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Episode 29 - Occupied or Distracted or Whatever - Week of 9/14/16

The Fellowship of the Geeks Podcast

Release Date: 09/11/2016

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The Fellowship is pleased to present our discussion of Amalgam Comics, the DC/Marvel crossover from 20 years ago. We touch on characters, events both crossover and summer, and the likelihood (or not) that it will ever happen again. And as always, our picks of the week.

 

What we're up to this week:

Trivia Crack (smartphone/Facebook app)

Les' Big Bag o' Nothing® (a quiet weekend)

College football (Texas v Notre Dame - 2 overtimes!)

The Chris Reeve Superman movie marathon on El Rey

Building Star Trek (documentary about Trek tech)

 

And here's the promised link to the Amalgam Comics Wikipedia page

 

And the offer stands, if any Marvel or DC execs want to come on the show and discuss ideas :-)

Dan Abnett, too, for that matter

 

Picks for the week of 9/14:

Hawaiian Dick: Screaming Black Thunder collection

Resident Alien: The Man With No Name #1

Punisher War Journal collection

Richard Matheson: Master of Terror collection

Prometheus: Life and Death #4

Jack Kirby's Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth Volume 2 Artist's Edition

Honorable Mention: Lady Killer 2 #2

Tangent: The Bojeffries Saga by Alan Moore & Steve Parkhouse

 

Shoutouts:

Manny the Martyr - local (DFW area) show coming very soon

#PodernFamily

You, dear listeners!

 

Question of the Week: Who are your favorite superhero characters, Amalgam or otherwise? Let us know on social media!

 

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