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PODCAST

Unpacking the Power of Power Pack

Jeff and Rick Present

We journey through each issue of the most underrated Marvel series of the 80’s while drinking beer. Please join us in rediscovering the joy of the Power Pack comic.

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Episode 139 FF #12: All Hope Lies in Doom, Part 1:...

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2023/07/30

So you decided to take a flight on Cheapskate Travel. You do not know the destination, you do not know the transportation, and you do not know if you will ever see your luggage again. Well, good luck, roll the dice. The world is your oyster, only you hate seafood. that is OK, because as your budget travel agent, we allow you to put your money into the things you care about, like world domination. Those oysters are not going to kill themselves. You are the man for the job. As you pack for your trip,

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Episode 138 Fantastic Four #600: Forever

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2023/07/16

We have a big book to cover today, so it is time to focus and give our followers good content to go with these pictures. So here we gooooooo... Oooh....looks like a new trailer just dropped on that new movie that I wanted to see....hang on a second...need to watch this. Oops....got some tech issues occurring. Gotta fix these or nothing is going to work. Just one moment. Well this is embarrassing. Just got a call from a friend of mine and I need to run off to help her. There is always something,

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Episode 137 FF #11: Intelligence

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2023/07/02

And we are back to the FF. Oh how we missed these two wonderful letters during our month and a half adrift in the world of Alex's broken arm. But all of that is behind us. Now, we look forward and we see what is new. Hey....what is this brochure for new employee orientation? Take your seats...take your seats. We are about to begin new hire orientation for FF: Flipping Fries restaurants. Thank you all for time and attention. We hope that this will be informative and instructive. Please no using

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Episode 136 X-13 #15: Chaos Theory (Part 3)

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2023/06/18

Part two of our two part dive into this two clawed lady where she is teamed with the FF, who are made up of two pairs of heroes. This is just too exciting. So I am sitting here, attempting to write up some words to describe the pictures and general story of this book, but I am also watching A Clockwork Orange. So, my question to you, my dear reader, is how much will the movie reflect what I am writing. Laura and her friends are out one night, looking for some fun, causing mischief and mayhem. They

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Episode 135 X-23 V3 #14: Chaos Theory (Part 2)

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2023/06/04

What has six claws, a painful past, and a crop top? No, not Britney Spears carrying a six pack of White Claw....it is X-23! And what does she have to do with Power Pack......not too much, but here we are. So how did we come to this moment? We are supposed to be a Power Pack podcast, but we had been steadily rocking the Fantastic Four vibe. Why are we caring about the stabby girl with knife hands? Well, it is for the kids. OK, maybe it is not really for the kids. Let's face it, there is some

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01:06:06

Episode 134 Amazing Spider-Man V1 #666: Spider-Island...

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2023/05/21

It is Spidey time!!! We have a costumed crusader, we have an island, and we have a LOT of spiders....They are everywhere. So let's take some time and talk about spider stuff. The Spider Flip is apparently part of a course redesign in an American Ninja Warrior show. It was an obstacle that was used, but was incredibly tough. They should have had Agent Venom do it. Boom. All done. Spider Kick is a gym that emphasizes health And well being. They use martial arts philosophy and training to accomplish

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01:02:09

Episode 133 FF #5: ...The Sound of War

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2023/05/07

We are in the party zone now. We have a bunch of Reeds and a bunch of villains and a bunch of kids.....and don't forget the mistakes and regrets. What else can POSSIBLY go wrong. First of all, we probably should talk about underestimating the problem. You make plans and you estimate the size of the opposition and then you head out to fight. Now, what could be the worse that can happen during this step...well, bad intelligence and low balling the threat. You can end up out there all alone. One

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01:05:22

Episode 132 FF #4: The Beating of Drums...

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2023/04/23

So Reed has a big plan that he has developed with his less than trustworthy father, his over-intelligent and under-age daughter, and his mortal enemy. And he has invited his teams evilest villains into his house. What could possibly go wrong? Let us talk about all of the things that go wrong. The first thing is food. You always think you have enough food in the house before guests arrive, and then you realize that you forgot to make head-cheese. It is even worse when villains are involved. If you

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Episode 131 FF #3: Whatever happened to all those Reeds?

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2023/04/09

Reed is reed...in a world of Reeds, you should probably not be a Reed, but maybe be Reed. If you know Reed, you know Reed....ya know? But I may be just talking a bunch of Reed, who knows? Reed is an American-style pale lager, part of Belgian company RE edRIch. Introduced in 1876 by Nathaniel, Reed has become a large selling beer company in the United States. Reed (from Arabic: al-kīmiyā; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, khumeía) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and

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01:00:00

Episode 130 FF #2: Doom Nation

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2023/03/26

Dr. Doom is hosting a field trip to Latveria, and Rick is going to be posting this from Korea. So lets see if we can't get global with our particular brand of nonsense. According to Wikipedia, the national alcoholic drink of Germany is beer. German beer consumption per person stands at 110 liters (24 imp gal; 29 US gal) in 2013 and remains among the highest in the world. German beer purity regulations date back to the 16th century. Wine has become popular in many parts of the country, especially

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Episode 129 Amazing Spider-Man #661: The Substitute...

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2023/03/12

Class...class....it is time for you all to pay attention. Now, I know you all were expecting Rick to be writing this post relating to this comic book...podcast...thing, but he could not be bothered to do that. So, I am here in his place. According to these notes, you were supposed to be discussing how to engage in battle. I would be shocked to discover that you were all this advanced. Doubt that you have the knowledge or experience to deal with this much sophistication, but I will try to impart

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Episode 128 Amazing Spider-Man #660: Fantastic...

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2023/02/26

We are back with more pirates, more sinister, more foundation, but less Beastie. Hope you stick around anyway, because we do have almost an inappropriate placed tattoo. We are going to talk movies this time. I am not really sure who reads these, so it kind of does not matter if it has to be about the book. If you want to hear about listen to the episode. For now, I am going to look at the pictures we chose and talk about the movies they remind me of and if I have showed them to my daughter. Keep

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Episode 127 Amazing Spider-Man #659: Fantastic...

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2023/02/12

So what are we possibly going to talk about with this issue? I don't know...kinda out of ideas...hang on, these three boys want to have a word. Hip-hoppin', body rockin', doin' the do Beer drinking, breath stinking, sniffing glue Belly fillin', always illin', bustin' caps My name's Mike D, and I write my own snaps I'm a-peep-show seeking on the Forty-Deuce With Adrock, MCA and me, Mike D I had a little horse named Paul Revere Just me and my horsy and a quart of beer Riding across the land,

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Episode 126 Amazing Spider-Man V1 #658: The Fantastic...

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2023/01/29

You can listen to the episode by clicking: Episode 126 Great news folks! We have an actual expert on the show! You know, someone who actually reads comic books, studies them, and has written a few books! It's true, we actually got a real life author and he wanted to come on to our little show to talk about Spider-Man and his Fantastic Friends. So put your paws together and welcome Douglas Wolk, author of the Eisner award winning All of the Marvels! And what are All of the Marvels, well it is a

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Episode 125 FF #1: The Club

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2023/01/15

A new book, a new number one, a new member on the team. Let's all give a big hello to the worlds favorite humanoid arachnid. It is an honor to be chosen to fill in the ranks on this legendary team. Let's hope he does not screw this up like he does everything else in his life. Oh to be young and starting a new job. New opportunities, new mistakes, new highs and lows. When you are a superhero of Spidey's caliber, you have seem and been a lot of places. And there have been some amazing opportunities

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Episode 124 Fantastic Four #588: Month of Morning

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2023/01/01

In honor of the loss of a hero, the silent nature of this comic book, and the fact that I am lazy, we will present this artwork with no pretext, comments, or silliness. And so.... You can see some artwork at this website: https://jeffandrickpresent.wordpress.com/2023/01/01/episode-124-fantastic-four-588-month-of-morning/ You can also subscribe and listen to us on YouTube! We also have some merchandise over at Redbubble. We have a couple of nifty shirts for sale

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Episode 123 Fantastic Four #587: The Last Stand

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2022/12/18

Don't you wish you could go back in time and experience something for the first time. That you could now what it was like to feel the terror of aliens attacking when War of the Worlds was playing. That you could watch the crackling image of a man walking on the moon. That you could laugh at the insanity of Groundhogs Day....Yeah....this book and run would have been fun to experience first hand. Well, hindsight is 20/20, or something like that. We cannot go back in time, or relive things. We can

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Episode 122 Fantastic Four #586: World-Eater

Unpacking the Power of Power Pack ·

2022/12/04

Can we talk about about robots please....Are we pro or anti sentient machines sent to kill us. Or are we just hoping that they will help us in case our home is attacked by something worse. I am going to go with the later in order to sleep better at night. According to Wikipedia, an Infestation is "the state of being invaded or overrun by pests or parasites. It can also refer to the actual organisms living on or within a host. I bring this up because we will be looking at three different

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Episode 121 Fantastic Four #585: The Kings of Atlantis

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2022/11/20

You can listen to the episode by clicking: Episode 121 In honor of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, we are bringing you this special issue of Fantastic Four with Namor on the cover. It has nothing to do with random chance and luck that we just happened to have this cover out at the same time as that movie. Completely planned......yup. Can we be real for a moment here? Let's be honest about the Fantastic Four. On the whole, their stories hit a plateau a while ago. But like the Fast and the

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Episode 120 Fantastic Four #584: Congratulations...

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2022/11/06

You can listen to the episode by clicking: Episode 120 A tale as old as time. Man becomes a monster. Man lives as a monster. Man wishes not to be a monster. Man drinks potion made by kids to not be a monster. Yes, this is the story we all know like the back of our scarred and deformed hands. Beer and book So what are we talking about folks. My take is that it is nothing more than a retelling of Frankenstein. I mean look, you have the mad scientist with questionable social skills (looking at

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