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The Ghosts of the Stratosphere bring to you weekly comic book related news, reviews, and other related hullaballoo. There are a lot of places to get your weekly comic book fix, we hope this is one of them.

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United States

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The Ghosts of the Stratosphere bring to you weekly comic book related news, reviews, and other related hullaballoo. There are a lot of places to get your weekly comic book fix, we hope this is one of them.

Language:

English


Episodes

Show 10.26.20: The Final Episode

10/26/2020
On this week’s show: On the final episode of our podcast, The Ghosts talk candidly with their guest, John from Pint O’ Comics, about what got them into comic books in the first place as well as what actions they would take to save the comic book industry overall. […]

Duration:00:43:54

Show 10.20.20: The Toy Show

10/20/2020
On this week’s show: On the penultimate episode of our podcast, The Ghosts ditch the comic book talk for an entire episode all about the best and worst toy lines from their youth! From Masters of the Universe to Transformers, TMNT to Star Wars and every piece of plastic […]

Duration:01:01:16

Show 10.13.20: Superman’s Pal

10/13/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts spend the whole show talking about some of the craziest things to come out of DC Comics! First up, its a review of the hilariously off kilter series Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen by Matt Fraction and Steve Lieber! Second, JA Scott and Ethan Larson […]

Duration:01:25:20

Show 10.6.20: Ghosts of Love

10/6/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts are ready to show some love to an overlooked genre of comic books: Romance Comics! First, we’ve got a review of “It Rhymes with Lust”, one of the first graphic novels ever published, by Arnold Drake & Matt Baker. Second, it’s an Eisner award […]

Duration:01:17:51

Show 9.29.20: The Further Adventures of Commissioner Gordon

9/29/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts welcome back local Pittsburgh comic book creator, Mikey Wood, for another in-depth conversation on comic book topics like The Vision’s confusing continuity, Norman Osborn’s hair weave, and the importance of the Snyder Cuts for DC Movies! On the second half, we dip back […]

Show 9.22.20: Look! It’s the Rocketeer!

9/22/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts tackle another comic related movie review as well as the actual comic that inspired it as we blast off with the original 1991 Rocketeer! From the original gorgeous Dave Stevens drawings to the cult classic Joe Johnston movie, the sky’s the limit with this […]

Show 9.15.20: Queries from the Interwebs!

9/15/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts spin yet another comic related question show delivering answers to inquires supplied by our fans out there on social media and elsewhere! From worst movies of all time, to thoughts on Justice League, to our favorite alternate comic universe stories, get ready for a […]

Show 9.8.20: Fantastic and Uncanny

9/8/2020
On this week’s show: The fallout from the huge X-men event of last year, House of X, just keeps coming as the Ghosts tackle the tale of what happens when Professor X comes from the son of Mr. Fantastic in Chip Zdarsky & Terry Dodson’s X-men + Fantastic Four […]

Duration:01:04:44

Show 9.1.20: On The Contrary

9/1/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts welcome fellow podcasting friends, Alex & Julio, from their fantastic show “The Contrarians” to join in our weekly comic shenanigans! First, we review the first book of the political superhero thriller Ex Machina by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris. Second it’s a battle […]

Duration:01:29:40

Show 8.25.20: Meet Mikey Wood

8/25/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts of the Stratosphere welcome on local Pittsburgh comic creator, Mikey Wood, for some solid Q&A about his influences, best stories from the comic cons, and his latest work on the web comic, El Fantasma! Second, Mikey picks the read pile this week with a […]

Duration:01:46:06

Show 8.18.20: Acting Out Comics

8/18/2020
On this week’s show: It’s Another patented Top 10 as the Ghosts make their own lists who were the best actors and actresses in comic related movies! The twist: Once a selection has been made, no other Ghost can pick that same actor! Tune in for the FIREWORKS! […]

Duration:01:19:55

Show 8.11.20: Old Guard, New Show

8/11/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts are finally back to reviewing another comic book related movie after a long COVID delayed absence. We are covering both the Netflix movie “The Old Guard” starring Charlize Theron and the original comic book about these immortal warriors that inspired it by Greg Rucka […]

Duration:01:11:33

Show 8.4.20: The Great GotS Video Game List Part 2

8/4/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts of the Stratosphere are taking a break from comics this week to finish off their picks for the very best video games of all time! From Best RPG Game to Best Arcade Game to whether Castlevania is the greatest franchise of all time, […]

Duration:01:04:45

Show 7.28.20: SDCC @ Ghosts

7/28/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts have all your news from SDCC @Home this Year! From Marvel news, to DC Comics, to the Eisner Award winners, Walking Dead, New Mutants and more, we got your round up from what was the biggest virtual Comic Con we’ve seen! Click […]

Duration:01:27:57

Show 7.21.20: The Great GotS Video Game List Part 1

7/21/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts of the Stratosphere take a summer break from comics to do a deep dive into another classic topic of geekdom: Best Video Games! From Best Fighting Game to Best Sports Game to Best Mario Game, put your quarters down for Part 1 of our […]

Duration:01:31:19

Show 7.14.20: Summer Vacation

7/14/2020
On this week’s show: Most of the Ghosts have summer vacation, so Andy Larson has put together a brand new episode out of orphaned unaired segments! From Long Island Ice Teas, to Brian K. Vaughn’s Private Eye, to ridiculous superpowers, this episode is sure to be a summer time treat […]

Duration:01:08:54

Show 7.7.20: Halloween in July!

7/7/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts of the Stratosphere bring you two semi horror-esque read pile reviews on this week sure to get you in the Halloween spirit…several months early. First up, we take a trip to the Dark Tower with the Marvel adaptation of the classic chapter from Stephen […]

Duration:01:55:10

Show 6.30.20: America’s Legendary Iceberg

6/30/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts are joined by Johnny Ganache from Pint O’ Comics to celebrate Independence Day a few days early with a read pile review of Mark Waid’s retelling of the classic Captain America coming out of the ice story “Man out of Time”! Plus, it’s another […]

Duration:01:07:00

Show 6.23.20: Mysteries of the Comic Universe REVEALED!

6/23/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts tackle some great comic book related questions they received recently from their fans! From what’s worse: Bad Comic Art or Bad Comic Writing, to Are Cosmic Level Super Heroes more interesting than Street Level ones, to worst alternate super hero costumes, the Ghosts have […]

Duration:00:47:26

Show 6.16.20: Whose Power Is It Anyways?

6/16/2020
On this week’s show: The Ghosts tackle another top 10 list as they discuss and debate “What are the Most Unappricated Yet Secretly Awesome Super Powers in Comics?” Is Telepathy on our list? What about Turning into Mud? Or Heat Vision? Listen to this week’s show to find out! […]

Duration:01:01:59