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WELCOME & INTROS THE NEWS Diamond’s 2018 Best Sellers Kieron Gillen leaving Star Wars Rob Liefeld’s new Major X comic will introduce a new X-men character TOP 3 BOOKS FROM LAST WEEK Connor 1 Gideon Falls #10- Jeff Lemiere and Andrea Sorrentino 2 The Batman Who Laughs #2 3 Justice League Dark #7- written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Alvaro Martinez Bueno Dave 1 Fantastic Four #6 2 The Batman Who Laughs #2 3 Black Widow #1 Forrest 1 Conan #2 (W: Jason Aaron A: Mahmud Asrar) 2 Middlewest #3 (W: Skottie Young A: Jorge Corona) 3 Venom #10 (W: Donny Cates A: Ryan Stegman) ComicBookRoundUp 1 Thor #8- 9.3 2 Gideon Falls #10- 9.3 3 The Wicked + Divine #41- 9.3 TOP BOOK FOR NEXT WEEK: Connor - WILD STORM #19 Forrest - Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (W: Donny Cates A: Geoff Shaw) Dave - Naomi #1 Bendis Jamal Campbell COVER OF NEXT WEEK: Connor: Mars Attacks #4 Cover H Robert Hack Dave: Guardians Of The Galaxy #1 Variant cover by Gerald Parel Forrest: The Man Without Fear #4 Variant (A: Declan Shalvey) SEGMENT OF THE WEEK: SQUARE UP! It’s a Big Two all out brawl of who can do...mostly not fighting the best? One random DC character VS. one random Marvel character VS. a Superfight selected scenario! Who comes out on top? WEEKLY SOAPBOX: [Connor] - Inconsistent artists derailing series GOODBYES, LIKE, REVIEW, SUBSCRIBE & SHARE!

The show opens talking about comic book news: Dark Horse publishing Aladdin and Dumbo Valiant picks up Heather Antos as editor Comixology Unlimited adds DC comics Congress representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quotes Alan Moore Top 3 books from last week: Connor Prodigy #2, 2. Oblivion Song #11, 3. Star Wars: Age of Republic: Jango Fett #1 Dave 1. Captain Marvel #1 , 2. Justice League #15, 3. Wrong Earth #5 Forrest 1. Martian Manhunter #2 , 2. Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider #4, 3. Uncanny X-Men #9 ComicBookRoundUp 1. Bitter Root #3- David Walker with Chuck Brown and Sanford Green- 9.2, 2. Prodigy #2- Mark Millar and Rafael Albuquerque- 9.1, 3. Criminal #1- Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips- 9.0 Trending Now: Podcastception! Wolverine: The Long Night, an adaptation of their popular podcast series, hit the stands last week and Marvel has said this is only the beginning of a bigger podcast-verse. What’s the endgame here? Does the audio-first format translate well to comics? Vice versa? Top Book for Next Week: Connor - Gideon Falls #10 - David Marvel Comics Presents #1 - Forrest - Venom #10 Cover of Next Week:: Connor- Red Hood: Outlaw #30 Cover B Phillip Tan Variant - David - Conan The Barbarian #2 (Mark Brooks) - Forrest - Detective Comics #996 Variant (Brian Stelfreeze) Segment of the Week: Tales from the Back Catalogue!: Discussing recent back issue pickups or reads we’re excited about, big differences we see between these and more recent stories, etc. Dave: What if #2 - What if Hulk had the brain of bruce banner? Roy Thomas & Herb Trimpe Forrest: What mysterious benefactor dropped off first prints of Venom: Lethal Protector for me to find? Connor: Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #71- SJW liberal snowflakes apparently started ruining comics in 1982!

We first discuss the news which includes Tom King responding to CIA career questions, delve into IDW Chairman loaning IDW $28 million for live action shows, and discuss DC Comics' tribute to Stan Lee. We then recap all our favorite comics out January 2nd which includes two picks for Conan the Barbarian and two picks for Uncanny X-Men. We also discuss obscure character Ursa Major, discuss the most anticipated comics out January 9th, and discuss how retro-anything is trending. Dave also gets on the soapbox to end the show to discuss a comic fanboy gripe. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @AiPTcomics

Our very first episode dives into our favorite books out December 26, 2018, we cast an X-Force movie (based on the latest issue) and discuss our favorite books and comic covers out January 2nd, 2019. Forrest talks about comic book event tie-in issues spoiling series and we also talk about the trending theme of "Old..." characters like Old Man Logan and Old Lady Harley.