Pick of the Week #42 – The Escapists #2

Our cosmic search for answers lead us to the recording of the this week's Pick of the Week, where the answer apparently is Brian K. Vaughan's The Escapists #2!

Running Time: 00:56:38

Pick of the Week:

00:01:31 - We dive right in as Josh talks up this week's Pick of the Week -- The Escapists #2.

Comics:

00:10:22 - Ultimate Spider-Man #2 is compared to the Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends special.

00:12:26 - Ron explains what Josh and Conor are missing by not reading Annihilation #1.

00:19:03 - How can we not talk about Civil War? Civil War: Front Line #5 and Ms. Marvel #6.

00:24:34 - Conor's been sucked back into Martian Manhunter #1 and 52 Week 14 was only mildly interesting.

00:26:41 - Josh is perplexed by Jeph Loeb writing both Wolverine and Ultimate Wolverine.

Email:

00:30:12 - Ryan wants to know who would win in a fight: Spider-Man or Wolverine?

00:32:46 - Kurt from Spartanburg, South Carolina wants to know what we'd like to see done with Silver Surfer.

00:35:58 - Shawn wants to know what are some of the "can't miss"/"must read" creator runs in recent DC history and if he should get trades or back issues.

00:40:43 - Raymond from California is curious as to what the big deal with the Watchmen is.

00:43:33 - Gaumer is pissed off at the attire at the wedding of Black Panther and Storm. So is Ron.

Voicemail:

00:46:34 - Andy from Charlotte, North Carolina thinks Dan DiDio of DC sounds like an asshole. Is he?

00:48:22 - Andrew from Birmingham, Alabama wants to know what we think of the upcoming Batman Confidential and Superman Confidential.

News:

00:52:39 - The Frappr map is up to 283 people.

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Music:

"Waiting for Somebody"

Paul Westerberg

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