Green, rampaging things come to those who wait. We’re a couple weeks late this time around but finally our verbose discussion on Greg Pak’s masterpiece, Planet Hulk, is ready to greet the world. We talk world-building and Worldbreakers, great

Episode 22: Live From Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo (Batman: Year One)

Sep 24th, 2017 36m 53s

This week we’re happy to present our episode recorded at our panel at the massive and overwhelming Edmonton Comic and Entertainment Expo 2017. We look at Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, the definitive origin story of t

Episode 21: Metaphorical Bar Mitzvah (Green Arrow: Year One)

Sep 11th, 2017 1h 13m

This week we look at DC’s Emerald Archer and the star of the CW show, Green Arrow. Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen spends his time seeking thrills and barfing in public until he has a life-changing experience on a not-so-deserted island in thi

Episode 20: He’s On the Wrong Side of History Here (An Introduction to the Black Panther)

Aug 28th, 2017 1h 6m

Our month-long look at how the run of Fantastic Four by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby built vast portions of the Marvel Universe concludes with an introduction to the King of Wakanda, the Black Panther. Follow along as the Fantastic Four are hunted

Episode 19: Spontaneous Yeti Fight (An Introduction to Galactus and Silver Surfer)

Aug 16th, 2017 1h 20m

If you can brave blasts of solar destructogen, interstellar punching machines, and deadly aurora borealis attacks then you will probably enjoy our latest episode! We continue with the month’s theme of how the Fantastic Four expanded the Marvel

Episode 18: Plot… Question Mark… Frowny Face (An Introduction to The Inhumans)

Aug 6th, 2017 1h 16m

In the span of 10 issues of Fantastic Four dated November 1965 to August 1966 Jack Kirby and Stan Lee introduced three concepts foundational to the expanding Marvel universe. This month we’re going to consider those three stories, starting wit

Episode 17: Live From Pure Spec 2017! (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope)

Jul 30th, 2017 41m 23s

This week we boldly go… Wrong franchise. This week we try something different and present an episode recorded live at the Pure Speculation festival in Edmonton on July 29, 2017. As this was a science fiction convention, we stray from our usu

Episode 16: He’s Like an Angry Baby With No Skin (Superman: Secret Origin)

Jul 10th, 2017 1h 30m

What would a comics podcast be without an episode featuring the very first superhero? Luckily, Four Color Book Club will no longer have to ask that question as this week we felt obligated to devote an episode to Superman, covering his (not-so)

Episode 15: No One Follows Galactus on Twitter (The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1)

Jun 26th, 2017 1h 14m

This is the one where Jaden and Clancy finally disagree as we look at the first trade paperback of Ryan North and Erica Henderson’s Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. One of us loves it, the other does not, and all get their feelings hurt. Tune in to

Episode 13: Wrestled a Buffalo to Death (An Introduction to The X-Men)

Jun 5th, 2017 1h 24m

In all of comicdom there is possibly no franchise as fraught with barriers to entry and impenetrable continuity as the Uncanny X-Men. This week we’ve tried to present a good entry point for readers looking to get into Marvel’s band of merry mut

Episode 12: Coining the Word “Comicization” (Catwoman: Selina’s Big Score)

May 29th, 2017 1h 16m

This week we try to decipher incomprehensible catchphrases, rank levels of emotional constipation, and lament Batman’s choice of phrase when it comes to dealing with the ladies. Oh, and somewhere in there is a heist. That’s right, we’re discuss

Episode 11: What are Mermaid Tails Called? (Aquaman: The Trench)

May 16th, 2017 1h 7m

Ahoy mateys! This week’s episode brings you that most misunderstood of heroes, Aquaman. Our jumping on point for the King of the Seven Seas is issues #1-6 of his eponymous New 52 series as collected in the trade paperback The Trench by Geoff Jo

Episode 10: … And Made it Into a Vest (Lee and Ditko’s Amazing Spider-Man)

May 7th, 2017 2h 9m

If the title of our tenth episode intrigues you and you really want to know what Kraven the Hunter made into a vest, take a listen. If you already know then you probably already like Spider-Man and should listen too! We go right back to beginni

Episode 9: Not Especially Good at Crimes (Daredevil: The Elektra Saga Part 1)

Apr 24th, 2017 1h 40m

The year is 1981 and a young artist is given writing duties on the comics he’s been, until then, only drawing. The story of street-level crime, mobsters, ninjas, and assassins he spins will become the foundation of everything that follows it. T

Episode 8: Gross Old Lady Hand (Batman: The City of Owls)

Apr 10th, 2017 1h 27m

We’re back to take care of some unfinished business as we discuss the second part of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s first New 52 Batman story. In the second episode of our show we were left with a cliffhanger as the sinister Court of Owls unle

Episode 7: No Words, Just Feels (Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Avengers)

Mar 28th, 2017 1h 3m

Star-Lord! Gamora! Drax the Destroyer! Rocket Raccoon! Groot! It’s that entire band of roguish rapscallions (plus Iron Man for some reason) from that movie that everyone loves! This should be a great comic, right?! These should be likable chara

Episode 6: If I’m Mango Dragon-y Enough (Spider-Woman: New Costume, New Status Quo)

Mar 20th, 2017 1h 23m

Sometimes comics are lacking in the fun factor but this comic is not one of those! Tune is as we discuss the first Spider-Woman story by the ongoing team of Dennis Hopeless and Javier Rodriguez (#5-8). Spider-Woman helps “normal” people and bef

Episode 2: Ooh, Owls, Big Deal (Batman: The Court of Owls)

Feb 15th, 2017 1h 37m

Welcome back for the 2nd episode of Four Color Book Club as Clancy discovers a newfound respect for how truly sinister those rodent-butchering arch-villains of the sky, owls, can be. That’s right, we’re reviewing the first volume of Scott Snyde

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