The Comics Pals

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This Week: Ultimates #4 Exceptional X-Men #1 Absolute Power #3 Batman #152 Birds of Prey #13 Plastic Man No More #1 (Pals Poll) Become a Patron - https://www.patreon.com/thecomicspals?fan_landing=true Subscribe on YouTube - youtube.com/thecomicspals Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT Watch us LIVE on YouTube every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: @TheTylerOlson on X, Threads, BlueSky, and Instagram Cale: Carrier Pigeon or Sending Stone Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto

00:00 Intro 02:49 Establish WHY Absolute Should Exist Right Away 11:41 Surprise us BUT Keep the Core of These Characters Intact 16:09 How Long Will DC Hold off From Absolute Events? 17:58 What Happens When the top Tier Creators Leave Their Absolute Titles? 35:51 Don't Flood the Market With Absolute Books! 38:53 Are the Absolute Books Leaning Too Dark? 51:04 The Inevitable Absolute Crisis Event Should be the END of the Line 54:34 Absolute Stories Should be Told by the Biggest Up and Coming Creators 58:04 LET RAM COOK! 1:00:09 Absolute & All In are DC's BEST SHOT to be Competitive in the Market 1:10:41 Will the Absolute Books Outsell Their Mainline Counterparts? 1:12:41 Which of the Absolute Books are we Most Excited for? 1:26:03 What Should be the Seventh Absolute Book? 1:36:57 Let Yourself ENJOY the Launch of Absolute! 1:50:33 Make Sure to Nominate a New 52 Series for our Book Club! 1:57:25 New PalsVerse Entry -- The Grand Alchemist 2:05:07 New PalsVerse Entry -- John Barrier B 2:14:08 Marvel Top 5 Number 2-1 2:40:55 DC Comics Pushing Compact Hard in Stores; is This Good for the LCS? Become a Patron - https://www.patreon.com/thecomicspals?fan_landing=true Subscribe on YouTube - youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT Watch us LIVE on YouTube every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: @TheTylerOlson on X, Threads, BlueSky, and Instagram Cale: Carrier Pigeon or Sending Stone Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto

This Week: Avengers vs Aliens #1 X-Men #3 Ultimate X-Men #6 Nice House By The Sea #2 Frankenstein #1 (Pals Poll) Become a Patron - https://www.patreon.com/thecomicspals?fan_landing=true Subscribe on YouTube - youtube.com/thecomicspals Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT Watch us LIVE on YouTube every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PodBean: https://thecomicspals.podbean.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/thecomicspals Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecomicspals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Pals: Sean: https://twitter.com/SeansSoapbox Tyler: @TheTylerOlson on X, Threads, BlueSky, and Instagram Cale: Carrier Pigeon or Sending Stone Marco: https://twitter.com/mrmarcoanimoto

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC18o1BfrxCMwks6-lTiJoSQ/join Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Watch us LIVE on YouTube every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.

Become a Patron - https://www.patreon.com/thecomicspals?fan_landing=true Subscribe on YouTube - youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT Watch us LIVE on YouTube every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch

This Week: - Wolverine: Revenge #1 - Ultimate Spider-Man #8 - Jenny Sparks #1 - World’s Finest #30 - Superman #17 - Redcoat #5 (Pals Poll Winner) Become a Patron - https://www.patreon.com/thecomicspals?fan_landing=true Subscribe on YouTube - youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT Watch us LIVE on YouTube every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch

DC's Compact line of books is all the rage right now, and this week the publisher released a commercial for them. We discuss the success of the Compact line, some possible downsides DC has to avoid, and we daydream about what Marvel's Compact line could include. We also discuss Beau Demayo vs Marvel, Deadpool & Wolverine's success, and much more.   Become a Patron - https://www.patreon.com/thecomicspals?fan_landing=true Subscribe on YouTube - youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT Watch us LIVE on YouTube every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch

This Week: - Ultimates #3 - X-Men #2 - X-Factor #1 - Ultraman x Avengers #1 (Pals Poll) - Jonny Quest #1 - Geiger #5 Become a Patron - https://www.patreon.com/thecomicspals?fan_landing=true Subscribe on YouTube - youtube.com/thecomicspals?sub_confirm... Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/6RAX3sT Watch us LIVE on YouTube every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch

Watch us LIVE on YouTube every: Thursday at 6 PM EST for Pals Pulls Saturday at 10:15 AM EST for The Comics Pals Grab some merch here: https://streamlabs.com/thecomicspals/merch Support us on Patreon at patreon.com/thecomicspals The Comics Pals is a weekly comic book podcast where a group of comic book journalists and friends get together to talk comics.