About this podcast
The Last Comic Shop is a podcast dedicated to saving one of the great literary art forms: Comics!
Weekly reviews and recommendations for comic book fans both new and life long!
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Episodes
The newest 50 of 315 episodes
- Laura Pérez's Nocturnos — Dreams, Fear, and the Hours After Dark : #316 · 60 min · Season 6 Episode 46There's no plot in Nocturnos. Laura Pérez just walks you through the night — a collision on a dark road, a bedtime story that stops being a story, a path through the woods toward…
- Magik - Illyana's Seven Years in Hell : #315 · 1 h 0 min · Season 6 Episode 45Illyana Rasputin steps through a portal as a little girl and comes back a teenage sorceress. This week we're reading Magik: Storm and Illyana, Chris Claremont's 1983 limited…
- Doctor Doom's Greatest Story — Triumph and Torment : #314 · 60 min · Season 6 Episode 44In 1989 Marvel let Roger Stern and Mike Mignola make a graphic novel about Doctor Doom rescuing his mother's soul from Hell. It's still the best Doom story anyone has written…
- Murder Podcast - A True Crime Podcast that Kills Its Listeners : #313 · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 43A true crime podcast that kills the people who listen to it. That's the premise of Murder Podcast - the debut title from Ignition Press, which sold out in 24 hours! Andy, Chad…
- The Nice House on the Lake - James Tynion IV's Apocalypse Horror : #312 · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 42What if...your best friend invited you to this amazing lake house for the weekend, and then the world ended? Nice House on the Lake by James Tynion IV, Alvaro Martinez Bueno, &…
- Batman of Two Worlds — Two Batmans, One Comic : #311 · 1 h 4 min · Season 6 Episode 41Two Batmans, one $2.99 comic. DC's Batman Day centerpiece gives you a mainline Batman story from Matt Fraction and Javi Fernández, and an Absolute Batman story from Scott Snyder…
- Wolverine & Havok: Meltdown - X-Men meets Cold War Thriller : #310 · 1 h 2 min · Season 6 Episode 40This week we're welcoming back Pittsburgh comic book creator, John Davis, for a review of the 4 issue X-men related mini series entitled "Wolverine & Havok: Meltdown" by Walt &…
- Assorted Crisis Events Vol. 1 - Deniz Camp's Best Comic Yet? : #309 · 1 h 2 min · Season 6 Episode 39Time plays a critical role in this week's show as we review the 2026 Eisner award winner for "Best New Series" with Assorted Crisis Events volume 1 by Deniz Camp & Eric Zawadzki!…
- Camelot 3000 - King Arthur vs. an Alien Invasion: #308 · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 38You don't need Excalibur to listen to this week's podcast covering DC Comics first ever maxi series with "Camelot 3000" by Mike W. Barr & Brian Bolland. Plus we play a round of…
- Who Is the Greatest Superhero of All Time? - Live at 3 Rivers Comic Con: #307 · 59 min · Season 6 Episode 37Revisit this live taping of the Last Comic Shop Podcast straight from the annual Pittsburgh based "3 Rivers Comic Con" earlier this year! Join Andy, Chad, Mikey & a whole slew of…
- Bridge Planet Nine - A Sci-Fi Heist That Goes Very Wrong: #306 · 60 min · Season 6 Episode 36The Last Comic Shop Podcast blasts off with the indie sci-fi series "Bridge Planet Nine" by Jared Throne this week! Plus celebrate those summer movie blockbusters with a trivia…
- X-men Elsewhen, Vol.1- What If Jean Grey Never Died?: #305 · 57 min · Episode 35All Things are new again this week as we review John Byrne's recent redux revisiting of his X-men run post Dark Phoenix Saga with "X-Men: Elsewhen Vol.1" by Marvel Arts! Plus we…
- Dave McKean's Cages - The Sandman Artist's Own Masterpiece: #304 · 1 h 0 min · Season 6 Episode 34Dust off your berets and pretend to look intellectual, kids! We are reviewing the artistic tour de force known as "Cages" by Dave McKean. Plus it's an Summertime themed round of…
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day- Is the Movie Anything Like the Comic? : #303 · 1 h 8 min · Season 6 Episode 33Walloping Webspinners! We've got Spidey style action this week on the podcast! First, it's a review of the Spider-Man: Brand New Day comic collection featuring stories from Dan…
- Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1- Diana Raised in Hell. : #302 · 1 h 0 min · Season 6 Episode 32Coming straight from the depths of Hades, its a new take on arguably the most famous female superhero as we review the first volume of Absolute Wonder Woman by Kelly Thompson…
- Out of Alcatraz- They Escaped. That Was the Easy Part. : #301 · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 31We continue our march towards the 2026 Eisner Awards this week with "Out of Alcatraz" by Chris Cantwell and Tyler Crook nominated for "Best Limited Series" at this year's awards…
- The Dark Knight Returns - The Comic That Changed Batman Forever : #300 · 1 h 13 min · Season 6 Episode 30Celebrate our 300th episode with this 40th anniversary review of the legendary comic mini series "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" by Frank Miller. Plus it's time for a game of…
- Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow - Comic vs. Movie: #299 · 1 h 0 min · Season 6 Episode 29Girl Power! It's all about the Woman of Steel this week! First, it's a review of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King and Bilquis Everly! Then it's the review of the new…
- Captain America: Operation Rebirth - Plus, the Best Condiment Ever Ranked : #298 · 1 h 6 min · Season 6 Episode 28Get ready for some fireworks as we continue our annual tradition of covering a Captain America comic series in honor of the 250th Independence Day of America! This year's entry…
- Torpedo 1936 Vol.1 - The Comic Alex Toth Walked Away From : #297 · 1 h 3 min · Season 6 Episode 27We are celebrating Mikey Wood's birthday by revisiting the very first time our favorite Pittsburgh based comic creator and aficionado ever stopped by the shop to share in his…
- Bowling with Corpses - Mike Mignola Without Hellboy: #296 · 53 min · Season 6 Episode 26We are getting gothic this week celebrating the return of the legendary comic book creator Mike Mignola to both story and art with his book "Bowling with Corpses & Other Strange…
- Masters of the Universe - Did the Movie Get He-man Right? : #295 · 1 h 6 min · Season 6 Episode 25By The Power of Grayskull! It's a double dose of Masters of the Universe with this late entry to Movie "May"hem 2026! First, it's a review of the original Masters of the Universe…
- Spider-Man Noir: The Gwen Stacy Affair - Erik Larsen Returns to Spider-Man: #294 · 58 min · Season 6 Episode 24Dust off your fedora and oil up those web shooters as we take a look at the latest adventures of Spider-Man Noir in comic book form! That's right, it's the Gwen Stacy Affair mini…
- Absolute Batman Vol.2 & Batman v. Superman - Which Snyder Did Batman Better? : #293 · 1 h 6 min · Season 6 Episode 23Movie "May"hem 2026 comes to a close this week with a double dose of the Caped Crusader: Batman! First up, its volume two of the highly acclaimed Absolute Batman series by writer…
- Comic vs. Movie Marathon - 6 Movie Mayhem Episodes Back to Back : #292 · 5 h 54 min · Season 6 Episode 21Welcome back Last Comic Shop Fans! It's time to help kick off your summer season right by introducing the latest in the Last Comic Shop Podcast's collection of past episodes all…
- SnowPiercer - Comic vs. Movie : #291 · 1 h 0 min · Season 6 Episode 21All Aboard! We're keeping Movie "May"hem on the tracks this week with our review of SnowPiercer, the post apocalyptic tale of a train keeping the last of humanity alive amid a…
- Howard the Duck - A Great Comic & One of the Worst Movies Ever Made : #290 · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 24We're getting Quacky this week with our annual Movie "May"hem event pairing movies & the comic books they were inspired from! Yes, it's the first 8 issues of the 1970s comic book…
- Lone Wolf and Cub - The Manga That Inspired The Mandalorian : #289 · 1 h 4 min · Season 6 Episode 19We're kicking off Movie "May"hem 2026 this week! Our month where we pair comics and the movies inspired by them. First up, its Volume One of the highly acclaimed Lone Wolf & Cub…
- Star Trek: Red Shirts - A Comic About the Guys Who Always Die : #288 · 59 min · Season 6 Episode 18We are boldly going where no comic book podcast has gone before this week with our review of the Star Trek mini series "Red Shirts" by Chris Cantwell & Megan Levens! Plus, we…
- JLA: The Nail - What If The Kents Never Found Superman? : #287 · 58 min · Season 6 Episode 17What would the DC Universe be without Superman? We hopefully will get answers to that with this week's Read Pile Review of "Justice League of America: The Nail" by Alan Davis &…
- Drome - Jesse Lonergan's Eisner-Nominated Mythic Epic : #286 · 1 h 6 min · Season 6 Episode 16Take a deep dive into one of the most acclaimed graphic novels released in 2025 as we test our mythological mettle against "Drome" by Jesse Lonergan! Plus another round of our…
- Superman/Spider-Man #1 - 50 years After the First Marvel/DC Crossover: #285 · 58 min · Season 6 Episode 15It's the Team Up of Century! Finally after decades, two of comic book most well known characters in Superman & Spider-Man join forces in a collection of stories done by a host of…
- Punisher Max & War Zone - Where to Start with the Punisher: #284 · 59 min · Season 6 Episode 14We're wrapping up one Last Comic Shop month long event by teasing the next one! Yes, it's a preview of our upcoming Movie "May"hem month where we pair comics and the movies…
- Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell - What to Read After Born Again : #283 · 59 min · Season 6 Episode 13On the heels of the hit second season of Daredevil: Born Again, we are using our fourth pick for the Merry Marvel March Society to take a closer look at the Man Without Fear!…
- Marvel's Earth X - Alex Ross's Future Where Everyone Has Powers : #282 · 1 h 2 min · Season 6 Episode 12We are hoping to get lucky with this week's pick for the Merry Marvel March Society! It's the dystopian future of the Marvel 616 with "Earth X" by Jim Kruger, Alex Ross, and John…
- Phoenix Vol. 1 - Jean Grey Without the X-men : #281 · 55 min · Season 6 Episode 11The Merry Marvel March Society for 2026 continues this week with the X-man turned cosmic defender, Phoenix! Yes, it's volume 1 of the 2024/2025 self titled series by Stephanie…
- Spider-Man vs. Thanos - The Infinity Gauntlet Tie-in Nobody Remembers: #280 · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 10It's the Kick Off to The Merry Marvel March Society in 2026 with 5 straight weeks of Marvel Comics! As an added treat, we're welcoming comic book creator, John Davis, to the shop…
- Fletcher Hanks - The Strangest Comics of the Golden Age: #278 · 1 h 3 min · Season 6 Episode 9Learn about some of the strangest Golden Age comics ever created courtesy of the Fantagraphics collection: "I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets!" created by Fletcher Hanks…
- Tailgunner Jo - DC's Forgotten Cyborg with Two Minds : #277 · 1 h 1 min · Season 6 Episode 8Reach deep into those buck bins, kids! This week we are reviewing an obscure 1980s cyberpunk fever dream called "Tailgunner Jo" by Peter Gills with artwork by Tom Artis. Plus…
- Maggie the Mechanic - Where to Start with Love And Rockets : #276 · 54 min · Season 6 Episode 7Blast off this week into our review of arguably one of the most famous indie comic book series with Maggie the Mechanic, a Fantagraphics reprint collection of Love and Rockets…
- The X-Force Omnibus — Does Liefeld's Run Actually Hold Up? | #275 · 1 h 8 min · Season 6 Episode 6It's another YEAR OF CHAD pick as we review arguably one of his favorite comic runs ever with the Rob Liefeld years of New Mutants/X-Force recently collected in the X-Force…
- The Best Comics of 2025 - Our Favorite Episodes Back to Back : #274 · 7 h 47 min · Season 6 Episode 5Welcome back Last Comic Shop Fans! It's time for the latest in the Last Comic Shop Podcast's collection of past episodes all linked together in one extended play mix! The…
- Uncanny Valley - Cartoon Horror From the Writer of Stray Dogs : #273 · 1 h 0 min · Season 6 Episode 4It's time to Toon in, kids! It's our review of Tony Fleecs & Dave Wachter's love letter to all those classic cartoons of our youth with the Eisner Award Nominated series…
- Kingdom Come - Is This the Greatest Superman Story Ever? : #272 · 1 h 2 min · Season 6 Episode 3We are checking one of the all time classics off the list this week as we review one of DC Comics most well known limited series of the past 30 years with "Kingdom Come" by Mark…
- Valiant's Unity - The Best Shared Universe of the 90s? : #271 · 1 h 8 min · Season 6 Episode 2Time is Absolute as the first "Year of JA" book of 2026 highlights one of our co-host's favorite intercompany crossover events: Valiant Comics' original Unity Saga by Jim…
- Spectacular Spider-Man - The Child Within & The Death of Harry Osborn: #270 · 1 h 56 min · Season 6 Episode 1It's a Double Sized Episode Event to kick off our 6th season! Join all of your past favorite hosts and guests as we cover 23 issues of Spectacular Spider-Man written by JM…
- Batman: Year One - It's Actually Jim Gordon's Story - #269 · 1 h 7 min · Season 5 Episode 57Our "DC"ember celebration concludes with our final book review of our fifth season: "Batman: Year One" written by the legendary Frank Miller with art by David Mazzucchelli. Plus…
- The New Gods Vol.1 - Ram V's Take on Kirby's Fourth World : #268 · 56 min · Season 5 Episode 56Spend your Christmas with the Last Comic Shop crew as we review the first six issues of Ram V. and Evan Cagle's recent renewal of the New Gods series collected in the trade…
- The Best Batman Comics - 6 Episodes Back to Back : #267 · 6 h 7 min · Season 5 Episode 55Merry Christmas Last Comic Shop Fans! At this special time of year, the Last Comic Shop celebrates DC Comics with their annual event they call DCember. And what kind of DCember…
- DC's Warlord - Plus, the Greatest Action Figure Playset of All Time : #266 · 1 h 6 min · Season 5 Episode 54We travel to the underground world of Skartaris to celebrate the recent release of Mike Grell's high fantasy masterpiece "The Warlord" in Omnibus! Plus we are finally planting…
