Planes, Trains and Comic Books

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By: Matthew Hansen and John Johnson

In "Planes, Trains, and Comic Books" comic enthusiasts Matt Hansen and John Johnson read, discuss, and review comic book story arcs. Matt and John take a deep dive into the comic book medium, not only re-reading beloved and critically acclaimed story arcs, but also exploring the less heard of, and more unknown works. *INCLUDES SPOILERS*

It's Lonely At the Centre of the Earth
#211
Last Monday at 1:27 AM

Zoe Thorogood records six months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt to put it back together again in the only way she knows how. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth is an intimate and meta-narrative look into the life of a selfish artist who must create for her own survival. 

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Heroes In Crisis
#210
04/24/2025

How does a superhero handle PTSD? Welcome to Sanctuary, an ultra-secret hospital for superheroes who've been traumatized by crime-fighting and cosmic combat. But something goes inexplicably wrong when many patients wind up dead, with two well-known operators as the prime suspects: Harley Quinn and Booster Gold!

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Mark Millar's: The Unfunnies [Worst Comics Ever?]
#209
04/07/2025

A world resembling classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons is becoming increasingly messed up as characters discover sex, swearing and murder.

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The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologer
#208
03/16/2025

It's 1941, a young woman races for her life from Nazi's, who wish to use her astrology skills to help Hitler's regime. But the Shadow looms, a master of men with cold, hollow laughter and blazing .45 pistols to stop them and take down the Fuhrer!

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Dick Tracy Vol 1
#207
03/02/2025

In The City, a brutal murder draws the attention of rising star detective Dick Tracy, who soon discovers the bloodshed is just the beginning of a complicated web that threatens to ensnare everything he cares about.

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Farmhand Vol 1: Reap What Was Sown
#206
02/16/2025

Jedidiah Jenkins is a simple farmer. But his cash crop isn't corn or soy. He grows fast-healing, highly-customizable human organs.

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Valentine's Day 2025 Special: Spiderman's Tangled Web #11
02/14/2025

It's Valentines Day, and two beautiful young women are breathlessly waiting at The Coffee Bean for their date to pick them up. The problem is, they both think they have a date with Peter Parker! The other problem is, the Vulture has just knocked Spider-Man silly and the web-slinger can't remember his name, let alone his social schedule!

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Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods
#205
02/03/2025

He is a one-man reckoning that stands in defiance of his divine masters with a sword in hand and a thirst for godblood. His name: AKOGUN THE BRUTALIZER!

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The Hunger and the Dusk
#204
01/22/2025

In a dying world, only humans and orcs remain-mortal enemies battling for territory and political advantage. But when a group of fearsome ancient humanoids known as the Vangol arrive, the two civilizations are forced into a fragile alliance to protect what they have built.

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The One Hand and The Six Fingers
#203
01/06/2025

Detective Nasser works a brutal murder bearing all the hallmarks of the “One Hand Killer”…which should be impossible since He already put him away not once but twice in years past.

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Batman Adventures Holiday Special
12/25/2024

64-page one-shot special featuring five thrilling, funny, or touching yuletide stories by a slew of creators from "The Adventures of Batman & Robin," the hit cartoon from Warner Bros. Animation.

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Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special
#202
12/23/2024

What do you want for Christmas? Orange Lantern Larfleeze wants everything-including Santa Claus! And nothing, not even the heroes of the DCU, can stop Larfleeze from getting what he wants!

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Legends of the Dark Knight #79 (Favorite Things)
#201
12/02/2024

As Christmas nears, Batman is on the hunt for a ruthless gang of thieves who specialize in hitting Gotham's wealthiest homes. Their latest success was Wayne Manor, and what they've stolen is something the Dark Knight desperately wants back.

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Batman: Death of the Family
#200
11/18/2024

In the long-awaited return of the Joker, he unleashes his most terrifying, personal assault ever on the Dark Knight.

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Batman: Hush (Redux)
#199
11/04/2024

*Edit: Bill Finger was the Batman creator I mention that created all the iconic Batman things in the comic, not Jerry Robinson, who is also a great batman artist.

In this classic tale, Batman sets out to learn the identity of the mysterious villain known as Hush. But Batman ends up facing the most intense case of his life as secrets from his past flood into the present!

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Stray Dogs
#198
10/21/2024

Sophie the dog can't remember what happened. She doesn't know how she ended up in this house. She doesn't recognize any of these other dogs. She knows something terrible happened, but she just...can't...recall...Wait! Where's her lady? Now Sophie has to figure out where she is, what's happening, and how she's going to survive this.

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Universal Monsters: Dracula
#197
10/06/2024

When Dr. John Seward admits a strange new patient named Renfield into his asylum, the madman tells stories of a demon who has taken residence next door. But as Dr. Seward attempts to apply logic to the impossible...his daughter falls under the spell of the twisted Count Dracula?

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Bonus Episode: Creator Interview with author Hokunani Sorci
10/01/2024

Guess what everyone! Hoku, my co-host of the Hell Talk podcast where she and I discuss John Constantine, has written a collection of short horror stories, and I did the audiobook narration!!

In this bonus episode we discuss her writing process, how to create an audiobook, and how to self publish a book you wrote.

The book is available everywhere where books are sold, in physical, digital, and audiobook formats.

So if you're wanting something spooky to listen too or read for Halloween month check it out.

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Bane: Conquest
#196
09/23/2024

Bane and his henchmen uncover a criminal conspiracy that seems to span the entire globe and encompass every illegal activity under the sun. But if there really is a secret empire behind all of the world's crime, Bane should-nay, must-be the one running it. And no one is going to stand in his way!

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100 bullets- Volume 1: First Shot, Last Call
#195
09/09/2024

The mysterious Agent Graves approaches ordinary citizens and gives them an opportunity to exact revenge on a person who has wronged them. Offering his clients an attache case containing proof of the deed and a gun, he guarantees his 'clients' full immunity for all of their actions, including murder.

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The Crow
#194
08/19/2024

A mysterious figure known as The Crow returns from the dead to avenge his and his fiancée’s murder at the hands of a street gang.

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The Men In Black
#193
08/04/2024

A DEA agent is recruited into the MIB by Agent Kay, who is on assignment investigating a drug cult. After his initiation, the newly christened "Jay" joins agent Kay to protect the earth against aliens and demons. 

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GrizzlyShark
#192
07/21/2024

Something lurks in the woods. Something with a taste for human flesh. That something is the world's most feared animal: The Grizzlyshark!

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Carthago Vol. 1
#191
07/07/2024

The megalodon, the prehistoric ancestor of the great white shark was the most ferocious predator of the seas, an 80 foot killing machine extinct for millions of years... But when divers drilling in an underwater cave are attacked by this living fossil, oceanographer Kim Melville discovers that this creature may not only have survived, but thrived, and is reclaiming its place at the top of the food chain.

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Dick Fight Island
#190
06/23/2024

CONTENT WARNING: DISCUSSION OF EXPLICIT MATERIAL

Eight islands represented by their best warriors must battle it out in a tournament to decide their king. To win this battle of endurance, it’s not the last one standing but the last one coming that matters!

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Heartstopper: Volume 1
#189
06/03/2024

Shy and softhearted Charlie Spring sits next to rugby player Nick Nelson in class one morning. A warm and intimate friendship follows, and that soon develops into something more for Charlie, who doesn't think he has a chance.

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Star Wars: Vader- Dark Visions
#188
05/22/2024

Who is Darth Vader? He has been many things: enforcer, commander, destroyer. He is, to many throughout the Galactic Empire, the ultimate symbol of power and fear. But there are those who have seen the Dark Lord in a different light.

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The Star Wars
#187
05/05/2024

Before Star Wars, there was The Star Wars! This collection is the official adaptation of George Lucas's rough-draft screenplay for what would become Star Wars, the film that changed motion pictures and the world. You'll see familiar characters and places--but not all is the same in this long-ago and faraway galaxy. Still, strap yourself in for high adventure and lazersword duels, Jedi Knights, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and a battle to defeat the evil Empire!

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Fatale Vol. 1: Death Chases Me
#186
04/23/2024

In present day, a man meets a woman who he becomes instantly obsessed with, and in the 1950s, this same woman destroys the lives of all those who cross her path, on a quest for... what?

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Catwoman: When In Rome
#185
04/07/2024

When In Rome chronicles Catwoman's mysterious trip to Italy and her dealings with the deadly Falcone crime family. It's an incredible tale of Gotham's sexiest cat burglar!

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Claymore Vol. 1: Silver-eyed Slayer
#184
03/18/2024

A village is gripped by fear and paranoia when a Yoma claims six lives. The Claymore who is sent to slay the creature isn't what the villagers expect at all. In fact, she seems more monster than human.

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Swamp Thing #171 (Trial By Fire, Part 6: The End)
03/04/2024

Now embodied with the complete powers of the earth, Swamp Thing learns of a new parliament and his true place in the universe.

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Appleseed Book 1: The Promethean Challenge
#183
03/04/2024

Nomad soldier Duenan Knute and her cyborg partner Briareos struggle to survive in the abandoned cities of the post-war wasteland. When they are found and brought to Olympus, they join the Olympus police, but Olympus's peaceful facade hides a violent struggle between human and cyborg.

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Swamp Thing #170 (Trial By Fire, Part 5: Apocalypse Now)
02/26/2024

Swamp Thing's final trial awaits him far from Earth, courtesy of the Parliament of Flames. But first, stripped of his elemental abilities, he must survive the murderous attack of The Word.

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Nita Hawes’ Nightmare Blog Vol 1: The Fire Next Time
#182
02/19/2024

Paranormal investigator Nita Hawes has set out on a quest to root out the evil from her city. Guided by the ghost of her dead brother, she must come to terms with her own past, lest she become a victim herself!

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Swamp Thing #169 (Trial By Fire, Part 4: The Judas Tree)
02/18/2024

The only man who can stop the Swamp Thing's deadly plans is a determined John Constantine-who must relive the horrors of his past while preparing for his final confrontation with the Earth Elemental. But Abby faces an even tougher task when her daughter, Tefé, returns.

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Swamp Thing #168 (Trial By Fire, Part 3: The Last Temptation Of Anton)
02/12/2024

As Swamp Thing plots to destroy all life on Earth, the Phantom Stranger's agents oppose him on two fronts: The Word cuts a bloody swath through the elemental community, and a strangely changed Anton Arcane confronts Swamp Thing directly-for the final time.

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Swamp Thing #167 (Trial By Fire, Part 2: The Word Of God)
02/06/2024

As Jason Woodrue seeks help in stopping Swamp Thing's plans to destroy humankind, Timothy Raven prepares to invoke the spirit of Anton Arcane.

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Killadelphia- Volume 1: Sins Of the Father
#181
02/05/2024

When small-town beat cop Jimmy Sangster returns to his Philadelphia roots to bury his murdered father, he stumbles into a mystery that will lead him down a path of horrors and shake his beliefs to their core.

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Swamp Thing #166 (Trial By Fire, Part 1: Golden Days Before The End)
01/29/2024

A year has passed since the Swamp Thing was last seen, and the U.S. government sends Jason Woodrue, the man who discovered Swamp Thing's true nature, to navigate the now-unearthly landscape of the Louisiana bayou in search of the Earth Elemental. But Swamp Thing may be as altered as his environment…and John Constantine and the Phantom Stranger have their own plans for dealing with what he's become.

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