Ace Comicals - Episodes Tagged with “Mcu”

121: ACE COMICALS PRESENTS- JACK KIRBY'S ETERNALS

Greg Driver — Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

In this episode, Greg and Leon are joined by special guests Nigel and Tazziii for the crackling epicentre of a universe shattering event! part of a crossover with the Mayamada Story X Story Podcast We are here to discuss Jack Kirby's ETERNALS.

In honor of the introduction of THE ETERNALS to the MCU we are going to be taking a look at The beginning of the Marvel Universe's Mythology, laid down by the king himself Jack Kirby. Riffing on the existence of gods, demons, monsters and heroes of ancient times. The genesis of man to modern day, told the marvel way. The yarn spun about beginnings of life on Earth and beyond in the Marvel Universe! It all begins here with Jack Kirby's bronze age books.

Diving into the THE ETERNALS (1976) We aim to provide you with an overview of the Marvel creation myth as well as discussing some truly great comics!

Notes:
Below is the comparison image mentioned during the cast that illustrates the similarity of The Eternals title title lettering to that of the 1971 Bantam paperback edition of "Chariots Of The Gods?"

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078: "Basically Christmas"

Greg Driver — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000

MERRY CHRISTMAS! A retrospective end of year episode! In festive wind down fashion, Greg, Leon and Rahul look back on their year of comics and the things that defined comics for them in 2019! They also each turned up with a list compiled of books reviewed in previous episodes and give us their top comics of 2019! Featuring:

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060: "Jokers Wild"

Greg Driver — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0100

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

We were given an advance copy of These Savage Shores #4 and Greg gives his spoiler free impressions! This comic will be available on 01/05/2019 Published by Vault Comics
Ghostbusters 35th Anniversary: Ghostbusters #1
Ghostbusters 35th Anniversary: Real Ghostbusters #1
Section Zero #1
Faithless #1
Ronin Island #2

They also discuss:

The current state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe In light of the upcoming movie Avengers: Endgame and Leon's quest to re-watch and score every previous movie!
Greg gives spoiler free first impressions of The Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina Part 2
DC: DCeased
The return of: Batman and the Outsiders
The upcoming Dark Horse Comics title: No One Left to Fight
The recently released trailer for Joker
The fast approaching Free Comic Book Day 2019!
Marvel's War Of The Realms

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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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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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