CRJ #083 - April 2022

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #083

APRIL 2022

So what comics did Professor Alan read during April, a 5-Saturday month? How many were sent in by generous listeners? And how many celebrated #HumorComicsMonth? Listen to the episode AND FIND OUT!!!

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Promo: Palace of Glittering Delights

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QBP #181 - Net Brand Echh #13

Quarter-Bin Podcast #181 

Not Brand Echh #13, Marvel Comics, cover-dated May 1969, for #HumorComicsMonth

Many stories, written by Roy Thomas and friends, with art by Marie Severin and many other members of the Marvel Bullpen.

What happens when Professor Alan tackles the flagship humor title of the early Marvel Age of comics? Does he laugh? Ever? Even once? Or does he spend the whole episode ROTFL-ing?

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Promo: Earth Destruction Directive

Next Episode: Ms Tree's Thrilling Adventures #1, Renegade Comics, cover-dated February 1983, for #CrimeComicsMonth

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CRJ #082 - March 2022

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #082

March 2022

So what comics did Professor Alan read during March, as the weather bounced back and forth between Winter & Spring? And how many celebrated #GlobalComicsMonth? Listen to the episode AND FIND OUT!!!

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Promo: Once Upon a Geek

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RGP #038 - Doom 2000 #24 & #25

DOOMPEAK

DOOM 2099 #24 & 25, Marvel Comics, cover-dated December 1994 & January 1995.

"Island of Lost Souls,"  and "Fables of the Deconstruction," written by John Francis Moore and Warren Ellis, with art in both by Pat Broderick and John Nyberg.

What happens when Doom faces down Doom as they battle over who is actually Doom? Two Dooms enter, one Doom leaves. What does Professor Alan think about the end of this first era of the title?

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Promo: Fan Film Friday

Next Time: Probably something other than Doom 2099, probably a What-If issue of some kind.

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QBP #180 - The Elsewhere Prince #1

Quarter-Bin Podcast #180

Moebius' Airtight Garage: The Elsewhere Prince #1,  Epic Comics, cover-dated May 1990, for #GlobalComicsMonth

"1st Sonnet: The Jouk,"story by Moebius, script by Jean-Marc L'officier, with art by Eric Shanower.

What happens when an artist joins a group of soldiers and embarks upon the adventure of his lifetime? And what will he do when he comes to face to face with a really ugly huge beetle?

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Promo: Who's Editing

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CRJ #081 - February 2022

Professor Alan's Comic Book Reading Journal #081

February 2022

So what comics did Professor Alan read during February, as the new semester starts up? How many were from the Hoopla digital app? And how many celebrated #RomanceComicsMonth? Listen to the episode AND FIND OUT!!!

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Promo: Dear Reader

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QBP #179 - Vision & Scarlet Witch #1

Quarter-Bin Podcast #179

Vision & Scarlet Witch #1, Marvel Comics, cover-dated October 1985, for #RomanceComicsMonth

Untitled story, or maybe "Lovers," written by Steve Englehart, with art by Richard Howell & Andy Mushynsky.

What happens when a relationship expert and 'shipper extraordinaire Stella stops by to talk about one of Marvel Comics leading (albeit strange) couples? Does she approve of mutant - synthezoid relationships? Does she let Professor Alan get a word in edgewise? Does she even believe that he paid a quarter for this comic?

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Promo: Deconstructing Comics

Link to Professor Alan's appearance on Required Reading #50, discussing his favorite novel of all time, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy. 

Link to Stella's Batgirl to Oracle podcast

Link to prior Quarter-Bin Podcast episode covering the start of the 1982 Vision and Scarlet Witch mini-series.

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Source: In the Ballpark