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The Comics Canon is the podcast that reads, reviews, and renders judgment on the greatest comic book stories of yesterday and today. Each episode, Curt Holman and Kevin Moreau take a critical and completely subjective look at one of the biggest stories and most seminal moments in the medium's history, as they decide: Does this belong in the pantheon of classic and iconic tales known as ... The Comics Canon?
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- 2 days ago1h 15m
Episode 266: The Gashlycrumb Tinies and The Addams Family (With Dan McCoy)
On this episode, Halloween season comes to a spine-tingling conclusion with a look at Edward Gorey's macabre masterwork The Gashlycrumb Tinies and Charles Addams's altogether ooky Addams Family cartoons! And we're fortunate to be joined once again by Flop House co-host and award-winning television writer Dan McCoy (The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Hell of a Week With Charlamagne Tha God)! Dan unsurprisingly provides invaluable insight as a humor writer, cartoonist, and horror aficionado, helping us pry the lid off such issues as Mad magazine, whether these works count as comics, and whether they belong in that crumbling Victorian manse known as … The Comics Canon! In This Very Episode! The Museum of Nostalgia Edward Gorey's The West Wing Hokum Tremors The Martian Chronicles Marvel EIC Stephen Wacker's Retailer Day speech Join us in two weeks as we prepare for the release of Godzilla Minus Zero with a look at (what else?) Kaijumax Season 1: Terror and Respect by Zander Cannon! Until then: Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height
- 2 weeks ago1h 19m
Episode 265: Swamp Thing vs. The Monkey King
Content warning: references to sexual assault On this episode, Etrigan the Demon makes a return appearance as he horns his way into one of the best horror comic runs ever in Saga of the Swamp Thing #25-27! Jason Blood (dialing the creepiness up to 11) shows up in Baton Rouge just as Abby Arcane starts a new job at a home for autistic children. But he's not the only one who's new in town: The Monkey King (aka the cuddly yet deadly Kamara from The Demon #4) is newly arrived as well, barreling headlong toward a confrontation with Blood's devilish alter ego – and Abby's pal, the Swamp Thing! Can everyone's favorite vegetable man and one very loquacious demon stop the Monkey King from feeding on the fears of Abby's charges? What is Sting doing here, anyway? And can our monstrous heroes gain entrance into that home for wayward youth known as … The Comics Canon? Also in This Episode: Curt tries to keep it together Jason Blood needs to work on his people skills Lanterns The contemporary heir to Hammer Films Shin Godzilla Join us in two weeks for something a little different as we usher in All Hallows Eve with a look at Charles Addams' Addams Family cartoons and Edward Gorey's Gashlycrumb Tinies! Until then: Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt
- Sep 30, 20261h 29m
Episode 264: Jack Kirby's The Demon
On this episode, we get an early start celebrating the spookiest time of the year with a look at the frightfully fun first appearances of Jason Blood and Etrigan in The Demon #1-5 by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer, published by DC Comics! As Camelot falls to the forces of Morgaine Le Fey, the wizard Merlin dispatches his faithful demon servant, Etrigan, to await further instructions. (Why does Merlin have a faithful demon servant? No idea!) Centuries later, brooding demonologist Jason Blood reads an inscription on Merlin's tomb and transforms into (can you guess?) … that's right, Etrigan! Can Jason Blood and his chaotic alter ego defeat Morgaine Le Fey and foil the plans of the deadly Reincarnators? Can they survive the threat of Ugly Meg and the cuddly lil' fear monster known as the kamara? And can they withstand the sinister scrutiny of that cursed cabal known as … The Comics Canon? Also in This Episode: Why was Kirby's Fourth World canceled? Harry Mathews: World's Worst Friend So, like, what is Merlin's deal? The Devil Rides Out Resident Evil Mooncop by Tom Gauld Join us in two weeks as Etrigan visits everyone's favorite muck monster (and a certain cute lil' demon creature returns) in The Saga of the Swamp Thing #25-27! Until then: Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send
- Sep 16, 20261h 12m
Episode 263: Behold … The Vision!
The Vision gets his turn in the MCU spotlight next month with the Disney+ series VisionQuest, so it seems like the perfect time to turn the Comics Canon spotlight on the origin of everyone's favorite synthezoid with a look at "Behold … The Vision!" from Avengers #57 and "Even an Android Can Cry" from Avengers #58, published by Marvel Comics! When Janet Van Dyne is attacked by a strange, unearthly being, she enlists the aid of her fellow Avengers to figure out who he is and why he's been programmed to kill Earth's mightiest heroes! Joining forces with the newly christened Vision, the team confronts the villainous robot Ultron-5 and begins to unravel the mystery of their new friend's murky past! What in the world does the late Wonder Man have to do with all of this? Will the Avengers accept their new friend, who just recently tried to kill them, into their ranks, without even running a background check? And will Curt and Kevin invite him to march with them in that Robot Parade known as … The Comics Canon? Also in This Episode: Matthew Modine as the Vision Kevin's favorite Shakespeare play Percy Bysshe Shelley OWNS Ultron Stop trying to make synthezoid happen! Curt makes a promise for 2027 My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne Furious on Hulu Join us in two weeks as we get ready for spooky season with a look back at the first five issues of Jack Kirby's The Demon! Until then: Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise<span style= "font
- Sep 2, 20261h 15m
Episode 262: Spy x Family 1
It's back-to-school time, and we celebrate with a look at the first volume of the mega-popular manga Spy x Family by Tatsuya Endo, published in the U.S. by Viz Media! The unflappable super-spy known only as Twilight has just received the most challenging mission of his career: In order to get the goods on a reclusive politician, he must marry and produce a child – a child who must be accepted into the ultra-elite Eden Academy in one week's time! In short order, he adopts 6-year-old Anya and recruits shy office worker Yor to pose as his wife. But what he doesn't know is that Yor is secretly the deadly assassin known as Thorn Princess, and Anya is a telepath! Can this lone wolf learn to rely on Yor and Tanya and complete his mission? Can Yor survive the dinner party from Hell without killing everyone in sight? Will Anya be accepted into Eden Academy? And can these undercover operatives that treacherous volcanic island base known as … The Comics Canon? Also in This Episode: Those dumb Mission: Impossible masks Let's cast the Spy x Family movie Housemaster Henderson's very specific kink A special cameo from a certain vampire cow Spoiler for the 1976 film Taxi Driver The Castle of Cagliostro Mr. & Mrs. Smith on Amazon Prime The End of Oak Street Join us in two weeks as we gear up for Vision Quest with a look at Vizh's first appearance in Avengers #57-58! Until then: Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106%; fo
- Aug 19, 20261h 14m
Episode 261: Gotham Central Vol. 1 – In the Line of Duty
On this episode, Dark August Knights, our two-part miniseries on Batman and Batman-adjacent stories, concludes with a look at Gotham Central Vol. 1, In the Line of Duty, collecting Gotham Central issues #1-5 by Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka and Michael Lark, published by DC Comics! In the criminal justice system, offenses committed by members of Batman's Rogues Gallery are considered especially heinous. In Gotham City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these crimes are members of an elite squad known as the Major Crimes Unit, for whom a search for a missing young girl might lead to a deadly encounter with Mister Freeze and a scorching-hot encounter with that pyromaniacal perp known as Firebug! Can Detective Driver solve the murder of Bonnie Lewis and move past the death of his partner? Why don't Renee Montoya and Crispus Allen get more to do? And can these casefiles make it onto the desk of those loose cannons known as … The Comics Canon? Also in This Episode: Homicide: Life on the Street Hey, is that Alan Moore? Kaya and the Lizard Riders Matt Goldberg on Sadie Sink's character in Spider-Man: Brand New Day Mischief: A Novel of the 87th Precinct, by Ed McBain Join us in two weeks as we discuss Spy x Family Vol. 1 by Tatsuya Endo! Until then:Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! Rate us on Apple Podcasts! Send us an email! Hit us up on Facebook <span style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 106
- Aug 5, 20261h 11m
Episode 260: Batman – Daughter of the Demon
On this episode, we kick off a two-part miniseries, Dark August Knights! That's right, we're focusing on Batman and Batman-adjacent stories during the month of August! And first up is the introduction of the Dark Knight's iconic villain Ra's al Ghul – as seen in 1971's Batman #232 and 1972's Batman #243-244, by the titanic team of Denny O'Neil and Neal Adams, published by DC Comics! After Robin the College-Aged Boy Wonder is kidnapped, Batman is visited by the mysterious Ra's al Ghul, whose daughter, Talia, has also been abducted! The trail takes the World's Greatest Crime-Fighter and his enigmatic new acquaintance to Calcutta and the Himalayas, where a showdown with the lethal Brotherhood of the Demon awaits! Later, the Dark Knight Detective and a team of allies travels to the Swiss Alps to take down this international crime lord – who turns out to be immortal! Can Batman defeat the Head of the Demon in a desert duel to the death? And can this trio of tales infiltrate that mountaintop lair of villainy known as … The Comics Canon? Also in This Episode: Batman, International Man of Mystery Sit, Ubu, sit! The Caped Crusader's implausible detecting skills Spider-Man: Brand New Day Dungeon Crawler Carl, narrated by Jeff Hays Taking work from cat actors Join us in two weeks as we wrap up Dark August Knights with a look at Gotham Central #1-5! Until then:Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comic
- Jul 21, 20261h 10m
Episode 259: The Incredible Hulk vs. Wolverine
On this episode, in true Comics Canon fashion, we look ahead to the July 30 release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day with a discussion of (what else?) a pair of classic battles between the Hulk and Wolverine, natch! First up are "And the Wind Howls … Wendigo!" and "And Now … the Wolverine!" from 1974's Incredible Hulk #180-181, featuring the debut of the first and greatest Canadian superhero! Then we jump ahead 13 years to 1987's "Vicious Circle" from Incredible Hulk #340, for a rematch between a very different Hulk and a very different Wolverine, in perhaps the most 1990s comic of the 1980s! Will Marie Cartier succeed in her plan to turn the Hulk into the Wendigo? (And how would that work, exactly?) Can Wolvie be the better man and avoid a knock-down, drag-out fight with a very irate Gray Hulk? And which of our combatants will emerge victorious from that Brawl to Settle It All known as … The Comics Canon? Also in This Episode: Where's our Wendigo movie? Bobcat Goldthwait and Deadpool He's the best there is at what he does … and it's not what you think X-Men 97 Season 2 The Odyssey Incredible Hulk #182: Between Hammer and Anvil! Triptych by Karin Slaughter Join us in two weeks as we kick off a month of Batman-related tales with a look at the Caped Crusader's first run-in with Ra's al Ghul in Batman issues 232-234! Until then:Please consider donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Impress your friends with our Comics Canon merchandise! <a href= "https://itunes.apple.com/us/podc
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