Our look at the battle between Marvel's two biggest teams starts here as we cover issues 0, 1 and 2 of 'Avengers vs X-Men'. The lines have been drawn - whose side are you on? (1:34:24)

Convention season is in full swing and some familiar voices join us to discuss some upcoming shows. Zack Kruse tells us all about the Summit City Comic Con and Charlito regales us with news on the Denver Comic Con. (1:38:53)

Shane, Murd and Pants talk about some Walking Dead original art and the new video game as well as some upcoming conventions and their guest lists. (1:08:08)

Discussion topics brought up by our listeners include which of the DC new 52 books we're still reading, a challenging sketch request for artists at conventions, how much violence can we see from AMC's 'The Walking Dead' and more. (1:03:05)

We talk with writer Michael Colbert and artists JK Woodward and William Blankenship about their graphic novel Crazy Mary which is currently on Kickstarter . (1:20:46)

Topics of discussion include DC Comics' upcoming #0 issues, Batman: Odyssey, the Young Justice Season Finale, Marvel's Augmented Reality App, Batman: Night of the Owls and more. (1:16:11)

Our look at Marvel Comics through the ages nears its conclusion. The launch of the Ultimate line, Bendis on Daredevil, Alias and the Sentry are some of the topics discussed in this episode as we go through the years 2000-2001. (1:45:10)

Pants went to Chicago for C2E2 and did some interviews with writer Charles Soule, Filip Sablik from Top Cow, Jeff Dyer and Steve Ott from 'Every Waking Moment', Steve Bryant, Ryan Stegman, Chris Caira, Jim Segulin from the Raging Bullets podcast and JK Woodward. (1:21:54)

Just a good old fashioned comic talk episode. We discuss some of the news coming out of C2E2, Fantastic Four Season 1, the Ultimates line and even chat about some classic TV. (1:19:59)

The Time Odyssey continues! Murd finally gets around to discussing a few things that were actually published in 2001, including Hal Jordan as the Spectre; the Hulk and Killraven according to Marvel Knights; and a little-remembered JLA fifth-week event. Plus, the customary cannonade of quick pops! (1:30:36)

Wild Pig Comics' own Chris Eberle joins us to talk about Spider-Man in the Silver Age. The stories, the artists, the villains, the supporting cast and even the cartoon series are discussed. We cover from Amazing Fantasy #15 through Amazing Spider-Man #100. (1:36:43)

After some Avengers vs X-Men discussion we dive into all things Super Wild Pig Show. Chris and Dani from Wild Pig Comics join us in studio to discuss the details of the upcoming convention. (1:48:18)

It's an otherdimensional Imp-vasion! Just in time to be late for April Fools' Day, Pants, Murd, and guest Imp-thusiast Bruce MacIntosh take an extended look at Evan Dorkin's WORLD'S FUNNEST, a DC Comics one-shot that really lives up to its name! When all-powerful imps Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite go toe-to-toe in a multiverse-spanning melee, heaven help the dozens of DC guest stars who get in their way! Who will be the... 'Last Imp Standing'?? Lock your doors, bolt your windows and reverse your names, folks; this one's gonna get wild! (2:08:29)

What time is it? It's Previews time! (The Management is aware of the repetitiveness of the descriptions for Previews episodes, but hopes you'll listen and enjoy them anyway.) (1:41:32)

After Pants gives his recap on Emerald City Comicon, we review some recent books - specifically Fairest #1 from Vertigo, Avengers Assemble #1 from Marvel and The Manhattan Projects #1 from Image. (1:17:06)

For April Fools Day we present this behind the scenes glimpse into the recording studio. This show is a collection of previously unheard clips made mostly before the episodes start and, with the exception of Pants, without the knowledge of the other Geeks. (52:43)

Join us on a trip through time as seen through the eyes of the Irish as we speak to Derek McCulloch, author of the new Vertigo graphic novel 'Gone to Amerikay'. We discuss the complex story, his work with Colleen Doran, and Irish music. (1:05:18)

Dave Wachter returns to the show to discuss his upcoming book from IDW 'Night of 1000 Wolves' as well as his other recent projects. (1:20:24)

After some announcements about the forums and upcoming conventions, we dig into our voice mails and e-mails. We hear from our listeners about their experience at the London Super Comic Convention, get a question about Comic Now! magazine and get asked about our apparent 'DC bias'. All this plus some Shazam talk and Muddle the Murd! (1:06:45)

In this episode we talk with the Creative Director of Action Lab Entertainment Dave Dwonch about his latest book 'Double Jumpers' and so much more. We also get a health update from Mike. (1:24:08)

The Darkness #101 comes out today from Top Cow with a new creative team on the book. We talk with writer David Hine and artist Jeremy Haun about their take on Jackie Estacado and the Darkness. (1:04:39)

The second season of The Walking Dead has ended and left us wanting more. We discuss the season finale and what to look for in the third season. SPOILERS! (58:00)

The Emerald City Comicon is having their 10th annual convention this March 30th to April 1st. Convention director, Kirby Krackle member and all around good guy Jim Demonakos joins us to talk about one of the biggest comic conventions in the US. (55:06)

Justice League: Doom, Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice are discussed in this DC animation centric episode. Spoilers! (1:18:45)

Comics: With or Without Pulp remembers the great Dave Stevens on the 4th anniversary of his death, by discussing The Rocketeer. Special guest and Number 1 Rocketeer fan, Steve Bryant cohosts the show to discuss the character, the source material, the movie, and its creator. So, strap on your rocket pack, grab your helmet, make sure your riding boots are on tight, and listen to Episode #3: 'Burning Out His Fuse Up Here Alone'. (1:26:00)

Jamie and his sister Shana did some recordings recapping their days in London after the London Super Comic Convention. Jamie's trip to London was made possible by the generosity of our listeners and this episode is a thank you to them for giving him this great holiday. (50:45)

It's been six months since the relaunch of the DC Universe, so it seemed like a good enough time to revisit the new 52 books. Spoilers! (2:10:29)

It's been seven years since Comic Geek Speak debuted back on March 7th, 2005. Listeners Chris Eberle from Wild Pig Comics, Shawn Pryor from Action Lab Entertainment, Jason Grice, Kyle Moyer and others join us in studio to celebrate. Hear about Jamie's trip to London, we debut the theme song for 'Muddle the Murd', Mike introduces his new segment, Bryan talks about the comic 'Z' that he worked on in the 90's, we have a very late Secret Santa gift exchange and questions from the Geeks to each other. All this and more in this near two and a half hour long extravaganza. (2:25:46)

It's Previews time again! We go over the March Previews for books shipping beginning in May. There's a lot of good stuff solicited this month. (1:20:31)

From the Comic Geek Speak vault comes this previously unaired April 2008 recording used for our interview with Eric Houston for his book 'The Comic Book Podcast Companion'. (1:32:40)

A fine summer-vintage issue of DC Comics Presents! A milestone issue of Mark Waid's JLA! And the death and remembrance of Colossus! All this and more reflected in the cracked rear-view of the Time Bubble in this episode. (1:27:11)

It's day two of the London Super Comic Convention. Hear interviews with Chris Ryall from IDW, Jamal Igle, Rich Johnston from Bleeding Cool, JK Woodward, Miguel Jorge and Brian Bolland and our convention wrap up. (52:25)

CGS travels to the inaugural London Super Comic Convention! Hear some pre-travel talk, our visit to Mega City Comics, a pre-con chat with David Petersen, our coverage of the first day of the show including the very first 'Muddle the Murd' segment and more. (1:21:42)

Our wildest 'n' wooliest Top Five yet! We give free rein to our imaginations as we list the crazy character crossovers we'd most like to see, but probably never will. Argosy! (1:08:16)

2012 will have many comic book movie releases and we'll be here to review them. First up is Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. Has it really been five years since the last Ghost Rider movie? Yes it has. (44:09)

London Baby! The London Super Comic Convention is coming up this weekend and CGS will be there! We talk to David Monteith from the Geek Syndicate podcast who is the official 'face' for the convention. Plus an announcement from Murd about his new trivia segment. (1:05:21)

The votes are in and it's time to announce the winners in our CGS Best of 2011 Awards. We had some landslide winners, some narrow victories and even a tie! (1:09:58)

The lawsuits regarding Ghost Rider and The Walking Dead have been in the headlines recently, so we decided to place a call to our legal expert Joe Sergi to help us better understand them. We also discuss the new Scarlet Spider ongoing and the new Power Girl and Huntress costumes as seen on the cover to the upcoming Worlds' Finest #1. (1:15:39)

The Walking Dead returned to TV this past Sunday and was immediately followed by the premiere of a new show called Comic Book Men. In this episode we discuss AMC's two hour block of comic book related programing. (1:00:58)

It's Previews time again! We go over the February Previews for books shipping beginning in April. (1:22:20)

It's been almost a year since the last World of Toys and with Toy Fair less than a week away we thought it was time for a reunion show. We discuss some of what we saw at Toy Fair last year, what Lego sets Shane bought recently, upcoming movie toys and see what toys are listed in the latest Previews. (52:13)

Some interesting news came out last week - DC officially announced 'Before Watchmen', the top ten selling books in January were all DC books, a new Avengers trailer debuted during the Super Bowl and on set pictures were released from the upcoming Judge Dredd movie. All this and Battlepug too! (1:22:10)

Ron Marz returns to the show to discuss his recent work for Top Cow (Artifacts, Magdalena and Witchblade), DC (Voodoo) and his creator owned title at Image Comics (Shinku). Other topics of conversation include comic conventions and (gasp!) some sports talk about the NY Giants and NY Mets (1:23:11)

The Cartoon Network show 'Adventure Time' gets its own ongoing comic book from Boom Studios this month and we have the writer Ryan North on to tell us all about it. We also have a brief conversation with Mr. Phil from the Indie Spinner Rack Podcast with cameos from Danielle Corsetto and Bill Ellis. (1:18:32)

TV and movie talk take up the bulk of the discussion in this episode. The X-Men First Class sequel, The Big Bang Theory, Green Arrow TV Pilot and Ghost Rider 2 are some of the topics brought up along with Walt Simonson's upcoming DC OGN 'The Judas Coin' and the solicts for upcoming DC collected editions. (58:53)

One of our listeners lamented that 'done in one' stories often get overlooked in today's 'multi-part saga of the month' comic landscape. He suggested a Top 5 Episode of our favorite single issue stories and we were only too happy to oblige. The Geeks have some GREAT issues on their lists. Spoilers! (1:53:19)

Max Lord's origin story is finally revealed! Is he man or machine! Listen along and find out. (1:04:19)

After we hear from Chris Eberle about the upcoming Super Wild Pig Show, we discuss the new DC logo, John Rozum and Static Shock, Batman #5 and Murd reviews Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark. (1:12:50)

And now the second half of our nominations for the Best of 2011. In this episode we cover Best Writer, Artist, Writer/Artist, Inker, Color Artist, Letterer, Editor, Cover Artist, Breakout Talent, Comic Project in Another Medium, Most Important News, Most Anticipated for 2012 and Best Revamp. (1:14:02)

It's time to reveal the nominations for the Best of 2011. Here in part one we have New Hero, New Villain, New Comic, Limited Series, Single Issue or Oneshot, Cliffhanger, Storyline, Sleeper/Surprise, Ongoing, Reprint, Original Graphic Novel and Publication About Comics. (1:37:42)

DC Comics recently announced they are cancelling six titles that were part of their relaunch back in September and replacing them with six new ones. We go over both the coming and going books. (59:20)

We open the phone lines to our listeners to find out what they're looking forward to this year. With The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, and even Ghost Rider 2 getting some mentions, it should be another good year for comic book movies. (1:28:24)

Top Cow's Artifacts series promised big changes in their universe. Did it deliver? We go over issues 12 and 13 of Artifacts as well as the first "Rebirth" issue - Witchblade #151. Spoilers! (1:12:48)

It's Previews time yet again! We go through the January Previews for items shipping starting in March. There are also some important announcements in this episode. (1:12:57)

We're back! Happy New Year! In between some announcements and wacky stories, there is some comic talk in this episode. Honest! (1:00:44)

Murd soldiers on solo with The Crisis Tapes and continues to discuss the Pre-Crisis appearances of the Monitor. This episode recaps appearances in Swamp Thing, All-Star Squadron, DC Comics Presents, World's Finest Comics, Vigilante and Amethyst. (1:43:30)

In honor of David Letterman's 30th anniversary in late night television this February, we present this episode that was previously exclusive to the Comic Geek Speak website. Recorded in May 2009, Pants talks about how he got his nickname, how he first got into watching Letterman, and his many visits to Late Night/Late Show tapings. (30:41)

Our Spotlight on Marvel in the 90's trilogy ends here with part three covering the years 1996 to 1999. (2:09:12)

In between our telling of what we got for Christmas and some current movie discussion, there is some comic talk. Star Trek from IDW, Lois Lane comics, Billy Tucci's "A Child Is Born" are discussed and we announce the categories for our "Best of 2011". (1:18:43)

Once again Murd, our resident Christmas expert, performs a dramatic reading. This time it's the first chapter of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol". (41:57)

Christmastime means lots of TV shows about the holiday. We pick our Top 5 favorite shows in this episode. What are some of your favorites? (1:19:51)

The Edgar Church/Mile High Comic collection is arguably the greatest comic book "discovery" of all time. Screenwriter David Johnson has written a feature length screenplay about this called "Edgar's Comics" and joins us to discuss the project. (44:34)

The new first issues of The Defenders and The Ray are discussed along with the new DC Superhero Legos and some Christmas tradition talk. (1:01:54)

We continue our look at Marvel in the 90's with part deux. In this episode we cover the years 1993 to 1995. Grab your foil embossed covers and join us. (1:39:30)

We go through our e-mail and voice mails on this episode. Some of the topics include the Marvel digital comics package, some more thoughts on the Bryan/Jamie art debate, the Young Justice cartoon and more. We finish up with a chat with artist JK Woodward. (1:10:03)

We discuss some of the recent comic news including Avengers vs. X-Men, Bendis leaving the Avengers in 2012, the JMS/Steve Wacker "debate" and more. (1:03:46)

Join us as we discuss what happened with Marvel during the 90's. There's so much going on that we couldn't fit it all in one episode so here's part one. (1:39:20)

It's Previews time again! We go over the December Previews for books shipping in February. Dave Dwonch, Creative Director at Action Lab Entertainment, joins us at the end to discuss their new solicits this month. (1:29:42)

Discussion includes the Alex Ross exhibit at the Warhol museum, the Muppet Movie, what we've recently read, blah, blah, blah. What you really want to hear is Uncle Sal talk about his upcoming art exhibit in Chicago and the tangents we go on. (1:13:48)

The first half of The Walking Dead Season Two has ended and what an ending! We talk about that and the rest of the season in this episode. Spoilers! (1:00:28)

The JSA battles Kobra! Atom Smasher pushes himself to his limits! An issue illustrated by Buzz! (44:00)

Our listeners call in about what they want to talk about. Topics include reading comics on the Kindle Fire, Superman Birthright, DC's new 52 and more. (1:25:19)

Uber Muppet fans Katie Cook and David Petersen joins us to talk about the new Muppet movie as well as the earlier Muppet movies. (1:26:00)

Top Cow Publisher Filip Sablik joins us to discuss the books from Pilot Season 2011 - Anonymous, The Beauty, City of Refuge, Fleshdigger, Misdirection, Seraph, The Test, and Theory of Everything. Which one(s) will get your vote? (1:33:23)

It's a "stream of consciousness" episode as topics include Black Friday, Marvel's cancelled titles, recent comic art auction results, some of DC's new #3 issues and the Batman: Brave and the Bold series finale. (1:00:36)

Our look at the rest of the #2 issues of DC's new 52 concludes as we continue in alphabetical order from Grifter to Wonder Woman. (1:12:06)

Back to DC's new 52! It's month two where we discuss the #2 issues we've read. In this episode we go over the issues in alphabetical order from Action Comics to Green Lantern: New Guardians. (1:25:54)

In this episode we talk about Avenging Spider-Man #1, the collections for DC's new 52, the Green Lantern Animated Series and more. (1:03:11)

We start out with a wonderful conversation with voice actor Tom Kane and then go into our listener feedback including DC's new 52, Chuck Jones, and the Bryan/Jamie art debate revisited. (1:32:32)

It's Previews time again! We go over the November Previews for books shipping in January. (1:03:06)

Wild Pig recap! Super Show announcement! The upcoming digital comics war! October comic book sales numbers! All this and more without all these exclamation points! (1:01:05)

The Bubble returns! Through the mists of time Murd talks about the Busiek/Larsen Defenders #1, Action Comics #775, Avengers #263, and Flash #30. (1:26:00)

There have been many different X-Men lineups over the years, but what five members would be on your roster? Listen as the Geeks list their top 5 members of their X-Men dream teams. (59:24)

More Marvel talk! Associate Editor Sana Amanat joins us to discuss the new Ultimate Comics line of books after which the Geeks give their "Buy, Borrow, Pants" ratings. (1:30:55)

The Batman: Arkham City video game, Shade #1 (SPOILERS!!!), and Jenny Finn are just some of the topics discussed in this episode along with Peter's surprise 39th birthday party recap. What's Happening!! (1:09:06)

It's the second episode of Matt's spin-off podcast featuring pulp fiction characters. Jamie D. joins Matt to discuss The Man of Bronze - Doc Savage along with Matt Moring from Altus Press and writer Will Murray. (1:49:34)

Time for some Marvel Events talk! We discuss the recent X-Men story Schism as well as Fear Itself. (1:19:22)

Chris from Wild Pig Comics joins us in studio to talk about his upcoming convention as well as his take on DC's 52, the new Shade series, recent comic book movies and other fellowship. (1:33:01)

Topics include the Scarlet Spider, Ann Nocenti writing Green Arrow, Kevin's take on DC's new 52 and more including another Bryan/Jamie "discussion". (1:26:28)

Bryan, Kevin, Pants and Murd recap their New York Comic Con 2011 experience. Some recordings from NY round out the episode including an interview with Jeremy Haun and David Hine who take over as the creative team on The Darkness. (1:35:54)

While some of the Geeks were off at the New York Comic Con, Jamie, Shane and Mike take over the show. Discussions include Dr. Who Season 6, new trailers for The Avengers and Muppet movies, Aspen Comics and much more. (1:53:34)

A myriad of topics are discussed including Frank Miller's Holy Terror book, the Brave & the Bold and Young Justice cartoons and Barnes & Noble taking graphic novels off their shelves. We finish the episode with an interview with the Director of Exhibitions at the Andy Warhol museum about "Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross". (1:14:42)

It's Previews time once again! We look at the October Previews for books shipping in December. What's your pick of the month? (1:12:42)

Whew! After reading all of DC's 52 new #1 issues we squeeze one more episode out of it with some final thoughts...for now.(1:18:42)

Writer Troy Hickman returns to talk about the Top Cow Pilot Season winning book Twilight Guardian. This is Pants' favorite comic to come out this year so listen along as he monopolizes the conversation. (1:07:30)

Our reviews of every comic in DC's relaunch concludes as we cover Green Lantern: New Guardians, I Vampire, Justice League Dark, The Savage Hawkman, Superman, Teen Titans, and Voodoo.(1:52:12)

Our coverage of DC's new 52 continues with the #1 issue reviews of All-Star Western, Aquaman, Batman: The Dark Knight, Blackhawks, The Flash, and The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men. (1:17:54)

Writer/Artist Chandra Free joins us to discuss her book The God Machine from Archaia Entertainment. (1:05:30)

Our reviews of DC's new 52 week three continues with first issue reviews of Green Lantern Corps, Legion of Super Heroes, Nightwing, Red Hood and the Outlaws, Supergirl, and Wonder Woman. (1:56:06)

We start week three of DC's new 52 with first issue reviews of Batman, Birds of Prey, Blue Beetle, Captain Atom, Catwoman, and DC Universe Presents. (1:26:53)