A SPEECH IS JUST TALKING
•Barry Mindster and the bonkers emails we get.
•Who is Laura Lympus?
•We’re getting closer to having an actual plan for our New Your Comic Con
•AEW + DC Comics = Our worlds colliding!!
•Superman/Spiderman from DC and Marvel in 2026!

This episode is dedicated to always standing up for those that cannot stan up for themselves.
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Contest of Challengers #752

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
“Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
“Dal” Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent’s Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
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ALL-MALE REVIEW
•Droning on about the same topics! All deliveries all the time!
•We’re heading to the New York Comic Con in 2 weeks!
•It was a tiring Batman Day!
•A 1-star review for not at all unrealistic entitled reasons!
•We’ll be getting Image books 27 days before bookstores!
•Comics talked about in this episode:
LUCKY DEVILS #5
SLEEP #5
VOYEUR #1

This episode is dedicated to playing the hits.
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Contest of Challengers #750

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
“Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
“Dal” Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent’s Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

IT’S JUST COMIC BOOKS
•No podcasting backlash from last week.
•Patrick was on WGN’s Spotlight Chicago this week for Batman Day!
https://wgntv.com/news/celebrate-batman-day-with-challengers-comics/
•How DC Comics is hindering our Batman Day.
•Deadpool/Batman!
•Our (lack o)f Local Comic Shop Day plans.
•An unsent email.
•20 New #1’s for October 1st!
•Having to drop a very delinquent subscriber.

This episode is dedicated to owning up to your mistakes.
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Contest of Challengers #750

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
“Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
“Dal” Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent’s Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

PUBLIC DISCOURSE
•Hypothetical employee situations.
•When our opinion doesn’t matter.
•Red Hood #1.
•Another celebrity drop-by!

This episode is dedicated to not using your words to hurt others.
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Contest of Challengers #749

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
“Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
“Dal” Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent’s Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

IT’S BEEN KNOWN FOR YEARS
•DC KENNY OMEGA #1.
•Challengers Blue. What If it survived?
•The Jonas Brothers.
•Thanks, Patrons!
•Japanese Manga vs American Comics, via The Beat.
•IDW Classics.

•Fran’s Kitchen cookbook is in-stock! Support the Alzheimer’s Association!
You can buy the cookbook on the Challengers website here: https://challengerscomics.com/products/frans-kitchen-cookbook
And you can donate directly at https://act.alz.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app20117b?px=10851299&fr_id=18580&pg=personal&NONCE_TOKEN=0C147D8B6AF658D9B4FA0012D177141A

This episode is dedicated to dilated pupils.
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Contest of Challengers #748

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
“Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
“Dal” Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent’s Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

35 - 0
•Lucy Knisley’s latest signing!
•35 years.
•Social media app changes.
•Rethinking FOC’s.

•Fran’s Kitchen cookbook is in-stock! Support the Alzheimer’s Association!
You can buy the cookbook on the Challengers website here: https://challengerscomics.com/products/frans-kitchen-cookbook
And you can donate directly at https://act.alz.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app20117b?px=10851299&fr_id=18580&pg=personal&NONCE_TOKEN=0C147D8B6AF658D9B4FA0012D177141A

This episode is dedicated to what would have been GWB III’s 88th.
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Contest of Challengers #747

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
“Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
“Dal” Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent’s Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Bryce Remsberg, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

This episode was erroneously not posted last week! SORRY!! That means there will be TWO episodes posted within 24 hours! (Thanks for the heads up, Andrew!)

BLIND AS A BAG
•Last week’s Yelp review is gone.
•Bags of Blindness! INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE PRESENTS BATTLE BEAST #1, BATMAN #1 Blind as a Bat, DC K.O. #1 Lights Out, ULTIMATE ENDGAME #1 True Believers.
•Bar codes on covers.
•Compact Comics on fire!
•Black Ninja comics!
•Celebrity interaction in the comic shop.

•Fran’s Kitchen cookbook is in-stock! Support the Alzheimer’s Association!
You can buy the cookbook on the Challengers website here: https://challengerscomics.com/products/frans-kitchen-cookbook
And you can donate directly at https://act.alz.org/site/TR;jsessionid=00000000.app20117b?px=10851299&fr_id=18580&pg=personal&NONCE_TOKEN=0C147D8B6AF658D9B4FA0012D177141A

This episode is dedicated to polypropylene.
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Contest of Challengers #746

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
“Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
“Dal” Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent’s Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com

WE’VE COMPLETELY FAILED
•Changes to the Patreon website (and declined pledges).
•App interaction.
•A completely insane Yelp review.
•Card game allocations.
•The American Joshi + the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
•Batman Deadpool looks so fun!!
•Fran’s Kitchen cookbook is in-stock! Support the Alzheimer’s Association!
You can buy the cookbook on the Challengers website or you can donate directly at rememberingfrances.com

This episode is dedicated to Frances.
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Contest of Challengers #745

Theme: Adam WarRock (with Mikal kHill)
Intro/Outro: James VanOsdol
“Patrick” Voices: Richie Kotzen, Christopher Daniels, James Acaster, Sue (Trent’s Mom), RJ City, Sebastian Bach, Arune Singh, James VanOsdol
“Dal” Voices: James VanOsdol, RJ City, Dalton Castle, Sue (Trent’s Mom), Kevin Conroy, Kris Statlander, Skye Blue, Arune Singh
Dal and Patrick Artwork: Daimon Hampton
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Challengers Comics + Conversation
1845 N Western Ave • Chicago, IL 60647
773.278.0155 • ChallengersComics.com