Ace Comicals - Episodes Tagged with “Marvel”

051: "Interdimensional Arachnids"

Greg Driver — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

A special episode in which, Greg, Leon and Rahul
"Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse".
They were joined by special guest Marvyn Lafayette

We spend some time talking about:

The highly anticipated, recently released, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Our spoiler-free thoughts on Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
SPOILERS FOR Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse FROM 1h 24mins ONWARDS

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049: "Is It Spirit? Is It Sludge? I Don't Know But Its Cool!"

Greg Driver — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Before the introduction of this episode, we take a moment to pay tribute to the late, great Stan Lee. There is discussion around his contribution to comics, his legacy and what he meant to us as comics fans. There is a short amount of silence following this before the episode begins.

In this episode, Greg, Leon and Rahul discuss the following comics:

-The Stan Lee obituary that Leon references and talks about in the preface to this episode, originally published on www.Vulture.com: "Stan Lee Gave More Than He Took"
-The band camp site for Daniel Warren Johnson's band Brooticus! where there are tracks to acompany his comic Murder Falcon!
-Greg's playlists on spotify: Afterlife Comicals and Cosmic Ghost Rider

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043: "Spider-Man's Pants"

Greg Driver — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

In this episode, Greg and Rahul discuss the following:
There's chatter and first impressions the beginning of the episode about The new Playstation 4 game Marvel's Spider-Man

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034: "Infinity Talk"

Greg Driver — Wed, 02 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Dread it... Run from it...Destiny still arrives... Meaning it's FINALLY time for an Ace Comicals Marvel's Avengers: Infinity War Spoiler Special!

Greg, Leon and Rahul take turns wielding the Infinity Gauntlet ("Perfectly balanced, as all things should be") and tear through the fabric of the film's reality to deliver a blow-by-blow of the film's biggest moments, thrilling victories and devastating losses.

"Fun is definately something you consider when dealing with this movie and this review does put a smile on my face... 6/6 infinity stones" - Thanos

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023: "The Doomsday Clock Has Struck Midnight"

Greg Driver — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Greg, Leon and Rahul discuss:

The return of the Watchmen in the highly anticipated Geoff Johns and Gary Frank comic "Doomsday Clock #1".
The tale of the Punisher's first military Command and his first kill in "Punisher: The Platoon".
The conclusion, and overall impression left by the beautifully grotesque "Kill The Minotaur".
The final and most unsettling peek into the nightmare worlds of the twisted Dark Knights in "DC Dark Knights: The Batman Who Laughs #".
A 1920s detective tale with a sinister twist "Minky Woodcock – The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini #1".
Leon and Greg share their thoughts on one of Rahul's picks from Episode 022, The Beautiful Death #1
An important piece that addresses issues of Race and Racism "Your Black Friend".
A story about an amnesiac on a journey to recover her identity and memories in "Blank Slate".
Deniz Camp and Vittorio Astone's "Maxwell’s Demons #1"
Nerdwriter1's video essay entitled "How to Design a Comic Book Page" which focuses on deconstructing the panel structure from one page of "Maus" by Art Spiegelman.

We also have a brief and spoiler-free talk about the new Netflix Punisher Series and the DCEU Justice League Movie as well as answering a question about large swimming pools filled with things we love!

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020: "Universe-Ending Bad"

Greg Driver — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:45:00 +0100

In this episode, Greg Leon and Rahul discuss:

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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019: "Admins Of S.H.I.E.L.D"

Greg Driver — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 12:00:00 +0100

In this episode, Greg and Leon discuss:

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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018: "The Real Lemon In The Eye"

Greg Driver — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 21:00:00 +0100

In this episode, Greg and Rahul discuss:

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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017: "Trawling IKEA For Solutions"

Greg Driver — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 21:00:00 +0100

In this episode, Greg and Rahul discuss:

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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014: "Rambling Without Signposts"

Greg Driver — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 21:30:00 +0100

Jam-packed and over-sized! In this episode:

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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013: ACP Spiderman: Reign (2006-2007)

Greg Driver — Wed, 12 Jul 2017 18:15:00 +0100

Ace Comicals Presents Kaare Andrews' Spiderman: Reign

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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012: "His House Is Totally Made Of Bear Pelts"

Greg Driver — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 21:45:00 +0100

The three of us are back. A full team! In this Episode:
Greg goes Psychedelic with weird Grind-house Sci-Fi book Space Riders: Galaxy Of Brutality and goes on tour with the Wyld Stallyns!! in Bill And Ted Save The Universe.

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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008: Free Comic Book Day 2017!

Greg Driver — Sun, 14 May 2017 18:15:00 +0100

It was Free Comic Book Day, Greg traveled down to London to hang out with Rahul and Leon. We visited some comic shops to see what kinds of things were going on and took in an awesome art exhibition called The Art Of The Brick: DC Super Heroes. We talk about our day and our favourites from the free comics we snagged! Including I Hate Image, TMNT: Prelude To Dimension X, Lady Mechanika, Betty & Veronica, Bad Machinery, Hostage, 2000AD and the Bongo Comics Free For All.
All this and a bite-sized review of our drunken movie choice from the day Suicide Squad.

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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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007: "Mutant Without A Cause"

Greg Driver — Wed, 03 May 2017 18:00:00 +0100

This episode: Greg has discovered his wildest fever dream in comic form, Namwolf! Takes a trip to a vampire run BBQ joint in Texas with Redneck, and discovers 'Cantik', music without the help of gods in Godshaper.
Leon has been correcting time paradoxes with The Infinite Loop and fantasy-adventuring with the hard as nails, badass Rat Queens! While Rahul explores what it means to have great power in They’re Not Like Us and takes a sobering look at the events unfolding in Syria through Kobane Calling. There's also some Free Comic Book Day hype! As always with a side order of other stuff we think is worth your time!

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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006: ACP Old Man Logan (2008-2009)

Greg Driver — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 17:00:00 +0100

Ace Comicals Episode 006, SNIKT! Ace Comicals Presents Old Man Logan!

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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004: ACP Power Man and Iron Fist (2016) Vol. 1

Greg Driver — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 14:00:00 +0000

Ace Comicals Episode 004! SWEET CHRISTMAS! It’s Power Man and Iron Fist!

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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003: "Too Lit for the Real World"

Greg Driver — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 17:45:00 +0000

Welcome to episode 003!

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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002: ACP Black Panther (2016) Vol.1

Greg Driver — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 10:30:00 +0000

Episode 002!

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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001: How To Get Into Comics

Greg Driver — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 18:00:00 +0000

Welcome to Ace Comicals this is the first show of 2017, Episode 001!

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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