QBP #225 - Chapions 14 & 15

Quarter-Bin Podcast #225

Champions 14 & 15, Marvel Comics, cover-dated July & September 1977.

"The Creature Called Swarm!" by Bill Mantlo & John Byrne, with art by John Byrne and Mike Esposito

and

"Death Drone" by Bill Mantlo, with art by John Byrne and Mike Esposito

 

What happens when Paul Spataro returns for his every-25th episode visit, and he and the Professor discuss two issues of The Champions? Is "big dumb fun" actually a compliment? And what childhood trauma is tapped into by this storyline?

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Link: Paul's Back to the Bins Podcast

Next Episode: Adam-12 #4, Gold Key, cover-dated August 1974.

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Source: Krazzy Comics

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E&E #029 - Anatomy of a Collection, pt 5

Alan's Eyes & Ears #029 - Anatomy of a Collection, pt 5

In this fourth episode of this podcast mini-series, Alan continues his attempt to talk about EVERY comic in his collection. Picking up where he left off last time, he covers comics including but not limited to: Doomsday Clock, Evangeline, Fables, Elf Quest ... and MORE!

How many of these comics are independent books from the eighties, anyway?

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QBP #224 - DC Super-Stars 4

Quarter-Bin Podcast #224

DC Super-Stars of Space (of Space) 4, DC Comics, cover-dated ruary 197  .

"Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons!" by Gardner Fox, with art by Carmine Infantino & Murphy Infantino.

and

"The Army of Interplanetary Beasts," by probably either Gardner Fox or Edmond Hamilton, with art by Jim Mooney.

and

"Destination Doom!" by John Broome, with art by Murphy Anderson.

 

What happens when Professor Alan revisits a sci-fi reprint issue that he read (conservatively) a quadrillion times when he was a tween? Can he set aside nostalgia and analyze the comic in his normal cold-eyed manner?

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Next Episode: Champions 14 & 15, Marvel Comics, cover-dated July & September 1977.

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