History of Comic Books Podcast

A brief rambling history of comic books and the people who made them.

Archives-The Battle For Superman 05/03/2024

Archives-The Battle For Superman And now a reposting about the battle over Superman between his creators, Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, and the company they sold him to, DC Comics. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/31098198

Archives-History of Superman 04/26/2024

Archives-History of Superman And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of Superman, the character that launched the Golden Age of Comic Books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/30993583

Archives-The Origin of Superman 04/19/2024

Archives-The Origin of Superman And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the origin of Superman, just in time for Superman Day. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/30894933

Archives-The Silver Age 04/12/2024

Archives-The Silver Age And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Silver Age of Comic Books, where the medium was revived during the 1960's. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/30791783

Archives-History of Wonder Woman, Part Two 04/05/2024

Archives-History of Wonder Woman, Part Two And now the second part of this rambling and too brief history of Wonder Woman, the premier female superhero in comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/30690713

Archives-History of Wonder Woman, Part One 03/29/2024

Archives-History of Wonder Woman, Part One Now to close out Women's History Month, this reposting of the first part of a rambling and too brief history of Wonder Woman, the premier female superhero in comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/30590823

Archives: History of Female Creators in American Comic Books, Part Three 03/22/2024

Archives: History of Female Creators in American Comic Books, Part Three And now the conclusion of this reposting of this rambling and too brief history of female creators in American Comic Books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/30490218

Archives-History of Female Creators in American Comic Books, Part Two 03/15/2024

Archives-History of Female Creators in American Comic Books, Part Two And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief second part of this history of female comic book creators. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/30382888

Archives-History of Female Creators in Comic Books, Part One 03/08/2024

Archives-History of Female Creators in Comic Books, Part One And a reposting of this rambling and too brief first part of the history of female creators in comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/30283828

Archives-Adolphe Barreaux: The Hidden Pioneer of Black Comic Book Artists 03/01/2024

Archives-Adolphe Barreaux: The Hidden Pioneer of Black Comic Book Artists And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief biography of Adolphe Barreaux, probably the first black comic book artist, even if no one knew it at the time. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/30181173

Archives-All-Negro Comics 02/23/2024

Archives-All-Negro Comics And now a reposting of the episode on "All-Negro Comics", the first comic created by black creators starring black characters. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/30075793

Archives: History of Romance Comics 02/16/2024

Archives: History of Romance Comics And now in time for Valentine's Day, a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the romance genre in comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/29979983

Archives-HIstory of Black Characters in Comic Books Part Two 02/09/2024

Archives-HIstory of Black Characters in Comic Books Part Two And now this reposting of the second part of a rambling and too brief history of black characters in comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/29868393

Archives: The History of Black Characters in Comic Books Part One 02/02/2024

Archives: The History of Black Characters in Comic Books Part One And the first part of this ramblng and too brief history of black characters in comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/29765813

Archives-The Interim Age 01/26/2024

Archives-The Interim Age And now a reposting of the Interim Age, covering the strange period in comics between the end of the Golden Age and the beginning of the Silver Age. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/29657148

Archives: The Golden Age 01/19/2024

Archives: The Golden Age And now a repost of this rambling and too brief history of the Golden Age of American Comic Books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/29556068

Archives: History of Comic Books Part Zero 01/12/2024

Archives: History of Comic Books Part Zero And now a reposting of the first episode of History of Comic Books. Listen at your own risk /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/29454483

The Classics: "X-Men: Mutant Massacre" 01/05/2024

The Classics: "X-Men: Mutant Massacre" And now a rambling and too brief review of "X-Men: Mutant Massacre" from 1986, the classic crossover event that remains one of the darkest moments in the X-Men and Marvel history. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/29350293

The Christmas Classics: "Justice League Action - Party Animal" 12/29/2023

The Christmas Classics: "Justice League Action - Party Animal" And now a rambling and too brief review of "Justice League Action - Party Animal", which first aired on Dec. 2nd, 2017, in which Green Arrow tries to throw a Christmas party for the Justice League, only for highjinks to insue. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/29266103

The Christmas Classics: "Justice League: Comfort & Joy" 12/22/2023

The Christmas Classics: "Justice League: Comfort & Joy" And now a rambling and too brief review of "Justice League: Comfort & Joy", the classic Christmas episode of the animated series that aired on Dec. 13th, 2003, as the various members of the Justice League enjoy the holidays in their own way. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/29195953

The Christmas Classics: "Shazam" 12/15/2023

The Christmas Classics: "Shazam" And now a rambling and too brief review of "Shazam", the 2019 comic book adapation that not only remains the best film to come out of the Snyderverse but is also a great Christmas movie. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/29092243

Archives: The Jewish Influence on Comic Books 12/08/2023

Archives: The Jewish Influence on Comic Books And now a reposting of this rambling and too brief history of the Jewish influence on comic books. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/28985388

The Classics: "X2: X-Men United" 12/01/2023

The Classics: "X2: X-Men United" And now a rambling and too brief review of "X2: X-Men United", the 2003 film from director Bryan Singer that improves on everything from the original and shows that the comic book movie was truly coming into its own. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/28879448

The Classics: "Uncanny X-Men 308" by Scott Lobdell & John Romita Jr. 11/23/2023

The Classics: "Uncanny X-Men 308" by Scott Lobdell & John Romita Jr. And now a rambling and too brief review of "Uncanny X-Men" #308 by Scott Lobdell & John Romita Jr., a fantastic Thanksgiving issue that also sees Scott Summers & Jean Grey finally get engaged. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/28773258

The Classics: "X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills" by Chris Claremont & Brent Anderson 11/17/2023

The Classics: "X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills" by Chris Claremont & Brent Anderson And now a rambling and too brief review of "X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills" by Chris Claremont & Brent Anderson, their 1982 graphic novel that served as the inspiration for the "X2" movie of 2002. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/28683793

The Classics: "X-Men Days of Future Past" (2014) 11/10/2023

The Classics: "X-Men Days of Future Past" (2014) And now a rambling and too brief review of the "X-Men: Days of Future Past" movie form director Bryan Singer, one of the best adaptations of the comic book movie ever. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/28577543

The Classics: "X-Men: Days of Future Past" by Chris Claremont & John Byrne 11/03/2023

The Classics: "X-Men: Days of Future Past" by Chris Claremont & John Byrne And now a rambling and too brief review of the iconic "X-Men: Days of Future Past" by Chris Claremont & John Byrne, still one of the greatest story in the series. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/28504190

Archive: History of Horror Comics, Part Two 10/27/2023

Archive: History of Horror Comics, Part Two And now the second part of this archive edition of this rambling and too brief history of horror comics. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/28438559

Archive-History of Horror Comics Part One 10/20/2023

Archive-History of Horror Comics Part One And now a repost from the archives with this first part of a rambling and too brief history of horror comics. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/28372151

The Creepy Classics: "Werewolf By Night" on Disney Plus 10/13/2023

The Creepy Classics: "Werewolf By Night" on Disney Plus And now a rambling and too brief review of "Werewolf By Night", the 2022 Halloween special on Disney Plus that highlighted some of Marvel's classic monsters. /episode/index/show/historyofcomicbookspodcast/id/28305329

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