The Last Comic Shop Podcast

Take to the Skies this week as we review the Eisner award winning "Barnstormers" by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay! Plus will this be the final episode with Andy Larson as the host of the Last Comic Shop Podcast? Listen in and find out more!! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Nicole Larson, and Mikey Wood

Change is always good, but is the legendary Steve Ditko's mid 70s run on Shade,the Changing Man, from DC Comics any good? We review this obscure series this week to find out! Plus we all know Steve Ditko co created not only Spider-Man, but tons of his iconic villains and supporting cast. But who are our favorite Steve Ditko creations outside of the Spidey Mythos? We'll list them on this week's show! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood

We're throwing our fans a "Bone" this week with a review of the first two volumes of one of the most beloved comics out there: Bone by Jeff Smith! Plus we debut a new segment on the show: Blind Rankings! Who are the best Spider-Man writers? What's the Best Batman Movie? See how we rank when we don't know what's coming next!?! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

You can't silence our discussion this week as we look at the first 11 issues of Cassandra Cain, Batgirl, collected in the book "Silent Knight"! Plus we look at the music, movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as this series in February 2000! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com

We're hitting the racetracks this week with a tale of robotic daredevils and post apocalyptic shenanigans with "Petrol Head" from Rob Williams and Pye Parr! Plus a good old fashioned game of "Mash Ups" where we dare to pair Comic Book Characters and Most Iconic Robots in Pop Culture together! The Iron Man Giant? R2-DeadPool? Tune in to see what we come up with! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott

Enter the BWAHAHA era of the Justice League as the Last Comic Shop gang tackles vol. 6 of the historic JM Dematteis/Keith Giffen run of this title! Yep, we are going to Kooey Kooey Kooey Island, kids!! Plus we debate what is the best format for buying comics if you want to save money in 2025! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood

We are donning our stars and stripes this week for a double dose of Captain America! First, it's a review of the Captain America: Truth mini series by Robert Morales and Kyle Baker. Then its time for a movie review with Captain America: Brave New World starring Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott

In celebration of Black History Month, this week we look at the multiple award winning comic book memoir of the late, great congressman John Lewis with March: Book One, featuring art by Nate Powell. Plus we play another of our classic comic book related games with "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be the best host of The Dating Game?" Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson

It's a hard-boiled crime noir tale to start our second month of Season 5 here at the Last Comic Shop as we look at Noir Burlesque by Enrico Marini, recently re-released through Hard Case Crime! Plus we dip our toes in the the True Crime Podcast waters with a brand new segment called: Four Color Crime! Yes, 4 true crime stories all with a comic book related theme! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Mikey Wood, and Nicole Larson

It's a Team up of Epic Proportions as we welcome pop culture leadership guru, Dr. Gordon Schmidt, to the shop this week to talk comics! In particular, we are reviewing issues of Marvel's Super Villain Team-Up Series covering Doctor Doom's latest plot to take over the world with mind controlling gas!! It's a mid 70s story line by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Bob Hall you don't want to miss! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: Dr. Gordan Schmidt (@iopsychology) Read Dr. Schmidt's Blog on Leadership here: https://www.talentmetrics.io/blog Check out his Leadership books on Amazon!

The Battle is On! We welcome back George from Shortbox Summary to help us provide the play by play for the first ever Limited Series Event at Marvel with "Contest of Champions" by Bill Mantlo, John Romita Jr. and tons more! Plus we look at the music, movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as this series in June of 1982! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com

It's the first Read Pile Review of our fifth season here on the Last Comic Shop as we soar those sky ways with Silver Surfer: Requiem by J. Michael Straczynski and Esad Ribic. Plus we take a look forward by looking backwards at comic books we said we were going to read on the show that we definitely need to cover in 2025... Maybe... Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott

It's a Giant Sized Comic Book Event to kick off our 5th season! Join all of your past favorite hosts and guests as we draft DC Comics and Marvel Comics heroes on to our own fantasy teams to make the best line up possible! Make sure to be following us on social media @lastcomicshop to find out how you can vote on the eventual winner! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Mikey Wood, Ethan Larson & Nicole Larson Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com

Our "DC"ember celebration concludes with our final book review of our fourth season: "DC: The New Frontier" by the legendary Darwyn Cooke. Plus it's our annual "Data Review" featuring our Top 10 picks for Best Comics of 2024! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott

Spend your Christmas Eve with the Last Comic Shop crew as we review Tom King and Jorge Fornes 12 issue series "Danger Street" from DC Comics! Plus Santa Mikey makes a stop at the Shop to pass out comic book related presents for all our loyal listeners! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood

DCember continues this week as we take a look at the New "52" reboot of the world famous, Wonder Woman, with the first 12 issues of Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chang's run entitled "Blood & Guts" Plus a good old fashioned game of "Mash Ups" where we dare to pair Comic Book Characters and Christmas Icons together! Santa Superman? Rocket the Red Nosed Racoon? Tune in to see what we come up with! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott

"DC"ember for 2024 continues with our review of Hal Jordan's "Heel Turn" in the classic 90s Green Lantern story arc: Emerald Twilight by Ron Marz, Darryl Banks, Bill Willingham, and more! Plus we welcome Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics & show runner of the annual Pittsburgh based 3 Rivers Comic Con to talk about his love of all things Green Lantern! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith Guest Panelist: Jon Engel Check out Pittsburgh's 3 Rivers Comic Con: https://3riverscomicon.com/ Find a New Dimension Comics Store Location: http://ndcomics.com/

Our second annual "DC"ember month kicks off 5 straight weeks of DC Comics with JSA: The Golden Age by James Robinson & Paul Smith! Plus it's our first ever "Tom King of the Ring" tournament, as we decide what our next "Read Pile" selection from author Tom King will be by making 8 of his series go head to head to see which will be featured on a future episode of the Last Comic Shop Podcast! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood

While co host, JA Scott, cooks our turkey dinner this Thanksgiving, the rest of the Last Comic Shop gang will be reviewing Dawn Runner by Ram V. and Evan Cagle out of Dark Horse Comics! Yes, it's filled to the brim with Mech vs. Kaiju goodness! Plus we give thanks for some of the amazing comics coming out right now including Absolute Batman, Treasury sized Reprints, and "proper" Silver Surfer Omnibuses! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood

More Marvel this month as we review one of the most significant comics in history with the Death of Gwen Stacy issues of Amazing Spider-Man by Gerry Conway, Gil Kane, and John Romita Sr. Plus it's our third annual Marvel Trivia Challenge, so get ready to put your thinking caps on and play along with our gang! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood