Comic Book Bears Podcast
Episodes
T.H.U.N.D.E.R.C.A.S.T. - The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Podcast, Episode 3
30 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Zanowitz and Rob Staeger have returned to analyze T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #3, originally published by Tower Comics and cover dated March, 1966. A...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #46 - Manga, Mowry, Mail, Magnus, Moore and Much More
30 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Z, Bryan and Justin are joined by guest bear and fan of the show Steve Mowry! Steve and Bryan recently attended HeroesCon where Bryan presente...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #45 - Days of Taylor Bats
18 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Z, Bryan and Justin are back together in the comic bear den. First up, a little X-Men: Days of Future Past talk. Then it is a big 'ol helpin...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #44 - Special Guest Clifford Meth
28 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
As Brother Bryan is sequestered on the job, Billy Z and Justin start the show off with a terrific interview with writer Clifford Meth. Cliff has compi...
T.H.U.N.D.E.R.C.A.S.T. - The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Podcast, Episode 2
27 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Zanowitz and Rob Staeger return to cover T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents #2, cover dated February 1966. Hear all about the terror that is Dynavac, a big ...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue 43 - C2E2ASM2FCBD Special Guest Kyle Schmidt and the First Semi-Annual Bob Joy Drinking Game
17 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Comic Book Bears are very pleased to welcome Kyle Schmidt to the show for the first time! Kyle is the comic book editor at Milwaukee’s Crimesp...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #42 - The Winter Soldier in Spring and More
30 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Justin, Bryan and Billy Z are back together in the bear den for the first time in a while! Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Marvel's Agents of ...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #41 - Archie and Trivia with Chris Cummins (AKA Marchie and Arvel)
10 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Z and past guest Bob Joy are joined by Chris Cummins for an Riverdale-riffic episode. Chris is a geek culture writer for Den of Geek US, Topless...
T.H.U.N.D.E.R.C.A.S.T. - The T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents Podcast, Episode #1
08 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Zanowitz of the Comic Book Bears and Rob Staeger are the hosts for a new podcast about one of the coolest concepts from the Silver Age of Comics...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #40 - The Bears Spread 'Em/A Rock and Roll Flip Book with Double Page Spread Podcast
27 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Z and Justin welcome the amazing Wendi Freeman to the Comic Book Bears Podcast for a rockin' crossover episode with Wendi's Double Page Spread p...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #39 - The Bears Go International with James Figueiredo of Bear Nerd!!!
14 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Brother Bear Justin is still on the mend from his most recent surgery so filling his corner of the den this time around is James Figueiredo of the ama...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #38 - OGEL!!!!
26 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's an especially schizophrenic episode this time round. Our bi-weekly bear blabfest covers a whole lot of ground - Charles Soule's Strange Attractor...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #37 - Neal Adams Killed the Silver Age
11 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Former DC collections editor Bob Joy joins us once again for a spirited discussion about the Silver Age of Comics! With Bryan about to get his Silver ...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #36 - Loose and Lo-Fi (and in leather)
29 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This time around we find only Billy Z and Bryan in the comic bear den (as Justin continues to hibernate) and they offer up a very loose and lo-fi epis...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #35 - CBBears at the movies ... and in front of the TV ... and somewhere you won't expect
13 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
There weren't a lot of new books to discuss when we joined together on the mic early last week so the bear boys decided to talk about their all-time f...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #34 - Captain Action Talk with Ed Catto and the Best of 2013 in Comics
23 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In our final episode for 2013, Billy Z, Bryan and Justin are pleased to welcome Ed Catto of Captain Action Enterprises to the show! Captain Action has...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #33 - With Special Guest William Lindus of the Movie Bears Podcast!
10 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Brother Bryan is out celebrating so Billy Z and Justin welcome William Lindus from the Movie Bears Podcast to the CBBears Den to fill the third seat! ...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #32 - Special Guest Paul Kupperberg!
25 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The CBBears are pleased to have special guest Paul Kupperberg on for an interview during the first hour of our latest episode! Paul is currently the...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue 31 - Talking Collected Editions with Bob Joy
11 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Collected editions are up first in the episode as Billy Z, Justin and Bryan are joined by former DC Comics collected editions editor Bob Joy! Bob offe...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue 30 - Straight Bears Invade NYCC
28 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Z, Bryan and Justin are joined this time by a host of straight guys for a wrap up of New York Comic Con 2013! Lonnie Ruland of New World Manga, ...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #29 - With Special Guest Charles Baserap
17 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The bear boys welcome author and columnist Charles Baserap. Charles is a regular contributor to forcesofgeek.com and nerdtopiacast.com and he takes ...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #28 - Hey Kids! Rob Kelly
30 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest episode the bear boys welcome Rob Kelly, author of the new book HEY KIDS! COMICS, a great collection of contributions from a varied set ...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #27 - Big Guys/Big 2/Baltimore
16 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Comic Book Bears boys are back with their first episode as part of the Earth 2 Podcast Network! First up, the guys reintroduce themselves then imm...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #26 - Team Talk
07 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Z, Justin and Bryan come back atcha with 90+ minutes about what's going on over in the Big 2's team books these days. The Avengers, Justice Leag...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #25 - Manga of Steel
28 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Your bear boys Justin, Bryan and Billy Z are back with a new episode! First up, Man of Steel gets the Comic Book Bears once over. After that, our firs...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #24 - Of Crossovers, Comfort and Comics That Could Kill You
12 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Justin is back ... and bionic! What's on the docket with all three of our boys back in the den? Let's see - Bill visits Bryan in Orlando, Beareoke, ...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #23 - 2 Bears, 2 Hours, C2E2
11 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
As Brother Justin deals with a rainy ride home, this time around it is only Billy Z and Bryan occupying the bear den. A two hour long gabfest revolvin...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #22 - "Um ... I'm Afraid Not"
16 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Z, Bryan and Justin are back with a convention centered ep with a healthy dose of Star Wars talk! Justin went to the Tri-State Comic Con in Hu...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #21 - MegaCon and More
24 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan offers up his tales of this year's MeganCon in Orlando with Dean Cain, Neal Adams, Barret Biggs, Charlie Thurston, Benjamin Butler, Rod Roddenbe...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #20 - R.I.P. Damian and Dirk
10 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The new episode starts off with a more indie vibe than usual with Billy Z and Bryan covering Prophet, Red Team, Lost Vegas, Sex, Rocketeer: Hollywood ...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #19 - OSC v. CBB
19 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Orson Scott Card's upcoming story arc on the new Adventures of Superman was all over the news and the Comic Book Bears boys weigh in on the controvers...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #18 - These are a few of our favorite things
31 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Our good friend New Mutant rejoins us for a special roundtable. Bryan, Justin, Billy Z and Alan go over each of their all-time favorite titles and c...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #17 - Out With the Old, In With the Now
14 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan returns to the den to give us his bests of for 2012, followed by a discussion of our comic related holiday swag, our expectations for 2013 and a...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #16 - We'll take a cup of kindness yet for auld lang syne
23 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
We have a little more stretching room in the Comic Book Bears Den in this episode as our brother Bryan was unable to join us for this 2012 wrap-up epi...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #15 - Marvel Now! as Justin Eats Crow
08 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Bill Zanowitz, Justin Allen and Bryan Pittard return with another episode focused mostly on the new Marvel Now! books. We tackle the recent first iss...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #14 - The Post Episode (Post Surgery, Post Bear Bust, Post Sandy)
26 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Justin, Bryan and Billy Z come back atcha with a whole lotta comic (Brightest Day, Ultimate FF, JK Woodward, 80's Iron Man, Hickman's FF, Marvel Now P...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #13 - The One After Billy Z Met Grant and Before Justin Becomes Bionic
30 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
We were able to record an episode just before Justin went in for his surgery! In this ep, Billy Z discusses his experiences at NYCC. Bryan, Justin a...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #12 - A vs X vs 0
10 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Just before Billy Z heads out to New York Comic Con, Justin, Bryan and Billy convene to discuss the wrap up of Avengers vs. X-Men, the upcoming Marvel...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue # 11 - Good morning Baltimore, everyday's like an open door!
01 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Bryan Pittard from the Flame On podcast joins us once again for our post Baltimore Comic Con episode! What will you expect to hear the bear boys discu...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #10 - Who the hell is Tallulah Black?
24 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
You were probably wondering where the hell did these guys go? Well, we are back with the first of two episodes to be released this week! (And now th...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #9 - "Holy Power Principle, Batman!!!" (Or "New Mutant strikes fear in the heart of Gotham!")
13 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Alan/New Mutant - possibly the all-time grooviest presence on the Interwebs - joins Billy Z and Justin on this long delayed new episode! The Dark Kni...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #8 - Listen, bud, he's got radioactive blood
16 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
It's an all-Spidey episode! Justin and Billy Z both went to the movies to see The Amazing Spider-Man and they don't exactly agree! After that, Mar...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #7 - Dr. Faustus is a Soulless Ginger
05 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Z and Justin are joined once again by Bryan Pittard of the Flame On podcast to discuss Action Comics #10, LCS events around Astonishing X-Men #5...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #6 - Green is a Fabulous Color on You, Alan!
29 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Billy Z and Justin are back to dish out a heaping pile of Earth 2 with some side helpings of James Robinson's JLA, favorite costumes, Before Watchmen:...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #5 - ... and we'll see where that goes.
11 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Justin and Bill return to discuss Astonishing X-Men #50, Action Comics #9, Batman Incorporated #1, speculation on the new DC gay, One Million Moms (th...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #4 - Avengers vs. FCBD
21 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Justin and Bill go to the movies to discuss The Avengers and then talk about Free Comic Book Day. Tangents galore in this episode include weighing i...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #3 - With Guest Bear Bryan
24 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Justin and BillyZ welcome their first guest bear with Bryan Pittard of the Flame On podcast joining in on the fun! Topics include BillyZ's trip to C2E...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #2 - AvX and Marvel Then and Now
13 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
After a whole lotta DC chatter in the past episodes, our bear boys Justin and BillyZ leave their dens to make a House-of-Ideas call. Avengers vs. X-...
Comic Book Bears Podcast Issue #1 - The DC New Universe
30 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
For their first regular episode, Justin Allen and Bill Zanowitz discuss the DCnU at the six month point! Justice League! Batman! Action Comics! Batg...
Comic Book Bears - Zero Issue Episode
20 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first ever Comic Book Bears episode!!! Join co-hosts Justin Allen and Bill Zanowitz as they introduce themselves, briefly cover what a...