The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast
Episodes
#87 - The 2025 Christmas Comic Spectacular
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss all the Christmas Comics we bought over the year. AND Here's the scans Justin did of the comics he mentioned: https://we.tl/t-cb0xTZ084N ...
#86 - The Original Peaceamaker (Kinda)
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the original Charlton Peacemaker comic, briefly, before tackling the rest of the issues included in the new DC FINEST collection dedicated ...
#85 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the biggest money maker book for the Turtles in decades. Join our Patreon for bonus episodes! ...
#84 - Jonathan Hickman's Fantastic Four: Solve Everything
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Jonathan Hickman's legedary run on the Fantastic Four, talk about the new movie, and wonder if Mike will actually read all of ONE PIECE (No...
#83 - Superman: Up In The Sky Is One Of The Best Superman Comics
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss one of the greatest Superman stories, which is less than 150 pages and was originally published as part of a reprint collections that could...
#82 - Marvel Comic's Godzilla
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the much-maligned run of Godzilla comics from the 1970s (which we like!). Clone Saga Summer? SUMMER OF SUPERMAN! Join our Patreon for bon...
#81 - TCAF 2025
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss our respective hauls of books + art gotten from awesome independent creators at TCAF 2025, the annual Toronto Comic Arts Festival! https://...
#80 - Kate Beaton's Ducks
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Kate Beaton's award-winning smash DUCKS, Justin reveals he's a "Baseball Guy" and Mike loves The Mummy. Join our Patreon for bonus episode...
#79- The Ultimate 80s Action Film Comic, Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T.
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Ben Marra's hyper-violent and hyper sexual Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T., discuss Marvel's TRANSFORMERS, Mike makes another summer vow, and ...
#78 - Martian Mahunter's Biggest Fans?
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are loving ABSOLUTE MARTIAN MANHUNTER, so we decided to check out TWO of his mini-series: The J. M. DeMatteis scriped MARTIAN MANHUNTER and... Anot...
#77 - DC vs. Marvel and the Amalgam Comics universe!
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The epic crossover they said was impossible! In 1996, both DC and Marvel Comics collaborated on a blockbuster summer event that saw the two universes ...
#76 - Ryan North's Adventure Time
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's ADVENTURE TIME! We grab our friends [really just each other] and head to distant lands to enjoy the first few arcs of the Adventure Time comic bo...
#75 - Jack Of Hearts!!! <3 <3 <3
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who is Jack Of Hearts?? I'll do you one better: WHY is Jack Of Hearts?!?? Jack's popped in and out of Marvel stories over the past few decades, but ha...
#74 - Deep Cuts
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘒𝘠𝘓𝘌 𝘏𝘐𝘎𝘎𝘐𝘕𝘚 & 𝘑𝘖𝘌 𝘊𝘓𝘈𝘙𝘒 (𝘙𝘈𝘋𝘐𝘈𝘕...
#73 - Klaus
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ho ho ho! In this year's very merry Christmas episode of The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast, we look at the Santa Claus origin story KLAUS by writer Gra...
#72 - Hobtown Mystery Stories volume 1: The Case of the Missing Men
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mysteries, murder, and missing men abound in the fictional maritime community of Hobtown, Nova Scotia! Welcome to HOBTOWN MYSTERY STORIES VOLUME 1: TH...
#71 - Faust
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we brave the Xtremely graphic world of late-80s outlaw comic FAUST by Tim Vigil and David Quinn! ----- Join our Patreon for bonus epis...
#70 - Hellboy
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
it's Mike Mignola's HELLBOY! Happy Halloween, everybody! ----- Join our Patreon for bonus episodes and content-requests! ...
#69 - Super Mario Bros.' Valiant Comics
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Before launching the Valiant Universe with the likes of Turok Dinosaur Hunter, Magnus Robot Fighter, Harbinger, and more, Jim Shooter's Valiant Comics...
#68 - Deadpool
11 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
He's the merc with the mouth, and makes piles of money for Disney Corp with every quip and quote and catchphrase! But, what IS a Deadpool?? WHY is a D...
#67 - Spy Island: A Bermuda Triangle Mystery
28 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we take a cruise to SPY ISLAND by way of writer Chelsea Cain, designer Lia Miternique, artist Elise McCall, and colorist Rachelle Rose...
#66 - The Rocketeer
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Rocketeer blasted onto the scene in 1982, created by writer/artist Dave Stevens as an homage to pulp-serial heroes of the 1930s! Despite producing...
#65 - Birds of Maine
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Long after the demise of humankind, birds roam freely around the moon complete with fruitful trees, sophisticated fungal networks, and an enviable soc...
#64 - Batman: The Court Of Owls
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
HOW have we not yet discussed Batman in the year and half of this podcast?!?? This era-defining story THE COURT OF OWLS from 2011 by writer Scott Snyd...
#63 - This One Summer
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Originally published in 2014, the incredibly acclaimed THIS ONE SUMMER by Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki is a coming of age story about two teenage ...
#62 - Witch Hat Atelier
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, a spell is cast on us by WITCH HAT ATELIER [ とんがり帽子のアトリエ ], the magical manga series by Kamome Shirahama [ 白浜...
#61 - The Giant Pile Of Manga Justin Bought In Japan!
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Justin's back from his trip to Japan with a massive pile of manga, many of which have never been translated/localized! --- Join our Patreon for weekly...
#60 - TCAF 2024: the Toronto Comic Arts Festival
25 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's our annual oversized episode on TCAF, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival held every Spring at the Toronto Reference Library! https://www.torontocomi...
#59 - Sandman Mystery Theatre
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One of the very first DC Comics characters of the Golden Age, THE SANDMAN - aka Wesley Dodds - fought crime and injustice in 1930s New York City armed...
#58 - Grant Morrison and The Mystery Play
01 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
They may be the most-mentioned yet never-spotlighted writer on The Very Fine Comic Book Podcast to date: Grant Morrison! Their graphic novel THE MYSTE...
#57 - written by Alan Moore, drawn by Rob Liefeld
11 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two comic creator legends of their respective eras collide in 1997's JUDGMENT DAY, written by Alan Moore, drawn by Rob Liefeld! Seemingly inspired by ...
#56 - The Very Fine Comic Snack Podcast!
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this April 1 episode of THE VERY FINE COMIC SNACK PODCAST! -- - a look at the Hostess fruit pies advertisements that appeared EVERYWHERE in Marvel ...
#55 - The Mask
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
sssssSOMEbody STOP me!!! Before being adapted into the hit 1994 Jim Carrey film, THE MASK was a comic series from Dark Horse Comics in which creators ...
#54 - Dragon Ball
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary manga artist Akira Toriyama passed away in March 2024, leaving behind an enduring legacy of work -- most notably his 42-volume magnum opus D...
#53 - Star Comics
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In 1984, Marvel Comics created a spinoff line of all-ages kid-targeted comics called STAR COMICS! Overseen by Tom DeFalco and Sid Jacobson, the Star C...
#52 - DC Comics: what's a "Crisis"?
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As long-promised for our 52nd episode! -- What's a "Crisis"? What's a "multiverse"? What's a "52"? These words get thrown around a lot in DC Comics, a...
#51 - a miscellaneous comics grab bag!
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listener Adam Bishop sent us an absolutely wild assortment of VERY random comic books to discuss! Strap in and enjoy as we wax eloquent on Baywatch, J...
#50 - Dark Horse Comics' GODZILLA!!!
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
SKREEONK!!! It's our monstrous 50th episode! What better way to celebrate than with the Big G himself - GODZILLA!!! Many publishers have put out Godzi...
#49 - Love Everlasting
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Joan Peterson discovers she is trapped in an endless, terrifying cycle of "romance" -- and every time she falls in love, she's torn from her world an...
#48 - John Byrne's Alpha Flight
07 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guardian! Shaman! Snowbird! Puck! Northstar! Aurora! Sasquatch! Marrina! Together they are ALPHA FLIGHT, Canada's premiere superhero team! Originally ...
#47 - The Light Brigade
31 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
During a cold World War II winter, a handful of soldiers find themselves enlisted into a theological battle against fallen angels in THE LIGHT BRIGADE...
#46 - Golden Kamuy
17 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Do you love... golllllddddd? So do the protagonists of Satoru Noda's manga series GOLDEN KAMUY, a gold rush tale set in the early 1900s in Japan's nor...
#45 - How to get into comics!
10 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Happy new year! What are some good beginner comics / graphic novels for someone new to the medium? -- it's a question we get asked frequently by frien...
#44 - The OFFICIAL Comic Book Of CHRISTMAS
22 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This is not a joke. This is not a drill. We are literally reviewing the actual "OFFICIAL COMIC BOOK OF CHRISTMAS", as self-declared, or perhaps ordain...
#43 - Ambush Bug and Lobo: A Very Keith Giffen Christmas
13 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our monthlong celebration of Xmas-themed comics continues with a tribute episode to the late great writer/illustrator Keith Giffen, who passed away in...
#42 - The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories
06 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Santa Claus is coming to town! Our monthlong celebration of Xmas-themed comics kicks off with THE GREAT TREASURY OF CHRISTMAS COMIC BOOK STORIES, feat...
#41 - Garfield vs Heathcliff
29 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Well, we've officially peaked early. Because THE PEOPLE DEMANDED IT, here at last is the official definitive final word on Jim Davis' GARFIELD vs Geor...
#40 - Krazy Kat
22 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
News Strip November continues! KRAZY KAT (also known as KRAZY & IGNATZ in some reprints and compilations) was an American newspaper comic strip by Geo...
#38 - Superhero weddings! <3
08 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this very special wedding-themed episode, we take a look at: Superman: The Wedding Album (1996) Fantastic Four Annual #3 (1965) Amazing Spider-Man ...
#37 - The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror (Part 2)
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween! Our shocktober horror coverage comes to a close with a two-part episode covering all 23 issues of The Simpsons' TREEHOUSE OF HORROR a...
#36 - The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror (Part 1)
25 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Happy Halloween! Our shocktober horror coverage comes to a close with a two-part episode covering all 23 issues of The Simpsons' TREEHOUSE OF HORROR a...
#35 - The Last Halloween
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝐻𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑛-𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟-𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑎 𝑖𝑠...
#34 - The Walking Dead and zombie comics
11 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It's a zombie jamboree! Twenty years ago in October 2003, Robert Kirkman's "The Walking Dead" comic [and eventual cross-media IP] kicked off a zombie-...
#33 - Through the Woods: Stories by Emily Carroll
05 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Shocktober is here! Our first spooOOooky reading of the month is Emily Carroll's THROUGH THE WOODS -- her first nightmare-inducing printed collection ...
#32 - Dylan Dog
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The paranormal investigator known as DYLAN DOG was created by Tiziano Sclavi in 1986 and has had over 400 magazine-sized comic issues published in his...
#31 - The Black Hole
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
THE BLACK HOLE! The ambitious 1979 live-action space-horror film was unlike anything Walt Disney Productions had put to screen before, and spawned a n...
#30 - Black Hole
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Body horror meets the teen melodrama of pulp romance comics in Charles Burns' BLACK HOLE, in which a mysterious body-mutating STD affecting only teena...
#29 - Spider-Man's Canadian adventures!
06 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the early 1990s, Peter Parker ventured to the great white north of Canada in these five one-shots produced by Marvel Comics in conjunction with the...
#28 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
When Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles become one of the most successful cartoons / toy lines / brands of the late 1980s, the...
#27 - The Manhattan Projects
24 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone knows Robert Oppenheimer did NOT have an evil twin brother who murdered him, ate his brain, stole his identity, and took his place in the Man...
#26 - The 2023 Eisner Awards
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
They're the Oscars of the comic scene -- the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards! In this episode, we run throu...
#25 - The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1992, Don Rosa set out to chronicle the backstory of Uncle Scrooge, as originally detailed by breadcrumbs scattered throughout the many earlier sto...
#24 - The Evolutionary War
02 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Long before serving as the villain in James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3", the High Evolutionary was the chief antagonist in one of Marvel's...
#23 - The Men In Black
27 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Years before being adapted into the hit 1997 film of the same name, THE MEN IN BLACK was originally an independent 6-issue comic series written by Low...
#22 - Alan Moore's Superman
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Right before "Watchmen" in the mid-1980s, legendary comic writer Alan Moore wrote an assortment of incredibly-enduring Superman stories for DC Comics....
#21 - The Amazon
12 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A reporter travels to the Amazon Jungle to investigate a missing worker and sabotage at a logging site in "The Amazon" by writer Steven T. Seagle and ...
#20 - Kaijumax
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On a remote island in the South Pacific lies Zander Cannon's KAIJUMAX, a maximum security prison for giant monsters! This senpai-tacular series is av...
#19 - The Flash: Flashpoint
28 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FLASH! AHH-ahhhhhhh! Barry Allen wakes up in a changed timeline and is the only one who can set things right in FLASHPOINT, the 2011 DC Comics miniser...
#18 - Spider-Verse
21 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we dive into/across/beyond the SPIDER-VERSE to discuss the original 2014 Marvel Comics miniseries spearheaded by Spider-Man writer Da...
#17 - Copra
08 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we raise to a glass to sweet revenge and join the ranks of Michel Fiffe's wildly inventive Suicide Squad homage, COPRA!
#16 - Milestone Comics
01 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We take a trip to the Dakotaverse to rave about MILESTONE COMICS, the legendary African-American creator-owned comic line founded in 1993 by Dwayne Mc...
#15 - Lost At Sea
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we set (metaphorical) sail for LOST AT SEA, the first graphic novel by Bryan Lee O'Malley of "Scott Pilgrim" fame!
#14 - Do A Powerbomb!
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Wrestling! Comics!! Wrestling Comics!!! In this episode, Justin & Mike's tag team enters the action packed intergalactic wrestling tournament of the I...
#13 - Hulk: Future Imperfect
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In a future timeline ravaged by nuclear war, only one city remains - Dystopia, ruled by the unstoppable tyrant known only as the "Maestro". In this ep...
#12 - TCAF: the Toronto Comic Arts Festival
03 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Like Uncle Scrooge in his money bin, we dive into piles of acquisitions from this year and recent years of TCAF -- the Toronto Comics Arts Festival! h...
#9 - Mr. Boop
12 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Alec Robbins is the LUCKIEST guy in the world because HE'S MARRIED TO BETTY BOOP!!! Yep, you read that right!!! In this episode, we discuss the medium...
#7 - Ranma ½
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We take a look at the influx of translated manga hitting North America in the 1990s, with a focus on one of the most beloved and influential manga ser...
#6 - Pretty Deadly
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Justin & Mike ride on the wind into the fantastical supernatural folklore-rich world of PRETTY DEADLY - the multi-generational western/war/noir epic b...
#5 - Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Justin & Mike travel to Mega-City One and attempt to survive THE APOCALYPSE WAR -- one of the most legendary Judge Dredd stories of all time by John W...
#4 - Dark Horse Comics' Aliens vs. Predator
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Whoever wins, WE READ! ...the original 1990 Aliens vs. Predator miniseries from Dark Horse Comics!
#3 - Archie: The Married Life
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Two worlds! Two loves! Two destinies! Archie goes "Sliding Doors" in this series which chronicled two timelines, one in which he married Betty, and th...
#2 - Jack Kirby's OMAC
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Justin and Mike bear witness to THE WORLD THAT'S COMING through Jack Kirby's most futuristic creation - the One Man Army Corps known as OMAC!
#1 - Steve Ditko's The Amazing Spider-Man
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, Justin and Mike take a look at legendary artist Steve Ditko through the lens of his seminal work on Amazing Fantasy 15 and Amaz...