We’re joined by film critic, William Bibbiani from the Critically Acclaimed Network to discuss who would win in a superhero bar brawl, Dan Jurgens and JRJR relaunching THOR, Kevin Smith in comics, the best 90’s CONTINUE READING…
We explore the Wizard Casting Call for a Kyle Rayner Green Lantern movie and read reviews for books like X-Factor, Wonder Woman by John Byrne and Terry Moore’s Strangers In Paradise. Plus, the Top 10 CONTINUE READING…
Adam is joined by listener, Chris Bailey to discuss Wizard’s picks for the ultimate superhero team, Rob Liefeld’s Awesome Entertainment, a new direction for the X-Men and Gen 13 in 1998, the unproduced Captain America CONTINUE READING…
Robert Clarke-Chan from Knowing Is Half The Podcast and AE Doubleback joins Adam to discuss Wizard magazine’s opinion on how Marvel messed up Spider-Man, the launch of the Cliffhanger imprint, the rise of Tim Drake CONTINUE READING…
It’s a known fact that comic books in the 1990’s were celebrated more for the artists drawing them, than any groundbreaking storytelling within. Though it was an era where a foil-embossed or hologram sticker cover CONTINUE READING…
Former WIZARDS co-host, Steven Tsapelas returns to the podcast for an exploration of the 1997 “Giant Year-End Blockbuster” issue, which contains an amazing interview with Todd McFarlane, an X-Men movie Casting Call, Wizard’s picks for CONTINUE READING…
Adam is joined by Dalibor Žujović aka #IndieHypeMan of Catalyst magazine to get into many discussions about the talented (and not so talented) writers and artists of 90’s comics found in Wizard 76. We talk CONTINUE READING…
We’re joined by Peter Melnick from The Marvelists podcast to explore Marvel’s Heroes Return Wizard Special Publication from 1997. In the best kind of geeky discussion where we debate who would win in a battle CONTINUE READING…
Robert Brockway from 1900hotdog.com and the Dogg Zone 9000 podcast joins us to break down the madness of 90’s comics machismo, Rob Liefeld weaponizing his anger in the aftermath of the Fighting American lawsuit, Brockway’s CONTINUE READING…
Michael returns to the podcast for a fantastic discussion about Marvel’s Heroes Return event, a Batman movie Casting Call, Wizard staff hijinks from the Chicago ComicCon ’97 and more! Get a full scan of the CONTINUE READING…
Ray Stakenas from Knowing Is Half The Podcast and Who Would Win? joins us to discuss the 10 best and worst superhero costumes as ranked by Wizard magazine, the appeal of Frank Miller’s Sin City, CONTINUE READING…
Former X-Men assistant editor, Jason Liebig from collectingcandy.com returns to the podcast to reveal the secret origin of the Marvel Flashback Month -1 issues, the state of the Marvel Comics bullpen after Heroes Reborn and CONTINUE READING…
We’re joined by former Wizard Staffer, Greg Orlando who started at the magazine with this issue and shares his memories of the excitement behind the scenes as we discuss Wizard buying the Chicago ComicCon, Liefeld CONTINUE READING…
Although the Saturday morning cartoon Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends only had a one season run in 1981, to me, it was a must see. The main characters were Spider-Man, Iceman and Firestar (a completely CONTINUE READING…
Adam & Michael are joined by 7 awesome listeners, making their selections for the ultimate 90’s superhero team, in our 1st Annual Fantasy Superhero Draft. Watch the fun as these mighty geeks battle it out CONTINUE READING…
Adam reviews the Marvel and Top Cow Devil’s Reign crossover event from ’96, examines the Wizard Scavenger Hunt, a profile on J. Scott Campbell and more. Plus, Michael teases the upcoming Fantasy Superhero Draft. LISTEN CONTINUE READING…
My childhood was spent in Southern California, the home of palm trees and endless sunshine. While most folks imagine a California summer filled with surfboards, bikinis and Beach Boys tunes, I grew up just 20 CONTINUE READING…
Crossover event! In this episode of Wax Pack Flashback, Adam is opening a vintage pack of Amalgam trading cards from 1996, featuring mash-ups between DC Comics and Marvel Comics characters. This is the second part CONTINUE READING…
In the last issue we looked at the 1991 Marvel Holiday Special. It was a good issue but didn’t feature any ads. It did however have great artwork of all your favorite Marvel characters enjoying CONTINUE READING…
The Marvel Holiday Special kicks of the final month of our 30th Anniversary year for comic book ads. The Marvel Holiday Special is an anthology of sorts. Eight different stories each with a different hero CONTINUE READING…
3 Musketeers Adventure! When it comes to candy bars, 3 Musketeers aren’t the most popular. I loved them as a kid, my kids eat them as a last resort. Not sure why, they are a CONTINUE READING…
We get another bonus edition of comic book ads this month! For the third installment this month I’m going with a favorite comic of mine, Hawk & Dove. The last edition featured Hawkworld, I’m thinking CONTINUE READING…
Hawkworld was one of my favorite comics in the late 80s and early 90s. My first introduction to Hawkman was the 1989 limited series Hawkworld Vol 1. The limited series was a new, Post-Crisis origin CONTINUE READING…
The late 80’s and early 90’s were a blockbuster time for comic books. Massive crossover events, tons of variant covers and lots of new titles coming to the market. In 1991 there were so many CONTINUE READING…
Over on the Wizards Podcast, Adam and Michael will occasionally extoll the virtues of comics with gimmick covers from the 90’s. I thought I’d dig out one such comic and see what the ads looked CONTINUE READING…
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