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Conor Kilpatrick blows on his conch shell and Paul Montgomery and Ryan Haupt answer the call to discuss Aquaman! Does the film sink or does it swim?Running Time: 00:37:11Music:"Beyond the Sea"Bobby Darin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and Ryan Haupt gather like a bunch of far-flung Spider-People to discuss the film debuts of Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Ham, and more in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse!Running Time: 00:35:24Music:"Sunflower"Post Malone & Swae Lee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the final show of the year and it's a long one! With much consternation, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick discuss the week's comics. But that's not all! Conor goes through some extended "state of DC" therapy while Josh goes down cartoon memory lane! All this and the gain on Conor's mic was set too high which is the perfect send-off for a year full of dumb technical glitches!Running Time: 01:21:59Pick of the Week:00:02:20 - Martian Manhunter #1Comics:00:13:43 - Doomsday Clock #800:21:45 - Shazam! #100:26:00 - Prodigy #100:28:59 - Marvel Knights: 20th #300:34:23 - The Green Lantern #200:37:05 - The Last Siege #700:38:58 - Winter Soldier #100:41:08 - Namor: The Best Defense #100:42:56 - The Merry X-Men Holiday Special #1Star Wars Corner:00:44:46 - Star Wars #58Patron Pick:00:47:14 - DIE #1Patron Thanks:00:56:14 - Isaac Person00:58:17 - KJ Eldridge00:59:36 - Colin Adams01:00:36 - Peter ShevenellPicks of the Week - By The Numbers:01:02:05 - Conor breaks out his spreadsheets to run down the stats on this year's Picks.Audience Question:01:08:32 - Dan from Baltimore, MD is looking for comic book criticism resources.Brought To You By:• Harry's - Go to Harrys.com/ifanboy right now to Harry’s to give you $5 off ANY shave set, including our limited-edition holiday sets, when you go to Harrys.com/ifanboy. Plus, you’ll get FREE shipping through December 12! This offer is for new AND returning customers and is only available for the holidays!• iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount!• iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got seven designs!Music:"Run Run Rudolph"She and Him Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The name of the game is agreement, and Conor and Josh are getting good at it. Not about the Pick, or really about the other book in the lineup, but it's agreeable at the least. Oh and fun. It's pretty fun and we make a merlock sound at one point.Running Time: 01:09:57Pick of the Week/Patron Pick:00:01:44 - The Amazing Spider-Man #10Comics:00:08:45 - Action Comics #100500:12:53 - Heroes in Crisis #300:17:34 - Old Man Hawkeye #1100:23:07 - Marvel Two-In-One #1200:28:35 - Daredevil #61200:31:42 - Books of Magic #200:32:50 - Man-Eaters #300:35:25 - Ironheart #1Patron Pick:00:38:30 - DC's Nuclear Winter Special #1Patron Thanks:00:48:13 - Samuel Weiss00:49:37 - Jeevan Devassy00:51:07 - Jack Window00:52:00 - Joe StertzAudience Question:00:54:50 - Ryan from Philly asks what the best superhero title would be to read, from start to finish.01:00:09 - Scott in Florida wants to know who the greatest living comic creator is, and the essential Dick Grayson stories.Brought To You By:• Eero - Never think about WiFi again - Get $100 off the “Eero base unit and 2 beacons package,” and 1 year of Eeero Plus, visit eero.com/ifanboy and at checkout enter IFANBOY.• Molekule - The only air purifier that actually destroys pollutants. For $75 off your first order, visit molekule.com and enter IFANBOY at checkout. • iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount!• iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got seven designs!Music:"Merry Something to You"Devo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special post-Thanksgiving episode, Ryan Haupt steps in for Josh Flanagan and both he and Conor Kilpatrick are exhausted. But things pick up by the end and there's way more dinosaur wang talk than one would normally expect from this show.Running Time: 01:00:00Pick of the Week/Patron Pick:00:02:08 - American Carnage #1Comics:00:09:17 - Batman #5900:13:53 - Nightwing #5300:17:22 - Marvel Knights: 20th #200:20:25 - Archie #70000:27:20 - Mars Attacks #200:28:54 - Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive #200:31:56 - Uncanny X-Men #200:36:51 - Middlewest #1Star Wars Corner:00:39:40 - Star Wars #57Patron Thanks:00:44:35 - Ellen Jurczak00:46:32 - Ethan Dezotelle00:47:13 - Ross Fenion00:48:36 - DaredevolAudience Question:00:50:07 - Ken from the Great White North needs an update on the dinosaur genitalia situation from last week's episode.Here's the information on the Story Collider event in Washington, D.C. in which Ryan Haupt will be appearing on December 13.Brought To You By:• Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY• iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount!• iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got seven designs!Music:"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"Darlene Love  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's an extra-long episode this week for Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan because all of the comic books came out. Plus we talk about the life and legacy of Stan Lee!Running Time: 01:30:05Pick of the Week:00:02:44 - Mister Miracle #12Comics:00:18:15 - Thor #700:23:01 - Cosmic Ghost Rider #500:25:41 - Fantastic Four #300:28:12 - The Avengers #10/70000:35:32 - Hey Kids! Comics! #400:40:59 - The Amazing Spider-Man #900:42:49 - Uncanny X-Men #100:44:01 - Bitter Root #1Star Wars Corner:00:47:10 - Star Wars: Darth Vader #23Patron Pick:00:50:06 - William Gibson's Alien 3 #100:56:23 - Wonder Woman #58Patron Thanks:01:03:57 - Erik Fisher01:06:02 - Deadzone The Podcast01:07:39 - Mark Abnett01:08:37 - Bobby BakerTribute:01:10:23 - Stan LeeBrought To You By:• iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount!• iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got seven designs!Music:"Broken Wings"Mr. Mister Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to our awesome Patrons, we're proud to present another Booksplode!What's a Booksplode? It's a bi-monthly special edition podcast in which we take a look at a single graphic novel or collected edition, something we really just don't have time to do on the regular show.This month, Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick take a look at My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Jacob Phillips!Running Time: 00:21:06Music:"No Excuses"Alice in Chains Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Conor had a really hard time with the cold open. But we cut that out, and it was just for us. Also, Josh's mic was set wrong for....well, quite a bit. And what is the plural of Vox? Let's all have a crisis, but the good kind.Running Time: 01:12:35Pick of the Week:00:02:03 - Farmhand #5Comics:00:11:56 - The Green Lantern #100:20:08 - Death of the Inhumans #500:25:16 - Nightwing #5200:34:04 - Batman #5000:37:16 - The United States vs. Murder Inc. #300:40:36 - The Outer Darkness #100:43:01 - The Immortal Hulk #8Patron Pick:00:45:48 - Marvel Knights: 20th #1Patron Thanks:00:57:35 - Ryan Tardiff00:58:17 - Aaron Turner00:59:06 - Rego Nurse01:00:04 - Matt WigginsAudience Question:01:01:41 - Andrew from Barcelona needs to know more about his Crisis options.Brought To You By:• Harry's - Go to Harrys.com/ifanboy right now to Harry’s to give you $5 off ANY shave set, including our limited-edition holiday sets, when you go to Harrys.com/ifanboy. Plus, you’ll get FREE Shipping. This offer is for new AND returning customers and is only available for the holidays!• Eero - Never think about WiFi again - Get $100 off the “Eero base unit and 2 beacons package,” and 1 year ofEeero Plus, visit eero.com/ifanboy and at checkout enter IFANBOY.• iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount!• iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch - Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got seven designs!Music:"Sinking Ship"Cake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan get together to talk comics and also to verbally spin out at the very end of the show. Also, on the show we can't figure out how many Patron Powers we've given out so far. (It's 436.)Running Time: 01:05:50Pick of the Week:00:02:37 - Wytches: Bad Egg Halloween SpecialComics:00:13:25 - Old Man Hawkeye #1000:18:02 - Green Lantern / Huckleberry Hound Special #100:21:50 - Tony Stark: Iron Man #500:25:00 - Heroes in Crisis #200:33:40 - Batman: Secret Files #100:36:22 - Man-Eaters #200:38:42 - Extermination #400:39:59 - Shanghai Red #5Patron Pick:00:44:09 - Hex Wives #1Patron Thanks:00:50:39 - Joshua Chesmore00:52:19 - Paul Ambroso00:53:19 - Luke Hopkins00:54:31 - Chad PostAudience Question:00:55:19 - James R. from England asks if iFanboy would consider reviewing old superhero films.00:57:10 - Steve B. from Maryland thinks that one of the "dumb" Patron Powers is actually terrific.Brought To You By:• Mack Weldon - Mack Weldon makes fantastic premium men's underwear and essentials. Go to MackWeldon.com and get 20% off your first order using promo code IFANBOY• iFanboy Patrons - Become one today for as little as $3/month! Or make a one time donation of any amount!• iFanboy T-Shirts and Merch- Show your iFanboy pride with a t-shirt or other great merchandise on Threadless! We've got seven designs!Music:"I'm Getting Better (And I'm Feeling It Right Now)"The Record Company Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to iFanboy Patrons, it's Talksplode time.Katie Cook is an instantly recognizable cartoonist, which is saying something, since she makes quite a bit of her living from licensed properties. From My Little Pony, to Fraggle Rock, to Star Wars, she's worked on a lot of comics. But lately, after moving on from her original creation, Gronk, she's working on a new series for Webtoons.com, Nothing Special.You can follow Katie on Twitter to keep up him, as well as visiting her website.Total Running Time: 01:01:20Music:“Is There a Ghost"Band of Horses Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices