Serious Issues: A Comic Book Podcast with Andrew Levins

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Episode 14: How to Talk to Girls on a Dark Night with No I.D. Jun 28, 2016

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In this episode we review the latest books by Neil Gaiman, Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon (How to Talk to Girls at Parties), Paul Dini and Eduardo Risso (Dark Night: A True Batman Story) and Emma Rios (I.D.), plus sing our praises of the latest softcover collection of Darwyn Cooke's DC: A New Frontier. Oh, and we review almost 30 new issues of comics.

Reviewed in this episode:

Aquaman #1
The Flash #1
Wonder Woman #1
Star Wars: The Force Awakens #1
Deadpool Vs Gambit #1
Civil War II: Choosing Sides #1
Lucas Stand #1
Action Man #1
She Wolf #1
Justice League #52
Action Comics #958
Detective Comics #935
Sam Wilson Captain America #10
Bitch Planet #8
Nighthawk #2
Power Man and Iron Fist #5
Doctor Strange #9
The Uncanny Avengers #10
The Ultimates #8
Ms. Marvel #8
Scarlet Witch #7
Totally Awesome Hulk #7
Rumble #11
Black Road #3
Archie #9
Dept.H #3
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
I.D.
Dark Night: A True Batman Story
DC: A New Frontier

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

Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to start reading something we’re missing out on. Email us at seriousissues@kingscomics.com or find us at facebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear, please leave us a nice review on iTunes!

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Episode 13: Batman Week and Marvel's Loud Disagreement (aka Civil War 2) Jun 21, 2016

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We read more than 30 comics this week! What is wrong with us? Hear us slog through reviews of all the new DC titles (including Batman and Superman!), the latest chapter of Civil War 2, a new Han Solo book, Tales From the Darkside and more! Plus - we answer a fan email about the best comics for a five year old!

Reviewed in this episode:

Batman #1
Superman #1
Dark Knight Returns: The Last Crusade
Green Arrow #1
Teen Titans Rebirth #1
Green Lanterns #1
The Joyners #1
Weird Detective #1
Tales From the Darkside #1
Civil War II: X-Men #1
Vote Loki #1
Han Solo #1
Civil War II #2
Black Widow #3
The Adventures of Archer and Armstrong #4
Klaus #6
Hellcat #7
Space Battle Lunchtime #2
The Uncanny Inhumans #10
A Year of Marvels: The Incredible #1
Invincible #129
Low #14
Descender #12
Lazarus #22
The Astonishing Ant-Man #9
Mockingbird #3
Jughead #7
Scooby Apocalypse #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 12: Headlopper Ends, Sherlock Begins Jun 14, 2016

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DC's Rebirth continues, and so too do our reviews of all the new number #1s - including The Flash, Wonder Woman and Aquaman - plus reviews of Marvel's Civil War 2 tie-ins, the final issue of Head Lopper, the first issue of the Sherlock manga and more. Also, Siobhan gives us a guide to getting into Archie comics!

Read and reviewed in this episode:

Wonder Woman Rebirth #1
Aquaman Rebirth #1
The Flash Rebirth #1
Sherlock: A Study In Pink #1
Wacky Raceland #1
Civil War 2: Gods of War #1
Civil War 2: Amazing Spider-Man #1
Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy #1
Midnight of the Soul #1
Merry Men #1
Pink Panther #1
4001AD: Bloodshot #1
Prometheus: Life And Death #1
Action Comics #957
Detective Comics #934
Grizzly Shark vs Seabear #3
Head Lopper #4
Goldie Vance #3
The Vision #8
The Fix #3
Poe Dameron #3
Empress #3
Howard the Duck #8
The Wicked and The Divine #20
Injection #10
The New Avengers #12
The Sheriff of Babylon #7
Renato Jones The One% #2
Black Canary #12

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Episode 11: DC Rebirth, Civil War 2 and Some Actually Good Comics Jun 08, 2016

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Massive week! Not only do we review the first 4 comics from DC Rebirth, we also dive head first into Marvel's big new event Civil War 2, and rave about the final issue of Hellboy In Hell. Plus, new issues of The Punisher, Deadly Class, Paper Girls, Wolverine and more!

Reviewed in this episode:

Civil War 2 #1
Batman Rebirth #1
Superman Rebirth #1
Green Lantern Rebirth #1
Green Arrow Rebirth #1
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Pink #1
Strange Attractors #1
The Revisionist #1
Bebop & Rocksteady: Destroy Everything #1
Hellboy In Hell #10
Deadly Class #21
Spider-Women Omega #1
All-New Wolverine #9
Weirdworld #6
Moon Knight #3
Unfollow #8
The Punisher #2
The Goddamned #4
Paper Girls #6
4001AD #2
Satellite Falling #2
All-New All-Different Avengers #10
Godzilla Oblivion #3
The Walking Dead #155

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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 10: Siobhan Rebirth and Levins Apocalypse May 31, 2016

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Serious Issues turns ten episodes old and celebrates by recording an episode with a half dead, uncontrollably coughing Levins! In between the spluttering we review the super-surprising DC Universe Rebirth #1, the super-unnecessarily-controversial Captain America #1 and the super-unbelievably bad Scooby Apocalypse #1!

Comics reviewed in this episode:

DC Universe Rebirth #1
Scooby Apocalypse #1
Captain America #1
Nighthawk #1
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas #1
Disney Magic Kingdom Comics #1
The Mighty Thor #7
Star Wars #19
Sex #28
The Uncanny Inhumans #9
Doctor Strange #8
Batgirl #52
Adventures of Supergirl #2
Superman: Lois & Clark #8
Afterlife With Archie #9
Joyride #2
Aliens Defiance #2
Captain Marvel #5
The Legacy of Luther Strode #6
The Omega Men #12
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #8
Klaw

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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 9: Superheroines May 24, 2016

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Siobhan started a ladies group at Kings Comics called Queens of Kings, and to celebrate we take a look at the many comics published by Marvel that feature female superheroes (it’s gotta be a record at the moment!) and rank our favourites. Plus we review the first issues of Civil War 2, Future Quest, Tank Girl, Archangel and Mae, as well as the latest issues of Superman: American Alien, Power Man & Iron Fist, Goldie Vance, Jughead and more.

Find Queens of Kings at https://www.facebook.com/queensofkingscomics/

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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 8: Celebrating Darwyn Cooke May 17, 2016

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In our latest episode we celebrate the work of one of our favourite comic book creators Darwyn Cooke, who sadly passed away over the weekend. Special guest Jim Papagrigoriou, manager of Kings Comics, joins us to recommend everything from The New Frontier and Parker to more obscure Darwyn Cooke comics like Doop and X-Force.

We also review a very strong week of new issues, including the latest from Southern Bastards, The Vision, Batman, Black Panther, The Fix, Archie, Kaijumax and more, plus answer some listener emails about Australian comics and comic book friendships!

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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.

Episode 7: Free Comic Book Day Hangover May 11, 2016

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We spent all day Saturday talking to the many comic fans in the line at Kings Comics for Free Comic Book Day! This episode begins with us asking everyone in the line a few questions, before we review the latest issues of Poe Dameron, Klaus, Black Widow, Unfollow, Empress, Moon Knight, Sheriff of Babylon plus the brand new first issues of The Punisher, Renato Jones The One%, Kings Quest, Cinema Purgatorio, Thunderbolts and more!

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 6: The Patient Saga of Free Comic Book Day May 03, 2016

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Free Comic Book Day is coming up this weekend and we've gotthe hot tips for which comics you should pick up!

We also read new issues of Saga, Darkwing Duck, Dark Knight III,Doctor Strange, Micronauts, the finale of the Avengers: Standoffand we finally review Patience, the latest graphic novel fromDaniel Clowes!

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

Get in touch with us to ask us a question or tell us to startreading something we’re missing out on. Email us at seriousissues@kingscomics.com or find us atfacebook.com/seriousissuespodcast. If you like what you hear,please leave us a nice review on iTunes!

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Episode 5: Naked Superman in Space Apr 26, 2016

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This week we review a special issue of Criminal by Ed Brubakerand Sean Phillips, an even more special issue of The Walking Deadwritten by Brian K Vaughan and some just kinda special issues ofHoward The Duck, Superman American Alien, Captain America and more.Siobhan also shares some info about Free Comic Book Day and a storyabout Brian Posehn visiting Kings Comics this week!

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