Fletcher Hanks - The Strangest Comics of the Golden Age: #278

Reach deep into those buck bins, kids! This week we are reviewing an obscure 1980s cyberpunk fever dream called "Tailgunner Jo" by Peter Gills with artwork by Tom Artis.
Plus it's an Olympic sized round of our classic game "Mash Ups!" See how we pair classic comic book characters with some of the most popular Winter Olympic games at random with hilarious results! 
 
Host: Andy Larson 
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood
 
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Blast off this week into our review of arguably one of the most famous indie comic book series with Maggie the Mechanic, a Fantagraphics reprint collection of Love and Rockets stories written and drawn by Jamie Hernandez.  
Plus we take look at a recent list compiled by CBR.com of the Top 100 Comic Book Story lines of All Time! Which ones do we agree with? Which ones have we already covered on the show? 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
 
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It's another YEAR OF CHAD pick as we review arguably one of his favorite comic runs ever with the Rob Liefeld years of New Mutants/X-Force recently collected in the X-Force Omnibus! 
 
Plus we welcome fellow comic book podcaster, Zach Thompson, from Thompson's Comic Corner to chat about his favorite and least favorite members of Marvel's Mightiest Mutants!  
 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Zach Thompson from Thompson's Comic Corner (@thompson2968.bsky.social)
 
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Welcome back Last Comic Shop Fans! It's time for the latest in the Last Comic Shop Podcast's collection of past episodes all linked together in one extended play mix! 
The recently wrapped up Season 5 of the show had so many incredible episodes reviewing some of the best of what the comic book world has to offer. But we wanted to showcase some of our absolute favorites in this mega pack we like to call the Best of 2025! 
So sit back and enjoy these evergreen past reviews including:
1) The 2025 Comic Book Fantasy Team Draft: Originally aired 1/7/252) Noir Burlesque: Originally aired 2/4/25 3) Jim Starlin's Warlock series: Originally aired 4/8/254) Heroes in Crisis: Originally aired 4/15/255) Local Man: Originally aired 6/17/256) The Original Marvel Secret Wars series: Originally aired 9/9/257) DC Comics' Warlord: The First 11 issues: Originally aired 12/16/25
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood, Ethan Larson, Nicole Larson & George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) 
 
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It's time to Toon in, kids! It's our review of Tony Fleecs & Dave Wachter's love letter to all those classic cartoons of our youth with the Eisner Award Nominated series, "Uncanny Valley" out of Boom! Studios. 
Plus we take an in-depth look at "The 9 Rules of Road Runner/Coyote Cartoons", written by legendary animator Chuck Jones, which were used as a blueprint for every one of those classic Warner Brothers shorts! 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott
 
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We are checking one of the all time classics off the list this week as we review one of DC Comics most well known limited series of the past 30 years with "Kingdom Come" by Mark Waid & Alex Ross! 
 
Plus we look at the music, movies, and comics released at the same time as issue 1 of this series in May of 1996!
 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott
Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)
 
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Time is Absolute as the first "Year of JA" book of 2026 highlights one of our co-host's favorite intercompany crossover events: Valiant Comics' original Unity Saga by Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor Smith, Bob Layton & more! 
Plus another round of our most popular comic book related game: Blind Rankings! What's the Lamest Superpower? Who's the most iconic Cosmic comic book character? See where we rank things when we don't know what selection is coming next!! 
 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson
 
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It's a Double Sized Episode Event to kick off our 6th season! Join all of your past favorite hosts and guests as we cover 23 issues of Spectacular Spider-Man written by JM Dematteis with art by Sal Buscema! 
 
Plus a deep dive into the Movies, Music, and Other Comics released during this comic books two year run from 1991 to 1993! 
 
Host: Andy Larson
Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott
Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood, Ethan Larson, Nicole Larson & George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) 
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