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It’s a… bird! It’s a… plane! It’s a… new cinematic take on the DC Universe courtesy of writer/director/studio head James Gunn! It’s Superman! A movie this monumental requires a monumental set of hosts and so the original iFanboy trio of Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and Ron Richards have gathered like some kind of Podcast Gang to talk about it! Running Time: 00:48:05 Music:“Punkrocker (featuring Iggy Pop)”Teddybears Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's iFanboy 20/25 -- 20 years of podcasting and 25 years of iFanboy! The weekly comic book cannon stays pointed at our heads, and we need to reach up and grab the best one, get on the gab sticks, and send them to your ear holes. We just can't stop, and Conan has to be Conan. Note: Time codes are estimates due to dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:15:16 Pick of the Week:00:01:25 - Uncanny Valley #10 Comics:00:10:12 - The Savage Sword of Conan #900:17:39 - Fantastic Four #727 (1)00:24:14 - Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring #100:29:30 - Transformers #2200:35:35 - Superman Treasury 2025: Hero for All #100:45:31 - Action Comics #108800:46:27 - Kevin Smith Presents: Archie Meets Jay & Silent Bob #1 Patron Pick:00:51:10 - Marvel Swimsuit Special: Friends, Foes and Rivals #1 Patron Thanks:00:58:45 - Kris Calabrese Listener Mail:01:01:27 - Patrick K. from North Carolina is looking for the Mt. Rushmore of Superman stories. Brought To You By: iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or join for a full year and get a discount! You can also make a one time donation of any amount! iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got TWENTY TWO designs! Music:"He-Man"Punk Rock Factory Watch The iFanboy After Show for Pick of the Week #985! Listen to Josh discuss Fargo on Movie of the Year: 1996. Watch Ron talk about pinball technology on the Daily Tech News Show. Listen to Conor, Josh, and Ron discuss The Crow (1994) on Cradle to the Grave. Watch Josh and Conor talk about how to start a podcast on OpenWater. Listen to Conor discuss Swingers on Movie of the Year: 1996. Listen to Conor discuss Ghostbusters on Movie of the Year: 1984. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we’re proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! What’s a Mediasplode? It’s a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It’s like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Note: Time codes are estimates due to dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. SPOILERS BELOW! Running Time: 01:18:34 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss… What We’ve Been Enjoying:00:03:02 – Conor went to the theater to see F1: The Movie.00:08:42 – Josh (and Ron) watched Pee-wee as Himself.00:17:53 – Ron went to the theater for the 41st anniversary re-release of This is Spinal Tap. Old Men on Old Movies:00:23:15 – The guys are joined by super fan Gordon the Intern to talk about Rad.01:05:19 – Dan C. from New Jersey has three questions about Rad. Music:“Music That You Can Dance To”Sparks Find all of Gordon the Intern’s films here! Listen to Josh discuss Fargo on Movie of the Year: 1996. Watch Ron talk about pinball technology on the Daily Tech News Show. Listen to Conor, Josh, and Ron discuss The Crow (1994) on Cradle to the Grave. Watch Josh and Conor talk about how to start a podcast on OpenWater. Listen to Conor discuss Swingers on Movie of the Year: 1996. Listen to Conor discuss Ghostbusters on Movie of the Year: 1984. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s iFanboy 20/25 — 20 years of podcasting and 25 years of iFanboy! It was an incredibly weird week of comics with not a lot to talk about, but Josh Flanagan and the returning Conor Kilpatrick do their best. Plus, how is reading comics like playing with toys when you were a kid? Note: Time codes are estimates due to dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:03:30 Pick of the Week:00:01:48 – Captain America #772 (1) Comics:00:15:12 – Godzilla vs. Thor #100:23:04 – X-Men #319 (19)00:27:55 – JSA #900:30:19 – Absolute Green Lantern #400:32:17 – Daredevil #685 (23)00:37:07 – G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #318 Patron Pick:00:41:41 – Captain America #772 (1) Patron Thanks:00:43:11 – Plato’s Cave Listener Mail:00:45:26 – Zak H. from Milwaukee, Wisconsin wonders if the iFanboys read too many comics.00:49:57 – Geoff C. wants to know if every issue of a miniseries or of a story arc have been Pick of the Week.00:54:25 – Dan G. from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is curious about writer submissions to iFanboy in the old days. Brought To You By: Shopify – This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period and take your business to the next level. iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or join for a full year and get a discount! You can also make a one time donation of any amount! iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got TWENTY TWO designs! Music:“Sister Golden Hair”America   Watch The iFanboy After Show for Pick of the Week #984! Listen to Josh discuss Fargo on Movie of the Year: 1996. Watch Ron talk about pinball technology on the Daily Tech News Show. Listen to Conor, Josh, and Ron discuss The Crow (1994) on Cradle to the Grave. Watch Josh and Conor talk about how to start a podcast on OpenWater. Listen to Conor discuss Swingers on Movie of the Year: 1996. Listen to Conor discuss Ghostbusters on Movie of the Year: 1984. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s iFanboy 20/25 — 20 years of podcasting and 25 years of iFanboy! Whether it’s cosmic rays or irradiated dust the show is positively radioactive today as Josh Flanagan is joined by Dr. Ryan Haupt to discuss this week’s comics! Note: Time codes are estimates due to dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:09:31 Pick of the Week: 00:01:51 – ⁠Fantastic Four #726 (33)⁠ Star Wars Corner: 00:09:28 – Star Wars: Legacy of Vader #5 Comics: 00:15:18 – New History of the DC Universe #1 00:19:17 – Out of Alcatraz #4 00:24:58 – Lazarus: Fallen #1 00:28:26 – VR Troopers #1 00:31:58 – Assorted Crisis Events #4 Patron Pick: 00:37:55 – ⁠News from The Fallout #1⁠ Patron Thanks: 0:46:48 – Hugh Allyn Listener Mail: 0:50:04 – Ken J. from the Great White North wants to know which characters in comics should just stay dead forever? 00:57:55 – Morgan B. from Birmingham, Alabama wants to know what happened to the soap opera style of comics from an earlier era? Where has all the romance and drama gone? Brought To You By: ⁠Shopify⁠ – This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period and take your business to the next level. ⁠iFanboy Patrons⁠ – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or join for a full year and get a discount! You can also make a one time donation of any amount! ⁠iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch⁠ – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got TWENTY TWO designs! Music: ⁠“Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing”⁠ Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell   Watch The iFanboy After Show for Pick of the Week #983! Listen to Josh discuss Fargo on ⁠Movie of the Year: 1996⁠. Watch Ron talk about pinball technology on the ⁠Daily Tech News Show⁠. Listen to Conor, Josh, and Ron discuss The Crow (1994) on ⁠Cradle to the Grave⁠. Watch Josh and Conor talk about how to start a podcast on ⁠OpenWater⁠. Listen to Conor discuss Swingers on ⁠Movie of the Year: 1996⁠. Listen to Conor discuss Ghostbusters on ⁠Movie of the Year: 1984⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s iFanboy 20/25 — 20 years of podcasting and 25 years of iFanboy! There were too many books this week and The Jamokes™ are exhausted. Only Noriyuki “Pat” Morita can save the show now. Note: Time codes are estimates due to dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:08:38 Pick of the Week:00:02:19 – Batman & Robin: Year One #8 Comics:00:08:00 – Wonder Woman #822 (22)00:11:50 – Aliens vs. Avengers #400:16:32 – West Coast Avengers #800:21:18 – Emma Frost: The White Queen #100:24:11 – The Amazing Spider-Man (6)00:30:24 – G.I. Joe #8 The Bell:00:33:24 – The Bell is back!00:34:34 – The Ultimates #1300:34:51 – Nightwing #12700:35:07 – Bug Wars #500:35:27 – Batman/Superman: World’s Finest #4000:35:41 – Blood & Thunder #200:36:01 – Exquisite Corpses #200:36:29 – Absolute Flash #400:36:45 – Zatanna #500:37:03 – EC Epitaphs from the Abyss #1200:37:23 – The Great British Bump-Off: Kill or Be Quilt #3 Patron Pick:00:37:59 – Krypto: The Last Dog of Krypton #1 Patron Thanks:00:47:05 – TCJ Listener Mail:00:49:54 – Patrick K. from North Carolina wonders why new characters seem to flounder under successive creative teams.00:54:07 – Chris S. from Texas thinks that the Big Two should give high profile creators their own Earths in which to play. Brought To You By: iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or join for a full year and get a discount! You can also make a one time donation of any amount! iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got TWENTY TWO designs! Music:“Too Pooped to Pop”Chuck Berry Watch The iFanboy After Show for Pick of the Week #982! Listen to Josh discuss Fargo on Movie of the Year: 1996. Watch Ron talk about pinball technology on the Daily Tech News Show. Listen to Conor, Josh, and Ron discuss The Crow (1994) on Cradle to the Grave. Watch Josh and Conor talk about how to start a podcast on OpenWater. Listen to Conor discuss Swingers on Movie of the Year: 1996. Listen to Conor discuss Ghostbusters on Movie of the Year: 1984. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we’re proud to present another episode of Mediasplode! Note: Time codes are estimates due to dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. SPOILERS BELOW! Running Time: 01:07:52 This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick are joined by their original Pick of the Week co-host Ron Richards to discuss… What We’ve Been Enjoying:00:03:53 – Ron has been watching the first season of Stick.00:09:07 – Josh has been watching Long Way Home.00:14:20 – Conor has been watching the new season of Welcome to Wrexham. Discussion:00:24:51 – Remembering Brian Wilson00:37:48 – The 50th Anniversary of Jaws What’s a Mediasplode? It’s a monthly special edition show in which we talk about what we are enjoying in media outside of the realm of comic books. It’s like our All Media Year End Round-Up but in a shorter, monthly format. Music:“Tell Me Why (feat. Al Jardine)”Brian Wilson Listen to Josh discuss Fargo on Movie of the Year: 1996. Watch Ron talk about pinball technology on the Daily Tech News Show. Listen to Conor, Josh, and Ron discuss The Crow (1994) on Cradle to the Grave. Watch Josh and Conor talk about how to start a podcast on OpenWater. Listen to Conor discuss Swingers on Movie of the Year: 1996. Listen to Conor discuss Ghostbusters on Movie of the Year: 1984. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s iFanboy 20/25 — 20 years of podcasting and 25 years of iFanboy! Recriminations reliably rally regarding riposte remarks randomly revealed in response to ribald recording. But you may call us: Two Jamokes™ featuring a Ryan. Note: Time codes are estimates due to dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:18:08 Pick of the Week:00:03:16 – One World Under Doom #5 Comics:00:14:16 – DC vs. Vampires: World War V #1000:23:25 – Robin & Batman: Jason Todd #100:29:59 – Action Comics #108700:34:22 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #900:38:25 – Absolute Batman #900:46:01 – The New Avengers #1 Star Wars Corner:00:49:24 – Star Wars #2 Patron Pick:00:52:40 – Runaways #1 Patron Thanks:01:00:24- Adam Sherring Listener Mail:01:02:46 – Ben F. from Erie, Pennsylvania sends in three good questions but there’s only time for one regarding the nearly wholesale discarding of the secret identity in superhero stories. Ben wants to know what’s the deal? Brought To You By: Shopify – This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period and take your business to the next level. iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or join for a full year and get a discount! You can also make a one time donation of any amount! iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got TWENTY TWO designs! Music:“Love and Mercy”Brian Wilson  Show Notes It’s iFanboy 20/25 — 20 years of podcasting and 25 years of iFanboy! Recriminations reliably rally regarding riposte remarks randomly revealed in response to ribald recording. But you may call us: Two Jamokes™ featuring a Ryan. Note: Time codes are estimates due to dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:18:08 Pick of the Week:00:03:16 – One World Under Doom #5 Comics:00:14:16 – DC vs. Vampires: World War V #1000:23:25 – Robin & Batman: Jason Todd #100:29:59 – Action Comics #108700:34:22 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #900:38:25 – Absolute Batman #900:46:01 – The New Avengers #1 Star Wars Corner:00:49:24 – Star Wars #2 Patron Pick:00:52:40 – Runaways #1 Patron Thanks:01:00:24- Adam Sherring Listener Mail:01:02:46 – Ben F. from Erie, Pennsylvania sends in three good questions but there’s only time for one regarding the nearly wholesale discarding of the secret identity in superhero stories. Ben wants to know what’s the deal? Brought To You By: Shopify – This episode is sponsored by Shopify. Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period and take your business to the next level. iFanboy Patrons – Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or join for a full year and get a discount! You can also make a one time donation of any amount! iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch – Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We’ve got TWENTY TWO designs! Music:“Love and Mercy”Brian Wilson Watch The iFanboy After Show for Pick of the Week #981! Listen to Josh discuss Fargo on Movie of the Year: 1996. Watch Ron talk about pinball technology on the Daily Tech News Show. Listen to Conor, Josh, and Ron discuss The Crow (1994) on Cradle to the Grave. Watch Josh and Conor talk about how to start a podcast on OpenWater. Listen to Conor discuss Swingers on Movie of the Year: 1996. Listen to Conor discuss Ghostbusters on Movie of the Year: 1984. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we’re proud to present another Booksplode! This month, Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan take a look at… Ronin by Frank Miller, Lynn Varley, & John Costanza Running Time: 00:46:18 What’s a Booksplode? It’s a bi-monthly special edition show in which we take a look at a single graphic novel or collected edition, something we really just don’t have time to do on the regular show. Music:“Everyday People”Sly and The Family Stone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's iFanboy 20/25 -- 20 years of podcasting and 25 years of iFanboy! It's a partially low resolution affair, a middling week, and thus, there are many diversions. Dalmatians were fully avoided. Lessons are learned. Truths are discovered, and disagreements are accepted. Note: Time codes are estimates due to dynamic ad insertion by the distributor. Running Time: 01:18:13 Pick of the Week:00:02:45 - G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #317 Comics:00:14:25 - Marvel Knights: The World to Come #100:21:09 - Ultimate Spider-Man: Incursion #100:28:48 - Birds of Prey #2200:33:26 - JSA #800:34:36 - Absolute Green Lantern #300:43:14 - Red Hulk #5 Patron Pick:00:45:37 - Imperial #1 Patron Thanks:00:57:43 - Jack Higgins Listener Mail:01:00:56 - Dan C. from Baltimore, Maryland is thinking about the G.O.S.H. wing of the Comic Book Hall of Fame. Brought To You By: iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or join for a full year and get a discount! You can also make a one time donation of any amount! iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got TWENTY TWO designs! Music:"Used to Believe"Ted Leo Watch The iFanboy After Show for Pick of the Week #980! Listen to Josh discuss Fargo on Movie of the Year: 1996. Watch Ron talk about pinball technology on the Daily Tech News Show. Listen to Conor, Josh, and Ron discuss The Crow (1994) on Cradle to the Grave. Watch Josh and Conor talk about how to start a podcast on OpenWater. Listen to Conor discuss Swingers on Movie of the Year: 1996. Listen to Conor discuss Ghostbusters on Movie of the Year: 1984. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices