Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About Comics and Comic Shenanigans Crossover In this bonus episode of Screw it, one of the Milksops, Kevin, joins Adam Chapman of the podcast Comic Shenanigans to talk about Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz's Thor run.   They go over issues 383-400 in this episode.   These bonus episodes will drop.... periodically!

EPISODE 366 -We finish our coverage of Matt Kindt's first run of Mind MGMT series with a review of the the second arc (issues 7-12). We learn more about The Eraser, and see Meru's soulmate, The Hulk (not that one)!

For Loose Screws, we discuss the phone game Sneaky Sasquatch.

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EPISODE 365 - Kevin and Will discuss the newly released Spider-Man film Brand New Day. Joining us after about 40 minutes is special guest Cameron Hines, Kevin's son! As a 10-year-old big fan of Spider-Man, we were curious about HIS take on this film! We let you know before we get into spoilers, but then we dive right in! Enjoy!

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EPISODE 364 - We go into the "zero" issues of Mind MGMT, which are given negative numbers in the trade compilation. These amount to supplemental stories about the mind agent agency. We learn stories of a rival Russian agency, Maru's breakthrough that led to her first book and the birth of the agency itself. These side stories are, in a way, the main course of the Mind MGMT world!

We also discuss at length Marvel Comics recent decision to move from NYC to the Los Angeles area. 

In Loose Screws, Will discusses a talk he saw w...

EPISODE 363 - The Milksops go over Mind MGMT #6! This is the end of the first arc. It could have been a satisfying ending to the whole story, but we are glad the series continued.

In Loose Screws we discuss the comic Wilds End and the movie National Treasure. 

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EPISODE 362 - The Milksops go over Mind MGMT #5! We learn more about Henry Lyme! 

In Loose Screws we discuss how Will gave up on Alan Moore's novel The Great When and Kevin discusses his love for the new seasons of the TV Show The Adventures of Superman.

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EPISODE 361 - The Milksops go over Mind MGMT #4! We learn about the origins (mostly) of Henry Lyme! 

In Loose Screws we discuss the new trailer for the upcoming Spider-Man film Brand New Day.

NOTE: Will's audio is a bit, shall we say, tinny? We did our best to rectify! 

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EPISODE 360 - The Milksops go over Mind MGMT #3! The chase continues as Mera gets closer to learning about Henry Lyme! 

In Loose Screws we discuss the book There Is No Antimemetics Division and the film Disclosure Day.

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EPISODE 359 - The Milksops go over Mind MGMT #2! 

And we catch up on email!

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EPISODE 358 - We being our coverage of Matt Kindt's 2012 comic series Mind MGMT by going over issue one! We learn almost nothing about the secret agency that is recruiting psychics. But we get a lot of intriguing clues!

In Loose Screws, we cover the comic Power Fantasy, the TV show Spider-Noir and the TV show The Boys!

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EPISODE 357 - This week we are publishing an old "subscriber only" episode (sorry, that's SOPscriber only). This is from December 2024 when the Milksops did their first version of their "pull list" segments. This is where we review recent comics. Well, they were recent in December 2024. 

Here are the comics we review in this episode:

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EPISODE 356 - We finish up our season on Hellboy. Will and Kevin discuss the stories that take place after the ones we covered!

Next season: Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt.

Loose Screws include new show Widow's Bay on Apple TV.

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EPISODE 355: The Milksops re-watch the first Hellboy movie. It looks great, and is watchable but changes a lot from the comics - sometimes for better sometimes for worse. We get into it!

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EPISODE 354: We learn more about Abe Sapien's former life as Langdon Everett Caul in BPRD Volume 7 - Garden of Souls!

We also talk a ton about BPRD in general!

We don't do Loose Screws, but we do talk a bunch about the services we use to read comics online!

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EPISODE 353 - The Milksops continue their coverage of the Hellboy universe with their first big look at the spin-off series "B.P.R.D." We start with trade paper back volume 6, which is the arc called "The Universal Machine."

"B.P.R.D." stands for Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, which was Hellboy's employer until he quit at the end of his "Conqueror Worm" story. Now we see the gang without Hellboy. As Kevin says, the Hellboy stories feel like movies, and B.P.R.D. is like a television show. Although there is a...

EPISODE 352 - We go over what amounts to the end of Act I of Hellboy comics - Conqueror Worm. In this four issue story, Hellboy and Roger the Homonculous go up against a big 'ol Elder Monster who is hell bent on gobbling up the whole world! We've go Nazi heads in jars, a big steampunk ape, talking skeletons and of course a collapsing floor! This is a great one!

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EPISODE 351 - Totally regular hosts Kevin Hines and Jamie Wenger, who have always hosted this podcast, discuss the 1999 crossover series Batman/Hellboy/Starman! 

For Loose Screws, Jamie discusses the movie Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die and Kevin discusses his son's surprising taste in video games and Simpsons episodes.

For more crossover fun, listen to Marvel by the Month to hear totally regular hosting panel of Bryan Stratton, Will Hines and Curt Holman discuss some 1970s Marvel books, and also check out The Comic's Canon with their regular hosts Kevin Moreau and Robb Milne !

EPISODE 350 - We go over the rest the collection The Right Hand of Doom, which includes: 

In Loose Screws, we discuss the show Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (and also discuss Wonder Man) and Kevin's new Spider-Man tattoo. 

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EPISODE 349 - We go over the first half of the collection The Right Hand of Doom, which includes: 

Plus we go over the results of this year's Instapush (we gained followers!!) andwe have an episode of our sub-podcast Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About War Games.

In Loose Screws, we discuss the movies Hoppers and Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie.

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EPISODE 348 - We continue our Hellboy season! The Milksops go over the second half of The Chained Coffin and Other Stories. Specifically we cover The Wolves Of St. August and Almost Colossus. So we've got both werewolves and an artifical man eventually named Roger.

Joining us is writer/illustrator/Mike Mignola superfan Dave Baker! Dave has written and/or drawn a ton of cool stuff, including Mary Tyler Moorehawk and the upcoming Halloween Boy, which for sure can count Hellboy as one of its influences!  Thank you, Dave!

Check out Dave's work at his web site: ht...

EPISODE 347 - We go over the first half of the Hellboy short story collection THE CHAINED COFFIN AND OTHER STORIES. 

Specifically we discuss:

Joining us are the hosts of "Aw, Crap: A Hellboy Podcast" - Mark David Christenson and Kait Thompson!

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EPISODE 347 - We go over the first half of the Hellboy short story collection THE CHAINED COFFIN AND OTHER STORIES. 

Specifically we discuss:

Joining us are the hosts of "Aw, Crap: A Hellboy Podcast" - Mark David Christenson and Kait Thompson!

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EPISODE 346 - We go over the second Hellboy arc - WAKE THE DEVIL. Vampires, Nazi heads in a jar and a homunculous!

For Loose Screws, Kevin posits that watching sports is just waiting for people to fail, and Will discusses J.M. DeMatteis' recent novel DARK FUTURE.

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EPISODE 345 - We get into issue 4 of Seed of Destruction! First arc of Hellboy DONE!

In Loose Screws, we discuss the new Marvel show WONDER MAN (spoiler free discussion)

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EPISODE 344 - We getinto issue 3 of Seed of Destruction! Spoiler: Hellboy punches some evil forces! Long exposition abounds! And the art looks incredible!

In Loose Screws, Kevin discusses a YouTube deep dive on Keith Giffen and Will talks about the Beatles Book John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs!

And we read some Listener Email!

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EPISODE 342 - We continue our look at Hellboy with Hellboy Issue #2! We meet Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman and some more big frog guys.

In Loose Screws, Kevin talks about Dalgoda Comics from the 1980s! How did we miss this when we were kids, we wonder!

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EPISODE 342 - We begin a new season, this time going over Hellboy comics. We start at the beginning, with Hellboy issue 1, or the beginning of the "Seed of Destruction" arc. 

Hellboy is the creation of writer/artist Mike Mignola, who had been a regular artist for Marvel and DC. Then he started Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics in 1994, and true to the publisher's name -- it was a surprise runaway hit!

We discuss how Mignola was a surprise artist to have a runaway success with a creator owned title. We talk about how superstar artist/w...

EPISODE 341 - Today we catch up on email. We've got lots of suggestions of what to cover on the podcast and lots of other stuff!

And do we have Loose Screws? You betcha! Will talks about how Batman Bros are mad at him online, and Kevin discusses how he was unable to enjoy the Parker novel adaptation Play Dirty!

EPISODE 340 - We take a look at the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. It came out in 1990 and was a runaway smash hit. 

Will is watching it for the first time. Kevin saw it when it came out, but maybe not since.

How does it hold up? Listen and find out!

No Loose Screws this week! Is that okay?

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EPISODE 339 - We take a look at the show that brought huge fame for the Turtle -- the original Saturday morning TV show. 

Although primarily made as a way to promote the new toy line, the creators of this TV show also wanted it to be good. So there was a lot of thought put into this show. They took a lot of visual designs from the comic, but simplified the story considerable. They added new characters (Rocksteady and BeBop), half-new characters (Krang the talking brain) and gave April a more specific consistent personality. 

We lo...

EPISODE 338 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Dark Knight Returns style!

We go over the 2020(ish) mini series The Last Ronin. This takes place in a bleak future version of our world, where only one turtle is still alive, and he is fighting to avenge his fallen brothers and father.  It was a hit story and mostly very well received by fans! There is a very clear influence from Frank Miller's mid-1980s Batman story The Dark Knight Returns, but it's still very much a TMNT story, albeit one in the "mature, violent" category.

Kevin E...

EPISODE 337 - We review the three issue arc "Return To New York" which was one of the last true Eastman/Laird TMNT stories ... ever? Sort of ever! It's a gritty violent story that almost feels like a defiant statement in contrast to the then-brand-new TMNT television cartoons which were coming out.

We do like it, though it's missing some of the humor and humanity of the previous Eastman/Laird issues.

For Loose Screws, Will talks about The Pitt and Kevin discusses how Stranger Things mentions War Games, which means we also have an episode of...

EPISODE 336 - We are at issue 11 of the original run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comics. April and the gang are recovering in a New England farm. April writes in a diary, and we see through her eyes how each of the other characters recovers from the crushing defeat they had at the hands of Shredder last issue. It's a contemplative, emotional and dare we say it --- extremely patient and grown-up issue! The comic that started at least partly as a laugh and a lark has matured into a full world with feelings and integrity! We love this...

EPISODE 335 - We're approaching the end of the first batch of Eastman/Laird issues on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This issue is an action packed issue-long battle between the full team of Turtles/Splinter/April versus the newly-returned Shredder!!! Very fun!

In Loose Screws, Kevin discusses the book Project Hail Mary and the Enforcers card in the Marvel themed Magic card deck. And Will starts an episode of Screw It, We're Just Gonna Talk About War Games to discuss the new Kathryn Bigelow movie A House Of Dynamite.

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In the early days of TMNT comics, the creators published four separate one-issue "micro-series" for each of the four turtles. Basically one-shot stories for each one. We reviewed the Raphael one-shot a bit earlier in this season. This episode we take a look at the stories for Donatello, Michelangelo and Leonardo.

In general we liked these just a bit more than the "regular" issues the creators were doing at the same time. These one-shots are simple and uncluttered and really fun.

For Loose Screws, Kevin talks Peacemaker season 2 and what it's like to be out...

We are up to issue 9 of the original run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comics. This is a stand-alone adventure in which the young turtled and splinter help an old man pass on the honoable samurai magic of his family to his grandson.

We are seeing Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird pull back from working on the comic. This issue they wrote and helped ink but did not do the pencils for. As the Turtles get more popular, this will be the pattern!

Next episode we go over the one-shot comics for Leonardo, Donatello and...

We go over Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7! This is the end of the "outer space" arc. It's a very busy issue with lots of exposition but the art is beautiful and the comic remains fun.

For Loose Screws, Kevin discusses two recent graphic novel biographies of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee!

EPISODE 331 - We go over Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6! This is a continuation of the epic "space" arc in which the Turtles meet Fugatoid, the Triceratons and the Federation (something like that?) The art is more ambitious than ever! The action is fun and compelling! The dialogue is... out of control with huge Stan Lee levels of exposition on almost every page! But the comic is fun!

For Loose Screws, we talk about staying in Christopher Reeve's house and also Spinal Tap! Now that's loose!

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EPISODE 330 - We go over TMNT#5. Stuff gets very wild as we meet Fugitoid and the Triceritons. Oh and the, er, Federations? Some human army. Anyway, the Turtles are in space and in the middle of a three-way battle for a scientist trapped in a runaway robot's body. Again, this is issue number FIVE.

Loose screws: Kevin talks Alien Earth and will talks Spaghetti Westerns.

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EPISODE 329 - We continue our coverage of the original run of TMNT comics! This week, we go over issue #4! We learn more about what's going on inside the alien organization TCRI!

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