Serious Issues: A Comic Book Podcast with Andrew Levins

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Episode 64: Cliffhangers or Cliffchiangers? Jun 12, 2017

Show notes

It's the episode that'll send shockwaves throughout the comic podcast industry when Levins and Siobhan debut a new segment called Last Things First, followed by another segment named First Things Second. Can our listenership recover from such a dramatic change? Lets hope so.

Comics reviewed in this episode:

Last Things First (1:20)
The Flintstones #12
DKIII The Master Race #9
Doctor Strange #20
Nova #7
Bullseye #5
Reborn #6
Brave Chef Brianna #4
Night Owl Society #3

First Things Second (27:30)
Wonder Woman Steve Trevor Special #1
Superman & Bugs Bunny #1
Darth Vader #1
Iceman #1
Secret Empire Brave New World #1
Bulletproof Coffin: The 1000 Yard Stare #1
The Divided States of Hysteria #1
The Unsound #1
Babyteeth #1
Jazz Maynard #1
Magnus #1
Kiss Vampirella #1
Gwar Orgasmageddon #1
Mighty Mouse #1
Ash vs The Army Darkness #0
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Amazing Adventures #1
Harvey Hits #1
Mighty Zodiac #1
DC (1:04:34)
Batman #24
Superman #24
Bane Conquest #2
Nightwing #22
Injustice 2 #3
Shade the Changing Girl #9
Savage Things #4

Image (1:19:32)
Stray Bullets Sunshine and Roses #24
Paper Girls #15
The Walking Dead #168
Extremity #4
Eternal Empire #2
Rock Candy Mountain #3
Planetoid Praxis #5
Injection #13
Youngblood #2
Cannibal #6
Marvel (1:31:36)
Zombies Assemble #2
All New Guardians of the Galaxy #3
Black Bolt #2
X-Men Gold #5
Jessica Jones #9
Rocket #2
Champions #9
The Unstoppable Wasp #6
Avengers #8
Daredevil #21
The Amazing Spider-Man #28
Hawkeye #7
Other Publishers (1:48:40)
Heathen #4
Redline #4
Stained #2
Ab Irato #2
Sherlock: The Blind Baker #6
Comics to pick up this week (1:54:30)

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Episode 63: Capvfefe Jun 05, 2017

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During a slightly quiet week for comics we managed to keep ourselves busy by reading a graphic novel (the 1000th comic Jeff Lemire has released this year) AND we review our first ever straight up porno comic! Where do we even go from here?

Comics reviewed in this episode:

First Things First (2:23)
Wonder Woman Annual #1
Trinity Annual #1
Teen Titans Special #1
Cable #1
Secret Empire Uprising #1
Paklis #1
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers 2017 Annual
Judge Dredd: Funko Universe #1
Animal Jam #1
Joe Golem: Occult Detective - The Outer Dark #1

Marvel (34:27)
Secret Empire #3
Doctor Strange #21
Captain America: Sam Wilson #22
Deadpool #31
Moon Knight #14
Occupy Avengers #7
Hulk #6
Generation X #2
Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy #5
Thanos #7
Man-Thing #4
Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #7
Image (1:02:55)
Saga #43
Kill Or Be Killed #9
Sex Criminals #19
Black Science #30
Romulus #4
Hadrian's Wall #7
The Black Road #10

Other Publishers (1:19:30)
Aliens: Dead Orbit #2
Judge Dredd: The Blessed Earth #2
Motor Girl #6
Nam Wolf #2
Heavy Metal #286

Graphic Novels (1:28:47)
Small Favours (by Colleen Coover)
Secret Path (by Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire)

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Episode 62: Heaps! May 29, 2017

Show notes

We thought we'd do something drastically different this week and review just a tonne of books came out last week.

Comics reviewed in this episode:

First Things First (2:48)
I Am Groot #1
Star-Lord Annual #1
James Bond: Service
Rapture #1
The Archies One Shot
The Normals #1
Victor LaValle's Destroyer #1
Saucer State #1
Samaritan Veritas #1
DC (35:40)
Kamandi Challenge #5
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #21
Batman/The Shadow #2
Suicide Squad #18
Action Comics #980
Wonder Woman #23
Detective Comics #957
Batgirl #11
Mother Panic #7

Image (58:15)
The Old Guard #4
The Dying and the Dead #4
East of West #33
Sun Bakery #3
Redneck #2
Plastic #2
Seven to Eternity #6
Deadly Class #28
Underwinter #3

Marvel (1:19:34)
Venom #150
Secret Warriors #2
Black Panther #14
Steve Rogers Captain America #17
Jean Grey #2
All New Guardians of the Galaxy #2
Guardians of the Galaxy Mother Entropy #4
X-Men Blue #4
Infamous Iron Man #8
Doctor Strange and the Sorcerer Supreme #8
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #19
Totally Awesome Hulk #19
Other Publishers (1:46:38)
The Shaolin Cowboy: Who'll Stop the Rain #2
Black Hammer #9
Dept.H #14
Death Be Damned #4
XO Manowar #3

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Episode 61: Nicely Drawn Butts May 23, 2017

Show notes

Levins only read 16 comics this week! Luckily Siobhan picked up the slack and read the rest - plus they both read a manga! Definitely check out our review of Gengoroh Tagame's wonderful My Brother's Husband Volume 1.

First Things First (2:30)
Luke Cage #1
Generation X #1
Grrl Scouts: Magic Socks #1
Sovereigns #1
Bubble Girl #1
DC (19:07)
Batman #23
The Flash #22
Superman #23
Super Sons #4
Nightwing #21
Teen Titans #8
Batwoman #3
The Wild Storm #4
Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #8
Image (45:50)
Royal City #3
Curse Words #5
The Few #5
Invincible #136

Marvel (53:19)
Secret Empire #2
The Mighty Thor #19
Nick Fury #2
Royals #3
X-Men Gold #4
Punisher #12
Ultimates2 #7
Monsters Unleashed #2
Star Wars #31

Other Publishers (1:15:42)
Kim Reaper #2
Night Owl Society #2
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys #3
Animal Noir #4
Dead Inside #5
Brittania We Who Are About to Die #2
The Spirit: Corpse Makers #3
World Reader #2
Eleanor and the Egret #2
Archie #20
Jughead #15
My Brothers Husband Volume 1

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Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.

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Episode 60: The Queen of Sex Planet May 15, 2017

Show notes

We started a Patreon for our podcast! If you love Serious Issues and want to support the show (which will end up leading to us making even more episodes and content!), check out our page and become a patron for as much as you can afford each month. No pressure if you don't want to do that. The show's gonna stay the same no matter what. But if you feel like giving a little back to your pals Shinbone and Levdawg, the option is there. Actually it's here: https://www.patreon.com/seriousissuespodcast

Comics reviewed in this episode (now with timestamps! Thanks patrons!):

First Things First (9:43)
Secret Warriors #1
Rocket #1
Star Wars The Screaming Citadel #1
Zombies Assemble #1
Bug The Adventures of Forager #1
Regression #1
Renato Jones Season Two #1
Misfit City #1
Eternal Warrior Awakening #1
Ghostbusters Funko Universe #1
Dragon Age Knight Errant #1
Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Sons of Ares #1

Marvel (47:30)
Uncanny Avengers #23
Avengers #7
Black Panther and The Crew #2
X-Men Blue #3
All-New Wolverine #20
Guardians of the Galaxy Mother Entropy #2
Kingpin #4
Silver Surfer #11
Amazing Spider-Man #27
Ms Marvel #18
Weapon X #3

Image (1:12:57)
A.D. After Death #3
Black Cloud #2
Rock Candy Mountain #2
Green Valley #8
The Fix #9

DC (1:25:12)
Wonder Woman #22
All-Star Batman #10
Teen Titans #7
Titans #11
New Super-Man #11
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #20
Suicide Squad #17
Action Comics #979
Detective Comics #956
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey #10
Supergirl #10
Red Hood and the Outlaws #10
Shade the Changing Girl #8
Other publishers (1:44:27)
Godshaper #2
Grass Kings #3
Redline #3
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Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.

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Episode 59: Turbuhaler May 08, 2017

Show notes

Siobhan and Levins cough their way through over 50 comic book reviews, including 22 number one issues! It's a new record! The most number one issues ever reviewed on Serious Issues AND the most audible coughs ever recorded on a podcast! Are colds contagious over audio? Sorry if they are.

Comics reviewed in this episode:

Empowered and the Soldier of Love #3
Predator Hunters #1
Bane: Conquest #1
Batman #22
Injustice 2 #1
Nightwing #20
Superman #22
The Flintstones #11
Savage Things #3
Gumballs #2
Helena Crash #3
Eternal Empire #1
Extremity #3
Manifest Destiny #28
Paper Girls #14
Planetoid Praxis #4
The Walking Dead #167
Youngblood #1
All-New Guardians of the Galaxy #1
Black Bolt #1
Bullseye #4
Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission #1
Guardians of the Galaxy: Mother Entropy #1
Jean Grey #3
Jessica Jones #8
Nova #6
Secret Empire #1
X-Men Gold #3
Ab Irato #1
Amazing Age #1
Blood Blister #2
Brave Chef Brianna #3
Colossi #1
My Brother’s Keeper GN
Croak #1
The Damned #1
Goldie Vance #12
Lilith Dark #1
Pestilence #1
Reggie and Me #5
Shipwreck #4
Stained #1
Swordquest #0
Tekken #1
Underdog #1

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Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.

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Episode 58: Waka-chica-wow! May 01, 2017

Show notes

This week we break some kind of record for reviewing like 60 issues of comics AND two new graphic novels! How do we do it? Surely performance enhancing drugs? Call the cops!

Comics reviewed in this episode:

24 Legacy Rules of Engagement #1
Action Comics Vol 2 #978
Aliens Dead Orbit #1
Aliens Defiance #11
Batman The Shadow #1
Ben Reilly Scarlet Spider #1
Big Moose One Shot
Bitch Planet #10
Black Monday Murders #5
Black Panther Vol 6 #13
Black Road #9
Britannia We Who #1
Comic Book History of Comics #6
Detective Comics Vol 2 #955
Doom Patrol Vol 6 #6
Elektra Vol 4 #3
Flash Vol 5 #21
Great Lakes Avengers #7
Hadrians Wall #6
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #19
Hookjaw #5
Hulk Vol 4 #5
Infamous Iron Man #7
Judge Dredd Blessed Earth #1
Kamandi Challenge #4
Kill Or Be Killed #8
Loose Ends #4
Magdalena Vol 4 #2
Man-Thing Vol 5 #3
Mighty Thor Vol 2 #18
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #18
Mother Panic #6
Namwolf #1
Night Owl Society #1
No World #1
Occupy Avengers #6
Old Guard #3
Prometheus Life and Death One Shot
Real Science Adventures #1
Rebels These Free & Independent States #2
Rocket Raccoon Vol 3 #5
Splitting Image 80-page Giant
Stray Bullets Sunshine & Roses #23
Suicide Squad Vol 4 #16
Supergirl Being Super #3
Thanos Vol 2 #6
Ultimates (Squared) #6
Underwinter #2
Unfollow #18
Weapon X Vol 3 #2
Wonder Woman Vol 5 #21
X-Men Blue #2
X-Men Gold #2
X-O Manowar Vol 4 #2

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Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.

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Episode 57: Button Empire Apr 24, 2017

Show notes

Siobhan's back! Just in time for us to read the start of Marvel's new Secret Empire event and THE BUTTON! Plus four new comics by Jeff Lemire and almost every other comic that came out last week.

Listen to Levins on The Weekly Planet this week!
https://www.planetbcasting.com/182-movies-ever-better-comics-levins/

Comics reviewed in this episode:

All Star Batman #9
Archie #19
Astro City #43
Batman #21
Batwoman #2
Black #5
Black Hammer #8
Black Panther World of Wakanda #6
Black Science #29
Captain America Steve Rogers #16
Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye #7
Curse Words #4
Daredevil #19
Death Be Damned #3
Dept H #13
Descender #21
Doctor Strange #19
Eclipse #6
Failsafe #1
God Country #4
Guardians of the Galaxy Dream On #1
Injection #12
Invincible #135
Invincible Iron Man #6
James Bond Felix Leiter #4
Low #17
Monsters Unleashed #1
Moon Knight #13
Ms Marvel #17
Nick Fury #1
Nightwing #19
Plastic #1
Punisher #11
Redneck #1
Roughneck
Royal City #2
Royals #2
Secret Empire #0
Sex Criminals #18
Shaolin Cowboy Who Will Stop the Reign #1
Star Lord #6
Super Sons #3
Superman #21
Thunderbolts #12
US Avengers #5
The Wild Storm #3
World Reader #1

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Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.

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Episode 56: Books Suck, Comics Rock (with Alexei Toliopoulos) Apr 17, 2017

Show notes

Siobhan's off holidaying abroad so Levins is joined by Alexei Toliopoulos, one of the hosts of Sydney's best film podcasts The Blank Slate Movie Podcast and Mike Check. After reviewing all of last week's new books, Levins and Alexei share their thoughts on a recently collected trade, The Electric Sublime by W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo.

Comics reviewed in this episode:

Action Comics Vol 2 #977
Black Panther The Crew #1
Captain America Sam Wilson #21
Deadpool VS Punisher #1
Detective Comics Vol 2 #954
Flash Vol 5 #20
Godshaper #1
Grass Kings #2
Green Valley #7
Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #18
Heathen #3
Helena Crash #2
Immortal Brothers Green Knight #1
Kingpin #3
Motor Crush #5
Nancy Drew Hardy Boys #2
Neil Gaiman American Gods Shadows #2
New Superman #10
Power Man and Iron Fist Vol 3 #15
Redline #2
Rose #1
Seven to Eternity #5
Skydoll Sudra #2
Star Wars Doctor Aphra #6
Suicide Squad Vol 4 #15
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol 2 #19
Weapon X Vol 3 #1
Wicked & Divine #28
Wonder Woman Vol 5 #20
X-Men Blue #1
Z Nation #1

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Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.

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Episode 55: An Actual Jizzy Dick Apr 10, 2017

Show notes

Siobhan's about to go overseas for a bit but before she leaves she was forced to read and review 50 new comics that came out last week!

Comics reviewed in this episode:

All New Wolverine #19
America #2
Animal Noir #3
Avengers #6
Batman #20
Black Cloud #1
Box Office Poison Colour Comics #4
Brave Chef Brianna #2
Bullseye #3
Captain America Steve Rogers #15
Eleanor & The Egret #1
Extremity #2
Flintstones #10
Goldie Vance #11
Hawkeye #5
Iron Fist #2
James Bond Black Box #2
Jessica Jones #7
Jughead #14
Kim Reaper #1
Love & Rockets #2
Mighty Man #1
Motor Girl #5
Nightwing #18
Nova #5
Paper Girls #13
Planetoid Praxis #3
Rock Candy Mountain #1
Royals #1
Savage Things #2
Shade the Changing Girl #7
Sovereigns #0
Star Wars #30
Sun Bakery #2
Superman #20
Uncanny Avengers #22
Walking Dead #166
X-Men Gold #1

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Serious Issues is a weekly comic book review podcast, hosted by Andrew Levins and Siobhan Coombs at Kings Comics in Sydney.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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