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The Comics Canon

The Comics Canon

The Comics Canon is the podcast that reads, reviews, and renders judgment on the greatest comic book stories of yesterday and today. Each episode, Curt Holman and Kevin Moreau take a critical and completely subjective look at one of the biggest stories and most seminal moments in the medium"s history, as they decide: Does this belong in the pantheon of classic and iconic tales known as ... The Comics Canon?

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01:09:33

Episode 69 – Swamp Thing Origins

The Comics Canon ·

2018/10/10

In this episode, October is here, Curt and Kevin get into the spirit of the season with a look at the comic-book origins of everyone’s favorite muck monster! First up is 1971’s House of Secrets #92, a kind of proof of concept giving us a proto-Swamp Thing that’s a little light in the swamp department. Next, it’s on to Swamp Thing (Vol. 1) #1-3, detailing the (first) origin and early adventures of the swamp monster we all know and love, featuring the debuts of Anton Arcane and his niece Abby. And

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01:05:16

Episode 68 – The Miles Morales Episode

The Comics Canon ·

2018/09/23

In this episode, Kevin Moreau and “Ultimate” Curt Holman return to the Ultimate Universe to discuss the origin of the popular biracial Spider-Man, Miles Morales in the second half of an unofficial Ultimate Spider-Man two-parter, this time reviewing Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1-5 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, published by Marvel Comics! When young Miles Morales is bitten by a genetically modified spider, he quickly develops the ability to turn invisible and cling to walls, among other

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01:16:20

Episode 67 – Ultimate Spider-Man: Venom

The Comics Canon ·

2018/09/12

In this episode, Curt and Kevin prime the pump for the Oct. 5 release of the Venom feature film with a discussion of the sinister symbiote’s origin story -- that is, as portrayed in issues 33-39 of Ultimate Spider-Man by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, published by Marvel Comics! Peter Parker’s childhood friend Eddie Brock reveals that their fathers were working on a cancer-fighting super-suit shortly before they died in a mysterious plane crash years earlier. When Peter investigates, the suit

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01:15:10

Episode 66 – Can’t We Talk About Something More...

The Comics Canon ·

2018/08/29

In this episode, Curt and Kevin put superhero slugfests aside to confront a subject far more frightening than Doomsday, Thanos or the Annihilation Wave! That’s right: We’re talking about the award-winning graphic memoir Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, written and drawn by Roz Chast and published by Bloomsbury! Chast, a critically acclaimed cartoonist for the New Yorker, paints an unflinching portrait of the final years of her nonagenarian parents, anxious George and overbearing

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01:05:56

Episode 65 – The Death of Superman

The Comics Canon ·

2018/08/15

In this episode, Curt and Kevin turn their attention to one of the most famous Superman stories of all time—the headline-grabbing, multi-part event storyline The Death of Superman, written and drawn by a rotating cast of creators and published by DC Comics! The hulking, mysterious figure who comes to be known as Doomsday arrives out of nowhere, destroying everything in his path! Not even the Justice League can slow this raging brute as he plods toward Metropolis, leaving death and ruin in his wake

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01:25:32

Episode 64 – Zot!: The Eyes of Dekko and Hearts and...

The Comics Canon ·

2018/08/01

In this episode, Curt and Kevin observe the 25th anniversary of Scott McCloud’s landmark Understanding Comics … with (what else?) a discussion of a pair of stories from McCloud’s lighthearted comic Zot!: The Eyes of Dekko from Zot #17-18, and the webcomic Hearts and Minds! Jenny Weaver, a high schooler from a world similar to our own, and her boyfriend Zot, a free-spirited superhero from another Earth, grapple with issues of teen angst, art, divorce and mortality as they clash with the insane cyborg

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01:15:31

Episode 63 – Fantastic Four Part 4: Three (With Paul...

The Comics Canon ·

2018/07/18

In this episode, Curt and Kevin welcome singer-songwriter Paul Melancon! And despite some intermittent microphone issues, the three of them wrap up this four-part exploration of the World’s Greatest Comic Magazine with a discussion of Fantastic Four: Three, by Jonathan Hickman, Steve Epting and many others, published by Marvel Comics! These issues are jam-packed: Reed Richards fights to save an artificial counter-Earth before it’s destroyed by the world-devouring Galactus! Susan Storm-Richards

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01:19:54

Comics Onscreen – To Infinity War and Beyond!

The Comics Canon ·

2018/07/11

In this episode, Curt and Kevin take a long look at the current landscape of comics-based movies—a landscape dominated by the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With only one big-ticket DC Comics film (that would be Aquaman) on the horizon for 2018, we’re truly living in the Marvel Age of Movies. Spoilers are as thick on the ground as armored rhinoceroses as we ponder whether Marvel Studios can the critical, commercial and cultural one-two punch of Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War, which have

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01:20:56

Episode 62 – Fantastic Four Part 3: Unthinkable

The Comics Canon ·

2018/07/04

In this episode, Curt and Kevin continue their Fantastic Four-part series on the World’s Greatest Comic Magazine with a discussion of the FF’s greatest villain via two very different tales: The Fantastic Origin of Doctor Doom from Fantastic Four Annual #2, and Unthinkable, from Fantastic Four Vol. 3 #67-70 and #500, published by Marvel Comics! First, it’s a quick time-hop back to the 1960s as Stan Lee and Jack Kirby recount the not-so-humble beginnings of everyone’s favorite mad monarch, Victor Von

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01:20:46

Episode 61 – Fantastic Four Part 2: The Trial of Reed...

The Comics Canon ·

2018/06/20

In this episode, Curt and Kevin continue their four-part exploration of Marvel Comics’ first family of super-powered science adventurers! This time around, they turn their attention to two titanic beings who cast a large shadow over the World’s Greatest Comic Magazine – the cosmic entity Galactus and writer-artist John Byrne – with a discussion of Fantastic Four #242-244 and #261-262! Terrax, the evil herald of Galactus, forces a fight between the Fantastic Four and his world-devouring master. When

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01:07:06

Episode 60 – Fantastic Four Part 1: The Early Years

The Comics Canon ·

2018/06/06

In this episode, Curt and Kevin launch into a four-episode deep dive into the world’s greatest comic magazine, The Fantastic Four, with a look at three key stories from the 1960s and 70s! First up, it’s the book that started it all (and gave birth to the Marvel Universe): Fantastic Four #1! Who are these mysterious figures who answer a strange signal in the sky? Where and how did they get their fantastic abilities? And when bizarre monsters attack atomic plants across the globe, can they stop the

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01:11:15

Episode 59 – Y: The Last Man Vol. 1: Unmanned

The Comics Canon ·

2018/05/23

In this episode, Curt and Kevin answer the eternal question “Why the last man?” with a discussion of Unmanned, the gripping first volume of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra’s post-apocalyptic series Y: The Last Man, published by Vertigo/DC Comics! After a catastrophic event kills seemingly every mammal with a Y chromosome, only two living males remain—unemployed escape artist Yorick Brown and his monkey, Ampersand! With the aid of top-secret operative Agent 355, Yorick reluctantly sets off to

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01:03:12

Episode 58 – Deadpool: With Great Power Comes Great...

The Comics Canon ·

2018/05/09

In this episode, Curt and Kevin gear up for the upcoming release of Deadpool 2 with a look at one of the Merc With a Mouth’s most popular adventures: the time-traveling tale With Great Power Comes Great Coincidence from Deadpool vol. 1 #11, by Joe Kelly and Pete Woods, published by Marvel Comics! But first, they take a quick detour to Forest Hills, Queens, circa 1967, to dissect a (let’s be honest) somewhat ridiculous story involving Spider-Man, Norman Osborn, Kraven the Hunter and Gwen Stacy

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Canonical Conversations: Ed Piskor (X-Men: Grand Design)

The Comics Canon ·

2018/05/02

In this special bonus episode, Curt and Kevin welcome writer and artist Ed Piskor (Hip-Hop Family Tree) to discuss X-Men: Grand Design, his six-issue “remix” of Marvel mutant history through the end of the Chris Claremont era! (A “Marvel Treasury Edition” collecting the first two issues is available now.) Things discussed in this episode include the Twitter conversation that started this ambitious project, the X-Men story arcs covered in the next two installments, the unexpected role Carol Danvers

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01:19:58

Episode 57 – The Infinity Gauntlet (With C.D. Brown)

The Comics Canon ·

2018/04/25

In this episode, Curt and Kevin welcome filmmaker and author C.D. Brown as they wrap up their preparations for Avengers: Infinity War with a look at the landmark limited series The Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin, George Perez and Ron Lim, published by Marvel Comics! Oh, crap! Thanos the mad Titan has the six infinity gems, granting him dominion over the mind, the soul, space, time, power and reality itself! And in an attempt to please Death herself, he’s eradicated half of all life everywhere

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01:12:07

Episode 56 – Looney Tunes Crossovers

The Comics Canon ·

2018/04/11

In this episode, Curt and Kevin make a left turn at Albuquerque to discuss a pair of stories featuring crossovers between DC Comics heroes and Looney Tunes characters: Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1 by Tom King and Lee Weeks, and Grant Morrison and Chas Truog’s The Coyote Gospel from Animal Man #5, published by DC Comics! First, a fearsome hunter tracks his prey through the mean streets of Gotham City. His name is Elmer Fudd, and he’s hunting pwayboys—specifically, a biwwionaiwe by the name of Bwuce

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01:04:50

Episode 55 – X-Men Origins

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2018/03/28

In this episode, Curt and Kevin conclude their trilogy of Marvel origins episodes with a look at the comic book beginnings of everyone’s favorite mutants! Then, they gear up for the new season of FX’s Legion with a look at the issue that inspired a key moment from the show! First, the comic that started it all: X-Men #1! Who are these mysterious teenagers with bizarre super-powers? Who is their stern, slightly scary taskmaster? And when the mysterious master of magnetism known as Magneto threatens a

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01:08:51

Episode 54 – Avengers Origins

The Comics Canon ·

2018/03/14

In this episode, Curt and Kevin look forward to the April 27 release of Avengers: Infinity War by reviewing the first appearances of the original lineup of Marvel Comics’ Avengers! It’s a whirlwind lightning round of takes on Phase One of the comic-book Avengers: “The Man in the Ant Hill!” (Henry Pym, Tales to Astonish #27) “The Hulk” (The Incredible Hulk #1) “Thor the Mighty and the Stone Men From Saturn!” (Thor, Journey Into Mystery #83) “Iron Man is Born!” (Iron Man, Tales of Suspense #39) “The

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01:18:54

Episode 53 – Alias: The Secret Origins of Jessica Jones

The Comics Canon ·

2018/02/28

In this episode, Curt and Kevin once again set aside their “clean” rating as they prepare for the second season of Netflix’s Jessica Jones by snooping around Alias Vol. 4: The Secret Origins of Jessica Jones, collecting issues #22-28 of Alias, published by Marvel Comics! (Please be advised: Mature subject matter is discussed.) First, as the title implies, the origins of everyone’s favorite super-powered sleuth are explored, as young Jessica Campbell Forrest Gumps her way around the early days of

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Episode 52 – Love and Rockets: Heartbreak Soup

The Comics Canon ·

2018/02/14

In this Valentine’s Day episode, Curt and Kevin discuss a tale of love, longing and murder: Heartbreak Soup (or Sopa de Gran Pena) and its prologue, Chelo’s Burden, written and drawn by Gilbert Hernandez, from the long-running series Love and Rockets, published by Fantagraphics Books. In the small Latin American town of Palomar, a violent breakup finds dazed, drunken Tip in’ Tip in’ taken under the wing of headstrong 11-year-old Carmen. Meanwhile, Pipo, Carmen’s 14-year-old sister, is quickly

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