DiDio Out As Publisher & Wolverine #1 Review | Episode 174

On episode 174 of THE COMICS PALS, the Pals talk about the official exit of Ben Affleck from Batman, the newly announced crossover between Locke & Key and the Sandman Universe, Dan DiDio's exit as DC Comics publisher, and review Wolverine #1. Listener Mail: 00:05:21 How do you approach collecting when a publisher stops printing the comic you’re collecting? For example, I’m currently collecting Dark Horse’s Oh My Goddess! omnibuses and they stopped releasing them with volume 6. My options are going digital or buying the single volumes so I’m curious how you’d approach something like this/if you have. Pals Pulls: 00:12:18 Marco - Amethyst #1, Olympia #4 Phil - Fantastic Four Grimm Noir #1 News: Ben Affleck Officially Exits Batman: 00:15:17 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/movies/ben-affleck.html https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ben-affleck-batman-exit-youll-drink-yourself-death-1279838 https://www.joblo.com/movie-news/ben-affleck-says-he-lost-his-passion-for-batman-and-praises-robert-pattinson New Batman Images Leaked And Twitter Has Thoughts: 00:29:49 https://twitter.com/bbcscotlandnews/status/1230939189644070915 https://variety.com/2020/film/news/the-batman-leaked-images-video-1203510607/ Random Question: 00:34:33 What character design you dislike and why? Mine is Havok's odd rings from the late 90s/early 2000s. I know it was overhauled to get rid of the headgear but nothing beats the old jacket and X Factor get up https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.oocities.org/steele_x/X-Men/Wolverine5.gif&imgrefurl=https://www.oocities.org/steele_x/Wolverine.html&tbnid=FvdEYLsSyt4iWM&vet=1&docid=ZxDfzeVtqBz0rM&w=200&h=250&q=wolverine+with+no+nose&hl=en&source=sh/x/im https://i.redd.it/j1urtvy83fe11.jpg Strange Adventures Trailer: 00:45:29 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/dc-unveils-strange-adventures-trailer-1280170 Locke & Key/Sandman Universe Crossover Announced: 00:51:49 https://comicbook.com/comics/2020/02/22/locke-key-and-sandman-crossover-comic-announced/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B82Z8V9BSlc/ Alex Antone Joins Skybound as a Senior Editor: 00:55:20 https://www.newsarama.com/49126-dc-editor-alex-antone-joins-skybound-as-senior-editor.html Dan DiDio Out As Publisher: 01:01:08 https://comicbook.com/dc/2020/02/21/dc-comics-co-publisher-dan-didio-exits-company/ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-02-21/dc-comics-co-publisher-dan-didio-exits https://www.bleedingcool.com/2020/02/21/why-dan-didio-leave-dc-comics/ Main Topic: 01:22:04 Wolverine #1 Review Join us on Discord: discord.gg/6RAX3sT The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics. The Pals: Sean: twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Pete: twitter.com/Loud_Pete Cale: twitter.com/Totointow Marco: twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto Phil: twitter.com/Cyborgbebop