What is is that makes Superman: Secret Identity one of the most loved Superman comics of all time? This week on the show Matt is joined by special guest Ted Brandt to take a closer look at the lasting appeal of Clark Kent!   Ted Brandt is an Eisner-nominated comics artist perhaps best known for his work on the Image series "Crowded", and is t'other half of the Brandt & Stein team. You can find his website here, and follow Ted on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

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Superman: Secret Identity #2 with Ted Brandt

Feeling hungry? You will be after this week's episode, as Matt Lune is joined by special guest Ro Stein to talk about the first volume of Restaurant To Another World! "Western Restaurant Nekoya" may look like a normal restaurant, but every Saturday it opens up and all manner of unexpected visitors from "beyond" appear...   Ro Stein is an Eisner-nominated comics artist perhaps best known for their work on the Image series "Crowded", and is one half of the Brandt & Stein team. You can find their website here, and follow Ro on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!    

Restaurant To Another World Vol 1 with Ro Stein

We reach the end of our Secret Invasion of the podcast this week, as special guest S.E. Fleenor joins "Matt", who doesn't sound like Sara Century, to talk about a very special issue of New Avengers! Are you an Echo fan? You will be after this episode! He loves you.   S.E. has written for SyFyFanGrrlz, Buzzfeed and so many other places, and is an editor for Bella Books. They’re the co-host of the Bitches on Comics podcast, and you can follow them on Twitter here! Sara Century has written for several websites, but is most prominently one of the writers over at SYFYWire. She’s the co-host of the Bitches on Comics podcast, and you can follow her on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

New Avengers #39 with S.E. Fleenor

We know what you've all been thinking: while the skrulls have been out causing trouble, what's Beta Ray Bill been up to? Think no longer, because for this week's episode "Matt" speaks to special guest Alex Spencer about Beta Ray Bill: The Green of Eden! He loves you.   Alex Spencer is the Features Editor for Edge, and a writer and critic who has written for publications including Polygon, CBR and ComicsAlliance. You can find him on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster and... you can find him on Twitter here? For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Beta Ray Bill: The Green of Eden with Alex Spencer

The Secret Invasion by Skrulls wasn't a success in the end, because everybody underestimated Norman Osborn's Big Gun. But what if that wasn't the case? What if the Skrulls HAD won? This week Kirsten Howard is our special guest, joining... Matt Lune?... to talk about "What If? Secret Invasion"! He Loves You   Kirsten Howard is the News & Features editor for Den of Geek. You can find their byline on the website here, or follow them on Twitter right here! Ardo Omer is a writer, editor and podcaster whose work has been seen at sites including WomenWriteAboutComics and The MNT. She’s co-host of the “Put A Blurb On It” podcast, and the Kids Co-Ordinator for FOLD. You can find her on Twitter here!  For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

What If? Secret Invasion with Kirsten Howard

The Secret Invasion continues as Skrulls infiltrate the initiative! This week's special guest Tim Maytom has been ordered to talk about Avengers The Initiative #18 - won't somebody think of the children?? He loves you.   Tim Maytom is a writer and critic who has spent a lot of his time thinking about The Wicked and The Divine. You can find more of his writing here alongside Alex Spencer – and you can follow Tim on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Avengers The Initiative #15 with Tim Maytom

An alien invasion of Earth? Gosh, I wonder what Frank Castle will do about... oh he's going to shoot them all, shocker. This week special guest Kelly Kanayama joins Matt to get very mad about her favourite shooty boy as he enters the Secret Invasion! He loves you.   Kelly Kanayama is a writer and comics scholar who is literally writing the book on Garth Ennis. Don’t believe me? Have a look at her Patreon page here! You can also find Kelly on Twitter here, highly recommended. Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Punisher War Journal #25 with Kelly Kanayama

You thought we were done? Oh no, there's a lot more from the Skrulls coming your way over the next few weeks! And our Secret Invasion continues today, as our special guest Matt Sibley has been ordered to talk about Guardians of the Galaxy #5!  He loves you.   Matt Sibley is a writer, critic and podcaster who is most commonly found writing for Newsarama as part of their “Best Shots” reviews team. You can find him on twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Guardians of the Galaxy #5 with Matt Sibley

THE SECRET INVASION HAS ARRIVED! Shelfdust has been invaded by Skrulls and this week our special guest Kelly Richards has been ordered to talk to Matt about Mighty Avengers #18 - the arrival of Nick Fury's Secret Warriors! He loves you.   Kelly Richards is an Eisner-winning critic who has written for sites including WomenWriteAboutComics and Sidequest. You can find more of their thoughts over on Twitter here!  Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Mighty Avengers #18 with Kelly Richards

Have you ever wanted to be the very best? Like no one ever was? This week our special guest is Deadendia's Hamish Steele, and he's brought the first volume of Pokemon Adventures along with him to talk about! Let's go, Polywhirl!   Hamish Steele is a comics writer and animation director best known for the horror-comedy series Deadendia, which will soon be coming to Netflix under his own watchful eye. When not animating or comics-making, you can find him on Twitch here, on Twitter here, or check out his website here!  Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Pokemon Adventures Vol 1 with Hamish Steele

The name is Presents... Shelfdust Presents. And on this episode Matt is joined by special guest Cara Ellison to talk about the first issue of Velvet, which offers all the glamour, intrigue and violence of classic James Bond - but with "Moneypenny" taking the lead...   Cara Ellison is an award-winning narrative designer, writer, and critic, with focuses on both comic books and video games. She's the writer of the ComiXology Originals series The Final Girls, which you can check out here. For more, you can head over to here website here, or follow Cara on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Velvet #1 with Cara Ellison

Everybody who reads superhero comics learns that "dead doesn't mean dead", but this week our special guest Jay Rincher joins Matt to talk about X-Factor #5 - an issue which raises some fascinating questions about death and resurrection...   Jay Rincher is a writer and critic who has written for publications including The MNT and GWW. You can find his writing portfolio here, and follow him on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

X-Factor #5 with Jay Rincher

"The gang go to the therapist" is a concept we've seen several times in comics over the year - but Suicide Squad #8 may well have been the first time that readers got to sit on the couch. Special guest Elana Levin joins Matt this week to take a closer look into the psyche of these rag-tag villains!   Elana Levin is a critic and podcaster who is best known as the host of Graphic Policy Radio. For more, you can find them on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Suicide Squad #8 with Elana Levin

Look! Up in the sky! Actually, on second thought... please don't. It's time for some Chuck Austen X-Men, everybody! This week our special guest Megan Purdy wanted to talk about Uncanny X-Men #440 - we were surprised too...   Megan Purdy is a writer, publisher and editor known as founder of WWAC and The MNT, as well as for publishing through Black Hearted Press. You can find her on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Uncanny X-Men #440 with Megan Purdy

David Mack's Kabuki is a dreamlike piece of work, thoughtful and chimerical. But his Kabuki: Reflections series looked even further, into the art and craft of his work - and it's THAT comic which this week's special guest Wendy Browne has joined us to talk about!   Wendy Browne is a comics critic and journalist, as well as the Publisher of WomenWriteAboutComics. You can find her writing on the site here – and you can follow her on Twitter here! Matt Lune is a critic and podcaster who has written for publications including PanelXPanel, The MNT and Multiversity. You can find him on Twitter here! For more from Shelfdust, visit our site and follow us on Twitter! We are funded through fan support - you can support Shelfdust here!

Kabuki Reflections #1 with Wendy Browne

Counting down the top fifty #1 comic book issues of all time, as compiled by www.shelfdust.com. Hosted by Matt Lune!

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