Episode 702: Raw 702nd Episode Celebration

The writers of Star Trek Voyager: Homecoming and Just Another Summer join us for this week's show! We talk about Star Trek being both silly and serious at the same time, what position we'd have on a starship, summer requirements, being married writing partners, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After being asked about post-Kirby runs on New Gods, we figured we should take the latest try by Ram V, Evan Cagle, and a whole bunch of guest artists for a spin! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two of the creators behind the new Dark Horse series The Big Shakedown, Jordan Blum and Scott Koblish, join us for this week's show! We talk to them about our shared love of neo-noir, why people don't draw feet, seeing L.A. landmarks get devastated, the Mario Brothers' marketing efforts, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blame it on vacation! This should have been August's Comics Catch-Up but for whatever reason, it just never got posted! So here it is: Our look at the four-issue Catwoman miniseries from 1989 by Mindy Newell and J.J. Birch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Chris are taking your listener questions on this week's super-sized show! Among the topics: X-Men baseball, Dropout, extreme sports, Wario, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready to hear Matt and Chris lose their minds over a Legends of the Dark Knight story from 2001? Listen to the end, friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're in the Garden with this edition of Hickmania, and Doctor Doom is facing down the Mad Celestials while Valeria and Nathaniel do everything they can to buy time! Covering FF #12-16. (Note: Matt mistated that Wrestlemania X had the first women's match -- just the first one since 2.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're rating swords on this week's show, from a banned Magic card to a very big sucker. And can swords that have been turned into another weapon be considered as swords? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Out of the way! A cartoonist is coming! Katie Skelly returns to the show this week to talk about her new book, Heaven. Plus, some surprising influences, moving from cool-girl stories to loser-girl stories, lazy Susans, and much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're rating one of the biggest swords around on this week's show, along with another wooden sword, a weapon of Klingon legend, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices