Another week, another batch of new comics. Jumping on points, jumping off points. The beautiful dance continues and we shuffle our few steps, trying not to make too big of fools of ourselves.

Best Books

Batman #1

The Adventures of Superman: The Book of El #1

Book Blurbs:

The Rocketfeller #8, Captain Planet and the Planeteers #4, Uncanny X-Men #20, Darkstalkers X Street Fighter: Blood Throne #1, Absolute Superman #11, Texarcanum #2, Absolute Batman #11

B Segment

DC KO bracket announcement (get your brackets in everyone!), How to get into DC Comics in 2025?

Uncle's One More Thing

Kamen Rider Zeztz

A Drop of Corruption by Robert Jackson Bennett

Sometimes life comes at you pretty fast. You take the good. You take the bad. You take them both and then you have, the podcast of life. The podcast of life.

Best Books (Special Double Episode)

All New Spider-Gwen Ghost Spider #1, Batman and Robin Year One #10, Star Trek Strange New Worlds: The Seeds of Salvation #1, Absolute Wonder Woman #11

Book Blurbs:

Escape #1, Ghost Pepper #2, Superman Unlimited #4, Black Cat #1, The New Gods #9, Justice League Red #1, Absolute Flash #6, Immortal Legend Batman #1, We're Taking Everyone Down With Us #5, Superman #29, Runaways #3, The Mortal Thor #1, Hornsby and Halo #9, Dune Edge of the Crysknife: Rage of the Shai-Halud #1, Ultimate Spider-man #20

Uncle's One More Thing

Trails through Daybreak (I finished this the day after we recorded, it rules)

Kagurabachi

Babel by RF Kuang

Card Fight Vanguard

We are back and better than ever (arguably). We have been through the valley of the shadow of scheduling conflicts and emerged out the other side better people for it, and with giant stacks of comics waiting to be discussed. Its a regular Comics Pull-ooza-palooza!

Best Books

Absolute Batman #10

Bug Wars #6

Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III #1

Lucky Devils 4

Book Blurbs

Space Quest #3, Ultimate Spiderman #19, Disney's Gargoyles Demona #2, Absolute Superman #10, Captain America #2, Speed Racer #1, Power Rangers Prime #9, Aquaman #8, Uncanny X-Men #19, The Power Fantasy #11, Action Comics #1089, Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum #1, Supergirl #4, The New Champions #8 (RIP), Captain Planet and the Planeteers #3, Ghost Pepper #1 (The return)

B- Segment

What the heck is happening with Hannah Barbera properties.

K-Pop Demon Hunters

Uncle's One More Thing

The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 1

The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett

So you wanna be the master of Pokémon?

Do you have the skills to be number one?

[Verse]

I wanna take the ultimate step

Find the courage to be bold (Pokémon)

To risk it all and not forget

The lessons that I hold

I wanna go where no one's been

Far beyond the crowd (Pokémon), yeah

Learn the way to take command

Use the power that's in my hand

Oh, hey

[Chorus]

We all live in a Pokémon world (Pokémon)

I wanna be the greatest master of them all (The greatest master)

We all live in a Pokémon world (Pokémon)

Put myself to the test

To be better than all the rest

Unh!

[Post-Chorus]

So you wanna be the master of Pokémon?

Do you have the skills to be number one?

[Chorus]

We all live in a Pokémon world (Pokémon)

I wanna be the greatest master of them all

Got the power right in your hands

Pokémon

Sorry about that, I don't know what came over me. Anyway, new episode this week and all that.

Best Books of the Week

Superman #28

Hornsby and Halo #8

Book Blurbs

Uncanny X-Men #17 & 1#8, Captain Planet #2, The Great British Bump Off: Kill or Be Quilt #4, New History of the DC Universe #2, Thundercats/Powerpuff Girls #1, Texarcanum #1, Runaways #2, Rocketfellers #7, Godzilla #1, Absolute Wonder Woman #10

B Segment

What would your Pokemon team be if you were a gym leader?

Fantastic Four

Uncle's One More Thing

Phantom Island - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Pokemon Scarlet

Look! Up in the Sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a new episode of Comics Pull-Ooza!

Best Books

Space Quest #2

Ghost Pepper #1

Book Blurbs

Batman and Robin Year One #9, Action Comics #1088, New Champions #7, Supergirl #3, New Gods #8, Superman Unlimited #3, Green Lantern Corp #6, Absolute Flash #5, Gargoyles Demona #1, The Power Fantasy #10

B-Segment

Superman (2025)

DC KO

Uncle's One More Thing

Gachiakuta

Reading Library Books

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This, as always is largely irrelevant to the episode today but the title had a lot of colons in it. So it goes.

Best Books

Dune: Edge of a Crysknife: Hiding Among Harkonens

Captain America: Our Secret Wars Part 1

Book Blurbs

Power Rangers Prime #8, Arcbound #5 (the 5 Wednesday month is throwing everything off)

B Segment:

The ethics of responding to a creator who does something wrong IRL. What are you supposed to do? How do you react? We achieve no satisfying answers to these questions, but have some thoughts.

Uncle's One More Thing

Poker Face (Peacock)

Persona 3 Reload

I want to be the very best

Like no one ever was

To catch them is my real test

To train them is my cause

I will travel across the land

Searching far and wide

Each Pokémon to understand

The power that's inside

It's you and me

I know it's my destiny (Pokémon)

Oh, you're my best friend

In a world we must defend

(Pokémon, gotta catch 'em all) A heart so true

Our courage will pull us through

You teach me and I'll teach you

Pokémon

Gotta catch 'em all

Gotta catch 'em all

Every challenge along the way

With courage, I will face

I will battle every day

To claim my rightful place

Come with me, the time is right

There's no better team

On and on we'll win the fight

It's always been our dream

It's you and me

I know it's my destiny (Pokémon)

Oh, you're my best friend

In a world we must defend

(Pokémon, gotta catch 'em all)

A heart so true

Our courage will pull us through

You teach me and I'll teach you

Pokémon! (Gotta catch 'em all)

Gotta catch 'em all

Gotta catch 'em all

Uh sorry, got a little carried away there.

Best Books

Superman Unlimited #2

Batman and Robin Year One #8

Book Blurbs

Bug Wars #5, Great British Bump Off: Kill or Be Quilt #3, New Gods #7, Absolute Flash #4

B Segment:

Our dreams for a new Pokemon game.

Uncle's One More Thing

Union Arena TCG

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

Drums please, summer, summer, summertime

Time to sit back and unwind

Summer is here and we are here for it! Also its a new week which means new comics and we are also here for that!

Best Books

New Champions #6

Aquaman #6

Book Blurbs

Absolute Batman #9, Supergirl #2, Runaways #1, Action Comics #1087, and Green Lantern Corp #5

Interlude: The top 5 candy bars (why not)

B Segment

Cameron's Nintendo Switch Corner

Uncle's One More Thing

Black Clover

Daft Punk's Random Access Memories (Drumless Edition)