What is the Ultimates network? How does it work? Why does this guy look an awful lot like Captain America? What’s the deal with Mr Negative? Who’s really dead? Where’s Sabretooth going? Can Wolverine make it without him? How cool is the new sword though? What has been going on with the X-Men? Will this issue spell things out for us? (mostly) Listen to more of our nostalgia for the MCU die in the middle of this one. We also complain about the X-Men and might finally be caught up on the news to be relevant again.

We talk about Ultimates 16, Ultimate Spider-Man 21, and X-Men 20 and, Ultimate Wolverine 9 & 10

Next time we’ll talk about Ultimates 17, Ultimate Spider-Man 22, Ultimate Wolverine 11, Ultimate X-Men 21.

Recommendations: Maggie The Mechanic (Love & Robots), Swamp Thing (Moore, Bisette, Totleben), Local Hero

This episode our heroes find themselves lost in deep space and embroiled in an intergalactic color war. Who’s been introduced in the new Green Lantern? Does Smallville need to be in this version of Superman? What is the thrilling conclusion to the first Martian Manhunter arc? Will Wonder Woman ever escape the maze? And is Catwoman trustworthy? What’s the deal with working with the Falcones?

Join us as we discuss Absolute Green Lantern 6, Absolute Flash 7, Absolute Superman 11, Absolute Batman 12, Absolute Martian Manhunter 6, and Absolute Wonder Woman 11 & 12.

Our intro music is Atarashii Gakko! - Pineapple Kryptonite and our outro is Cliffhanger Narration from The Superhero Suite.

Recommendations: DeadBlossomJesse Monster Talent Show , Messiah of Evil, Jingo by Terry Pratchett

Is the month to month structure holding these series back? Are the things we wonder about in the news section already answered? We recorded this episode on Sep 9th. What is the Wasp up to? Was too much crammed into this Ultimates issue? Are we a little lost when it comes to the realities of X-Men? Are comics better with less superheroes? Does this feel like the start of the end yet? Could the Ultimate Universe survive without Ultimate Spider-Man? All that and more this episode as we talk about Ultimates 15, Ultimate Spider-Man 20 and Ultimate X-Men 19.

Recommendations: New Teen Titans by Pérez and Wolfman, Miracleman by Alan Moore, Hollow Knight: Silksong

Is Talia just generic evil? (Yes) How is the venom affecting Bruce? Will his friends be OK? Do we finally understand what’s going on with the Lantern powers? Who are the Absolute Universe's rogues really? Join us as we discuss Absolute Green Lantern 5, Absolute Flash 6, Absolute Superman 10 and Absolute Batman 11.

Our intro music is Atarashii Gakko! - Pineapple Kryptonite and our outro is Cliffhanger Narration from The Superhero Suite.

Recommendations - Star Wars Visions: Ronan, The New Frontier

Who’s the fastest Marvel character? Could it be the Whizzer? He’s not in any of these comics don’t worry you’re safe. Can Hawkeye aim? Should Peter stay Spider-Man? Is Richard safe with the suit? Is the Ultimate Universe ending? Follow along with your knowledge from the future. Who’s gonna die in Wolverine? What’s up with The Ultimate X-Men's timeline? All that and more as we talk about Ultimates 14, Ultimate Spider-Man 19, Ultimate Wolverine 8 and X-Men 17 & 18.

Recommendations: Piranesi, Search and Destroy, City the Animation

This week our heroes find themselves questioning, is the horseshoe theory in Superman a bit too strong? Can Bruce find Waylon? Is Hal going to kill En Sabah Nur? Can he wait until he stops explaining what's going on first? Who’s that mysterious kid in the Flash costume? Can Wonder Woman navigate the maze? What if she was high? Join us as we discuss Absolute Green Lantern 04, Absolute Flash 05, Absolute Martian Manhunter 05, Absolute Wonder Woman 10, Absolute Superman 09, and Absolute Batman 10.

Our Intro music is Atarashii Gakko! - Pineapple Kryptonite and our outro is Cliffhanger Narration from The Superhero Suite.

Recommendations - Space Walking With You, Nightwing (Waters/Soy), 52

How can Tony manage to be in so many places at once? Is he up to something? Is the Jim Hammond? Is The Wasp? Is Felicia in any danger? Or is it just fun to be evil? Will Logan be able to work through his guilt? Can he forgive Sabretooth? Is Mikhail a double agent?

Obviously, this is a shorter episode than usual. We talk about Ultimates 13, Ultimate Spider-Man 18, and Ultimate Wolverine 7. We address it in the show itself but we’re taking a break from talking about Black Panther. Going issue to issue doesn’t seem to work for us and this series and we want to try checking in later instead. Ultimate Incursion is kind of an odd deal so we’re going to wait until the end of that one. I wanted to apologize for the fuzz coming from my track during the middle of the ep. There was a construction vehicle idling outside of my apartment making a bunch of noise. My bad.

Next time we’ll talk about Ultimates 14, Ultimate Spider-Man 19, Ultimate Wolverine 8, Ultimate X-Men 17 & 18.

Recommendations: River (2023), Amazing Spider-Man (Stern/Romita), Exiled (2006), The Warriors, JSA

Are we going to meet a second Amazon? Who is Ralph Dibney? Didn’t they already have a stretchy guy?Why is it so hot? Should John be hiding everything from his wife? Who is Bane? How can gold affect the force field that’s keeping the Lanterns trapped? Will Superman chose Lois or Jimmy? Join us as we discuss Absolute Green Lantern 3, Absolute Flash 4, Absolute Martian Manhunter 4, Absolute Wonder Woman 9, Absolute Superman 8 and Absolute Batman 9

Our intro music Is Atarashii Gakko! - Pineapple Kryptonite and our outro is Cliffhanger Narration from The Superhero Suite.

Recommendations - The Lost Boys, Exquisite Corpses, Compu-toon, Twin Peaks