Mark Grayson is teenage superhero Invincible. He was a normal high school senior with a normal part-time job and otherwise normal life, except his father Nolan is the superhero Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. At the age of 17, Mark begins to display superpowers, which come from his father being a member of the Viltrumite race, who, according to Nolan, pioneer the galaxy on a mission of benevolence and enlightenment.

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Invincible #1

Patrick invites long time listener and emailer Bob Musgrave to the podcast to discuss the third trade paperback collection in the Hellboy series created by Mike Mignola, published by Dark Horse Comics on August 5, 1998. The trade collects various mini-series, one-shots and back-up features featuring fictional paranormal detective Hellboy Plus ghost werewolves

Hellboy: The Chained Coffin

Whiz Comics #2 (cover-dated Feb. 1940) was published in late 1939. Captain Marvel, the comic's lead feature, introduced audiences to Billy Batson, an orphaned 12-year-old boy who, by speaking the name of the ancient wizard Shazam, is struck by a magic lightning bolt and transformed into the adult superhero Captain Marvel. Shazam's name was an acronym derived from the six immortal elders who grant Captain Marvel his superpowers: Solomon, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury.

Golden Age Comics: Captain Marvel

Reed continues his quest to right all wrongs while Ben and Johnny prepare for a trip to Nu-Earth. Val figures out what her dad is up to and Sue wants to know "is that an ultimate nullifier in your pocket?" All that and a world-eater before breakfast!

Fantastic Four #571

SOLVE EVERYTHING, PART 1 Brand new creative team! Brave new comics experience! Be there as Marvel's newest exciting creator, Jonathan Hickman, teams up with superstar artist, Dale Eaglesham, to give you the Fantastic Four experience you've been waiting for! It's adventure, it's family, it's tough questions in dark times...See what happens when Reed Richards tries to SOLVE EVERYTHING.

FANTASTIC FOUR #570

John Byrne (Author, Cover Art, Artist) "Into the Negative Zone!" Part 1 of 9. The Fantastic Four embark on their most perilous adventure to date, as they venture to explore the infamous Negative Zone. Can Marvel's First Family discover the secrets of this foreboding place, or will they succumb to the dangers and evils with dwell there?

Fantastic Four #251

The start of King Kirby's very own cosmic series! Deep in the God Chamber, archeologist Daniel Damien and his daughter Margot learn from their assistant, Ike Harris (aka Ikaris, an Eternal) that he must activate the Cosmic Beacon deep within the God Chamber! But Deviants Kro and Brother Tode have another plan for Ikaris in mind...

The Eternals (1976) #1

Make Mom Read Comics 2020

What does it mean to be a vampire? Dr. Mid-Nite is faced with this question after suffering an attack from the mysterious Mircea. Will science fall prey to the supernatural…or will the "Vampire Murders" continue in Portsmouth City?

JSA Classified Featuring Doctor Mid-Nite #24

The Doc fights vampires!!!! JSA Classified #23 is an issue of the series JSA Classified (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 2007.

JSA Classified Featuring Doctor Mid-Nite #23

A small simple story of a rockman and his buddy crashing a birthday party

Concrete - Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Part man, part...rock? Over seven feet tall and weighing over a thousand pounds, he is known as Concrete but is in reality the mind of one Ronald Lithgow, trapped inside a shell of stone, a body that allows him to walk unaided on the ocean's floor or survive the crush of a thousand tons of rubble in a collapsed mineshaft...but prevents him from feeling the touch of a human hand

Concrete #1 - A Stone Among Stones

Batman faces down a whole army of Ninja Man-Bats in a no-holds-barred, bone-crunching superbrawl among the treasures of London's Pop Art museum. And when The Dark Knight's done, an even greater shock awaits, as we meet a startling new addition to the Batman family!

Batman #656

Birth of the Demon GN (1993). Written by Mike W. Barr and Dennis O'Neil. bad History lessons, Batman shirtless fighting dudes in the sand with plauges and toxic waste!

Batman: Birth of the Demon

Written by Mike W. Barr. Art by Tom Grindberg and Eva Grindberg. Published in December of 1990. This is one messy comic folks

Batman - Bride of the Demon

Each week I try to get my 69-year-old Father, who thinks comics are for dolts to understand why I love them and teach him comics. He is tempted with a treat to read an issue or arc and we discuss the comic and I try to defend or explain comics culture

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