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00:47:59

Looking Back at Blade

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2026/10/07

The SOMC kicks off the Halloween season by looking back at the movie that laid the foundation of the current MCU, Blade. Released in 1998 this movie showed what the modern superhero movie could be, combining great story telling with amazing action sequences, and a lead actor who really cared about the character he was playing. If you have checked out in awhile, it's worth checking out again.

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00:55:30

Michael Jan Friedman's The Company of Enhanced Being

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2026/10/06

Friend of the show Michael Jan Friedman returns to talk about his latest project and Kickstarter "The Company of Enhanced Being". If you'd like to support this project use this link to check it out:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1881107045/the-company-of-enhanced-beings?

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01:03:51

342. Revisiting Green Lantern Rebirth

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2026/09/30

Revisiting Green Lantern Rebirth

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01:23:43

341. Sports Edition (recorded 9/16/26)

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2026/09/23

Show Notes provided by Joe Peluso The boys are back at the sports desk with their usual predictions, plaudits, pontifications, and pet peeves. Being a sports fan is akin to taking an endless ride on a rollercoaster--from euphoric highs to devastating lows--a fan's emotions are hair's breadth from fair or foul, like a fly ball down the line at Yankee Stadium. They call baseball a "game of inches". Being a fan of any sport is a game of holding onto one's sanity. And here to once again put all this

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00:58:43

340. 40 Years of The Dark Knight Returns

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2026/09/19

Show notes provided by Joe Peluso This year has been the year of anniversary celebrations on SOMC: 75 years of "I Love Lucy", 75 years of "Adventures of Superman", 60 years of "Star Trek", 40 years of "Transformers", and now the Mint crew looks back to1986 (that's 40 years for those of you who have trouble with math like Joe) and the premiere of "Batman:The Dark KnightReturns". The boys gather in the dusty, dank, decrepit Batcave (the giant penny rolled off its base and knocked over the dinosaur) to

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01:59:24

339. Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of...

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2026/09/16

In honor of the 40th anniversary of Transformers: The Movie we are re-releasing our episode from a few years ago about it. However, instead of just releasing the episode on it's own host's James, Keith and Arco. Give an intro talking about 40 year's of this movie, it's legacy and the future of the franchise.

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01:06:36

338. What is Star Trek

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2026/09/09

Show notes provided by Jack Adrien This year marks Star Trek’s 60th anniversary. Created by Gene Roddenberry – with more than a helping hand from D.C. Fontana and Gene L. Coon – to date, the science fiction media franchise has generated 13 television series and 13 theatrical releases, totaling 800 to 837 hours of content. Thus, it would take roughly 35 days of continuous viewing to watch every single episode and movie in the franchise.For those unfamiliar, with a focus on space exploration,

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01:02:00

337. Our 6th Anniversary Edition: All Good Things...

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2026/09/02

Show notes provided by Joe PelusoSix years of The Secret Origins of Mintcondition--proving beyondrebuttal "that time flies when you are having fun".James theconsummate host, Chris the indisputable inquirer, and Joe the lunaticRangers' fan, form the triumvirate team of pop culture enthusiastsduty bound to explain, explore, and expand the horizons of universesthat lie just beyond our real world. Over the years they have tackledeverything from yes or no to Superman's red underwear to survival inthe

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01:30:32

336. Star Trek Edition: Star Trek VI Part 2

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2026/08/26

The crew of SOMC once again dive into Star Trek VI. James is once again at the helm but this time with the crew of Joe, John and Keith.

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01:35:37

335. Sports Edition: NBA, MLB, PBA and of course NHL

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2026/08/19

Show notes provided by Chris LaBanca Hello there, sports- *cough cough SNEEZE*Sorry, y'all. It's a bit tough to talk with all of the dust flying up off of the sports desk. There are enough cobwebs here that even Spidey himself would be a little uneasy. But we thought: enough is enough! We must brave the dust bunnies because we may have missed some sports news while we were away from the desk.We start by talking about the Knicks' championship run: the love it engendered from the city and

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00:56:30

334. Looking back on Galaxy Quest

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2026/08/12

Show notes provided by Arco EspositoFinding something you love isn’t hard at all now is it? Think about it, we get attached to something that brings us some sort of joy and happiness, however fleeting or lasting it may be. That’s not something new or unusual. It is, however, a very rare thing to find a love that is shared by thousands upon thousands, perhaps even millions! Then it no longer can be considered a singular event, but rather a movement, and those of us that follow along are no longer

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01:00:20

333. Wrapping up Comic Con 2026

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2026/08/05

Comic Con 2026 has just happened and Joe and James talk about some of the highlights.

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00:56:34

332. Back of the Store Chat: Avengers: Doomsday,...

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2026/07/29

It's been awhile but the back of the store chat edition is back. James and Joe talk about the first Avengers: Doomsday trailer, Marvel comics leaving NY for Burbank, Marvel comics Midnight, Compact comics and more.

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01:09:55

331. JLA: Tower of Babel

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2026/07/22

Show notes provided by Joe PelusoIn JLA issues 43-46 Mark Waid and Howard Porter tell a Justice League of America/Batman centric story that dares to reveal one of comic's most severe and disturbing stories of betrayal. The Batman has hidden from his JLA colleagues his secret protocols: devious and cruel methods that would take down each and everyone of them in the event they should go rogue! With "friends" like that..." Join your Hosts James, Chris and Joe for a scary look inside thehead of the man

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00:57:37

330. Joe's Comics Corner: Amazing Spider-Man issues...

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2026/07/15

Show notes provided by Joe Peluso"Spider-Man, Spider-Man does whatever a spider can..." Well yes, but not as easily as you might think? Join your hosts James and Joe as they saunter down to Joe's Comic Corner and take another trip back to the swinging sixties and discover just how difficult it can get for everyone's favorite Web-Slinger. The guys take a deep dive into "The Master Planner Saga" (issues # 's 31, 32 & 33), and with the events that culminate in issue

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01:09:17

329. The Lord of Rings Conversations Part 1

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2026/07/08

Join your hosts James, Chris, John and Adrienne as the sit in the Shire and start a conversation about the Lord of the Rings. In this first installment they talk about how they discovered the books and movies. Remember the times in the store playing the CCG and start talking about the cast of the movies. Sit back and get ready for the journey ahead.

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00:54:33

328. Star Trek Edition: Star Trek VI Part 1

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2026/07/01

Continuing our celebration of 60 years of Trek the crew of James, Josh and Jack start the conversation about Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

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01:05:10

327. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

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2026/06/24

Just in time for the release of Supergirl, James and Chris hop on an intergalactic space bus to talk about Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow. Spoilers ahead for both the comic and possibly the movie James and Chris breakdown the story, the characters, the art and go over some of the history of Supergirl.

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01:02:45

326. Father's Day Special: Our Favorite Pop Culture...

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2026/06/21

In this special edition of the podcast James, Joe and Jack list and pay tribute to some of the great pop culture father's covering picks from comics, movie and TV.

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00:30:54

Heroes Convention 2026 Wrap Up

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2026/06/17

In this week's episode Joe joins James as he recaps being at the recent Heroes Convention.

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