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Batman 1989: The Summer the Dark Knight Ruled Pop Culture

Batman’s 1989 takeover turned a simple movie release into a cultural tidal wave, with the bat emblem dominating stores, fashion, music, and the entire summer landscape.

From Boom to Bust: The Story of the Nineties Comic Book Gold Rush

Mickey Yarber

The 1990s comics boom erupted with speculation, superstar artists, and flashy new publishers, reshaping the industry before its sudden crash exposed how fragile the frenzy truly was.

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 129.5

Adam Pope

Michael Cannetti and Adam explore a Last Man Standing battle between Batman and Snake Eyes from G.I. Joe, take peek at Kirsten Dunst’s diary from the set of Spider-Man, try to uncover the mystery of

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 128.5

Adam Pope

More fun from Wizard 128 with returning guest, Phillip Sevy discussing Wizard’s picks for the Top 10 Most Influential Comic Book Artists of All Time, exploring the many comic book references on The Simpsons, a

Why Batman: The Animated Series Still Sets the Standard

Mickey Yarber

Batman: The Animated Series arrived like a shadow across Saturday mornings, proving a cartoon could feel cinematic, moody, and impossibly cool. It made Gotham come alive in a way kids had never seen before.

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 128

Adam Pope

Adam and Mike Schwartz explore issue 128 of Wizard, discussing the excitement of the Geoff Johns/Scott Kolins The Flash series, the origins of Free Comic Book Day, Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in Spider-Man and

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 127

Adam Pope

We celebrate the 10th anniversary of Wizard magazine with returning WIZARDS co-hosts, Steven Tsapelas and Michael Cannetti, exploring the 25 biggest events that rocked the comics world from 1991-2001, behind the scenes stories from Wizard

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 126.5

Adam Pope

On this 1/2 episode we’re reviewing the Image Comics 10th anniversary hardcover, a Tigra mini-series by Christina Z. and Mike Deodato Jr. from 2002, plus Hulk: The End by Peter David and Dale Keown. Also,

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 126

Adam Pope

Longtime podcaster and comic book fan, Michael DiGiovanni joins us to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Image Comics as presented in Wizard issue 126. Plus, Wizard tackles the biggest mysteries of comic books, Frank Miller’s

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 125.5

Adam Pope

We say farewell to our friend and co-host, William Bruce West on this episode, then explore the rest of issue 125 of Wizard magazine. You can contribute to helping Will’s family pay the medical bills

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 125

Adam Pope

We’re diving into Wizard issue 125 with Kalervo Sinervo, PhD from The Wizard Research Project to discuss Wizard’s selections for the Top 10 comic book heroines of all time, go behind the scenes with Sam

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 124.5

Adam Pope

It’s a WIZARDS All-Star Anthology edition of the 1/2 as we invited several past guests from the podcast to record solo segments discussing sections of the magazine that resulted in a lot of fun insights.

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 124

Adam Pope

Jim and Justin from The Iron Age of Comics Podcast join Adam for a fantastic discussion about Joe Quesada’s industry changing moves at Marvel in 2001, the mystery of Steve Ditko, debate whether continuity matters

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 123.5

Adam Pope

Adam is joined by Dalibor, The Indie Hype Man to discuss 5 Independent Comic Book creators spotlighted by Wizard in issue 123, examine The Incredible Hulk revamp by Bruce Jones and John Romita Jr., plus

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 123

Adam Pope

We explore how Wizard and the comic book industry dealt with the events of September 11th, explore major Damage Control with Alex Ross painting a sexy Wonder Woman, discover how making fan films led Zeb

WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 122.5

Adam Pope

Original WIZARDS co-host, Michael Cannetti joins Adam to discuss a Last Man Show Standing Battle between Spawn and Hellboy, a crazy day in the life of Marvel head honcho, Joe Quesada, reviewing Batgirl starring Cassandra