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01:43:31

Ep.254 – I Dream of Jeannie No. 1 (1966)

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2024/02/12

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée wish for I Dream of Jeannie no. 1! It's a delightful romp through workplace unprofessionalism and the careless wielding of power when Tony the Astronaut and his infinitely-thirsty genie sabotage rocket launches and set off international incidents without consequence! Eh, who cares about all that; Just keep that belly button covered, you heathens!

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01:46:36

Ep.253 – Strange Sports Stories No. 5 (1975)

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2024/01/29

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée lace up for Strange Sports Stories no. 5! It's a pair of twisted tales of sports gone awry, and not due to steroids or CTE! First, a hockey player is forced into the game of his life against a demonic goalie! But here's the cruel twist: Even if he wins, he's still in Canada! Then, a sheriff must abandon his skiing plans to catch some space varmints what made off with some of that there space jewelry! Okay, maybe there's a little CTE involved...

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01:29:49

Ep.252 – Nexus No. 1 (1981)

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2024/01/15

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée swear a loyalty oath to Nexus no. 1! Space vigilante Nexus spends his nights dreaming about atrocities and his days figuring out who he needs to laser-blast in the face to alleviate said dreams! It's a pointless, agonizing existence, but at least he's got perfect obliques and a crew of alien weirdos that worship him and/or those glorious side abs. But when Nexus is asked to take on a job as a hitman in exchange for ending his dreams, will our hero cross

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01:39:35

Ep.251 – World's Finest No. 201 (1971)

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2024/01/01

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée spank 2023 out the door with World's Finest no. 201! Superman and Green Lantern are at odds because they have very different ways of dealing with problems: Superman prefers to do things moronically, whereas GL likes to behave like an idiot. When the Guardians of Oa decide they've had enough of this nonsense, they challenge the two heroes (?) to a game in space to determine who gets to take care of our sexy planet! But to win, Superman will have to

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01:54:33

Ep.250 – Batman No. 27 (1945)

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2023/12/18

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée deck the halls with Batman no. 27! In this 250th episode spectacular, Batman helps a teenage millionaire discover the joy of the season through child abduction and unrestrained physical violence! Plus, Alfred the butler scoffs at the poors, the Penguin breaks into the literature game, and Robin uses his tiny hands to make an older man's volcano erupt! Tis the season... for pleasin'!

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01:42:48

Ep.249 – Kickers, Inc. No. 6 (1986)

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2023/12/04

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée take to the skies for Kickers, Inc. no. 6! Superhuman NFL pro/toppler of Central American governments/robot hater/all-around manchild Jack "Mr. Magnificent" Magniconte is late for the big game! Hopefully this plane he's hopping on doesn't get hijacked by a psychologically-broken flight attendant... HEY GUESS WHAT HAPPENS! It's terror at 35,000 feet when the fate of a planeload of people rests in the hands of a middle-aged man who still thinks

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01:50:17

Ep.248 – Suicide Squad No. 22 (1988)

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2023/11/20

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée pledge allegiance to Suicide Squad no. 22! Likeable bootlicker Rick Flagg has run off to Washington to assassinate a senator who's trying to extort his beloved Suicide Squad, throwing off Squad maestro Amanda Waller's masterplan! The only sensible thing to do, of course, is to send a bunch of psychopaths after Flagg and hope they don't somehow make it worse like they always do every single time! Unless their goal is to assassinate common sense, this is

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02:04:58

Ep.247 – Zip Comics No. 11 (1940)

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2023/11/06

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée unzip their lips to talk about Zip Comics no. 11! It's a bountiful fall harvest of supertypes in these eight Golden Age adventures! There's Steel Sterling, the man with the steel skin, battling a guy who's a little too into snakes (aka your burnout roommate)! There's Lil' Dicky, an unsupervised child exploring strange lands and just kinda stealing things he finds, because he has no parental guidance in his life! Plus, some cowboys, a magician, regional

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02:08:23

Ep.246 – The Haunt of Fear No. 26 (1954)

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2023/10/23

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée plan to go to a Halloween party, but bail on it at the last minute and read The Haunt of Fear no. 26 instead! It's an eerie anthology of tales designed to chill the bones, raise the hair, and dissuade the marriage! Yeah, turns out a lot of creeps in the 50s were getting hitched for money and then murdering their spouses, or at least that's what the Old Witch would have us believe. Say what you will about that one-eyed crone, but she knows a thing or two

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01:59:28

Ep.245 – The Amazing Spider-Man No. 139 (1964)

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2023/10/09

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée get their paws on the Amazing Spider-Man no. 139! It's been almost a month since Peter Parker got his girlfriend Gwen Stacy killed, so naturally he's pretty much over it now, which means it's time to cut lose and fight some new goofy villains! Enter the Grizzly! He's big, he's dumb, he's dressed like a furry, and he's wrecking up the offices of the Daily Bugle! Why? Because throwing your weight around is cool as hell, duh. For real real, it's your last

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01:54:58

Ep.244 – Zatanna No. 1 (1993)

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2023/09/25

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée try to pull a rabbit out of a hat, but end up with Zatanna no. 1 instead! Backwards talking magician and fishnet enthusiast Zatanna has given up the superhero life in favor of becoming a high-powered California talent agent! But now she's seeing demons and monsters everywhere, and her simpering, redheaded boyfriend ain't making the scenery any less creepy! Can Zatanna get to the bottom of the her disturbing visions, or at least start hooking up with some

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01:33:25

Ep.243 – The Brave & the Bold Vol. 2, No 4 (1992)

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2023/09/11

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée are in hot pursuit of the Brave & the Bold no. 4! Green Arrow, the Question, and whoever the Butcher is are all on the case when a Native American man is blamed for the death of an innocent land developer! Hey, if they didn't wanna sell their land why'd they keep the resale value up for so long? We've exceeded our fundraising goal for James' marathon! You'd think that'd be enough for us, but instead we're gonna be greedy and demand even more! All

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01:47:42

Ep.242 – Adventure Comics No. 271 (1960)

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2023/08/28

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée open a big wooden door to adventure with Adventure Comics no. 271! Learn how the budding friendship between Superboy and Lex Luthor came to an early end (As with all male friendships, it involves hair-related jealousy). Then, Congo Bill shoves his brain into a gorilla's body, because that should be fun. Finally, Aquaman and Aqualad confront their religious prejudices when they meet the biblical Noah and call

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01:46:14

Ep.241 – The New Guardians No. 2 (1988)

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2023/08/14

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée sniff out a winner with the New Guardians no. 2! The newly-minted superteam are on a mission to usher in the next generation of humanity, but that's going to have to go on the backburner for a minute because Uncle Sam needs them to be CIA assassins instead! You see, cocaine-powered supervillain Snowflame is running a drug empire out of Columbia, and he's not giving America, like, any of that money! Not even a little! Can the Guardians put aside their

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Ep.240 – Batman No. 208 (1968)

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2023/07/31

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée tally up Bruce Wayne's body count with Batman no. 208! Who is the most important woman in Batman's life? Is it Poison Ivy? Catwoman? A random old woman we've never heard of before who will play almost no part in the Bat mythos going forward? Here's a hint: It's the stupidest option. Along the way, revisit Catwoman's petty revenge, Vicki Vale's bizarre antagonism, and Batgirl's sordid history with... Killer Moth. So Batman gets the Joker and Batgirl gets

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01:30:11

Ep.239 – The New Warriors No. 6 (1990)

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2023/07/17

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée rip a rad frontside 180 to nosegrind right off their copy of New Warriors no. 6! Teenage idiots the New Warriors have a lot on their plates. They've stumbled onto a plot to blow up the Inhumans' city on the moon, they've gotta deal with NASA-hating madman Star Thief, and they've got to figure out how to properly apply Accutane while wearing constricting superhero masks! Those things are bacteria factories, kids! Fortunately, Black Bolt and his inbred

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01:58:18

Ep.238 – Billy Ray Cyrus Marvel Music Special (1995)

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2023/07/03

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée saddle up for the Billy Ray Cyrus Marvel Music Special! In the 90s, Marvel Comics went looking to the music world for their next hot properties, and country music megastar Billy Ray Cyrus threw his mullet into the ring for a couple of pageturning adventures! In the first, Billy Ray employs ghosts and cultural appropriation in a plot to keep a couple of teen lovers from achy breaking up during a camping trip! Then, he brings a DIFFERENT pair of teenage

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02:05:16

Ep.237 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Meet Archie (1991)

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2023/06/19

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée cross over with cheap corporate synergy when they read Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Meet Archie! It's interdimensional terror when the turtles get stranded in the scariest universe of all: One where being a ginger makes you popular! Local redhead Archie Andrews has two smokeshow girlfriends and not a care in the world, as long as one of them doesn't get abducted by some shifty extortionists or something. Aw no, that's exactly what just happened! Maybe

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01:56:29

Ep.236 – Visionaries No. 1 (1987)

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2023/06/05

This time on the Couch: The batteries in Mike, James, and Shée's iPads die, so they resort to reading 1987's Visionaries no. 1 instead! In the future, on a planet that's totally not Earth, a horrible apocalypse has ended the age of science/nerds and ushered in the return of the age of magic/uberchads! Bored magician Merklynn promises a bunch of self-proclaimed knights awesome powers and HUGE gains if they complete a series of vague challenges! That awesome power? Creatine! Oh, wait, sorry: That

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01:21:38

Ep.235 – Captain America No. 222 (1978)

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2023/05/22

This time on the Couch: Mike, James, and Shée trash the place in solidarity with Captain America no. 222! Steve Rogers has a lot of problems at the moment. He's not sure of his own background, his buddy Falcon isn't clocking in at work, and now a Volkswagen's attacking him! In his own apartment, no less! If he can manage to best its fine German craftsmanship (a big 'if'!), his next stop will be Washington, D.C., to learn the truth about his mysterious past. That is, assuming the Lincoln Memorial

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