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Audio atrocities abound and origins are revealed as we plug in (as well as going unplugged for a while) and hit the news of the week concerning the announcement by Boom! Studios to offer their entire back catalog digitally as well as Marvel’s announcement of the same-day release of INVINCIBLE IRON MAN ANNUAL #1 digitally.
Along the way the Hammer reveals his secret origin and we tackle NEW AVENGERS #1, THE BOYS, THE WALKING DEAD, SECOND COMING, SPIDER-MAN: SHED & THE GRIM HUNT, STUCK RUBBER BABY, as well as JOKER’S ASYLUM: MAD HATTER.
Music: Cher – Life After Love & All That Remains – I’m Not Alone
The Siege lifts as we step through the rubble and examine the final chapter of Marvel’s last gigantic event ever…for a while anyways. We also touch on the Avengers titles, the Sentry, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: SHED, DV8, THE RETURN OF BRUCE WAYNE, and the function of death in superhero comics. Carl Jones of FREAKNIK THE MUSICAL, the BOONDOCKS TV show (and Meltcast’s own logo!) fame surprises us with a visit and gives us a look into his process. And in our closing segment we discuss this week’s big movie at the box office – Tony Stark is back in IRON MAN 2, and the demon’s out of the bottle as our opinions runneth over!
2010′s biggest movie to date has arrived! We start things off with Aaron’s take on the Kick-Ass movie, touch on FEVRE DREAM #1, WOLVERINE: INSANE IN THE BRAIN, BATMAN & ROBIN vol. 1, Grant Morrison’s JLA run, then Chris drops a bomb on us!!!! We then delve into SPIDER-MAN: O.M.I.T and look at the repercussions of ONE MORE DAY (not on Spider-Man, but on Marvel’s magic landscape) before returning guest Sam Humphries gives his full C2E2 con report.
Meltcast 47: Stray Bullets, Criminal, X-Factor, Spider-Man, GI:JOE, Prison Pit, Almighty’s Ed LaRoche, more Namor talk and NOW YOU CAN CALL US
We start and end with the Royal One of the Undersea as Chris shows off some Namor artwork, then we delve into crime as Sam talks up CRIMINAL, compares to STRAY BULLETS and SIN CITY, and talk up potential dream directors for Brubaker and Phillip’s masterpiece.
We then yammer about some books with ALMIGHTY’s Ed LaRoche, including recent X-FACTOR, ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN/WOLVERINE #3, THUNDERBOLTS, SHADOWLAND: POWER MAN, Kieron Gillen’s THOR run, we go back to last week and grill Chris on his NEMISIS #3 throwdown, and talk up scripting for artists compared to the artist doing it all. Last, we touch on the GI:JOE – COBRA SPECIAL, X-MEN LEGACY #240, WONDER WOMAN #603, THE TECHNOPRIESTS, NAMOR #2, PRISON PIT by Johnny Ryan, and we ask Chris a hard question – should Namor and Sue ever be together?
Music: Iron Maiden – The Wicker Man (Live in Rio)
Intro: Notorious B.I.G. – Who Shot Ya? (Remix)/Project 86 – The Butcher
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Our Picks of the Week
Caleb- Technopriests v1 (Humanoids)
Sam- Criminal v4 : Bad Night & v5: The Sinners (Marvel/Icon)
Chris- Prison Pit v1 & v2 (Fantagraphics)
Aaron- ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN/WOLVERINE #3
All available at Meltdown Comics