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Reviews: The Other Dead #1, The Powerpuff Girls #1, Rat Queens #1, Sex Criminals #1 It's the epic 500th episode recording and we do it live with an audience at The Hourglass Tavern (373 w. 46th St.) in New York City! We've sang for years and have teased a musical since 2005...and this will be the closest you'll get. Many a musical number and so many special guests! Michael Emerson (Person of Interest, Lost), Carrie Preston (True Blood, The Good Wife), Veronica Taylor (Pokemon), Kevin Maguire (Justice League), ChrisCross (Bloodshot, Katana), Rafael Kayanan (NCIS: LA, Conan), Simon Fraser (Nikolai Dante), Michelle Mozes (Blue Streak), Qui Nguyen (Vampire Cowboys Theatre Co.), and Heidi MacDonald (The Beat). News includes: lightsabers are going to be real, Marvel teases many new titles to be announced at NYCC, DC based TV shows Gotham andConstantine are on the way and Dynamite Entertainment launches toys/games line. The CNI chorus (Patrick Garrigan, Salli Garrigan, Amy Wolk, Kristen French and Erick Pinnick) opens the show with a rocking tune. Jimmy and Kristen sing a duet as Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, a special voice mail from Avengers 2, and Jimmy almost spoils Breaking Bad in song. Many thanks to the rotating co-hosts Erica Schultz (the Podcast Wife), Emily Edwards and Kristin Garay. Of course, none of this would be possible without Producer Joe Gonzalez running everything. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Buzzkill #1, Kiss Me Satan #1, Zero #1, Marvel's Agents of Shield, Sleepy HollowJimmy does a quickie solo episode since there is so much planning going on for the epic 500th episode next week and New York Comic Con the following week! News includes: DC Comics will NOT have a booth at NYCC, Serenity gets a comic book sequel, Halo's Cortana may take over your phone and IDW brings back the Golden Age Superman. If you're in New York City, you are welcome to join us for our 500th episode live recording on Monday, September 30th at the Hourglass Tavern (373 w. 46th St. b/w 8th ave/9th ave. 3rd floor. 6-9pm). Special guests include Kevin Maguire (Justice League), ChrisChross (Bloodshot), Rafael Kayanan (Conan), Simon Fraser (Nikolai Dante), Veronica Taylor (Pokemon), Qui Nguyen (Vampire Cowboys Theatre Co.), Lorraine Cink (Marvel's The Watcher) and more! As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love!Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Brain Boy #1, Mars Attacks Judge Dredd #1, Mighty Avengers Vol 2 #1 Jimmy is joined in the new studio by some of his CNI senior staff members Emily Edwards and Kristin Garay. Kristin has a theory about drinking water in the shower and wants your opinions. They chat about the fake Superman/Batman script that Bieber tweeted, give congrats to friend of the show Carrie Preston on her Emmy win and Jimmy talks about finishing Saints Row IV. News includes: Z2 Comics relaunches, "The Flash" is cast in Arrow, more Harry Potter films are coming...kind of, 2000AD fans plan "Day of Action" for Dredd sequel hopes, experience The Little Mermaid in an annoying way and The Walking Dead gets a spinoff. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Danger Girl: The Chase #1, Forever Evil #1, Batman #23.1, Batman and Robin #23.1, Detective Comics #23.1, The Dark Knight #23.1, Justice League #23.1, Justice League of America #7.1, Superman #23.1, The Star Wars #1, X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 Jimmy is joined in the new studio by recent co-host Taylor Katz and his roomie Malcolm Branch. Both are experienced nerds, so fret not! They chat about the Robocop trailer and the whether or not they'll be getting the new iPhone. (See? Nerdy!). News includes: creative team leaves Batwoman title, Marvel announces All-New Marvel Now line, Fantagraphics will release Don Rosa collection, Harley Quinn wants you, Brooklyn Defender to help your liver enjoy NYCC, Ming Doyle to draw second arc of Quantum and Woody, Teen Titans Go! will be a new digital comic, Royal Canadian Mint producers special Superman 75th anniversary coins and more! As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Detectobot #0 & #1, Itty Bitty Hellboy #1, Justice League #23, Overtaken #1 Jimmy tricks original co-host/CNI founder/old & now new roommate Joe Gonzales to come back again this week! Don't get used to it, kids. He's just helping out while we get the apartment organized. Jimmy chats about his start of re-watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the glory of SMG in short skirts. News includes: James Spader is Ultron, Bradley Cooper is Rocket Raccoon, Spider-Man helps pay for a wedding and NYCC adds RFID to badges to cut down on counterfeits. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!!

Reviews: Bela Lugosis Tales From The Grave #4, BloodShot #0, Genie the Genius #1, Kiss Kids #1 Original co-host/CNI founder/old & now new roommate Joe Gonzales returns to the podcast! Jimmy moved back in w/ his old roomie and forced him to co-host. No escape now, Joe. They briefly chat about the move and that Joe may co-host a bit more occasionally since they are only a room away now. Jimmy also gives some love to the Kickstarter for one of his favorite webcomics, The Zombie Hunters. News includes: Ben Affleck is the new Batman, Justice League Canada is happening up north, Lobo gets a makeover, Marvel Experience show till tour U.S., and Dark Horse teases new Firefly/Serenity comics/products. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

At San Diego Comic Con, Jimmy sat in the press room for The World's End, the 3rd and final film in the "Cornetto Trilogy" from director Edgar Wright and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. It's a fantastic film (hear Jimmy's review in this week's earlier Episode 493) and loads of fun. It opens this weekend here in the U.S. so get to it! Jimmy gets in a lot of good questions with each of them. You can hear the interviews (some spoilers) and then see the movie or vice versa. Either way, you'll enjoy both. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Infinity #1, Thor #11, Vampirella Southern Gothic #1, Kick Ass 2, The World's End The podcast wife, Erica Schultz, joins Jimmy in studio again! They chat about Jimmy's upcoming move back in with Producer Joe next week. More San Diego Comic Con interviews! Jimmy sat in on the round tables for the hit Cartoon Network show Adventure Time and chatted with voice stars John DiMaggio, Tom Kenny, Olivia Olson, Jeremy Shada and producers/writers Adam Muto and Kent Osborne. News includes: Garth Ennis returns to The Punisher, Harper Collins signs Molly Crabapple to write/draw memoirs, CLiNT magazine canceled and Rally Downtown presents a comic book trivia night. Great feedback from a loyal listener Glenn that gest Jimmy and Erica to wax on about the recent Doctor Who casting and showrunner Stephen Moffat's comments about diverse casting. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

At San Diego Comic Con, Jimmy sat in the press room for the smash hit AMC show The Walking Dead and chatted with stars Andrew Lincoln, Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Steven Yuen, Scott Wilson, Chad Coleman, Danai Gurira, David Morrissey, as well as producers Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple, Gale Anne Hurd and Greg Nicotero. Jimmy gets a great question in to Greg Nicotero and Norman Reedus that his fellow Boondock Saints fans will love. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!

Reviews: Burn the Orphanage #1, Sidekick #1, Trillium #1 The podcast wife, Erica Schultz, joins Jimmy in studio again! They briefly discuss some of the new TV coming out including Broadchurch and Low Winter Sun. Erica is heading off to Toronto in a couple of weeks for Fan Expo and tells us about Toronto Batman. Jimmy waxes on about poutine and weirdly starts saying random French words. The wheels fell off early in this episode! In more San Diego Comic Con coverage, you'll hear the round tables for Doctor Who with Jenna Coleman, Matt Smith and Stephen Moffat as well as the ones for An Adventure In Space and Time with David Bradley and Mark Gatiss. News includes Kevin Maguire off of Justice League 3000, lots of news from D23 about various animated and live action projects but no Star Wars VII news, and DC Nation animated shorts available online soon. As always, listener feedback, Top 3 and more. Leave your iTunes comments! 5 stars and nothing but love! Thanks for listening!