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    <title>Ace Comicals - Episodes Tagged with “The Realm”</title>
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    <description>Every two weeks your host Greg and his co-hosts Leon and Rahul discuss comics in all their forms; monthly issues, collected volumes, graphic novels, newspaper strips, film tie-ins, TV tie-ins, flip-books, pictures scribbled on the backs of napkins... 
If it tells a story in sequence through art and text, rest assured we'll have something to say about it.
Art and logos by the talented and extremely generous Anthony Smith (https://www.acecomicals.com/guests/anthonysmith)
If you have questions or comments, please reach us at acecomicals@gmail.com or on twitter at https://twitter.com/AceComicals
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    <itunes:subtitle>We love comics! </itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Greg Driver</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>Every two weeks your host Greg and his co-hosts Leon and Rahul discuss comics in all their forms; monthly issues, collected volumes, graphic novels, newspaper strips, film tie-ins, TV tie-ins, flip-books, pictures scribbled on the backs of napkins... 
If it tells a story in sequence through art and text, rest assured we'll have something to say about it.
Art and logos by the talented and extremely generous Anthony Smith (https://www.acecomicals.com/guests/anthonysmith)
If you have questions or comments, please reach us at acecomicals@gmail.com or on twitter at https://twitter.com/AceComicals
If you like what we do please considering donating to us at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website.
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  <title>019: "Admins Of S.H.I.E.L.D"</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Greg and Leon explore worlds of post apocalyptic fantasy, the struggles of supernatural soldiers, the broken psyche of a cosmic god, tales of hardened warriors in gladiatorial combat, and Dark Knights from broken universes, in this our 19th episode featuring: The Realm #1, Retcon #1, Wonder Woman/Conan #1, Dark Knights- Batman: The Red Death and Mister Miracle #2 !
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  <description>In this episode, Greg and Leon discuss:
- Wonderfully executed post apocalyptic fantasy in "The Realm" (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-realm-1)
- The psychadelic and supernatural "Retcon" (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/retcon-1)
- The swords and sorcery of Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti's  "Wonder Woman/ Conan". (http://www.dccomics.com/comics/wonder-womanconan-2017/wonder-womanconan-1).
- A nightmarish vision of The Flash from a broken universe in "Dark Knights- Batman: The Red Death" (http://www.dccomics.com/comics/dark-matter-2017/batman-the-red-death-1)
- The continuing journey into the psyche of a broken god in Tom King and Mitch Gerads' "Mister Miracle #2". (http://www.dccomics.com/comics/mister-miracle-2017/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 (https://acecomicals.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/019-admins-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/) on the Ace Comicals blog (https://acecomicals.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/019-admins-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/)
Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com.
And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review!
Ace Comicals, over and out!#
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, <strong>Greg</strong> and <strong>Leon</strong> discuss:</p>

<ul>
<li>Wonderfully executed post apocalyptic fantasy in <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-realm-1" rel="nofollow">&quot;The Realm&quot;</a></li>
<li>The psychadelic and supernatural <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/retcon-1" rel="nofollow">&quot;Retcon&quot;</a></li>
<li>The swords and sorcery of Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti&#39;s  <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/comics/wonder-womanconan-2017/wonder-womanconan-1" rel="nofollow">&quot;Wonder Woman/ Conan&quot;.</a>.</li>
<li>A nightmarish vision of The Flash from a broken universe in <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/comics/dark-matter-2017/batman-the-red-death-1" rel="nofollow">&quot;Dark Knights- Batman: The Red Death&quot;</a></li>
<li>The continuing journey into the psyche of a broken god in Tom King and Mitch Gerads&#39; <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/comics/mister-miracle-2017/mister-miracle-2" rel="nofollow">&quot;Mister Miracle #2&quot;.</a>.</li>
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<p>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! </p>

<p>Notes: The pictures of the introductions and forewords that we mention can be found <a href="https://acecomicals.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/019-admins-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/" rel="nofollow">here</a> on the <a href="https://acecomicals.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/019-admins-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/" rel="nofollow">Ace Comicals blog</a></p>

<p><a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">Send any questions or feedback to</a> <a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">acecomicals@gmail.com</a>.<br>
And also please <a href="http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow">subscribe</a> and leave us a review!</p>

<h1>Ace Comicals, over and out!</h1><p><a rel="payment" href="http://ko-fi.com/acecomicals">Support Ace Comicals</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>In this episode, <strong>Greg</strong> and <strong>Leon</strong> discuss:</p>

<ul>
<li>Wonderfully executed post apocalyptic fantasy in <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/the-realm-1" rel="nofollow">&quot;The Realm&quot;</a></li>
<li>The psychadelic and supernatural <a href="https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/retcon-1" rel="nofollow">&quot;Retcon&quot;</a></li>
<li>The swords and sorcery of Gail Simone and Aaron Lopresti&#39;s  <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/comics/wonder-womanconan-2017/wonder-womanconan-1" rel="nofollow">&quot;Wonder Woman/ Conan&quot;.</a>.</li>
<li>A nightmarish vision of The Flash from a broken universe in <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/comics/dark-matter-2017/batman-the-red-death-1" rel="nofollow">&quot;Dark Knights- Batman: The Red Death&quot;</a></li>
<li>The continuing journey into the psyche of a broken god in Tom King and Mitch Gerads&#39; <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/comics/mister-miracle-2017/mister-miracle-2" rel="nofollow">&quot;Mister Miracle #2&quot;.</a>.</li>
</ul>

<p>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! </p>

<p>Notes: The pictures of the introductions and forewords that we mention can be found <a href="https://acecomicals.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/019-admins-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/" rel="nofollow">here</a> on the <a href="https://acecomicals.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/019-admins-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/" rel="nofollow">Ace Comicals blog</a></p>

<p><a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">Send any questions or feedback to</a> <a href="mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">acecomicals@gmail.com</a>.<br>
And also please <a href="http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe" rel="nofollow">subscribe</a> and leave us a review!</p>

<h1>Ace Comicals, over and out!</h1><p><a rel="payment" href="http://ko-fi.com/acecomicals">Support Ace Comicals</a></p>]]>
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