The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast

618 WGCBP | They won’t get my vote

This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™, JC, Jocelyn, and JM assemble to bring you this week’s news and reviews! In Comics, we remember Gerry Conway. The new Batman Animated film will tell the Knightfall storyline. Kickstarter is banning adult comic books. We read: Barbara Gordon: Breakout #1, Wolverine #20, Iron Man #5, Wonder Woman #30-31, and the Matt Fraction Thor Omnibus! From Tinsel Town, we watched: Margo’s Got Money Problems, Welcome to Wrexham, Superman, X-Men Dark Phoenix, Young Guns, Monte Cristo, The Devil Wears Prada 2, and The Punisher: One More Kill. All that and AI at the Eisners! Face front, true believers! It’s The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™! #618 World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/h322pods/WGCBP_S9_EP618.mp3] [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/618_WGCBP_600.jpg] iTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worlds-greatest-comic-book-podcast-hold-322-worlds/id474381400], SPOTIFY [https://open.spotify.com/show/3gF8EG2WRbSZAuMC1ZmF3i] (SORRY!) and YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@DefenMedia/videos], too! Patreon-Support-Button [http://theleftshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Patreon-Support-Button.png]https://www.patreon.com/DefenMedia SUPPORT OUR PODCAST BY BECOMING A PATREON MEMBER [https://www.patreon.com/defenmedia] FINAL ORDER CUT-OFF FOR SHAOLIN NUN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SERIES [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jccarter/the-shaolin-nun-the-complete-first-series] THIS WEEK ON PATREON 7 Marvel Comics That Ruined Their Main Character [https://comicbook.com/comics/list/7-marvel-comics-that-ruined-their-main-character/] PICKS OF THE FUTURE (JULY) JC: DC – DC’S HAWKGIRL SUMMER #1 – https://tinyurl.com/6fsfv3j9 [https://tinyurl.com/6fsfv3j9] JOCE: MAD CAVE: FLORIDA HIPPOPOTAMUS COCAINE MASSACRE TP (MR) – https://tinyurl.com/5ancbany [https://tinyurl.com/5ancbany] JEFF:  TITAN – BLACK STAR #1 – https://tinyurl.com/2af68vdw [https://tinyurl.com/2af68vdw] WORLD’S FINEST LINKS COMIC BOOK NEWS Gerry Conway dies at 73 https://tinyurl.com/28e8hr63 [https://tinyurl.com/28e8hr63] New Batman Movie https://tinyurl.com/2yk2ptbr [https://tinyurl.com/2yk2ptbr] The Largest Collection of British Comics https://tinyurl.com/25fy22dd [https://tinyurl.com/25fy22dd] The 2026 Eisner Nominations https://tinyurl.com/24ugbvl2 [https://tinyurl.com/24ugbvl2] Kickstarter’s new adult content ban https://tinyurl.com/22hfeuv6 [https://tinyurl.com/22hfeuv6] TINSEL TOWN NEWS David Boreanaz’s ‘The Rockford Files’ https://tinyurl.com/2dl96drq [https://tinyurl.com/2dl96drq] Paramount seeks to calm California’s creatives https://tinyurl.com/236pafj5 [https://tinyurl.com/236pafj5] Go Dark During Stephen Colbert’s Final ‘Late Show’ https://tinyurl.com/2yfsay2q [https://tinyurl.com/2yfsay2q]

617 WGCPB | YOU ARE ON STOLEN LAND!

This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™! JC, Jocelyn, and Jeff assemble to bring you the latest from comic books and comic book-adjacent media! In Comics, Mortal Thor will mark the 800th issue of Thor comics. Marvel has a Midnight Universe. Mad Cave is publishing a charity comic for indigenous rights. We read: Dog Tag #1, Batman #9, Daredevil #2, Daredevil & Punisher #4 & 5, Absolute Wonder Woman #17 & 18, and the Matt Fraction Thor Omnibus! In Tinsel Town, we watched The Boys, Margo’s Got Money Problems, For All Mankind, Funny AF, First Blood, Transformers 2007, Jack Ryan, Rogue One, New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Daredevil! We remember Ted Turner. Imogen Poots and John Reynolds will headline Sex Criminals. All that and Miami Vice! Face front, true believers! It’s The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™! #617 World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/h322pods/WGCBP_S9_EP617.mp3] [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/617_WGCBP_600.jpg] iTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worlds-greatest-comic-book-podcast-hold-322-worlds/id474381400], SPOTIFY [https://open.spotify.com/show/3gF8EG2WRbSZAuMC1ZmF3i] (SORRY!) and Google Play [https://play.google.com/music/m/Isgfiv4s32n2sceclouoc3ubwny?t=The_Worlds_Greatest_Comic_Book_Podcast_Hold_322__Hold_322], too! Patreon-Support-Button [http://theleftshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Patreon-Support-Button.png]https://www.patreon.com/DefenMedia SUPPORT OUR PODCAST BY BECOMING A PATREON MEMBER [https://www.patreon.com/defenmedia] SUPPORT THE SHAOLIN NUN ON KICKSTARTER! [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jccarter/the-shaolin-nun-the-complete-first-series] PICKS OF THE FUTURE (JULY) – ORDER TODAY! JC: Dynamite: Buffy The Vampire Slayer #1 – https://tinyurl.com/2kbkd5dd [https://tinyurl.com/2kbkd5dd] JOCE: Dark Horse: The Smart Division #1 – https://tinyurl.com/3c7m9rvr [https://tinyurl.com/3c7m9rvr] JEFF: Mad Cave: MOMO HC – https://tinyurl.com/2dc6hwnc [https://tinyurl.com/2dc6hwnc] THIS WEEK ON PATREON The Seven Best Marvel Supervillain Philosophies [https://comicbook.com/comics/list/7-best-marvel-supervillain-philosophies/] WORLD’S FINEST LINKS MORTAL THOR #14 to mark 800 issues https://tinyurl.com/2atq3555 [https://tinyurl.com/2atq3555] Marvel teases its Midnight Universe https://tinyurl.com/224c3hzr [https://tinyurl.com/224c3hzr] Mad Cave Studios to publish YOU ARE ON NATIVE LAND https://tinyurl.com/25j587mh [https://tinyurl.com/25j587mh] Nicholas Brendon’s Cause of Death Revealed https://tinyurl.com/2bkk4z73 [https://tinyurl.com/2bkk4z73] TINSEL TOWN NEWS Ted Turner, a pioneer of cable TV news, dies at 87 https://tinyurl.com/2yfva74f [https://tinyurl.com/2yfva74f] Imogen Poots & John Reynolds To Headline ‘Sex Criminals’ https://tinyurl.com/2ap9z7c2 [https://tinyurl.com/2ap9z7c2] Miami Vice ’85 https://tinyurl.com/2a66464f [https://tinyurl.com/2a66464f] Branagh “Would Love” To Direct Another ‘Thor’ Film https://tinyurl.com/23jtc6nn [https://tinyurl.com/23jtc6nn]

616 WGCBP | Six-One-Six!

This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™, JC, Jocelyn, and Jeff assemble for more news and reviews post Free Comic Book Day! In Comics, We remember Len Strazewski, Roger Sweet, and Gerry Conway. SelfMadeHero is releasing a non-fiction graphic novel. We read: Planet She-Hulk #6, Zatanna #1, Feral #22, Red Impulse #1, Captain America #10, and the Thor Matt Fraction Omnibus. In Tinseltown, we watched: Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die, Paradise, Margo’s Got Money Problems, The Boys, Monarch, and Daredevil! Evangeline Lilly redeems herself (slightly) by blasting Disney for its layoffs. All that and Godzilla takes on Odysseus and Robin Hood! Face front, true believers! It’s The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™! #616 World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/h322pods/WGCBP_S9_EP616.mp3] [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/616_WGCBP_600.jpg] iTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worlds-greatest-comic-book-podcast-hold-322-worlds/id474381400], SPOTIFY [https://open.spotify.com/show/3gF8EG2WRbSZAuMC1ZmF3i] (SORRY!) and Google Play [https://play.google.com/music/m/Isgfiv4s32n2sceclouoc3ubwny?t=The_Worlds_Greatest_Comic_Book_Podcast_Hold_322__Hold_322], too! Patreon-Support-Button [http://theleftshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Patreon-Support-Button.png]https://www.patreon.com/DefenMedia SUPPORT OUR PODCAST BY BECOMING A PATREON MEMBER [https://www.patreon.com/defenmedia] PICKS OF THE FUTURE (JULY) JC: MARVEL – MARVEL SWIMSUIT SPECIAL: BRAND NEW BEACH DAY #1 – https://tinyurl.com/ycx3227z [https://tinyurl.com/ycx3227z] JOCELYN: IMAGE – DORC Trade Paperback VOL 01 – https://tinyurl.com/39dp85ax [https://tinyurl.com/39dp85ax] JEFF: VAULT – GODFATHER OF HELL Trade Paperback (MR) – https://tinyurl.com/5yrhrkp6 [https://tinyurl.com/5yrhrkp6] SUPPORT THE SHAOLIN NUN ON KICKSTARTER! [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jccarter/the-shaolin-nun-the-complete-first-series/description] THIS WEEK ON PATREON DC Comics is blinded by whiteness and the MCU’s oldest Peter Parker problem   WORLD’S FINEST LINKS COMIC BOOK NEWS Len Strazewski dies at 71 https://tinyurl.com/2ydhbsgt [https://tinyurl.com/2ydhbsgt] Roger Sweet Dead at 91 https://tinyurl.com/27ohyexk [https://tinyurl.com/27ohyexk] Gerry Conway Dies at 73 https://tinyurl.com/26jds6hq [https://tinyurl.com/26jds6hq] SelfMadeHero announces NOISY VALLEY https://tinyurl.com/2bn3zrna [https://tinyurl.com/2bn3zrna] GODZILLA’S THE ODYSSEY https://tinyurl.com/2cpoagws [https://tinyurl.com/2cpoagws] TINSEL TOWN NEWS Evangeline Lilly Blasts Disney https://tinyurl.com/2dg62kh9 [https://tinyurl.com/2dg62kh9] Diego Luna Joins Disney https://tinyurl.com/28fs4ffu [https://tinyurl.com/28fs4ffu] Cara Buono Joins ‘Southern Bastards’ https://tinyurl.com/25vtcxjj [https://tinyurl.com/25vtcxjj] Jamie Dornan’s Aragorn Recasting https://tinyurl.com/2c2lhftj [https://tinyurl.com/2c2lhftj] Waddingham and Ncuti Gatwa as Hosts https://tinyurl.com/2ysbm2wj [https://tinyurl.com/2ysbm2wj] PATREON DC Comics, Blinded by Whiteness https://tinyurl.com/282by3n3 [https://tinyurl.com/282by3n3] MCU’s Oldest Peter Parker Problem https://tinyurl.com/2bbmxp2c [https://tinyurl.com/2bbmxp2c]

615 WGCBP | It’s never s-apostrophe-s

This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™, JC, Jocelyn, and JM assemble to bring you the latest in comic books and comic book-adjacent media! Barry Windsor-Smith is getting a three-volume Marvel Creator Collection from Fantagraphics; Wisconsin now has a Cartoonist Laureate and it’s Paul Noth; and DK Books is publishing a special Star Trek Timelines book. We read: The Phantom vs The Sky Band #1, Spider-Man / Superman #1, Dead Teenagers #1 & #2, The Sentry #1, Gaston #1, and Mornings on Horseback! In Tinseltown, we watched Daredevil: Born Again, Monarch, Wolverine, Wolverine Origins, Avengers, Ladyhawke, For All Mankind, Project Hail Mary, Jurassic Park, and, Paradise! Meanwhile, we had the Clayface trailer, the announcement of a Phantom live-action TV series, and Netflix is developing a live-action film of Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR! All that and Free Comic Book Day! Face front, true believers! It’s The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™! #615 World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/h322pods/WGCBP_S9_EP615.mp3] [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/615_WGCBP_600.jpg] iTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worlds-greatest-comic-book-podcast-hold-322-worlds/id474381400], SPOTIFY [https://open.spotify.com/show/3gF8EG2WRbSZAuMC1ZmF3i] (SORRY!) and Google Play [https://play.google.com/music/m/Isgfiv4s32n2sceclouoc3ubwny?t=The_Worlds_Greatest_Comic_Book_Podcast_Hold_322__Hold_322], too! Patreon-Support-Button [http://theleftshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Patreon-Support-Button.png]https://www.patreon.com/DefenMedia SUPPORT OUR PODCAST BY BECOMING A PATREON MEMBER [https://www.patreon.com/defenmedia] GET THE SHAOLIN NUN: THE COMPLETE FIRST SERIES [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jccarter/the-shaolin-nun-the-complete-first-series] THIS WEEK ON PATREON Remembering “Omaha” The Cat Dancer because THIS HAPPENED [https://www.facebook.com/CBLDF/posts/pfbid0BYEw1XyngAqq9cVJjzn4L62Qh9H1y5rvUEA57yiSpFeLzJCaUywSv2EbtpYqcJm4l?rdid=ZLhejPvRMnj9aUXM] PICKS OF THE FUTURE: JC: Fantagraphics – LOVE AND DESIRE IN THE PROMISED LAND HC THE PRIVATE LIVES OF ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS (MR) – https://tinyurl.com/3tx2e86m [https://tinyurl.com/3tx2e86m] JOCE: Image – The Eye Collector – https://tinyurl.com/7a2baw9e [https://tinyurl.com/7a2baw9e] JEFF: BOOM! – Vampyrates! #1 – https://tinyurl.com/2ab2ny7t [https://tinyurl.com/2ab2ny7t] WORLD’S FINEST LINKS COMIC BOOK NEWS Barry Windsor-Smith’s X-MEN feature https://tinyurl.com/2xwffnhd [https://tinyurl.com/2xwffnhd] Cartoonist Laureate of Wisconsin https://tinyurl.com/2xlhoxky [https://tinyurl.com/2xlhoxky] Map the Franchise’s multiverse https://tinyurl.com/28hu8gjh [https://tinyurl.com/28hu8gjh] TINSEL TOWN NEWS CLAYFACE trailer unmasks the DCU’s first horror movie https://tinyurl.com/279cpbyz [https://tinyurl.com/279cpbyz] ‘The Phantom’ Live-Action TV Series https://tinyurl.com/2xjtz7ph [https://tinyurl.com/2xjtz7ph] Film Based On Keanu Reeves’s Comic Book ‘Brzrkr‘ https://tinyurl.com/yglnr8j2 [https://tinyurl.com/yglnr8j2]

614 WGCBP | Buffy Returns to Comics

This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™: JC, Jocelyn, and JM assemble for all the news and reviews of the week! In Comics: Q CON 2026 is happening in June. The Anonymous Jane novella is getting some kick-ass illustrations from Butcher Billy. Adam Hughes is cancelling store signings after a cancer diagnosis. Buffy is headed to Dynamite Publishing and being written by friend of the show, Kelly Thompson. We read: Gatchaman #17, Starfeet Academy: Lost Contact #1, Alias #2, Captain Marvel Dark Past #1, and The Muppets Noir #2!  In Tinsel Town, We remember Sid Krofft and Moya Brennan. Star Trek is officially changing direction. We watched: Daredevil Born Again, The Boys, Monarch, Boston Blue, Vertical Limit, Highlander, The Pitt, Paradise, and Spider-man Far From Home! All that and the Disney/Marvel layoffs! Face front, true believers! It’s The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™! #614 World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/h322pods/WGCBP_S9_EP614.mp3] [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/614_WGCBP_600.jpg] iTunes [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/worlds-greatest-comic-book-podcast-hold-322-worlds/id474381400], SPOTIFY [https://open.spotify.com/show/3gF8EG2WRbSZAuMC1ZmF3i] (SORRY!) and Google Play [https://play.google.com/music/m/Isgfiv4s32n2sceclouoc3ubwny?t=The_Worlds_Greatest_Comic_Book_Podcast_Hold_322__Hold_322], too! Patreon-Support-Button [http://theleftshow.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Patreon-Support-Button.png]https://www.patreon.com/DefenMedia SUPPORT OUR PODCAST BY BECOMING A PATREON MEMBER [https://www.patreon.com/defenmedia] THIS WEEK ON PATREON The 7 Best Spider-Man creative teams PICKS OF THE FUTURE JC: IDW – Tarzan Beyond #1 – https://tinyurl.com/29u4pnbd [https://tinyurl.com/29u4pnbd] JOCE: IDW – Killer Influences #1 – https://tinyurl.com/29u4pnbd [https://tinyurl.com/29u4pnbd] JEFF: IDW – Gigs (TPB) – https://tinyurl.com/29u4pnbd [https://tinyurl.com/29u4pnbd] WORLD’S FINEST LINKS COMIC BOOK NEWS Q CON 2026: The 5th annual queer comics con https://tinyurl.com/24ukvw4q [https://tinyurl.com/24ukvw4q] ANONYMOUS JANE https://tinyurl.com/2dypu482 [https://tinyurl.com/2dypu482] Adam Hughes, Cancelling Store Signings https://tinyurl.com/22qo43wo [https://tinyurl.com/22qo43wo] Three Editors At Marvel Comics Laid Off https://tinyurl.com/27frvw2y [https://tinyurl.com/27frvw2y] ‘Buffy’ Sequel Series Returns https://tinyurl.com/26ogmjsx [https://tinyurl.com/26ogmjsx]TINSEL TOWN NEWSSid Krofft, Co-Creator of Mind-Blowing Kids TV https://tinyurl.com/2xpw96ay [https://tinyurl.com/2xpw96ay] ‘First lady of Celtic music’ Moya Brennan https://tinyurl.com/25k2u9b6 [https://tinyurl.com/25k2u9b6] ‘Star Trek’ Franchise Officially Changing Direction https://tinyurl.com/2csjlwy2 [https://tinyurl.com/2csjlwy2] Disney Co. begins laying off 1,000 https://tinyurl.com/2967s2p6 [https://tinyurl.com/2967s2p6]