It's a SUPER-SIZED catch-up as Matt and Chris lengthily discuss and rank Berserk's Black Swordsman arc and the Golden Age arc! (NOTE: The Childish Gambino name story is more of a widely held theory rather than definitive truth. Glover himself says he got his name from an online Wu-Tang Clan name generator.)

The writers of Minor Threats return to the show this week to talk about their new trade paperback for the series, their new spinoff The Alternates, big influences, world building, noir, and a whole lot more!

The creative force behind the new Stardust the Super Wizard anthology joins us for the show this week to talk Golden Age comics, his return to playing video games after 20 years,  hero morality, and a whole lot more!

Time is merely a construct and we're ranking comic book stories. Two undeniable truths.

We've come to the end of the Gruenies! We finally get into the relatively brief Armor Cap period, and dig into what this decade of comics really meant. Covering Captain America #438-443.

It's time once again for us to rank the rawest moments in comics, and this time, we've got some big ones featuring Spider-Man, Ghost Rider, Thor, and yes, Magneto and the Red Skull.

The writer of many comics we love and long-requested guest Jed Mackay joins us this week to talk about choosing (or not choosing) the characters he writes, his origin story, tabletop gaming, setting traps for characters, and a whole lot more!

Jason Copland, the creator of the new graphic novel Full Tilt funding now on Zoop, joins us this week to talk about influences, the thinking behind a 22-page spread, eliminating characters, how he read Ronin at 12, and a whole lot more!

It's our 100th Every Story Ever special, and we're chugging along through listener-submitted lists of comic book stories!

Time to get raw! We're going through more submissions for Thursday Night Raw on this week's show!

The editor of the wrestling zine The Atomic Elbow joins us this week to talk about carny lingo, muted phrases on Twitter, cake, old wrestling shows as historical documents, and a whole lot more!

After considerable pressure to do so, this month, we're covering the first 11 issues of the 1994 reimagining of Dr. Fate, with Jared Stevens taking on the mantle of the Man Called Fate. It's quite a ride.

The writer of The Dog Knight and the recent Love Unlimited: Gwenpool, Jeremy Whitley returns to the show this week to talk all about the key elements of dogs, getting the art of a talking dog just right, with whom he'd make an amalgam of Gwenpool, and much more!

The creator of the new book Thunder Hunters, which is funding now on Zoop, joins us for the show this week to talk about creature designs, working on Dungeons and Dragons monster manuals, Jack Kirby's creative license, drawing inspiration from nature, and much more!

For the 99th time, we're bringing you a monthly special where we rank comic book stories submitted by our listeners on a huge list from best to worst!

On this week's show, Matt and Chris are answering as many of your listener questions as they can!

We're very close to the end of the Mark Gruenwald's run on Captain America, but he's still got some new guys up his sleeve. This time, we're meeting Jack Flag while we get reacquainted with the Serpent Society! Also, Diamondback makes a momentous choice. Covering Captain America #432-437.

This one snuck up on us! So does Al Ewing and Javier Rodriguez's follow-up to their 2021 Defenders series live up to the original?

Chris is back this week, so he and Matt are digging back into your submissions for the rawest moments in comics history! Some make the list, some do not!

The writer and artist of The Other Happy Place joins Matt this week to talk about crowdfunding on Zoop, horror influences, finding beauty in the grotesque, making a monster handsome, and much more!

Spring is here, and we're ranking comics stories once again!

The author of the Vince McMahon biography Ringmaster returns to the show this week, and obviously, there's a lot to talk about! We once again compare Vince to Stan Lee, talk Bojangles, discuss living life as a heel, remember the "Hower Power," look forward to a potential second book, and much more!

The creators of the new graphic novel Danger and Other Unknown Risks join us this week to discuss magic, frogs, talking dogs, the best animal sidekicks, collaborative relationships, interesting comics credits, our ages for some reason, and much more!

Cap is still fighting off some worrying symptoms as we spin through to the end of Mark Gruenwald's run on Captain America. Also, LOTS of new characters show up. It's a regular Reign of the Captain Americas over here. Covering Captain America #426-431!

Two stories we hadn't read from our last Every Story Ever special really caught our attention, so we're reading them both on this month's Catch-Up! One is a recent Boba Fett fan comic, and the other is a Disney Adventures crossover from 1994.