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Wayne’s Comics Podcast #620: Interview with Patrick Lay and a Holiday Tradition Dec 24, 2023

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In Episode 620, Patrick Lay from Dark Horse’s upcoming Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis graphic novel along with a holiday tradition!

Patrick and I talk about this timely and timeless original graphic novel from him as artist and journalist Dave Maas, due in bookstores on January 23 and in comics shops on January 24. It’s described this way: “From 1941 to 1945, the Nazis operated a concentration camp called Terezín (or Theresienstadt) 30 miles outside Prague in what is modern-day Czech Republic. The former fortress town was home to many Jewish artists, writers, musicians, dramatists, actors, and other intellectuals. More than 140,000 people passed through Terezín during the war, and while only a few thousand outlived the Nazi regime, a vast amount of their writings, compositions and artworks survived to tell their stories. This graphic novel is based on one of these works, Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann’s opera Der Kaiser von Atlantis, which Kien and Ullmann did not live to see performed. Through satire and fantasy, the narrative presents many lessons for modern society on war and technology, but its greatest lesson is that none of us must ever forget that beauty and humor can be found even in the face of doom.” We discuss how this book came to be, what else Patrick is working on, and the importance of this story for today’s world.

Then everything wraps up with my annual holiday tradition, playing the audio from ‘Twas the Dark Knight Before Christmas! You can see the video at this link! Don’t miss next week’s episode as we wrap up 2023 with another terrific conversation with another great comics professional!

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Munchkin Land #691: What to Play Over the Holiday Season Dec 19, 2023

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Dan Patriss enters the ring with a list of great games you can play with friends and family over the holiday season.

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GAMES TO PLAY OVER THE HOLIDAYS

Green Team Wins
Planet Unknown
LongShot the Dice Game
Flamecraft
Verdant
Next Station London
Challengers!
Sea,Salt, and paper
Forrest Shuffle
Kites
Framework
Nimalia
Imperial Miners
(Longtime favorites- Las Vegas Can’t Stop and No Thanks!)

NEWS

A new game company has been formed with some long-time industry vets Play to Z announced this week

Zev Shlasinger head honcho
Buonocore on the board
1st game to be Ascending Empires Zenith Ed
More expansions for Shatterpoint-- Finally Luke and Vader

Atomic Mass Games will release Fearless and Inventive Squad Pack Jan ‘24 $50

Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker , Leia, Lando and and R2-D2 as a Supporting Unit.

Fear and Dead Men Squad Pack, Darth Vader with 3 storm troopers and some other extras- Jan ‘24 ($50)

UVS Games unveiled their 2024 lineup of products for UniVersus CCG

IP’s for the next year include:

Cowboy Bebop, YuYu Hasko, Godzilla, Critical role, more My hero academia, and Attack on titan.

The next set of Lorcana will be set 3 Into the Inklands which will introduce Locations or settings into the game and have characters from 101 Dalmations, Scrooge McDuck, Talespin characters and characters from Treasure Planet.

Pegasus Spiele has released MicroMacro: Crime City - Bonus Box Dec ‘23 $25

25 more cases for the great casual party game

Wayne’s Comics Podcast #619: Interview with Josh Howard Dec 17, 2023

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Have you been reading T-Bird & Throttle, a high-octane Indie comic? This week, in Episode 619, creator/writer/artist Josh Howard discusses his excellent book!

Josh and his How Rad Comics company have been providing T-Bird & Throttle for some time now, and the results are outstanding! It’s described this way: “A disgraced superhero faces a sinister conspiracy as he seeks to revive his crime-fighting career.” The first story, called T-Bird & Throttle Vs. The Moon Men, has been released in a collected edition while the latest one-shot, T-Bird & Throttle Vs. the Ape Men, is now available! We discuss how the series came to be, who the various characters are, and what we can expect from Josh in the coming months with this series and his other books, including Dead @17 and Black Harvest. You can buy his books here at his website, so be sure to order your copies today!

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Critical Hit #725: Mail Bag! Dec 15, 2023

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In this installment of Critical Hit - A Major Spoilers Podcast: It's been years since we've done a mail bag episode, so let's correct that!

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**Legion Clubhouse #156: There's Been a Kidnapping** Dec 15, 2023
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What happens when the baby of two of the founding members of the Legion of Super-Hereos is kidnapped by one of the Legion's greatest foes?

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**LEGIONNAIRES 3 #1**

**"Future Shock!"**

**February 1986 - On Sale October 8, 1985**

**w: Keith Giffen/Mindy Newell**

**a: Ernie Colón/Karl Kesel**

The Time Trapper has kidnapped Graym Ranzz and the founding Legionnaires are going to get him back… no matter the cost.

**LEGIONNAIRES 3 #2**

**"From Hell To Eternity"**

**March 1986 - On Sale November 12, 1985**

**w: Keith Giffen/Mindy Newell**

**a: Ernie Colón/Karl Kesel**

Everything the Legionnaires know about the Time Trapper is wrong, and the Ranzz family may pay the price!

**Major Spoilers Podcast #1054: The DC Implosion - The Explosion (Part 1)** Dec 12, 2023
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In November 1977, DC Comics made a proclamation that would change the entire comic book publishing industry. Only, it didn't happen. Instead of an explosion of comics, DC Comics suffered a massive implosion. But does this make DC Comics a loser, or was it just ahead of its time?

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This series was produced for those wanting to learn more about the comics they consume. The below list includes the sources we used to gather information. All quotes, and clips used in this production are used under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976.
**RESOURCES**

**Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1953 statement retrieved from The Miller Center**

https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/educational-resources/age-of-eisenhower/mcarthyism-red-scare

**Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed in 1953 for espionage clip, retrieved from the Daily Mail**

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/embed/video/1341583.html

**Have you no sense of decency, sir? Retrieved from YouTube**

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7x8RkdG6I0

**Seduction of the Innocent by Frederic Wrtham (2021 Edition)**

https://amzn.to/41iL7NA

**Frederic Wertham and William Gaines's testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency were retrieved from WNYC.org and the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection**

https://www.wnyc.org/story/215975-senate-subcommittee-juvenile-delinquency-ii/

**The Ten Cent Plague by David Hajdu**

https://amzn.to/3TfhURL

**The 1954 Comic Code Authority Rules**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority

**Comic Book Sales Data via Comichron**

https://www.comichron.com/yearlycomicssales.html

**"So Much Moralizing" Stan's Soapbox, March 1970**

**New York Times, February 04, 1971**

https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/04/archives/a-comics-magazine-defies-code-ban-on-drug-stories-comics-magazine.html?_r=0

**Comic Code Authority Shuts Down**

https://majorspoilers.com/2011/01/21/last-nail-in-the-coffin-for-comics-code-authority-archie-says-good-bye/

**Tom Brevoort reflections on Rolling Stone's article about Marvel Comics**

https://tombrevoort.com/2021/02/14/blah-blah-blog-rolling-stone/

(referenced as: https://zak-site.com/Great-American-Novel/comic_sales.html)

**The Amazing World of Carmine Infantino by Carmine Infantino and J. David Spurlock (2001)**

https://amzn.to/3RAUox3

**Jenette Kahn Wikipedia**

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenette_Kahn

**Sequential Tart Interview with Jenette Kahn by Jennifer M. Contino, retrieved from the Internet Archive**

https://web.archive.org/web/20031026213108/http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/may01/kahn.shtml

**DC Comics Publishorial, "Onward and Upward"**

DC Comics Logos Over the Years

The Comics Journal #40
Kim Thompson, “An Interview with Marvel’s Head-Honcho: Jim Shooter”(p. 38)

https://www.tcj.com/tcj-archive/the-comics-journal-no-40-june-1978/

**Quotes from The Comic Reader, Comic Media News, and others were sourced from:**

**Comic Book Implosion: The Oral History of DC Comics Circa 1978 by Keith Dallas and John Wells**
https://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1374
**Other resources**

**Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle Between Marvel and DC by Reed Tucker**

https://amzn.to/3RkGfTB

**Marvel Comics: The Untold Story by Sean Howe**
https://amzn.to/3RfGbUX
**MUSIC AND SFX**

Unspoken - licensed via Premiumbeat.com

Break Through - licensed via Premiumbeat.com

Patriotic Epic - licensed via **Premiumbeat.com**

OMnis - Music by DSTechnician from Pixabay

Big Day Out - Music by Geoff Harvey from Pixabay

Defenders of the Truth - Music by Zakhar Valaha from Pixabay

Inspiring Cinematic Ambient - Music by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Superhero Hollywood Trailer - Licensed via PremiumBeat.com

Documentary Background - Music by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay

Out of Time - Music by Zakhar Valaha from Pixabay

Summer Adventures - Music by Sergii Pavkin from Pixabay

This Minimal Technology (Pure) - Music by Yrii Semchyshyn from Pixabay

Sound Effects from Pixabay

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Top Five Non-Jedi Jobs in the Star Wars Universe Dec 07, 2023

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Sure, you COULD be a Jedi, but let's face facts, you really haven't been practicing your force skills like you should. The good news is there are plenty of other jobs in the Star Wars Universe that you can do... maybe...

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Major Spoilers Podcast #1053: The Doc Savage Podcast Dec 05, 2023

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You can't go back again, which is why we are looking at Marvel's Doc Savage comics from the 1970s! We review Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures - Phase III #1 from Dark Horse Comics, City Boy #6 from DC Comics, and Deer Editor #1 from Mad Cave Studios.

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REVIEWS

STEPHEN
STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC ADVENTURES - PHASE III #1
Writer: Daniel Jose Older
Artists: Harvey Tolibao and Nick Brokenshire
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: December 6, 2023
It has been one year since the fall of Starlight. Padawan Lula Talisola and many others are missing and presumed dead. At the Almohaj Cantina, a Republican Outpost on the planet of Eriadu, Zeen mourns . . . and waits. When an intriguing transmission is received from Tartak Vil, a warlord on the remote moon of Bracront, Zeen, Qort, and a void-contemplating droid named 5AG3 must venture once more into hyperspace to repair their fractured team and, perhaps, the galaxy.
[rating:3/5]

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MATTHEW
CITY BOY #6
Writer: Greg Pak
Artist: Minkyu Jung
Publisher: DC Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: November 28, 2023

CITY BOY VERSUS SWAMP THING AND THE ENTIRE NATURAL WORLD ITSELF! After discovering that City Boy's powers parallel those of Swamp Thing, Cameron isn't sure if the source of his powers should be trusted and whether he can even do anything about it. The fate of the world relies on what he and only he can do to save it now!
[rating:4/5]

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RODRIGO
DEER EDITOR #1
Writer: Ryan Lindsay
Artist: Sami Kivela
Publisher: Mad Cave Studios
Cover Price: $4.99
Release Date: January 10, 2024
A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets. For Bucky, an editor of the crime beat at "The Truth," it's all in a day's work...
...but he also happens to be a deer.
Will he chase down his last story in this antler noir series? Deer Editor is perfect for fans of Blacksad and Chinatown.
[rating: 3/5]

DISCUSSION

DOC SAVAGE
Writer: Roy Thomas and Steve Englehart
Artist: Ross Andru
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Release Date: October 1972
Doc Savage survives an attempt on his life by a sniper that shoots at him through his apartment window. The assassin is dressed as an ancient Mayan warrior but Doc Savage and his men give chase when they go after the shooter. Savage corners the shooter at a construction site and apprehends him. He attempts to hypnotize the killer in an effort to learn more information from him but he declares that he would never betray the Son of the Feathered Serpent and leaps to his death. Back at their headquarters, Savage finds a warning on the wall telling him to turn back from his quest lest the red death strike once again. Savage reiterates that will not rest until he finds the men who murdered his father. He vows to continue his fathers work in helping those in need. The final epilogue depicts another Mayan Warrior contacting a mysterious figure known as the Son of the Feathered Serpent. The warrior notifies the Feathered Serpent that the assassination attempt has failed. The Feathered figure orders the warrior to return to Hidalgo in anticipation of another confrontation with Doc Savage in that country.
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Wayne’s Comics Podcast #617: Interviews with Scott Duvall and Sean Reliford, Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore Dec 03, 2023

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This week in Episode 617, you’ll enjoy two fun and fascinating interviews—Going Green’s Scott Duvall and Sean Reliford, then Ahoy Comics’ Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore!

First up, Scott Duvall and Sean Reliford from Going Green, and they have a crowdfunding project going on now with zoop.gg! Their series is described this way: “GOING GREEN is the supernatural family drama of Locke & Key meets the biological horror of Annihilation in a modern-day monster comic with heart. This is a tale of family, loss, and second chances in a strange new world where the dead emerge from soil derived from their composted remains, giving them life anew.” This zoop.gg project will conclude soon—around December 6—so be sure to back it today!

Then everything wraps up with the return of Tom Peyer and Stuart Moore from Ahoy Comics! We explore works from each creator, including The Wrong Earth/Dragonfly & Dragonflyman from Tom as well as Stuart’s Captain Ginger! The company is celebrating a special anniversary, which we discuss, so congratulations! I highly recommend you get these titles and the rest of this company’s offerings!

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