iFanboy - Comic Books Pick of the Week #233 - Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #1
Conor Kilpatrick can't escape international extradition laws, so Ron Richards and Josh Flanagan welcome Evie Nagy of Awesomed By Comics to fill the big man's chair. Evie brings a biting wit and an appreciation of Gail Simone to the show, and boy do the sparks fly as she and Josh become enemies and then frenemys.
Running Time: 01:02:25
Pick of the Week:
00:02:16 - Ron was surprised to be picking Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine #1.
Comics:
00:11:29 - Uncanny X-Men #524 was close to being the Pick until the end and Wolverine's reaction.
00:18:29 - Evie drops some knowledge on Secret Six #21.
00:26:35 - Josh found the art choices on Batman & Robin #12 interesting.
00:31:48 - For 1 dollar, you can't go wrong with Mike Allred's art on iZombie #1.
00:33:44 - It doesn't get better than Hellboy in Mexico.
00:36:40 - We all think that there are just too many characters in Brightest Day #1.
00:38:20 - Finally! Astro City: The Dark Age, Part Four #4 ends this ongoing saga!
00:40:30 - Demo, Vol. 2 #4 continues be great, with this issue featuring some very Manga-esque art from Becky Cloonan.
User Reviews:
00:43:00 - dworden is really digging Spider-Man Fever #2.
00:44:30 - Zombox thought War of the Super-Men got off to a good start.
E-Mail:
00:47:19 - Gary L. has some thoughts about the death of Nightcrawler and what it means for
comics.
Voicemail:
00:50:25 - John from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has an idea about getting sketches at cons.
Etc.:
• Go subscribe to iFanboy: Don't Miss to hear a preview of a book coming out this week. This week we've got Jeph Loeb talking Hulk #22
• Josh spoke to Joe Kubert in our latest Talksplode, you don't want to miss this one
• Iron Man 2 came out this week and Josh and Ron have opinions of it!
• Go listen to Evie on Awesomed By Comics and follow Evie on Twitter!
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Music:
"The High Road"
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