• THE FORGOTTEN BLADE
• BLACK MASS RISING
• OUTER WILDERNESSThis is a preview from Avery Hill Publishing and will be available 16th June 2022 (UK) 23rd June 2022 (NA) for 8.99 | $12.95Pre-Order here!
• SLEEPING WHILE STANDING This is a preview from Avery Hill Publishing and will be available 14th July 2022 (UK) 21st July 2022 (US) for £12.99 | $16.95 Pre-Order here!
• MONKEY MEAT #1
• I HATE THIS PLACE #1
• JOE HILL’S RAIN #1
• THE JONESES #1

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• Assassin Nation
• Count Crowley: Reluctant Monster Hunter
• Basketful of Heads
• The Plot
• BTTM FDRS
• Everything
• Crowded
• Murder Falcon
• The Batman’s Grave
• Resonant
• CLUE: Candlestick
• I Moved to Los Angeles to Work in Animation
• Waves
• These Savage Shores
• Die #1
• When I Arrived at the Castle

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• Dimension hopping adventure! The second time the Ghostbusters and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have come together in one comic "TMNT Ghostbusters II".
• Supernatural crisis catastrophe by Wes Craig, Toby Cypress and Niko Guardia in "The Grave Diggers Union #1".
• Being stuck in a nightmare multiverse at the whim of a Demonic Force in "Batman: Lost #1".
• The continuing phychological torment and creeping dread in Tom King and Mitch Gerads' "Mister Miracle".
• Punk rock, half baked heists going sideways in "The Wonderful World of Tank Girl #1".
• A critical look at the modern digital age and privacy in a world where the walls between public and private are so thin and easily broken in No. 1 With A Bullet #1
• The insect apocalypse in Mathieu Bablet's "The Beautiful Death".

We also talk a little bit about why we are enjoying The CW's Riverdale so much!

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• Satanic Panic era occult horror in Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Robert Hack's fantastic "Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina, Vol.1 : The Crucible".
• The love letter to the Hammer Horror movies of old, a story with heart AND horror, "Mr Higgins Comes Home"
• Archie Comics classic monster horror with "Jughead: The Hunger #1".
• An anthology of twisted tales set within the DC universe "DC House Of Horror #1".
• And the creeping darkness and looming shadows of Cullen Bunn and Tyler Crook's"Harrow County, Vol.1 : Countless Haints".

We also tackle a listener question concerning our preferences for being stuck as prey for a comic book creation on a small island, and a question from Rahul around which comic book character we would nominate to replace and be used as Thor's Hammer!

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• Kicking butt and taking heads with "Head Lopper Vol. 1: The Island or A Plague Of Beasts".
• Tom King, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, and Jordie Bellaire's Vision Vol. 1: Little Worse Than A Man
• Sean Murphy and Matt Hollingsworth's brilliant, new, "Batman: White Knight #1".
• The rise of The Dawnbreaker, our latest glimpse of the doomed Dark Multiverse "Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1".
• Generation jumping fun in "Generations: Ms. Marvel & Ms. Marvel #1".. and "Miles Morales Spider-Man & Peter Parker Spider-Man #1".

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• Wonderfully executed post apocalyptic fantasy in "The Realm"
• The psychadelic and supernatural "Retcon"
• The swords and sorcery of Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti's "Wonder Woman/ Conan"..
• A nightmarish vision of The Flash from a broken universe in "Dark Knights- Batman: The Red Death"
• The continuing journey into the psyche of a broken god in Tom King and Mitch Gerads' "Mister Miracle #2"..

We also answer questions about our favourite introductions and forewords from collected trades, as well as which comic book characters we would be willing to be employed by and put in overtime for!

Notes: The pictures of the introductions and forewords that we mention can be found here on the Ace Comicals blog

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• Garth Ennis' surreal military tale "Dastardly and Muttley".
• The sword swinging, spell flinging, card cheating, "Scales And Scoundrels".
• cullinary experiments with monstrous ingredients in "Delicious in Dungeon".
• Kelly Thompson and Marco Checchetto's oh so shiny and bad-ass " Captain Phasma"..
• The cool dimension hopping sci-fi of "Elsewhere".

We also tackle listener questions about obscure comics and the adaptation of beloved comic book stories into other forms of media!

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• The fantastic second offering of "Generation Gone".
• The finale of "TMNT: Dimension X".
• "Batman: Dark Knight, Dark City"..
• The ever awesome "Winnebago Graveyard"..
• The wonderfully written love letter to 70s/80s Mecha Anime "Mech Cadet Yu"..
• Tabetop zombie survival game turned comic "Dead of Winter"..
• The outlandishly entertaining, humorous continuation of "Shirtless Bear Fighter".
• The brilliant ending to the latest Burnham and Schoening Ghostbusters story "Ghostbusters 101".

We also have a listener question about time and how to decide what to read, as well as a question about how we read sent to us by Leon!

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• The awesome "Batman: The War Of Jokes And Riddles".
• The fun Sci-Fi action of TMNT: Dimension X.
• Mike Allred's super trippy and super radical "Madman"..
• Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's masterful Dark Knights: Metal..
• The twisted decent into madness of Tom King and Mitch Gerads' "Mister Miracle"..
• Smart, political, thought-provoking, Military sci-fi thriller "Genius: Cartel"..
• Brendon Small's extreme rock, Intergalactic "Galaktikon".
• the fantastic occult horror of Jordie Bellaire and Vanesa R. Del Rey's "Redlands".

We also have an in depth discussion in response to a listener question, as well as tackling a question sent to us by Rahul in his absence!

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• The recent #MakeMineMilkshake Twitter hashtag.
• The gory/disgusting/hilarious/clever puzzle-box story "Demon".
• Consciousness-swapping thriller "Spiritus".
• Bill Willingham's new series "Lark's Killer".
• Gail Simone's mystical thriller "Crosswind".
• Runaway teenage mutants in "Secret Weapons".

We answer a listener question regarding intimidatingly long ongoing series', and which recently started stories are worth picking up.

(We also address similar concerns in our Episode 001: How to get into Comics)

To close, Greg sends us a question from sunny Hungary!

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We talk Eisner Awards, and a little San Diego Comic Con.

Greg Gives us his impressions of Groo: Play Of The Gods #1, Kill The Minotaur #2 and Curse Words #6.

Rahul gives us a talk on the brilliant Demon and is a new recruit in the War on Bearror! with Shirtless Bear Fighter. He also Hits the first two issues of Secret Weapons and throws a spotlight on IDW's Clue.

Rahul and Greg dive into Winnebago Graveyard #2, Centipede #1 and Generation Gone #1.

Leon and Rahul give us their thoughts on the first 5 issues of Curse Words and also talk about where they are at with the amazing Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan).

Finally, Leon goes all DC Universe and takes a trip to Gotham with Batgirl, before stopping in to talk about Wonder Woman: The Circle!

Notes:

Rahul mentions and talks a little about this cool little interactive comic book called Meanwhile by Jason Shiga. This is a link to the iOS app version of the hardback interactive comic!
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meanwhile-an-interactive-comic-book/id458451517?mt=8

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Greg, Rahul and Leon get to grips with what works and what doesn't with the 2006-2007 Spiderman story!

Spiderman: Reign is a small window into a dark future where we find Peter Parker who in his Twilight years, struggling with his past and wrestling with his demons, is forced to return as Spiderman to confront an authoritarian regime that has New York firmly in its iron grip through a militarised police force known as "The Reign".

Notes:

Throughout this episode we make reference to Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's The Dark Knight Returns. You can learn more about this book here

Also watch this space! There will be an upcoming blog and vlog, which will further explore Spiderman: Reign and delve deeper into some of the themes, as well as the relationship between this book and The Dark Knight Returns.

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Greg and Leon join the War on Bearror with Shirtless Bear Fighter.

Rahul and Greg check in with the one and only friendly neighbourhood web-slinger in Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-man.

The three of us discuss the witchcraft of the Americana infused horror book Winnebago Graveyard.

Leon and Rahul give us their thoughts on the second issue of Victor LaValle's Destroyer and Rahul gets body swapped with Crosswind!

All this and a whole host more from the stack packed in for your listening pleasure!

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Greg and Rahul team up in Leon's absence to discuss the amazing four issue mini series from 2004!

Superman: Secret Identity is the uplifting tale of a boy called Clark Kent in our real world, discovering that he has powers similar to those of his fictional namesake.
We follow him as he tries to do right, live an honest life, make sense of it all, and maintain his secret identity to protect his loved ones! Its a brilliant "what if" tale that explores what it might be like to live with superpowers in our world and the ramifications there of!

Notes:

Rahul makes reference to a Slashfilm podcast where they discuss Batman Vs Superman: Dawn Of Justice which we have linked for you here!

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This episode: Greg gets all techo-espionage conspiratorial with Samaritan Veritas. Both Greg and Leon grapple with Victor Lavalle's modern Frankenstien's monster, Destroyer. Greg re-visits a title mentioned in an earlier show, the fantastically uneasy and unnerving horror book Underwinter. Leon has been picking up on Greg's recommendations and has come to the table armed with Issues one and two of Godshaper and both guys agree that Curse Wordshas a special kind of magic! To finish Greg tells you why he is enjoying the swords and sorcery of Rose.

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Notes:

We mention music when discussing Victor Lavalle's Destroyer and figured we would link the songs for your listening pleasure:

• The Partisan by Leonard Cohen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGdLfHFZh4Y

• 16 Tons by Jhonny Cash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfp2O9ADwGk

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Aliens: Salvation Is the tale of a devout christian who is forced to abandon the Space Freighter he is contracted to with his mad captain, after something goes horribly wrong with the cargo they have been charged with. Stranded on an inhospitable alien planet. as a result, his faith is tested to the very limits as he tries to survive against the planet itself, and the deadly cargo!

Aliens: Dead Orbit is a brand new book and we have Issue 1! Its the story of an Engineering Officer named Wascylewski, on a station out in distant space, versus the deadly Xenomorph menace!

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Notes:

-A list of all of the comics that were available this year can be found here in the FCBD Catalogue

-More information about the fantastic Art of the Brick exhibition can be found here on the official website

-A link to the Ace Comicals Blog where we have included some of our photographs of the Exhibition.

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Notes:

• Saturday May 6th is Free Comic Book Day! So get down to your local Comic Book shop and check it out! Check with your local store to see what kinds of events they may be running. Have fun! We would love to hear about what comics you picked up and what was going on where you are so get in touch at acecomicals@gmail.com.

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We got excited by the recently released Logan movie and decided to visit the book that inspired it, the original 8 issue run of Old Man Logan!

This story ran from 2008 to 2009 through Wolverine #66–72 and ended in Wolverine Giant-Size Old Man Logan.

Nihilism, violence, farming and pacifism! Come listen as we get into what makes this book tick!

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Notes:

• We mention the Weapon X comics. These are Greg's favourite Wolverine comics and he wrote a thing about why: https://acecomicals.wordpress.com/2017/03/17/weapon-x-the-best-at-what-it-does/

• We're Not Worthy the band responsible for our current intro music!

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Ace Comicals Presents the David F. Walker and Sanford Greene Power Man and Iron Fist comics!

We thought we would read and review the first collected volume of this humour-charged run titled "The Boys Are Back In Town"

This volume collects #1-5 of the current run, where our favourite, street level "Heroes For Hire" are back together!

The original hero-buddies deal with some small, unfinished business that spirals out of control in a big way!

We talk about the light-hearted, buddy genre writing and the cartoon-styling on display in this book, and why we think it's just so much fun.

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Notes:

• As we mention in the show Yes. The Iron Fist Netflix show IS out for consumption!

• We thought we would include that David F. Walker produced one of the most definitive documentaries on the topic of Blaxploitation films; Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered, and Shafted.

• He also worked on a Shaft comic

• That Run The Jewels track we talk about.

• For The Love Of Money - The O'Jays '

• The Lion King - Can You Feel The Love Tonight

• We're Not Worthy the band responsible for our current intro music!

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This is the first of what we have dubbed the "talky" episodes where we discuss freely our current reads, new discoveries, and general thoughts and feelings regarding the medium.

And what a wild ride it is!

This episode: Greg takes on the stack, Leon has a confession to make and Rahul sends us a question from the future (Japan!). Join us as we discuss whether
CAGE!, The Belfry, East Of West, Morning Glories and a bunch of other titles, are worth your time!

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Ace Comicals Presents the current Ta-Nehisi Coates & Brian Stelfreeze Black Panther run!

We decided we would discuss and review the first collected volume of this run "A Nation Under Our Feet - Book 1".

This volume collects issues 1-4 of the current run and also includes the first ever appearance of the Black Panther from Fantastic Four #52 (originally published July 1966).

Hear our thoughts and feelings on the current state of affairs in the country of Wakanda, and the conflicted life of T'Challa (Being king ain't easy) as we get deep with the writing and artistry on display in this explosive and promising introduction!

Included are some links to the videos and interviews we mention during the show:

Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet - Part 1 (Featuring Run the Jewels)

Marvel's New Black Panther Comic | Q&A With Author Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Ace Comicals blog where you can view that awesome that awesome "Run The Jewels" cover from Black Panther #2 in its entirety

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We decided, to kick off the Ace Comicals 2017 Reboot, we would do a show where we talk about how comics work and how we got into it!

We wanted to present a gentle introduction for people curious about comics, and to address some of the things we wish we had been told when WE started reading comics.

Alongside this episode, we have created a supplementary guide on the various methods for purchasing comics both physically and digitally

We are your hosts, Greg, Leon and Rahul and we invite you to join us on our journey into the rabbithole of sequential art!

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Links:

• Ace Comical's guide on where to buy comics