Pick of the Week #36 – Astonishing X-Men #15

Conor Kilpatrick shocks the iFanboy faithful by picking Astonishing X-Men #15. We discuss how good 52 Week 7 and The Eternals were, and how bad The Flash #1 and The New Avengers #20 was. Ron rants about comic covers and Josh learns to love letterers. We answer some more listener mail too.

Running Time: 01:00:00

Pick of the Week:

00:01:27 - Conor spreads some surprising love towards Astonishing X-Men #15 as his Pick of the Week, while Josh has no clue what's going on.

Comics:

00:17:38 - The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #1 was almost unreadable.

00:19:23 - Something finally happens in 52 Week 7.

00:21:04 - The New Avengers #20 was a huge let down.

00:24:40 - Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr. had us all loving The Eternals #1.

Ron Rant:

00:27:42 - Ron is sick and tired of the recent covers to individual comic issues and Josh and Conor argue that Ron's nuts.

Comic Book Lessons:

0:39:13 - Josh learns an important lesson about comics lettering and advises you to love your letterers.

Email:

00:44:29 - Gene wonders what we think is the differences between Marvel and DC comics.

00:47:04 - Tim from Japan and Deconstructing Comics had the reveal in Civil War #2 spoiled by us. Sorry, Tim!

00:49:42 - On the website, "The Bat" asks what we think of the "Iron Man: Execute Program" and "Planet Hulk" storylines? Also when do we release the podcast?

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News:

00:53:40 - When we recorded this, we were at 199 on the Frappr map. But now, it's past 200!

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Music:

"Unlovable"

The Smiths

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