The Last Comic Shop Podcast

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

It's the "Week of JA" at the Last Comic Shop Podcast as we look back at one of our host, JA Scott, favorite comic series from the past with the original run of Archer & Armstrong from Valiant Comics! Plus we take a look back at comic books in the 1990s. From the highest of the highs to the lowest of the lows, we'll cover it all in our discussion about one of the most divisive decades in comics! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

We hope to bond with our listeners this week with a double dose of Marvel's most famous alien symbiote: Venom! First, it's a review of the first 12 issues of the Donny Cates/Ryan Stegman run on "Venom". Then its time for a movie review with Venom: The Last Dance starring Tom Hardy! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com

Spend Halloween week with your pals at the Last Comic Shop as we review the massive Vampire Invasion crossover event from Marvel Comics this past year entitled "Blood Hunt"! Written by Jed Mackay with art by Pepe Larraz! Plus we play another of our classic comic book related games with "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero's house would you like to trick or treat at?" Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson

We're hunting demons this Halloween season with our review of one of the most popular Manga series out there with the first volume of Demon Slayer by Koyoharu Gotouge! Plus we tackle the hot button debate around Manga and its popularity vs. traditional "American" comics especially among kids! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

It's our KING SIZED 200th Episode Extravaganza! Tons of Guests! Tons of Bonus Content! Tons of Watchmen! Yes, to celebrate this magnificent milestone, we are doing a issue by issue review of one of the greatest comic books of all time with "Watchmen" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Nicole Larson, Ethan Larson, and Mikey Wood Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com Special Thanks to: Shonen Flop Podcast, Beer in Front Podcast, Comic Book Couples Counseling Podcast, Play Comics Podcast, Iron Age of Comics Podcast, Autopod Decepticast, Strange By Nature Podcast, Madison is On The Air Podcast, Ted Sikora from Hero Tomorrow Comics, Benjamin Morse, and Charlton Hero!

We're not Joking around this week as we deliver a double dose of the Clown Prince of Crime for all our listeners! First from Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight we review the haunting tale of "Going Sane" by JM Dematteis & Joe Staton. Then its time for a movie review with Joker: Folie à Deux starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com

The Last Comic Shop Podcast tackles the sequel to Emil Ferris' Eisner award winning tale of murder and mystery with "My Favorite Thing is Monsters" volume 2! Plus a good old fashioned spooky trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Halloween party! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

More leftovers from the "Year of Chad" this week as we take a look at our co host Chad Smith's favorite run on the God of Thunder told by the legendary Walt Simonson! Plus we pit more mighty Marvel comics against each other tournament style to pick which will be worthy of being our next "Read Pile" selection on a future episode of the Last Comic Shop Podcast! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Go nuts, folks! It's time to tackle a leftover from "The Year of Chad" with the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl volumes 1 & 2 by Ryan North and Erica Henderson! Plus we look back at the music, movies, and other comics released around the time Squirrel Girl issue 1 hit stands back in 2015! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com

Another wonderful comic book review comes your way this week as we look at the recent ongoing series of "Wonder Woman" by Tom King and Daniel Sampere! Plus with all the recent love around the Gal Gadot movie interpretation of Wonder Woman, we ask what other actor castings in super hero movies have forever changed comics? Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood