Planes, Trains and Comic Books

In "Planes, Trains, and Comic Books" comic enthusiasts Matt Hansen and John Johnson read, discuss, and review comic book story arcs. Matt and John take a deep dive into the comic book medium, not only re-reading beloved and critically acclaimed story arcs, but also exploring the less heard of, and more unknown works. *INCLUDES SPOILERS*

Strangers In Paradise: Book 1 11/27/2025

Strangers In Paradise: Book 1 Strangers in Paradise is the compelling love story of three unlikely friends who find themselves bound together by their pasts… Katchoo is a beautiful young woman living in the spare bedroom of her high school friend, Francine. Brash and outspoken, Katchoo makes no secret of her love for Francine but that's not an option for the shy, insecure woman who looks for Prince Charming in a series of bad boyfriends. Enter David, a gentle but persistent artist who seems determined to win Katchoo's heart. The resulting triangle is a touching comedy of romantic errors that takes the trio down a complicated road of murder, mayhem, and love featuring an array of characters including crime bosses, psychopaths, and well-meaning friends. Strangers in Paradise is a funny, yet complicated multi-genre graphic novel that is sure to satisfy many tastes. /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/39191900

Dracula Book 1: The Impaler 10/19/2025

Dracula Book 1: The Impaler The first of four planned volumes, The Impaler explores the legendary Count before his debut in the novel—from his first foray into the dark arts to his rise to lord of the undead! Wagner and Jones explore the veiled stories from Dracula, diving into the bloody, horrifying events between the lines of the famed horror novel. /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/38634270

Batman: White Knight 09/21/2025

Batman: White Knight Batman: White Knight follows the man now known as Jack Napier as he embarks on a quest to heal the city he once terrorized. After reconciling with his long-suffering partner, Harley Quinn, he sets in motion a carefully plotted campaign to discredit the one person whom he views as Gotham City’s true enemy: Batman. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/38297930

Fantastic Four: Full Circle 08/24/2025

Fantastic Four: Full Circle When an intruder suddenly appears inside the Baxter Building, the Fantastic Four find themselves surrounded by a swarm of invading parasites. These carrion creatures composed of Negative Energy come to Earth using a human host as a delivery system. But for what purpose? And who is behind this untimely invasion? /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/37938630

The Anchor 07/20/2025

The Anchor One thousand years ago a hulking outcast sought refuge in the crumbling ruins of an ancient monastery and offered in return the one thing he had to give — his fists. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/37473220

Street Sharks (1996) 07/07/2025

Street Sharks (1996) The four Bolton Brothers were happy playing sports and meeting babes. But when a run-in with a mad scientist turned them into giant sharks, they only got COOLER! But they’ll need all the help they can get to stop their arch nemesis, Dr. Piranoid, from developing... THE PERFECT PREDATOR! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/37302540

Alan Scott: Green Lantern 06/23/2025

Alan Scott: Green Lantern Alan Scott is the most powerful member of the Justice Society of America, but his personal life is a well-kept secret. Haunted by the memory of his first love, John Ladd, the Green Lantern must solve the mystery of multiple deaths of men who died just like John. Aided by the Spectre, the Flash, and the entire JSA, he must uncover the truth behind the man masquerading as him, the Red Lantern. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/37111255

Stuck Rubber Baby 06/09/2025

Stuck Rubber Baby Toland Polk is a closeted gay man in 1960s American South trying to keep a low profile. He’s aware of the racial injustice all around him. No longer content to stay on the sidelines, Toland joins his friends as they fight against bigotry. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/36911815

The Closet 05/25/2025

The Closet Thom's family is moving cross-country. When his child, Jamie, sees monsters in the bedroom closet, Thom reassures him that the monsters will stay in the apartment after they move. But the monsters continue to find young Jamie. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/36684475

It's Lonely At the Centre of the Earth 05/05/2025

It's Lonely At the Centre of the Earth Zoe Thorogood records six months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt to put it back together again in the only way she knows how. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth is an intimate and meta-narrative look into the life of a selfish artist who must create for her own survival. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/36431705

Heroes In Crisis 04/24/2025

Heroes In Crisis How does a superhero handle PTSD? Welcome to Sanctuary, an ultra-secret hospital for superheroes who've been traumatized by crime-fighting and cosmic combat. But something goes inexplicably wrong when many patients wind up dead, with two well-known operators as the prime suspects: Harley Quinn and Booster Gold! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/36288850

Mark Millar's: The Unfunnies [Worst Comics Ever?] 04/07/2025

Mark Millar's: The Unfunnies [Worst Comics Ever?] A world resembling classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons is becoming increasingly messed up as characters discover sex, swearing and murder. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/36032115

The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologer 03/16/2025

The Shadow 1941: Hitler's Astrologer It's 1941, a young woman races for her life from Nazi's, who wish to use her astrology skills to help Hitler's regime. But the Shadow looms, a master of men with cold, hollow laughter and blazing .45 pistols to stop them and take down the Fuhrer! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/35713995

Dick Tracy Vol 1 03/02/2025

Dick Tracy Vol 1 In The City, a brutal murder draws the attention of rising star detective Dick Tracy, who soon discovers the bloodshed is just the beginning of a complicated web that threatens to ensnare everything he cares about. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/35500160

Farmhand Vol 1: Reap What Was Sown 02/16/2025

Farmhand Vol 1: Reap What Was Sown Jedidiah Jenkins is a simple farmer. But his cash crop isn't corn or soy. He grows fast-healing, highly-customizable human organs. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/35301800

Valentine's Day 2025 Special: Spiderman's Tangled Web #11 02/14/2025

Valentine's Day 2025 Special: Spiderman's Tangled Web #11 It's Valentines Day, and two beautiful young women are breathlessly waiting at The Coffee Bean for their date to pick them up. The problem is, they both think they have a date with Peter Parker! The other problem is, the Vulture has just knocked Spider-Man silly and the web-slinger can't remember his name, let alone his social schedule! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/35279865

Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods 02/03/2025

Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods He is a one-man reckoning that stands in defiance of his divine masters with a sword in hand and a thirst for godblood. His name: AKOGUN THE BRUTALIZER! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/35124155

The Hunger and the Dusk 01/22/2025

The Hunger and the Dusk In a dying world, only humans and orcs remain-mortal enemies battling for territory and political advantage. But when a group of fearsome ancient humanoids known as the Vangol arrive, the two civilizations are forced into a fragile alliance to protect what they have built. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/34954090

The One Hand and The Six Fingers 01/06/2025

The One Hand and The Six Fingers Detective Nasser works a brutal murder bearing all the hallmarks of the “One Hand Killer”…which should be impossible since He already put him away not once but twice in years past. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/34736350

Batman Adventures Holiday Special 12/25/2024

Batman Adventures Holiday Special 64-page one-shot special featuring five thrilling, funny, or touching yuletide stories by a slew of creators from "The Adventures of Batman & Robin," the hit cartoon from Warner Bros. Animation. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/34614050

Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special 12/23/2024

Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special What do you want for Christmas? Orange Lantern Larfleeze wants everything-including Santa Claus! And nothing, not even the heroes of the DCU, can stop Larfleeze from getting what he wants! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/34574870

Legends of the Dark Knight #79 (Favorite Things) 12/02/2024

Legends of the Dark Knight #79 (Favorite Things) As Christmas nears, Batman is on the hunt for a ruthless gang of thieves who specialize in hitting Gotham's wealthiest homes. Their latest success was Wayne Manor, and what they've stolen is something the Dark Knight desperately wants back. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/34231695

Batman: Death of the Family 11/18/2024

Batman: Death of the Family In the long-awaited return of the Joker, he unleashes his most terrifying, personal assault ever on the Dark Knight. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/33966072

Batman: Hush (Redux) 11/04/2024

Batman: Hush (Redux) *Edit: Bill Finger was the Batman creator I mention that created all the iconic Batman things in the comic, not Jerry Robinson, who is also a great batman artist. In this classic tale, Batman sets out to learn the identity of the mysterious villain known as Hush. But Batman ends up facing the most intense case of his life as secrets from his past flood into the present! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/33772532

Stray Dogs 10/21/2024

Stray Dogs Sophie the dog can't remember what happened. She doesn't know how she ended up in this house. She doesn't recognize any of these other dogs. She knows something terrible happened, but she just...can't...recall...Wait! Where's her lady? Now Sophie has to figure out where she is, what's happening, and how she's going to survive this. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/33544182

Universal Monsters: Dracula 10/06/2024

Universal Monsters: Dracula When Dr. John Seward admits a strange new patient named Renfield into his asylum, the madman tells stories of a demon who has taken residence next door. But as Dr. Seward attempts to apply logic to the impossible...his daughter falls under the spell of the twisted Count Dracula? Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/33347897

Bonus Episode: Creator Interview with author Hokunani Sorci 10/01/2024

Bonus Episode: Creator Interview with author Hokunani Sorci Guess what everyone! Hoku, my co-host of the Hell Talk podcast where she and I discuss John Constantine, has written a collection of short horror stories, and I did the audiobook narration!! In this bonus episode we discuss her writing process, how to create an audiobook, and how to self publish a book you wrote. The book is available everywhere where books are sold, in physical, digital, and audiobook formats. So if you're wanting something spooky to listen too or read for Halloween month check it out. Listen to the Audiobook on: /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/33277677

Bane: Conquest 09/23/2024

Bane: Conquest Bane and his henchmen uncover a criminal conspiracy that seems to span the entire globe and encompass every illegal activity under the sun. But if there really is a secret empire behind all of the world's crime, Bane should-nay, must-be the one running it. And no one is going to stand in his way! Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/33166642

100 bullets- Volume 1: First Shot, Last Call 09/09/2024

100 bullets- Volume 1: First Shot, Last Call The mysterious Agent Graves approaches ordinary citizens and gives them an opportunity to exact revenge on a person who has wronged them. Offering his clients an attache case containing proof of the deed and a gun, he guarantees his 'clients' full immunity for all of their actions, including murder. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/32966472

The Crow 08/19/2024

The Crow A mysterious figure known as The Crow returns from the dead to avenge his and his fiancée’s murder at the hands of a street gang. Support us at: https://www.patreon.com/PlanesTrainsandComicBooks Follow us on social media: https://linktr.ee/planestrainsandcomicbooks /episode/index/show/planestrainsandcomicbooks/id/32632777

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