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Mike, Kara and Nick go deep on the hotness that is The Karmen Blade, classic EC horror comics, and the wildness of an Archie/DC comics crossover. Nick gives a quick and dirty history of Valiant comics, Mike talks another Kickstarter find, and Kara’s catching up with Zatanna. Hijinx ensue!Timestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:01:39 - Shock SuspenStories Volume 100:22:40 - Harley and Ivy and Betty and Veronica00:36:00 - The Karmen Blade #1-200:45:19 - Discord Picks00:46:17 - Zatanna & The Ripper00:51:23 - Starkid666: The Eggs of Hope Vol.100:54:04 - Some Valiant Bullshit01:02:15 - WrapPanel: Mike Rapin, Nick White, Kara SzamborskiProducer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Zach McCraryEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: [email protected]: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Kara, Paul, and Brian discuss comics with a theme of “darkness.” Paul explains the rhyming demon Etrigan, Brian philosophizes about a beautiful interpretation of Dracula, and Kara digs into her Hellboy collection.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:02:08 - The Demon #1 / The Demon: From The Darkness00:18:57 - Dragon00:32:00 - Hellboy Library Edition Vol 200:44:50 - WrapPanel: Kara Szamborski, Paul Jaissle, Brian MurrayProducer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Kait LamphereEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: [email protected]: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Mike, Paloma, and Zach picked some real horror comics to discuss for this week's episode, all part of IRCB's 2026 Reading Challenge! Teen horror, gross stuff, demons, Filipino horror comics, and more!Join the IRCB Reading Challenge!Storygraph: https://ircb.fyi/rc26Goodreads: https://ircb.fyi/grc26Timestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:01:17 - Plunge00:07:33 - Infidel00:15:50 - Lake Yellowwood Slaughter00:20:47 - Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Vol 100:26:34 - Roman Ritual00:30:39 - Dead Teenagers00:35:03 - Discord Picks00:35:44 - Trese00:39:46 - Legion of Super-Heroes #200:42:50 - Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees: Halloween Special00:45:32 - WrapPanel: Mike Rapin, Zach McCrary, Paloma DeerfieldProducer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Nick WhiteEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: [email protected]: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Paul, Brian, and Nick talk about 2 Spooky stories for the season and 1 not so Spooky story but its ok, Paul is catching up on floppies. Also a discussion of the upcoming titles and making sure Letterers are credited on the main page.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:01:32 - Alien vs. X-Men #100:10:32 - Star Trek: Holo-ween II #100:22:01 - Batwoman #4-600:29:55 - Cruel Kingdom 200:47:35 - Discord Picks00:48:12 - I Can't Stop Thinking About Horses and Sex00:50:56 - Dungeon Crawler Carl Vol. 200:56:54 - WrapPanel: Paul Jaissle, Nick White, Brian MurrayProducer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Mike Rapin, Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Daniel MartinezEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: [email protected]: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Mike, Zach, and Danny talk about the haunting beauty of little vampires, the nightmare blunt rotation of Batman, Green Arrow, and The Question, and how skateboarding is rad actually. Looking ahead, we have The Mess and Momo, which seem pretty heavy, and Wolverine meets Miami Vice, which seems… sexy?Timestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:01:09 - The Cutting Garden00:11:19 - Sabrina the Teenage Witch #100:13:48 - Batman / Green Arrow / The Question: Arcadia00:21:09 - Skate Ali #1-400:29:55 - Discord Picks00:30:18 - The Mess00:33:40 - Momo00:38:54 - Wolverine: Paradise #100:45:09 - WrapPanel: Mike Rapin, Zach McCrary, Daniel MartinezProducer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Nick WhiteEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: [email protected]: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Kait, Kate, and Paloma get together to discuss Fall reads, cozy reads, and the difficulty of finding “non-horror” fall books that aren’t for YA readers.Timestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:00:40 - Soulmates00:09:04 - Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town00:20:08 - Over My Dead Body/Speak of the Devil00:29:36 - Bowling with Corpses and Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown00:35:55 - WrapPanel: Kait Lamphere, Kate Skocelas, Paloma DeerfieldProducer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Nick WhiteEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: [email protected]: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Danny, Paul, and Nick talk non-fiction comics, emphasizes the importance of letterers, and touch on The Rocketeer’s core character aspect: getting cucked.This episode's theme came from our Reading Challenge! Join here:StoryGraph: https://ircb.fyi/rc26Goodreads: https://ircb.fyi/grc26Timestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:01:32 - You And A Bike And A Road00:10:35 - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation00:26:02 - Memories of Giselle00:34:37 - Discord Picks00:35:36 - Batman: Gargoyle of Gotham00:39:43 - Is Ted Okay?00:43:18 - The Rocketeer: Infiltrator #100:52:29 - WrapPanel: Danny Martinez, Nick White, Paul JaissleProducer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Brian MurrayEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: [email protected]: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Mike, Kait and guest CK Carpenter catch up and bring some of their Kickstarter books from their giant “To Read Piles” to discuss. Then dive a little deeper into the KS platform and talk about more comics they may never get a chance to read!Kickstarters mentioned on this episode:My Neighbor Necromancer - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dillgilbertson/my-neighbor-necromancer-1-4Islands in the Sky: A People’s History of Hurricane Helene - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/appalachiacomics/appalachia-comics-projectWickerson: Tales from the Grove - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dereklaufman/wickerson-tales-from-the-groveDaystar - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/secondatbest/daystar-and-trial-errorMALAYA: Filipino Anticolonial Dark Fantasy - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/santelmo/malaya-filipino-anticolonial-dark-fantasy-issue-1-43pgsThe Arc Fall by Owen D. Pomeroy - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/averyhillpublishing/the-arc-fall-by-owen-d-pomeryLouise Sprouse Stole My Heart - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thekylestarks/louise-sprouse-stole-my-heartMalloch the Damned - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deathline/malloch3Pigeon Peep’s Little Crew & Friends: The Fledgling Flight - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1023382472/pigeon-peeps-little-crew-and-friends-be-part-of-the-comicTimestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:01:54 - My Neighbor Necromancer #1-300:09:01 - Islands in the Sky: A People’s History of Hurricane Helene00:19:23 - Wickerson: Tales from the Grove00:24:54 - Discord Picks00:25:14 - Inglorious X-Force #2-1000:29:43 - Daystar00:33:51 - MALAYA: Filipino Anticolonial Dark Fantasy #100:37:21 - Kickstarter comics and ads00:48:55 - Kickstarter comics we’re psyched for01:01:27 - WrapPanel: Mike Rapin, KaitlamphereGuest: CK CarpenterProducer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Daniel MartinezEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: [email protected]: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Mike, Paul, and Kait get together to discuss works like Ryan North’s Fantastic Four run and 2000AD’s massive upcoming anniversary issue. We also hear about Mike’s trip to the Jersey Shore and Paul’s new apartment.Check out Friend of the Show(™) Kyle Starks' new Kickstarter: Louise Sprouse Stole My Hearthttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thekylestarks/louise-sprouse-stole-my-heartOni Press' landing page for The Forever Home - https://www.onipress.com/forever-homeTimestamps:00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics00:02:52 - Feral Vol 1-400:11:29 - Fantastic Four (2025) #6-1500:21:24 - The Forever Home #100:31:17 - Discord Picks00:31:52 - Somali and the Forest Spirit Vol 200:37:21 - Lovers of the Empire Vol 100:42:38 - 2000 AD prog 250000:46:59 - WrapPanel: Mike Rapin, Kait Lamphere, Paul JaissleProducer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Nick WhiteEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: [email protected]: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop

Zach helms the episode this week with René and Paul on the panel to discuss comics about the felling of giants--physical or metaphorical. Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Start/Last Week in Comics 00:01:51 - Fullmetal Alchemist / D. Gray-Man / Berserk 00:09:43 - Dark Night: A True Batman Story 00:17:21 - Mosely 00:23:33 - Kingdom (2006 - present) 00:27:01 - John Carpenter’s Cathedral 00:33:14 - White Sky (Image 2026) Issue #1-5 00:36:36 - Wrap Panel: Zach McCreary, Paul Jaissle, René RodriguezProducer: Mike RapinPost Production & Social Media: Kait Lamphere, Daniel MartinezProoflistener: Brian MurrayEditor: Zander Riggs Music provided by Infinity Shred. Find them on Bandcamp.IRCB Avatars by @ICELEVELIRCB Logo by Kyle RoseSupport us on Patreon to get access to our Patreon-only series: IRCB Movie Club, Saga of Saga, Giant Days of Our Lives, A Better Batmobile, and more! patreon.com/ircbpodcastBuy a copy of our anniversary zine Totally Not A Cult: https://ircbpodcast.com/shop/p/totally-not-a-cult-zine-1Email: [email protected]: @ircbpodcastInstagram: @ircbpodcastDiscord: discordapp.com/invite/E8JUB9sReddit: ireadcomicbooks.reddit.comIRCB GoodreadsMerch: ircbpodcast.com/shop