The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast

620 WGCBP | End of Watch

This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™, JC and JM assemble for all the news and reviews of the week in comics! Dark Horse Comics decided to voluntarily recognize their employees’ union. DC gave us a new Batsignal. The Spider-Man newspaper comics by Stan Lee has a new omnibus available on Kickstarter. We read: Deadman #1, FML #8, and the Matt Fraction Thor Omnibus! In Tinsel Town, we watched Welcome to Wrexam, Interview with a Vampire: The Vampire Lestat, Tomb Raider, Pitch Black, Chronicles of Riddick, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off! We remember Anthony Stewart Head and James Handy. All that and That Texas Blood! Face front, true believers! It’s The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™! #620 World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/h322pods/WGCBP_S9_EP620.mp3] [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/620_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] PICKS OF THE FUTURE (AUGUST) JC: MARVEL – MIDNIGHT X-MEN #1 – https://tinyurl.com/kxdn686y [https://tinyurl.com/kxdn686y] JM: MAD CAVE – DENVER #1- https://tinyurl.com/2673h6tf [https://tinyurl.com/2673h6tf] THIS WEEK ON PATREON Will the Batgirl movie be revived [https://screenrant.com/lego-batman-dc-revives-canceled-batgirl-film-leslie-grace-and-brendan-fraser/] and the 10 “best” Alan Moore comic book stories [https://comicbook.com/comics/list/10-best-alan-moore-stories-in-comic-book-history-ranked/] WORLD’S FINEST LINKS COMIC BOOK NEWS Dark Horse Comics Decides To Voluntarily Recognize Employee Union https://tinyurl.com/26jbgtld [https://tinyurl.com/26jbgtld] Image’s Fan-Favorite Western Comic https://tinyurl.com/25ugtmmn [https://tinyurl.com/25ugtmmn] DC Just Radically Changed Batman https://tinyurl.com/27pufyw5 [https://tinyurl.com/27pufyw5] Spider-Man newspaper comics hit Kickstarter https://tinyurl.com/26wuq7lp [https://tinyurl.com/26wuq7lp] #DCBlackout boycott suspended but advocacy continues https://tinyurl.com/289a4gu6 [https://tinyurl.com/289a4gu6] TINSEL TOWN NEWS James Handy stabbed to death in L.A https://tinyurl.com/232alfez [https://tinyurl.com/232alfez] Anthony Head Dies https://tinyurl.com/2aph8sha [https://tinyurl.com/2aph8sha] Nichols Family Awarded $13M https://tinyurl.com/2b7p6und [https://tinyurl.com/2b7p6und] ‘Stargate’ TV Series From Martin Gero Not Moving Forward https://tinyurl.com/2ccn2a5j [https://tinyurl.com/2ccn2a5j] The future of Alan Ritchson’s War Machine https://tinyurl.com/2cyxsnvk [https://tinyurl.com/2cyxsnvk]

619 WGCBP | What the f**k did I just read?

This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™, JC, Jocelyn, and JM assemble to bring you the news and reviews of the week! In Comics, Star Trek’s 60th Anniversary Special is it’s biggest release, yet! Kiki and the New Magic is being released in English! Dark Horse workers are unionizing!  We read: Wonder Woman #32 & #33, The Mortal Thor #6-10, Daredevil #2, Odin #1,  BRZRKR: Light Draws Breath (one shot), Star Trek Celebrations (one shot), Phantom of the Opera, the Matt Fraction Thor Omnibus, and Seven Wives #1. In Tinsel Town: We watched: Remarkably Bright Creatures, Battlestar Galactica, The Boys, Sinners, Spider Noir, Jack Ryan, Pele, Spider-Man, Silverado, and The Mandalorian and Grogu! All that and J.P. Morgan vs 8.2 Million comics! Face front, true believers! It’s The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™! #619 World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/h322pods/WGCBP_S9_EP619.mp3] [https://thecomicbookpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/619_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] PICKS OF THE FUTURE (AUGUST) JC: IMAGE – YUMI 00EX #1 – https://tinyurl.com/3858kbau [https://tinyurl.com/3858kbau] JOCE: Dark Horse – The Big Shakedown #1 – https://tinyurl.com/23etvpprtinyurl [https://tinyurl.com/23etvppr] JEFF: VAULT – LONG LOST THE COMPLETE EDITION TP – https://tinyurl.com/25z6hmno [https://tinyurl.com/25z6hmno] THIS WEEK ON PATREON We need to keep gatekeeping out of comics! Article: https://tinyurl.com/26hvb495 [https://tinyurl.com/26hvb495] WORLD’S FINEST LINKS COMIC BOOK NEWS Star Trek’s 60th Anniversary Special Is Its Biggest Release Yet KIKI AND THE NEW MAGIC to be published in English for the first time https://tinyurl.com/2atnxxto [https://tinyurl.com/2atnxxto] Patton Oswalt returns for MONEY SHOT: THE F* OFFS https://tinyurl.com/27ymvg33 [https://tinyurl.com/27ymvg33] Dark Horse Comics workers are unionizing https://tinyurl.com/22sgafzq [https://tinyurl.com/22sgafzq] Tell Dark Horse leadership to voluntarily recognize its union! https://tinyurl.com/2b9h2pro [https://tinyurl.com/2b9h2pro] Dark Horse to close retail stores https://tinyurl.com/253xhcfv [https://tinyurl.com/253xhcfv] Publisher Michael Kelly to leave Boom https://tinyurl.com/2ctzaw77 [https://tinyurl.com/2ctzaw77] JPMorgan Battles Over 8.2 Million Comics https://tinyurl.com/22m89vjo [https://tinyurl.com/22m89vjo]TINSEL TOWN NEWS Marcia Lucas, Oscar-Winning ‘Star Wars’ Editor, Dies at 80 https://tinyurl.com/22da9hlb [https://tinyurl.com/22da9hlb] Stan Lee ‘Returns’ Under AI Pact https://tinyurl.com/22z6fdzb [https://tinyurl.com/22z6fdzb] STAN LEE: THE FINAL YEARS lands distributor https://tinyurl.com/2ys3kffy [https://tinyurl.com/2ys3kffy] New Extended ‘X-Files’ Release on June 11 https://tinyurl.com/2yo6hfxk [https://tinyurl.com/2yo6hfxk]

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]