The Last Comic Shop Podcast

Watch out for evil alien snow and giant monster bugs as we dive into the strange world of the original Eternaut comic strip by Héctor Germán Oesterheld & Francisco Solano López, now adapted into a hit TV show on Netflix! Plus we are planting our flag with a tournament of the top 16 comic book superheroes of all time! Who will emerge victorious from our brackets? Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Can you keep a SECRET? We welcome back George from Shortbox Summary to help us look back at the Grand Daddy of all Marvel Comics Event Crossovers with "Secret Wars" by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, and tons more! Plus we look at the movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as the conclusion of this series in April of 1985! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)

It's back to school here at the Last Comic Shop Podcast, as we look to educate you on a personal story of survival set in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. It's "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui. Plus we play another round of our classic comic book related game "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be the best school bus driver?" Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson

Walloping Webspinners Last Comic Shop Fans! Have we got a treat for you this Labor Day weekend! It's another of our carefully curated collection of past episodes from our evergreen archives all spun together into one extended play experience! Get ready True Believers for a Sinister Six Pack of Shows all featuring the one and only Spider-man including reviews of: Kraven's Last Hunt: Originally Aired 9/6/2022 Maximum Carnage and the Venom 2 Movie Review: Originally Aired 3/26/2024 The Death of the Staceys: Originally Aired 11/19/2024 Spider-Men and the Spider-man, No Way Home Movie Review: Originally Aired 12/21/2021 The Superior Foes of Spider-man: Originally Aired 7/27/2021 Spider-Men, Double Trouble and the Spider-man, Across the Spider-verse Movie Review: Originally Aired 6/6/2023 Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood Thanks to George from Shortbox Summary for supplying the intro! (@shortboxsummary)

Rewind to this year's Live Stream For the Cure event as the Last Comic Shop Podcast takes a look one of the strangest comic book mash ups of all time with "The Punisher Meets Archie"! Plus fans challenge us to come up with some of the greatest hypothetical mash ups ever! From Captain Kirk vs. Steven Seagal to Jughead vs. Wimpy, get ready for the hilarity! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood Guest Host of Live Stream For the Cure: Nicholas Haskins Special Thanks to the Live Stream For the Cure for hosting this year's event! Support these other Cancer Fighting Charities mentioned on this week's show: The Susan G. Komen Foundation: No matter who you are or where you live, breast cancer may touch your life. Go2 for Lung Cancer: Help confront lung cancer on every front, every day, for everyone! The Prostate Cancer Foundation: Funding the world’s most promising research on the biology and treatment of prostate cancer. The National Pediatric Cancer Foundation: Together, We Can Solve the Puzzle of Pediatric Cancer.

The Last Comic Shop Podcast tackles a giant sized modern day fable with "We Called Them Giants" by Kieron Gillan and Stephanie Hans this week! Plus a good old fashioned random trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Summer Bloc party! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Revisit six past episodes of the Last Comic Shop Podcast featuring The Man of Steel all in one Mega Pack! Perfect for extended listening/streaming, these Superman shows from our evergreen archives deliver some of the best comics featuring that champion from Krypton! Episodes in this Pack: 1) Superman: Red Son & Superman 2025 Movie Review. Originally aired 7/15/2025. 2) Superman: Super Corps. Originally aired 2/20/2024. 3) Superman Smashes the Klan. Originally aired 2/9/2021. 4) Superman '78. Originally aired 3/22/2022. 5) Superman vs. Imperious Lex. Originally aired 4/20/2021. 6) Superman vs. Muhammad Ali. Originally aired 6/21/2022. Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Nicole Larson, & Mikey Wood Thanks to George from Shortbox Summary for supplying the intro! (@shortboxsummary)

We've got one of the most interesting guests in the history of the Last Comic Shop Podcast this week as we welcome the supremely talented artist, Cynthia Von Buhler, on the show! We'll be chatting about her versatility as a stage producer, children's book author, and latest turn as a graphic novelist with the Minky Woodcock series from Titan Comics including the latest entry "The Girl Called Cthulhu"! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Guest Panelist: Cynthia Von Buhler (Minky Woodcock Series, The Illuminati Ball, Evelyn Evelyn), Website

It's 96 ounces of Kick ass Batman this week as we look at the first 6 issues of the new Absolute Batman series by Scott Synder and Nick Dragotta! Plus we treat our fans with more Blind Rankings! Who are the best Batman writers? Who was the sexiest Lois Lane? See how we rank when we don't know what's coming next!?! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

The First Family of the Marvel Universe are taking center stage this week as it's all about the Fantastic Four! First we've got the original 3 issue arc from the classic FF #48-50 featuring "The Coming of Galactus" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby! Then blast off with our movie review of Fantastic Four: First Steps starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Nicole Larson

We continue our march towards the 2025 Eisner Awards this week with "Helen of Wyndhorn" by Tom King and Bilquis Evely nominated for "Best Limited Series" at this year's awards. Plus hear our predictions for the rest of the winners of comic books most prestigious industry award to be given at San Diego Comic Con later this week! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

Up in the Sky! It's A Bird! It's a Plane! It's an entire episode about SUPERMAN! First, it's a review of the famous Elseworlds story where Superman becomes a Commie with "Red Son" by Mark Millar & Dave Johnson. Then its time for a movie review of Superman directed by James Gunn! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott

With the long awaited sequel to the original "Old Guard" movie dropping on Netflix this week, we are taking a trip back in our Last Comic Shop archives to our previously unaired review of the first 2020 movie as well as the comic book series that inspired it by Greg Rukka & Leandro Fernandez! Host: Nicole Larson Co Hosts: Andy Larson, Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Ethan Larson

Get ready for some fireworks as we continue our annual tradition of covering a Captain America comic series in honor of the Independence Day of America! This year's entry is Captain America: Castaway in Dimension Z by Rick Remender & John Romita Jr! Plus we're pitting the most famous ice cream flavors against each other in "The Last Ice Cream Shop" tournament bracket challenge! Make sure to vote @lastcomicshop on social media for the winner this week! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

We are celebrating Comic Con season at the Last Comic Shop with some great interviews straight from the floor of this year's 3 Rivers Comic Con in Pittsburgh PA! Listen to some tremendous industry stories from writers and artists creating some of your favorite comic books today! Hosts: JA Scott & Ethan Larson Interviewers: Andy Larson, Chad Smith, & Mikey Wood Interview Guests: Tom Scioli (Godzilla Monsterpiece Theater, Fantastic Four, American Barbarian)- Website Trish Forstner- (Stray Dogs, Feral, My Little Pony)- Website Andrew Pepoy (Archie Comics, GI Joe, Fables)- Website Grant Lankard- (Beowulf, League of Cryptids )- Website Special Thanks to the 3 Rivers ComicCon ! https://3riverscomicon.com/

We are blasting into the past with a love letter to Image Comics of the 1990s with a review of "Local Man" by Tim Seeley and Tony Fleecs! Plus we announce the 2025 nominees for induction into the prestigious Eisner Award Hall of Fame for comics! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Get ready for another amazing comic book creator interview as we welcome the talented, Paul Allor, to the Shop this week! Writer of both incredible creator owned books and some of the hottest licensed properties out there, we are excited to hear what Paul has to say! Plus it's Paul's pick for our Read Pile Review this week as we take a look at "Hey, Wait..." by the Norwegian cartoonist Jason. Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott Interview Guest: Paul Allor (GI Joe, Marvel Rivals, Hollow Heart); Website

Hal Jordan makes his triumphant return as one of DC Comics most famous superheroes in this week's book: Green Lantern Rebirth by Geoff Johns & others! Plus we welcome back Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics & show runner of the annual Pittsburgh based 3 Rivers Comic Con to talk about this year's event! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott Guest Panelist: Jon Engel Check out Pittsburgh's 3 Rivers Comic Con: https://3riverscomicon.com/ Find a New Dimension Comics Store Location: http://ndcomics.com/

Revisit the final days of the Cold War with our final Movie Mayhem selection of 2025! First up, it's the thrilling spy genre comic known as "The Coldest City" by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart. Then we take a look at its big screen blockbuster movie adaptation in "Atomic Blonde" starring Charlize Theron and James McAvoy! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Nicole Larson

We're without Fear this week for another Movie Mayhem featuring Marvel's most famous blind, billy club wielding avenger, Daredevil! First up, its a collection of issues from #271-282 by writer Ann Nocenti and artist John Romita Jr. which you can find in comic stores under "Heart of Darkness"! Then, it's the 2003 Daredevil movie from 20th Century Fox featuring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson