The Last Comic Shop Podcast

Spend your Christmas with the Last Comic Shop crew as we review the first six issues of Ram V. and Evan Cagle's recent renewal of the New Gods series collected in the trade entitled "The Falling Sky"!  Plus Santa Mikey makes a stop at the Shop to pass out comic book related presents to all our loyal listeners!   Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

Merry Christmas Last Comic Shop Fans!  At this special time of year, the Last Comic Shop celebrates DC Comics with their annual event they call DCember. And what kind of DCember would it be if we didn't celebrate one of their most famous heroes in the Dark Knight himself, Batman!  So grab a glass of eggnog, some festively decorated sugar cookies and enjoy evergreen past reviews including: 1) Batman & The Joker, The Deadly Duo: Originally aired 12/12/23 2) Absolute Batman Vol.1: Originally aired 8/5/25 3) Batman '89: Originally aired 5/21/24 4) Batman & Captain America: Originally aired 7/2/24 5) Batman, Going Sane & Joker, Folie a Duex: Originally aired 10/8/24 6) Batman, Venom: Originally aired 6/20/23 Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Ethan Larson, Nicole Larson, Mikey Wood & George from Shortbox Summary Interview Guest: Russ Braun (Batman, The Boys, Jimmy's Bastards): Website ; @RussBraun2/Twitter   Thanks to George from Shortbox Summary for supplying the intro! (@shortboxsummary)    Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop: https://www.teepublic.com/user/lastcomicshop

We travel to the underground world of Skartaris to celebrate the recent release of Mike Grell's high fantasy masterpiece "The Warlord" in Omnibus!  Plus we are finally planting our flag with a tournament of the top 16 Action Figure Play sets of all time! Which set from your childhood will emerge victorious from our brackets? Castle Grayskull? The USS Flagg? Listen and See!  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Ethan Larson    Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

We'd be "Lion" if we told you we didn't have another great book picked out for "DC"ember! It's Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughn and Niko Henrichon from DC Comics Black Label!  Plus we treat our fans with more Blind Rankings! What's the Best Christmas Movie? Whose Christmas Song reigns supreme? Who wins in a fist fight between The Grinch and Yukon Cornelius? Listen and find out!!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson   Get all of your comic book supplies at 10% off by using Promo Code LCSPOD at Checkout: www.bcwsupplies.com   Click to get all your Last Comic Shop Podcast gear & support the shop!

We welcome back Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics, to kick off our annual "DC"ember event featuring 5 weeks of all DC Comics! This week's selection is all 12 issues of the "Dark Knights of Steel" Elseworlds story by Tom Taylor, Yasmine Putri & others featuring your favorite DC superheroes re-imagined in a high fantasy setting! Plus what's on our comic book Christmas' lists this year? Get the scoop on those books we are hoping Santa brings our way!  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & Mikey Wood Guest Panelist: Jon Engel   Check out Pittsburgh's 3 Rivers Comic Con: https://3riverscomicon.com/ Find a New Dimension Comics Store Location: http://ndcomics.com/

Autobots Roll Out with another Last Comic Shop Podcast episode featuring a licensed toy comic tie in series! That's right, it's the first 6 issues of the recent Skybound/Image reboot of the Transformers Comic by Daniel Warren Johnson!  Plus in preparation for our upcoming tournament on the "Greatest Action Figure Playset of All Time", we are debating which toys pass the mustard to be included among the 16 participates and which ones are best left forgotten.  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

It's time to uncover the comic book series that inspired the hit Marvel TV series with the original Jessica Jones: Alias, Issues 1-10 by Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Gaydos, & more !    Plus we look at the music, movies, and comics released at the same time as issue 1 of this series in September of 2001!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and Nicole Larson Guest Host: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)

We're going nuclear this week as the "Year of JA" continues with one of his all time favorite series: Valiant Comics original Solar, Man of the Atom run by Jim Shooter, Barry Windsor Smith, Bob Layton & more!  Plus another round of our newest comic book related game: The Lantern Line! Where do your favorite comic book characters rank in terms of being franchise players that can anchor their own books?    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

Face Front True Believers!   We've got six past episodes from our evergreen archives collected in one extended play format for you! All of the Marvel Books! All of them featuring arguably our most famous and frequent guest host, Mr. Mikey Wood!  Feast your ears on this collection of comics from the House of Ideas featuring:  1) Silver Surfer, Parable: Originally aired 9/28/21 2) Rom, Space Knight: Originally aired 3/12/24 3) The Uncanny X-men/New Teen Titans Crossover: Originally aired 1/31/23 4) The Infinity Gauntlet: Originally aired 8/1/23 5) The Sensational She-Hulk: Originally aired 3/16/21 6) The Longshot Mini Series: Originally aired 9/26/23   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood   Thanks to Mikey Wood for supplying the intro! (@spacemonkeymikey)

The Avengers are assembling this week on the Last Comic Shop Podcast, as we look at this love letter to the Silver Age with "The Avengers: The Veracity Trap" by Chip Kidd and Michael Cho!  Plus, it's the 4th Annual Mighty Marvel Trivia Challenge! Test your knowledge of all things Marvel against our panel of comic book geeks!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

We're finishing out our spooktacular comic season for 2025 with a sultry tale of witchcraft that is equal parts sexy and scary! It's the Eisner award winning "Somna, A Bedtime Story" by Becky Cloonan & Tula Lotay!  Plus a good old fashioned game of "Mash Ups" where we dare to pair Marvel Cinematic Universe Characters and Most Iconic Monsters in Pop Culture together! Captain Dracula? Franken-Thor? Tune in to see what we come up with!      Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson

OH NO! There goes Tokyo! It's our review of Godzilla Monsterpiece Theatre from former Last Comic Shop Podcast guest, Tom Scioli!  Plus prepare to get schooled on the History of Supernatural and Horror related comics with our annual Halloween trivia game!    Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

We continue our macabre march through the world of spooky comic books this week with the first 10 issues of "House of Secrets" by Steven Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen released under DC Comics famous Vertigo subprint!  Plus, the Last Comic Shop gang holds a seance to summon the spirits of long passed comic book legends! Who will show up at the shop? Listen and SEE!!!!   Host: Andy Larson  Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

Happy Halloween Last Comic Shop Fans!  We've got Seven Spooky past episodes of the Last Comic Shop Podcast lined up for you in this extended play format featuring some of the absolute best our haunted house has to offer!  From a Tournament of the Best Trick or Treat Candy to the History of Oktoberfest to Terrifying Trivia games sure to liven up your Halloween Party, enjoy all of our Harvest time shenanigans while getting the lowdown on these creepy comics: 1) Marvel Zombies 3: Originally aired 10/10/23 2) My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 1: Originally aired 10/12/21 3) FrankenCastle: Originally aired 10/11/22 4) My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 2: Originally aired 10/1/24 5) Marvel's Blood Hunt: Originally aired 10/29/24 6) DCeased: Originally aired 10/24/23 7) Tomb of Dracula Issue 50: Originally aired 10/31/23   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Ethan Larson, Nicole Larson, & Mikey Wood   Thanks to George from Shortbox Summary for supplying the intro! (@shortboxsummary)

The 2025 Halloween Season at the Last Comic Shop Podcast kicks off with a SNKIT this week! Yes, its our review of one of the greatest Wolverine stories of all time with the original "Weapon X" story from Barry Windsor Smith!    Plus we look at the music, movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as this series in March of 1991!   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Host: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)

We are starting the Halloween season a day early with a book all about the supernatural and occult with a Filipino twist! It's Volume 1 of Trese entitled "Murder on Balete Drive" from Budjette Tan & Kajo Baldisimo! Plus we take a deep dive into one of most popular comic book collecting apps on the market: CLZ!  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

We're celebrating our 250th episode of the podcast with a trip back to the OLD WEST! It's volume one of the New 52 version of All Star Western from Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Moritat! Plus we unveil our newest comic book related game: The Lantern Line! Where do your favorite comic book characters rank in terms of being franchise players that can anchor their own books?    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

Watch out for evil alien snow and giant monster bugs as we dive into the strange world of the original Eternaut comic strip by Héctor Germán Oesterheld & Francisco Solano López, now adapted into a hit TV show on Netflix!  Plus we are planting our flag with a tournament of the top 16 comic book superheroes of all time! Who will emerge victorious from our brackets?  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Can you keep a SECRET? We welcome back George from Shortbox Summary to help us look back at the Grand Daddy of all Marvel Comics Event Crossovers with "Secret Wars" by Jim Shooter, Mike Zeck, and tons more!    Plus we look at the movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as the conclusion of this series in April of 1985!   Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) 

It's back to school here at the Last Comic Shop Podcast, as we look to educate you on a personal story of survival set in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. It's "The Best We Could Do" by Thi Bui. Plus we play another round of our classic comic book related game "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be the best school bus driver?"    Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson