
Host: Andy Larson 
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

We hope to bond with our listeners this week with a double dose of Marvel's most famous alien symbiote: Venom!
 
First, it's a review of the first 12 issues of the Donny Cates/Ryan Stegman run on "Venom".
Then its time for a movie review with Venom: The Last Dance starring Tom Hardy!
 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Host: Chad Smith
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) 
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Spend Halloween week with your pals at the Last Comic Shop as we review the massive Vampire Invasion crossover event from Marvel Comics this past year entitled "Blood Hunt"! Written by Jed Mackay with art by Pepe Larraz!
Plus we play another of our classic comic book related games with "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero's house would you like to trick or treat at?"
 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson

It's our KING SIZED 200th Episode Extravaganza! Tons of Guests! Tons of Bonus Content! Tons of Watchmen!
Yes, to celebrate this magnificent milestone, we are doing a issue by issue review of one of the greatest comic books of all time with "Watchmen" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons!
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Nicole Larson, Ethan Larson, and Mikey Wood
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) 
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Special Thanks to: Shonen Flop Podcast, Beer in Front Podcast, Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast, Play Comics Podcast, Iron Age of Comics Podcast, Autopod Decepticast, Strange By Nature Podcast, Madison is On The Air Podcast, Ted Sikora from Hero Tomorrow Comics, Benjamin Morse, and Charlton Hero!

We're not Joking around this week as we deliver a double dose of the Clown Prince of Crime for all our listeners!
First from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight we review the haunting tale of "Going Sane" by JM Dematteis & Joe Staton.
Then its time for a movie review with Joker: Folie à Deux starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga!
 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) 
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The Last Comic Shop Podcast tackles the sequel to Emil Ferris' Eisner award winning tale of murder and mystery with "My Favorite Thing is Monsters" volume 2!
Plus a good old fashioned spooky trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Halloween party!   
Host: Andy Larson 
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

More leftovers from the "Year of Chad" this week as we take a look at our co host Chad Smith's favorite run on the God of Thunder told by the legendary Walt Simonson!
Plus we pit more mighty Marvel comics against each other tournament style to pick which will be worthy of being our next "Read Pile" selection on a future episode of the Last Comic Shop Podcast!
 
Host: Andy Larson 
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Go nuts, folks! It's time to tackle a leftover from "The Year of Chad" with the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl volumes 1 & 2 by Ryan North and Erica Henderson!
 
Plus we look back at the music, movies, and other comics released around the time Squirrel Girl issue 1 hit stands back in 2015!
 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) 
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Another wonderful comic book review comes your way this week as we look at the recent ongoing series of "Wonder Woman" by Tom King and  Daniel Sampere!
Plus with all the recent love around the Gal Gadot movie interpretation of Wonder Woman, we ask what other actor castings in super hero movies have forever changed comics?
 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

It's the End of an Era! The Last Comic Shop takes a look at the finale of the multi year story arc in the X-men books known as The Krakoan Age by reviewing "Fall of the House of X, Rise of the Powers of X" by Gerry Duggan, Kieron Gillen & countless more!
 
Plus the gang takes a hard look at the realities of massive comic book crossover events and if they are truly good for the comic book industry as a whole!
 
Host: Andy Larson 
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Don't sleep on this week's episode of the Last Comic Shop Podcast as we check out a modern interpretation of the classic Golden Age version of the Sandman by Robert Venditti and Riley Rossmo
Plus we school you on how to get your own comics bound into customized omnibus collections perfect for your comic book libraries! 
 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood