Steve Reads a Comic

Steve, a middle-aged man who claims to love pop culture, only recently started reading comic books after years of encouragement, gentle prodding, and overt threats from his friend Shawn. Listen as Steve, Shawn, and Rob (Steve's older brother) discuss a different comic storyline every week! Disclaimer: This podcast is intended only as a work of satirical comedic entertainment and does not express or reflect any views that should be taken seriously.

Steve Watches Masters of the Universe

This one is all about He-Man because apparently Shawn has some hard opinions about the property. Who knew? Steve imparts a cautionary tale of science and engineering gone awry at Cretaceous Place.

07-28
01:38:07

Steve Watches Black Widow

We watched Black Widow and we have opinions, surprising absolutely no one. We also offer speculation on the Loki finale. And we even discuss Frank Miller's Sin City: The Hard Goodbye, albeit briefly.

07-14
01:40:06

Steve Reads Hulk

The boys discuss the Falcon and Winter Soldier finale, Mortal Kombat, and World War Hulk. They also introduce a bunch of visual aides that are of no use to you.

05-20
01:19:29

Steve Reads Lobo

Everyone's least favorite bastitch, Steve, reads about everyone's favorite Czarnian, Lobo! It's another DC comic! Plus more unnecessary political discourse, and another helping of Shawn's hatred of vehicular transportation as sport! And more exclamation points!!! 

04-21
01:34:29

Steve Reads The Crew

Steve and his henchmen discuss Christopher Priest's "The Crew." They also cover episode two of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, the Suicide Squad trailer, and Invincible. And Rob gets in some much needed sleep.

03-31
02:03:35

Steve Watches the Snyder Cut

We delve into the atrocity that is Zack Snyder's idea of the DC universe. We also discuss Falcon and Winter Soldier.

03-23
01:41:53

Steve Reads Green Lantern

We discuss the Wandavision finale, why Steve should never write fiction, and the Sinestro Corps War storyline from the Green Lantern comics.

03-09
01:47:49

Steve Reads The Crow

We discuss Wandavision, Iron Man, The Crow, and... Sea World?

03-03
01:42:03

Steve Watches Star Trek

We were supposed to talk about The Crow this week but that didn't happen. Instead we caught up with what everyone has been watching. Bonus content: we talk about weather. Sorry, we're old.

02-23
01:42:25

Steve Reads Absolute Carnage

The boys are back after a short break that included witnessing an attempted coup incited by former US president Donald Trump, so that was fun. They catch up on Wandavision and discuss the Marvel crossover event series Absolute Carnage.

02-02
01:53:02

Steve Reads Johnny the Homicidal Maniac

Last episode of season two! We discuss Jhonen Vasquez's Johnny the Homicidal Maniac. Rob shares stories that only Rob could tell while amped up on Steve's secret coffee recipe. Steve has had enough of being the only one called out for interrupting. Shawn loses his train of thought a lot. Clearly the best work we've ever done.

12-09
01:33:05

Steve Reads Milk and Cheese

The boys discuss the violent adventures of Milk and Cheese, the misanthropic dairy products WHO HATE YOU. Will Evan Dorkin's classic characters win over the hearts of Steve and Rob? Spoiler alert: no, AND THEY DON'T CARE.

12-03
01:25:21

Steve Reads Judge Dredd

The gang reads some modern Judge Dredd comics. Minimal political talk. Only at the beginning. I AM THE LAW!

11-25
01:14:23

Steve Reads Ninja Turtles

I WON THE ELECTION! Sorry, had to get that out of the way. The gang discuss the first eight issues of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Steve explains why he spent so much time hanging out in a sewer as a child.

11-17
01:17:50

Steve Reads Fake News

We just couldn't bring ourselves to get into TMNT this week, with the insane 2020 presidential election occupying our mind grapes. So enjoy three idiots doing their best impersonations of political pundits.

11-07
01:55:46

Steve Reads Spawn

Steve reads Todd McFarlane's Spawn this week. I don't have anything clever to say here, as this episode was recorded a week ago and I don't remember any of it. I'm pretty sure it's our best episode yet!

10-30
01:20:38

Steve Reads The Long Halloween

We finally discuss Batman: The Long Halloween! Listen as Steve reveals more than he should about this beloved murder mystery, despite explicit instructions to avoid spoilers.

10-12
01:17:29

Steve Reads the News

Yeah, so we didn't get to Batman this week. With the first presidential debate and Trump's covid diagnosis, we just ranted about that stuff instead. Enjoy?

10-03
01:23:37

Steve Reads Street Fighter

Remember the early nineties? Remember arcades? Then you probably remember Street Fighter. We discuss Udon's adaptation of the classic Capcom coin-op king. Steve's voice reaches Mariah Carey level octaves. 

09-19
01:21:05

Steve Reads Scud: The Disposable Assassin

It gets weird this week, fair warning. How can it not, with Rob Schrab's Scud being the subject?

09-12
01:19:59

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