Rot is the Soul of Death

Why this one is so late, well I couldn't find a good Shakespeare pun. (Why I'm still running on those, I don't know. But hey.) Good news the one I'm using last, I already know, I've known since I started this series. Of course, this is also earlier than the others. Since I don't have to wait till Wednesday to put out this series, because of Frankie. And that makes me happy I don't have to read it. I will read the final issue of the run since, well I'm still going to get it. I'm horribly curious. But neither here nor there. ROTWORLD Time.

Panel by Panel Episode 21

Welcome to Panel by Panel!

Episode 21. It's our 2012 year and review show. So I picked one of my favorite pics of the year, from the X-Men vs Avengers kerfuffle issue #1. We talk our favorites and worst books of the year.

We're joined by Special Guest Thunder.

Panel by Panel Episode 20

Welcome to Panel by Panel!

Episode 20. Dan rejoins us and we discuss Death of the Family. As well as other stories, including Thor and Phantom Stranger. As well as Previews and their Spoilers.

Something Rotten this Way Comes

First off, that is not a Shakespeare reference, it's a Bradbury reference, which is a Shakespeare reference, so maybe the title of the post is a highbrow reference, instead of an obscure sci-fi reference. But moving on.

Two months ago, I reviewed Animal Man and Swamp Thing #12 with mixed results. I spent most the time geeking out and going on overly long rants about how awesome Animal Man is. (It is.) I'll try to avoid that this week. Oh, and I hate myself for the ending joke. I had to wait two months...not one. Damn you, DC!

New 52 (+4) scores Part 2

A brief look at the scores for the New 52 number 0s. All scores are 0 to 5.

Comic	Dan	James	Garrett
Batgirl	5	4	5
Batman/Backup	4/5	4/5	4/5
Batman and Robin	4	3	3.5
Deathstroke	2	1	N/A
Demon Knights	3	4	4
Frankenstein	2	3	2
Green Lantern Corps	4	4	3
Grifter	2	3	3
Legion Lost	N/A	3	N/A
Ravagers	3	2	N/A
Resurrection Man	5	4	3
Suicide Squad	5	3	4
Superboy	2	3	3
Team 7	2	4	3

Panel by Panel Episode 14

We have Returned.

I hope you enjoy the show. We discuss Green Lantern's newest Lantern. As well we talk about the our picks of the week, and provide a relatively quick run down of the other #0s from DC's New 52.

Pulls 08/22/2012

Another week comes, another week goes, and we have a new stack of pretty pictures and words. This fourth week is quickly becoming that hodgepodge of left overs week. Weeks one and two are primarily the Dark and Vertigo books. Week three gets to be the Green Lantern week. And this week we get my regulars of Justice League Dark, All-Star Western, and New Guardians.

There is some Spider-Man involved, but issue 692 is going to get a special, since it gets to be the uber expensive 50th anniversary issue.

Oh, and the final issue of Deadpool Kills the Universe. Bloody hell.

And remember, spoiler free zone. Well, except for the rant at the end, I just don't care anymore about keeping that one clean.

Rotworld: Prequel

Rotworld. The mega cross over book of the year. Sure you can have your Court of Owls. Your Avengers vs X-Men. But none shall hold a candle to Rotworld, the Animal Man and Swamp Thing Cross over. (Featuring other books in the Dark family.)

For two reasons. One, every book that will be apart of this cross over will be good. (I'm looking at you Red Hood. And you...Avengers vs X-Men.) And two, more than two issues are written by Scott Snyder. Let us dive into Rotworld Prequel.

This is spoiler heavy, so If you want to read them, do not read this. I can't recommend these two enough, and they aren't bad jumping on points for new readers to either of these series.

Panel by Panel Episode 13

So this week we talk about Marvel Movies.
Also we discuss Batman Earth One. Atomic Robo. Resurrection Man. Spider-Men. Batman and Robin.

Joined by Special guest David.

Enjoy.

Panel by Panel Episode 12

Welcome to Episode 12!

We have a bit of a format change up, we shorter, and hopefully have this thing running smoothly. Hopefully.

We discuss shortly the return of Joker in the batbooks, and much longer on Marvel NOW.

Owls' Special

A note on the our Owls' Special. First it will take a bit to come out, because of it's nature, we wish to spend some time editing it. It will be a long episode, thanks to roughly 14 books we will be talking about.

Also, as far as books that may have come out this week, like Ravengers #1. We will discuss them next week. Sorry for the delay on those.

Panel by Panel Episode 9

We're back, in a new room. Hopefully with better acoustics.
So this week:
Batman inc.
Aquaman
New Guardians
Teen Titans
Justice League Dark
I, Vampire

Event Fever
We mock the second vs book.

DC Families Review: The Dark

A few things to get out of the way. First off, for those who don’t know, DC has broken their books up into separate families. And over the course of the next few weeks I, James, plan on doing quick reviews of each family and their books, how their stories are going, what I hope to see, that type of things. I am also hoping to get Dan and Garrett to do this as well and get their opinions on their favorite/least favorite families. So let’s kick this off with my favorite, THE DARK.

For any regulars out there you may have heard that my picks of the week aren’t books we talk about on the show, for some, I’m the only one reading them, others, well, just isn’t brought up for time’s sake. But I am a huge fan of THE DARK.  A quick rundown of the books: Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Justice League Dark, Demon Knights, I Vampire, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., and Demon Knights. (Recent addiction Dial H, though we won’t cover that for the moment.)

Panel by Panel Episode 7

Welcome to Episode 7 of Panel by Panel
This week we talk about
Green Lantern: With lecture by Garrett
The Culling (Superboy and Legion Lost)
Suicide Squad and Resurrection Man
Grifter
Scarlet Spider
Uncanny X-Force

Event Tie-Ins.

Pull List: May 9 2012

So I haven't done this in a few weeks, partly because I've had a whole bunch of things on my mind, and partly because our newest host gets comics at a different time than I and Dan do, and I felt odd not getting him involved.
This week, I've decided to screw that. You may also note this is up early. I know what I'm getting, I know what Dan is getting. And I will make shit up for Garrett. If anything really cool comes out, I'll make an addendum.
The red highlight is what we got that was not apart of this original list. I apologize to Demon Knights. Not to the tie ins.

Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day: One Day Late

If you are curious...I'm just bored today. So this is the last one, I promise. Just...a visual difference in the two big comic book companies and what they are trying to get us to buy their books.

Marvel

DC

I feel the art speaks for itself. Two companies trying to sell you their product by giving free samples. Me thinks one of these books needs to get better art, to convince me to buy more of their product.

Pandora! I found her.

So quick update, because We forgot to look for Pandora on the release of the second wave. So we didn't have her in our podcast. Here she is

G.I. Combat

Dial-H

World's Finest

Panel by Panel Episode 6

And we have an episode 6. Hoorah.
Apologies. There were slight problems with the sever, the episode is now available.

This week we talk about:
Teen Titans Annual #1: The Culling Part 1
Earth 2
Worlds Finest
Action Comics
Justice League International
Daredevil
Spider-Man

Another week, another screw up

It seems to be how things work here, we can't seem to get a podcast out every week like we would like. So here is just a quick look at what we pulled, and some brief thoughts. Remember, spoilers as always.


All-Star Western:
Arkham is the best addition to this book. He spends most of the opening getting high on opiates and getting hookers. When caught, he claims in the name of medicine. Jonah while this goes on, gets in fights, joins a cause, and is betrayed by that cause. Of course, he was going to betray that cause in the first place, but that is neither here nor there.


Green Lantern: New Guardians:
Arkillo finds out what happens to the Sinestro Corps. We find out how we'll keep a yellow lantern in this book. Nothing much else, sadly.

Justice League Dark/I Vampire:
Both of these bad boys together. They are a continuing story of the rise of Cain, and it's pretty badass. I don't want to give to much away, because I recommend these books over most others, but be assure, Constantine is a prick, and we love him for it. Andrew Bennet will rise again, and he will be awesome. Otherwise, pick up these books.

Daredevil:
While Dan has his new Marvel favorite in Scarlet Spider, mine is Daredevil. I picked up the first issue of Mark Waid's run on the book and loved it instantly, and dug around for the past month finding all the back issues. I can't recommend this series enough. But this issue is the conclusion to the Omega Effect, a story that spanned Avenging Spider-Man, and the Punisher. It's a good conclusion to the story, and I would advice people to get the other books. I've also gotten interested in the Punisher, so I will get back to you next month on whether that's any good.

I know Dan probably has more he'd like to talk about, so I'll see what he wants to say, and this will be that place holder for whatever he has.

Event Fever:
Avengers vs. X-Men. Yay. This event so far is a mixed bag for me. The premise is a little lame, Scott's an ass and a half, and Wolverine is all emo whiny bitch. But this week is tie-in week, and so we look at those. Most are barely tie-ins. And I'll be honest, I haven't read Secret Avengers yet, and that is a legit Tie-in. Uncanny X-Men was alright, but having not read X-Men in so long, Juggernaut Colossus is just weird. So we will talk about what is my favorite book of the series so far. A vs X. The fight book.
For those who don't know, there is a fight book. a once a month bare knuckle brawl fight book. And it's stupid. Soooo stupid it's hilarious. Of course one should remember that these fight books aren't technically in continuity with the regular book, and if you look at both fights provided, Magneto vs. Ironman, and The Thing vs Namor, you will see they don't quite match up to the regular event book.
But the opening text of the book basically goes, screw continuity, this is for fun. And boy is it fun.

Pick of the week.
James: It's so hard to choose. even the books I didn't talk about were fun. But if I'll be honest, I will probably get more enjoyment out of the sheer stupidity of A vs. X then most of these other books, so if you want just a constant laugh at bad, get that book.

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Episode 5: A Week Late

Hello again, welcome to Episode 5.
This week we talk about Justice League, Batman, Nightwing, Punisher, and Avenging Spiderman.
Also: Event Fever with Avengers vs. X-Men.

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Download here: Episode 4