Worst Collection Ever

Incredible Hulk's Stressful Subway Adventure

12 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Daredevil #163 (1979)The Hulk rolls into town as we carry on with Daredevil not being so much “marked for death” as he is “marked for some reall...

Bullseye Shops for a Decent Wig

05 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Daredevil #161 (1979)Daredevil is STILL marked for death and but now he’s gonna do something about it. Bullseye has captured Black Widow and put a R...

Black Widow Has a Daredevil Statue For Some Reason

28 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Daredevil #160 (1979)We continue on with Daredevil and his “marked for death”-ness as now Black Widow enters the equation. Natasha and her Lionel ...

Daredevil is MARKED FOR DEATH

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Daredevil #159 (1979)It’s been a minute since we’ve tackled Ol’ Hornhead so let’s check out the DAREDEVIL: MARKED FOR DEATH trade paperback! I...

Batman and the Exploding Car Wash

07 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #20 (1991)We have finally reached the end of the “Venom” storyline and it ends with a…meh? Join us as we disc...

Batman Versus Shark

31 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #19 (1991)Batman has finally kicked the horse meat and is ready to take on the Professor and the General in Santa P...

X-Men '97 Review & MYSTERY COMICS!

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Schedule’s a little FUBAR this week but do not fear as we bring you some sweet, sweet content in the form of our thoughts on X-Men ’97 on Disney+—...

There Has To Be a Toilet in the Batcave, Right?

17 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #18 (1991)Batman has been tasked with compromising Det. Gordon to a permanent end in order to get his next fix of V...

Batman Throws a Refrigerator

10 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #17 (1991)Let’s keep going with the “Venom” storyline here as Batman spirals deeper and deeper into the acrim...

A Week Off - Hosts At Work

04 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sorry for the delay but we were doing some house project and other fun things so we had to take an L this week. Next week we will be back with a new e...

Batman Loses the War on Drugs

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #16 (1991)We’ve got some Batman back in our lives as we jump into the “Venom” storyline that ran in issues of...

Savage Dragon Sleeps on a Coffee Table

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Savage Dragon [vol 1] #3 (1992)We complete our run on the Savage Dragon mini-series this week as Dragon returns from a six-day nap to brawl with B...

SuperPatriot Has an Excessive Costume

12 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Savage Dragon [vol 1] #2 (1992)Carrying on with the saga of The Savage Dragon, we pick up the Dragon in the Chicago sewers looking for an obese sp...

Savage Dragon in the Meaty Men Parade

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Savage Dragon [vol 1] #1 (1992)We don’t get around to messing with too many Image Comics but Savage Dragon is a great place to start. Outlandish...

Spider-Man & Tigra Ruin an Italian Bistro

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Marvel Team-Up #125 (1982)Spider-Man, ever the enterprising fellow, nabs an endorsement deal for a fast food joint only for Tigra to show up and score...

Spider-Man Gives the Hulk $5

29 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Marvel Team-Up #126 (1983)We wrap our run on Marvel Team-Up with a deliberately lazy issue featuring a random back-up story with Luke Cage and Hellsto...

Spider-Man & Beast vs. Hillbillies & Romans

15 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Marvel Team-Up #124 (1982)It’s a brand-new run of books as we jump into some Marvel Team-Up. This week, Spider-Man links up with our friend Beast to...

Red Tornado's Sad NYC Adventure

08 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Justice League of America #175 (1980)Join Shawn and Jen as we follow up on last week’s JLA book with a pointless tale about everyone’s favorite su...

The RETURN of Worst Collection Ever!

01 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Justice League of America #174 (1980)WE ARE BACK! Worst Collection Ever returns with its first new episode in over two years as we tackle an old relia...

The Flash Faces The Heat

13 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Flash #266 (1978)We tackle The Flash in this week’s episode as Barry faces the challenge of a 100% fully functioning Heat Wave. Heat Man here ha...

Spider-Man & Quasar in AMERICAN PSYCHO

06 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Marvel Team-Up #113 (1982)This week, we start off 2022 with Spider-Man and Quasar having a contentious team-up to defeat the ghost of the Lightmaster....

Aquaman's Sexy Adventure

30 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Adventure Comics #450 (1977)In our last book of the year, we take a look at something from Aquaman’s ADVENTURE COMICS run where a crippling tragedy ...

Marvel Holiday Special

24 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marvel Holiday Special (1991)Happy holidays everyone! In the spirit of the season, we are taking a look at Marvel’s — apparently — first-ever ho...

Are The Metal Men A CULT?!?

16 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Metal Men [vol 2] #1 (1993)After a period of semi-obscurity, the Metal Men are BACK with a new mini-series that was certainly intended to bring about ...

Hellcat & The Avengers

09 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Avengers #144 (1976)Sending good vibes to mighty George Perez as we discuss one of his Avengers books from the 70s.Here, the Avengers and Patsy Walker...

Batman In Crisis

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Batman #389 (1985)Batman’s dealing with a bunch of crises as not only is the world falling apart with its red skies and infinite earths but Catwoman...

Doc Samson

18 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Doc Samson #1 (1996)Doc Samson is Hulk’s psychiatrist buddy who seemingly only has clients that have green hair. He travels to NYC to help figure ou...

Teen Titans In The 70s

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Teen Titans #46 (1977)Just a heads up — there are significant ETERNALS movie spoilers in the first half of the show.The Teen Titans are tasked with ...

Good Job, The Eternals

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Eternals [vol 5] #1 (2021)So this is a pretty big deal, not because there’s an ETERNALS movie coming out this week but its probably the first time i...

A Marvel Zombies Halloween

28 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marvel Zombies [vol 1] #3 (2006)Happy almost Halloween folks!This week, we jump into the world of the Marvel Zombies as the superheroes and supervilla...

DC Fan (Thunder) Dome

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We had every intention of doing a comic this week but we got sidetracked because so much GOOD SH*T to come out of DC Fandome this year. Join us as we ...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Frankenstein’s Monster

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It’s Halloween….everyone’s entitled to a ROHOTMU talking about a scary Marvel monster pulled from classic literature.Continue the conversation w...

Batman In The 50's

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

World’s Finest Comics #81 (1956)This week, we celebrate Batman in the 50s as we slap around this WORLD’S FINEST where a time-traveling historian s...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Tigra

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The week got wild so here we are with another ROHOTMU talking about were-cat woman Tigra! Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter...

The Beak and Da Butt

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Exiles #65 (2005)EXILES (or eXiles if you will) are a crew of temporal Defenders made up mostly of mutants, including Blink, Sabretooth and some dude ...

Barbie Does Murder

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Barbie #5 (1991)Barbie Fashion #32 (1993)Good Lord what are we up to this week. We’ve got TWO Barbie comics that we beat up on and ultimately, we’...

SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS -- Spoilers AF

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this week’s podcast, we do a deep dive into SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS (2021) with movie spoilers coming out of our ears so be for...

Todd McFarlane Goes Goth

02 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Infinity Inc #15 (1985)Chroma is an androgynous space being who shows up on different planets to sing melodious dirges about the apocalypse. Obsidian,...

Superman & Batman & Flash Get Young

26 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Action Comics [vol 1] #466 (1976)In a retread of previous Superman stories we’ve done, Lex Luthor finds a way to make not only Superman young but al...

Ben Grimm Eats A Sandwich In London

19 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marvel Two-In-One #30 (1977)The Thing and Alicia Masters eat lunch at Piccadilly Circus in London when they are interrupted by some chaos. A chino-cla...

JEN IS BACK! Also, THE SUICIDE SQUAD Spoilers AF

12 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Hey now! JEN RETURNS THIS EPISODE!Join Jen AND Shawn this week for a spoiler-filled look at THE SUICIDE SQUAD as well as why you should stan your baby...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Grim Reaper

05 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Grim Reaper is Wonder Man’s brother, so that’s pretty cool. He’s a vengeance-fueled villain that’s kicked it with some of the best Marvel has ...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Wasp

29 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

You all know Wasp. She’s basically the Batman of high fashion. But when you sit down think about her and everything she’s been through, there’s ...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Big Man

22 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

SUCH A BIG MAN! WHY DON’T YOU GO GET A PACK OF GUM - I’LL SHOW YOU HOW TO CHEW IT.Big Man is long-dead(ish) Spider-Man villain that in some ways s...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Mysterio

15 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Not sure if you knew this but as of 1986-ish, Mysterio was in jail like FIVE TIMES and somehow keeps walking the streets. In this ep, we learn about h...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Dr. Lemuel Dorcas

08 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As it turns out, despite the contrary that I express in this episode, “Lemuel” is a somewhat common name, especially amongst doctors. That’s one...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Phoenix

01 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Is it Jean Grey? Is it Rachel Summers? IS IT BOTH? Join us for deep dive into the Phoenix and the human meat sacks its possessed over the years. We fi...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….The Contemplator

24 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Join Shawn for a new ROHOTMU as we learn about one of the Elders of the Universe — The Contemplator! If we’re being perfectly honest here, there’...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Ben Parker

17 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our stuff is all apart on our end so its another ROHOTMU this week and probably for a few weeks. Hope you guys are digging these.This time around, we ...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Werewolf By Night

10 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ROHOTMU makes an unexpected return this week as we embrace the hirsute greatness that is Jack Russell aka Werewolf By Night. Let’s go on a journey a...

Superman Gets Young

03 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Superman #282 (1974)In this predictably insane Bronze Age tale, Superman gets young via a Lex Luthor ray and starts doing improv with Perry White. He ...

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT….Grandmaster

27 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

ROHOTMU stands for Random Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe. This will be an occasional entry into our podcast lore where I (Shawn) open up to ...

The Phantom Stranger Loses His Hat

20 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Phantom Stranger [Vol 2] #37 (1975)A hapless cabbie is forced by an escaping crook to run over Phantom Stranger and his skinny legs. When that goes aw...

X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing

13 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

X-Men: Curse of the Man-Thing #1 (2021)A disturbed woman has performed Sub-Zero’s finisher on Man-Thing and is currently living his body, WEEKEND AT...

X-Man (just one of them)

06 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

X-Man #20 (1996)X-MAN is about Nate, who looks like a Chad and has some serious telepathic / telekinetic powers. He’s probably related to Cyclops or...

The Outsiders vs. Penn Jillette

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Outsiders [vol 2] #0 (1994)Post Zero Hour, when everything’s all screwed up, Eradicator assumes leadership of the Outsiders team in LA. Halo emb...

Hellstorm Visits St. Louis

22 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Marvel Spotlight #14 (1974)Daimon Hellstrom returns home from a wild night of being a demon offspring to scare the hell out of his milkman. He gets a ...

Who is Blackwulf?

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Blackwulf #1 (1994)This week, we delve into some random 90s excess with Blackwulf, Marvel’s attempt to get the Deviants over for a spell. Blackwulf ...

Justice League Adventures in Paris

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Justice League International [vol 2] #53 (1993)In this week's book, Crimson Fox reunites with her previously dead husband because she can’t get enou...

Spoilers AF: Zack Snyder's Justice League

25 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Because there weren’t enough hot takes out on the internet, Jen and Shawn drop their thoughts on the Zack Snyder cut of JUSTICE LEAGUE (2017). There...

Suicide Squad on the Infinite Frontier

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Suicide Squad [vol 7] #1 (2021)The current comic cavalcade continues as we check out what’s going on with DC and the Infinite Frontier. Turns out - ...

King In Black: Thunderbolts

11 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

King In Black: Thunderbolts #1 (2021)Look at us….covering a comic in the current decade!The world - and specifically New York City - is covered in a...

The Secret Origin of Jonah Hex

04 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Secret Origins [vol 2] #21 (1987)Two stories in one today as we first explore the origin of infamous cowboy corpse, Jonah Hex. Twisted curio collector...

Jack Kirby’s Secret City Saga

25 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Jack Kirby’s Secret City Saga #2 (1993)From the mind of a comic book legend comes the Secret City, a lost civilization from 15000 years ago that was...

Lobo and the Book of Fate

18 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Book of Fate #12 (1998)Its Jared Stevens’s last issue as he turfs yet another Doctor Fate spin-off series. To celebrate and commiserate, Jared a...

She-Hulk & Excalibur Vs. Trash

11 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sensational She-Hulk #26 (1991)She-Hulk is hired to defend Excalibur's Meggan when Meggan turns into a trash monster and runs amok in a Nando’s. The...

Superman Gets GOT~!

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

DC Comics Presents #43 (1982)Superman is harassed by his co-workers because he opts to have a wistful stare out of a window rather than talk to that y...

Deadpool and the Secret Defenders

28 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Secret Defenders #15 (1994)Doctor Strange is stuck in a sanctum beneath the earth’s core and he has no facial hair so he is not equipped to handle h...

Metamorpho: Year One

21 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Metamorpho: Year One #4 (2008)We join Rex Mason in his first year as Metamorpho, a being with one leg made of pudding and another made of Miracle Whip...

WandaVision (Vision and the Scarlet Witch)

14 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Vision and the Scarlet Witch #1 (1982)WANDAVISION is upon us so let's take a look at the WrestleMania of Vision/Scarlet Witch stories. Here, Viz and W...

Batman / Catwoman (Black Label)

07 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Batman / Catwoman #1 (2020)We start the new year off with the good stuff as we explore the Black Label version of Batman and Catwoman. Tom King’s st...

Spoilers AF: Wonder Woman 1984

31 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In a very special WCE, Jen and Shawn analyze and review the 2020 motion picture, WONDER WOMAN 1984, directed by Patty Jenkins, starring Gal Gadot as W...

Wonder Woman and the JLA

24 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Justice League America #78 (1993)After jobbing hard to Doomsday, Wonder Woman and Jay Garrick are brought in to shape up the JLA for a peace-keeping m...

Mephisto Vs. the Fantastic Four

17 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mephisto Vs. #1 (1987)Marvel’s Satan tries his hand at nabbing the souls of all the virtuous superhero women and actually finds it to be quite easy....

The Question Goes to His High School Reunion

10 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Question #21 (1988)The Question aka Vic Sage hits up his high school reunion only to find out that no one likes him and never did like him. One sm...

Pitt Has No Nose

03 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Pitt #6 (1994)Pitt was a joint from the 90s back when no one had a nose. Its about an alien whose race did a reverse Thanos and grabbed some DNA to me...

Defenders For A Day (300 Episodes!)

19 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Defenders #63 (1978)Its our 300th episode! Thank you for joining us here on the podcast each week for the past six (!) years.To celebrate, we jump int...

My Mother, The Mantrap

12 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Falling In Love #131 (1972)We get fancy this week as we read from an out-of-date trade of romance comics from DC. And much like most 70s romance comic...

Captain America in LADY MALL: THE REVENGE

08 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Captain America #413 (1993)It has been long overdue but we finally make our way back to LADY MALL~! as Cap and Diamondback try to take down MODAM and ...

Batman Takes The Stairs

29 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Detective Comics #682 (1995)Batman’s equilibrium is off and ends up crashing into a movie billboard about a joke-telling crocodile. We also have Com...

Tony Stark is Keith Raniere

22 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Iron Man #64 (1973)Iron Man participates in Detroit’s urban renewal initiative as he shoulderblocks down decrepit buildings. He is ambushed by Docto...

Weird Suspense: The Tarantula

08 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Weird Suspense: The Tarantula #1 (1975)Its not Halloween until you read a comic about a Dark Ages curse that turns men into tarantula-based men. This ...

Crypt of Shadows

03 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Crypt of Shadows #3 (1973)CRYPT OF SHADOWS is a horror reprint anthology that showcases all the anachronistic goodness of 1950s STRANGE TALES stories....

Villains United

24 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Infinite Crisis Special: Villains United #1 (2006)All of the big heroes are off dealing with the Infinite Crisis so now is as good as time as any for ...

The Legion of Monsters

17 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Marvel Premiere #28 (1976)In the most unexpected of occurrences, the sole survivor of a prehistoric race returns from interplanetary exile to lay clai...

Red Tornado Joins the Justice League

10 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Justice League of America #106 (1973)Red Tornado gets so trashed that he gets bounced over to Earth-One and gets a new face from a blind man in the mo...

Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch

02 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Avengers #185 (1979)Wanda and Pietro go back home to Transylvania to find out if they really were the children of 1940s superheroes as opposed to bein...

Jimmy Olsen's Superman Family

27 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #1 (1954) / Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #2 (1954)Jimmy Olson, Superman’s dumbest Earth friend (I don’t know - he m...

Quarantine Comics: WildC.A.T.s

22 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

WildC.A.T.s Annual #1 (2000)We finally got around to messing with a WildC.A.T.s book on the show and its smack dab in the middle of their jabroni peri...

Quarantine Comics: OMAC

13 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

OMAC [vol 3] #3 (2006)In the past, OMAC was just a singular dude with an intense mohawk that got his gimmick from a space satellite. In the FUTURE (no...

Quarantine Comics: The Twelve

08 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Twelve #5 (2008)THE TWELVE is about a group of thawed-out superheroes from the 40s waking up in 2008 to find that there are still NO FLYING CARS! ...

Quarantine Comics: Manhunter

30 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Manhunter [vol 3] #25 (2006)Kate Spencer aka Manhunter IV goes to a Los Angeles power-pop showcase with Obsidian and some friends. They are ambushed i...

Quarantine Comics: Route 666

23 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Route 666 #3 (2002)ROUTE 666 follows Cassie, a gymnast on an alternate Earth-like planet, who develops the power to see dead people. She can’t stop ...

Quarantine Comics: Silver Sable and The Wild Pack

18 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Silver Sable and The Wild Pack #3 (1992)Welcome back to the show, Silver! It’s a shame that Silver Sable never really gets more of a shine (pun inte...

Quarantine Comics: Outcasts

09 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Outcasts #3 (1987)OUTCASTS is about the mutant-hating future where they send said mutants to the moon to hang out with corporate Pinhead at a resort c...

Quarantine Comics: Hero Zero

04 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Comics’ Greatest World: Hero Zero #1 (1993)In this Dark Horse offering, some kid runs out into the freezing Nevada desert in the middle of the night...

Quarantine Comics: Thunderstrike & Luke Cage

25 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Thunderstrike #13 (1994)Thunderstrike and Luke Cage team up to track down a former college basketball standout-turned-bison monster into the bowels of...

Quarantine Comics: Hourman

18 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hourman #8 (1999)DC decided that after a few random JLA appearances that the new android Hourman was hip enough to get his own series. It was a dubiou...

Quarantine Comics: Poison Elves

11 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Poison Elves #19 (1996)POISON ELVES was a super-indie cult comic about, well, elves that like to dress up like ninjas and seek vengeance against other...

Quarantine Comics: Starjammers

04 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Starjammers [vol 2] #5 (2005)STARJAMMERS are a group of Marvel space pirates, one of which is Cyclops’s dad. Since that would be interesting, he doe...