Comic Books and Cold Ones

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Welcome again to Masterpiece Comics Theater, an aural interwebs show where we debate all things graphic novels and imbibe all things barley brews. Lord KMacsworth III of Inkshire and Sir Yexington, Man of Comic Sans Letters bring you this time a heartpounding tale about a denary nighttides for a Slavic savage killing all in is path while being hunted by the Detective. The fashion minded killer won’t stop until all of those involved with creation of U.S. Millenium Falcon are мертвый. Can the Dark Knight get a step ahead in time to save the Gipper? Nancy does not D.A.R.E. to ask what will happen after 10 Nights of the Beast.Comic Details: Batman #417-#420 (March 1988-June 1988)Writer: Jim StarlinArtist: Jim Aparo Inker: Mike DeCarloCovers: Mike ZeckColorist: Adriene RoyLetter: Augustin Mas / John CostanzaEditor: Denny O’NeilThe Highlights:KGBeast  (Anatoli Knyazev): He knows how to rock those leather Gimp briefs, he knows how to throw shurikens, he doesn’t know cutting a rope is easier than cutting off your own damn hand. Nightly average body count: 9.8. A Complete Story Telling Ride: The covers make you want to read the book, the story keeps you turning the page, and the art and panel layout keeps the right pace for four fun issues.Batman gets the Beat Down: Proto-Bane just whales on the Bats. Two gunshots through the same shoulder hole. Good planning Dark Knight. Batman, the Detective: Only Batman can harass every street hood to find out where a Russian assassin hunting the president is. Gotham is his home and he knows every sewer storage room cul de sac. Reagan!: If you’re going to tell the ultimate 80s Cold War Story, you better not back off in featuring Ronnie hangin’ with Commissioner Gordon. Beers:KMacworth: 1888, Pinellas Ale Works, St. Petersburg, FLStyle: Russian Imperial Stout, 11.5% ABV, 110 IBURating: Harder to cutoff the tap good than a rope wrapped around your wrist.  Yexington: Hype Machine, Trouvaille Brewing Co., Haymarket, VAStyle: Champurrado Imperial Stout, 12.2% ABV, 74 IBURating: Getting the KGBeast clothes discount at the local S&M dungeon.    Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Beers, breweries, books, movies we loved in 2023.Beers, breweries, books, moves we want to love in 2024.Plus the 2nd highest grossing Kraven the Hunter movie of all time!Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Swimming upstream is always tough, but especially when there’s a Yule tide! KMac & Yek gots the solution with their annual caroling in an ode to Aquaman-Mas! To help drink the chords, they synchronized along their fin friend, Aquaman Alex! Despite best efforts, we found out we cannot talk to fishes, just drink like them.  A Dank, Undersea Cave: The Aquacave!2 Dynamic Teams: Justice League; The Others3 Funky Origins: Undersea explorer dad training, Son of Tom & Atlanna, & Some werido kid left on a reef. 4 Casting Aquamans: Davide Spade, Alan Ritchson, Justin Hartley, Jason Momoa.5 Gone Fingers....For a Gold Harpoon: Piranha all nom, nom’ed on them Curry fish sticks. 6 Girls a-Laying: Mera, Esther Maris, Dolphin, Kako, Wonder Woman, & Nera, an actual dolphin.7 Seas a-Sloshing: Kingdoms of Atlantis, Xebel, The Fisherman, The Brine, The Trench, Deserters, & the Lost Kingdom (which CBCO knows is Skartaris!). 8 Menaces a-Meddling: Shark, Thanatos, Scavenger, Fisherman, Kordax, Ocean Master, & Black Manta.9 Powers Synchronizing: Breath underwater, Super Swimming, Night Vision, Thick Skin, Super Endurance, Super Strong, Fish Telepathy, Water Balls, Fligh. 10 Relatives a-Relating: Tom Curry (Golden/Silver Age Dad), Aruther Curry (Post Crisis Dad), Atlan (Wizard Dad), Atlanna (Mom), Tula (Step Sister), Aqaua-Baby (1st son), Koryak (2nd son), Andrina Curry (Daugther), Aqualad I/Tempest (1st Ward), Aqualad II (2nd Ward). 11 Appellations Announcing: Arthur Curry, Orin, Swimmer, AC, King of Atlantis, King of the Seven Seas, The Sea King, Protector of the Deep, Marine Marvel, Aquatic Ace, Wet Dave12 Companions Campaigning: Ark the Seal, Porpy the Porpoise, Seahorses: Misty, Sea Imp, & Storm, Prom (Dolphin Mom), Karathen (Movie Kraken), Topo the Octopus, Salty the AquaDog, Fluke (Brave & Bold Dolphin), Tusky the Walrus, Aqua-Melvin the Super Sea Clown.  Beers:KMac: Winter Warmer, Cage Brewing, St. Petersburg, FLStyle: Spiced Scoth Ale, 8.0% ABVRating: Topo, the Octopus Archer!Yek:  Griswold’s Winterbock, Solace Brewing Company, Sterling, VAStyle: Dopplebock, 8.2% ABVRating: Super Sea Clown! Aquaman Alex: Christmas Ale, Great Lakes Brewing Co., Cleveland, OHStyle: Winter Warmer, 7.5% ABVRating: Aquatic Ace!Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Our interview and brew time with creator Simon Birks.  Antarctica from @topcow. Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Ki Ki Ki, Ma ma ma ma. It’s the scariest time ever: October has a Friday the 13th! That means KMac & Yek must delve into the lore of Crystal Lake counselor killings by murdering over Friday the 13th, the comic, #1-#6 by Wildstorm.  This is a rare hockey mask to hockey mask recording with the boys in the same room (but not because they all scared…ok, maybe a little scared). Boogity Books & Beer-tober, B**ches!  Five Comic Slays:Crystal Lake Mythology: Wait, Jason ain’t the first one chasing boobs to slash…Unstoppable Jason: No flimsy cabin window slowing down our J-Dawg. Adulty: Wowza, the woods of Crystal Lake have a lot of different type hooters. Big Twists:  Who did the what now with the manchette, shovel…The Kills: He will straight drop a car on a dude’s head and who knew he was a 1984 U.S. Olympic archery alternate.  Beer:GWAR Blood Geyser, Devil’s Backbone Brewing Company, Lexington, VA. Style: Blood Orange IPA, 5.5% ABV, 21 IBUs Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Your boys swigged their way through one of the premiere U.S. beer events: Snallygaster. Listen in as we preview all the beers we wanted to try on Pennsylvania Avenue steps from the White House, and the review ratings aftermath of trying to drink our way through over 400 beers. There’s nothing we won’t do for charity.  A few Breweries & Beers we were able to hit up: Alesong Brewing & Blending, Double Barrle Maestro, Barleywine aged in Heaven Hill then Henry McKenna 10 Year Bourbon Barrels, 16.0%Cellarest Beer Project, Bot-ober Cellarfest 2023, Oak Barrel-Aged Festbier (Wooden Robot Collab.), 5.2%Crooked Run Fermentation: Sentimental Education, Bourbon Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout w/ Hazelnuts, Walnuts, Vanilla Beans, Ceylon Cinnamon & Maple Syrup (Barreled Souls, Finback & Tripping Animals Collab.), 16.0% De Struise Bouwers, Clash Of The Titans 2018: Grand Reserva, Wine & Sherry Barrel-Aged Barleywine, 12.6%Hill Farmstead Brewery: Vera Mae 2022, Wine Barrel-Aged Farmstead Ale w/ Wildflower Honey & Dandelion Flowers, 6.0%Inner Voice Brewing: Adjustable Rate, Brandy Barrel-Aged Barleywine w/ Caramelized Orange Peel & Vanilla (Magnanimous Collab.), 12.5%Off Color Brewing, Miscellanea Vol. 4, Foedre-Aged Wild Ale (Allagash, Jester King, Side Project, Jackie O's & Keeping Together Collab.), 6.2%Thin Man Brewery: Apple Brandy Barrel-Aged Awesome Jenkins, Apple Brandy Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout, 14.2%Weissbräu Schwendl, Festbock, Weizenbock, 7.0%Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Starlite from Overcast Comics.  Starlitekickstarter.com@starlitecomicWriter - Travis Webb:  @webbwerxArtist - Brett Weldele: @brettweldeleWriter - Greg Smith:  @thatamazingtwitHit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Comic Books & Cold Ones is the codename for America’s dumb, highly inebriated, special podcast force. It’s purpose: Drink beers, talk $hit, relive 80s nostalgia. Yo, Beers!. Listen in as KMac and Yek along with their buddies JZ and Gempster conduct another Fantasty, Fantasy Draft. This time the classic 80s G.I. Joe cartoon. Drink along as we debate if Dr. Mindbender’s abs trump Lady Jaye’s pixie haircut, how nobody in the government paid attention to how accurate to reality Cobra’s schemes were, & why KMac was just the worst kid owning the USS Flagg Aircraft Carrier toy. As Cobra Commander always aid: “Listen or Perish, you Insolent Fools!” Draft Eligible: Any character, vehicle, or base that appeared on the Sunbow-Marvel G.I. Joe cartoon (1983-87) & G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987)Rules: Each person chooses a force: 2 Joe & 2 Cobra; Flip to choose force.Slithery Cobra: Joe, Cobra, Joe, Cobra; reverse each round.Flip to choose a 5 day plot:M.A.S.S. DeviceRevenge of Cobra: Weather DominatorPyramid of DarknessArise, Serpentor, AriseThe Curve Balls:Brig’em: Put someone’s pick into the Brig; any force can then draft.The Alley Dupe: Steal another force’s pick.Hijacked: Steal another force’s vehicle or base. Half the Battle: Put someone on the spot by making them name a real or believable “Knowing is Half the Battle” PSA or they drop  to last in that round.Order of Battle: Challenge if someone’s pick is inbounds. Roster Spots:Leader: The team’s main main.Lacky #1: The one taking the lumps.Dynamic Duo: Got have a couple with chemistry.Beauty: Got make this look good.Specialist: A particular set of skills.Rowdy, Rowdy, Bowdy, Bowdy: Someone getting dirty, dirty.A Vehicle: How your rollin’.Base: Got have a fly crib. Beers:KMac:  Taste Like Freedom, Tampa Bay Brewing Co., Tampa, FLStyle: Fruited Sout, 6.3% ABVRating: Shing dome DestroYek:  Ghost: Maiden Pain, Adroit Theory Brewing, Purcellville, VAStyle: Rye IPA, 7.5% ABVRating: Patten leather BaronessJZ: Improvised Explosive Noms, Tactical Brewing Co., Orlando, FLStyle: Fruited Sour 4.8% ABVRating: Chef’s kiss Road Block.Gempster: Duke’s cold nose Brown Ale, Bold City Brewing, Jacksonville, FLStyle: Brown Ale, 5% ABVRating: Oddly, Sgt. SlaughterHit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Suns out, and the suns still out! That must mean KMac & Yek are slow sipping away on their annual summer Comic-cation in the long-lost land of Skartaris! Dinosaurs, Atlantean Technology, & lots & lots of skin! Turn up the 3 Dog Night & break out your booze to mixology some great beer Tiki drinks that only the boys can create! Drink along & read along to every splash page in the Scrolls of Blood.  Comic-ation Itinerary: Tourism Slogan: Sword, Sorcery, & Sun! Dirty dance your day awa…forever. How we getting there:Them Big Holes in them Poles!How we getting home:Subway train to Machu Pichu, of course. Resort Staff: Host: Warlord, Travis Morgan - Don’t stare directly at my Snow Leopard thong.  Hostility Directors:  Deimos – Rest, relax, reincarnate with him!Concierge: Machiste - Always ready with a helping mace.Refreshments Director: Mongo Ironhand – Minute ready magic martinis!Tour Guide: Mariah Romonova – Side, under, inner boob for you, Capitalist swine!Marquee Entertainment: Shakira, Whenever, wherever, Rowaar!Attractions:Sun, sun, sun, then some sun, oh $hit it’s like there’s an eternal sun.Temple of Fear – Nothing scarier than a phallic Hall of Doom.  Amenities:How does your light shine in the Halls of Shamballah The Golden, hotel and convention center.Thieves Market Spa – Throw away your pants for a chainmail thong. Drink at Crash Early’s saloon – Easy to find because the sign is in English.  Must do events:A genuine slave gallery experience – The kids will love it!Jennifer Morgan’s Magic Show – Nepo-baby making an Eldritch Blast!Tiki Beer Drinks:KMAC: Skartaris Sunburn! (Riff on a Tequilla Sunrise)Beer: Corona Extra, Cerveceria Modelo, Mexico City, MexicoRecipe: Large Tiki mug full of ice, 1½ oz tequila, splash grenadine, ½ bottle corona, fill rest with orange juice.Rating: SPF SR-71Yek: Travis Morgan (Riff on a Jet Pilot)Beer: Stiegl-Radler Grapefruit, Stieglbrauerei, Salzburg, AustriaRecipe: Pour 1 oz hi-tess Jamaican rum, ¾ demerara rum, ¾ oz gold rum, ¾ oz lime juice, ½ oz cinnamon syrup, ½ oz falernum into a Tiki mug full of ice with a splash of absinthe & bitters then fill with Radler. Rating: Dirty Dancing Dinosaur Lift!Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Like something out of myth, your favorite two podcasters are swigging forward on their epic pub crawl through all the comic crossovers they can. This time KMac and Yek are taking their  imbibing form moderately famous to legendary with the mid-80s DC classic: Legends! You want to know how DC sorted out all the alternate Earths crisis crap? Buddy, grab you yourself a sixer and listen as we hit the highs and lows at the bottom of DC’s pints.  Legends:1)      That Fantom Stranger: The future scientist, wandering jew, fallen angel king.2)      Suicide Squad gets Re-Dead! You can thank Legends, Mr. James Gunn!3)      Blue Beetle Vs. Chronos: There will be sandwiches!4)      Superman Savior of Apokolips! He'll save every one of us!Lessengends:1)      The Justice League of @$$: Martian Manhunter, Vibe, Vixen, Gypsy, Elongated Man and muther’ f’in trash Steel. 2)      Just like DC Cinematic, Captain Marvel fails to launch.3)      Jason Todd takes a beaten, but sadly stays alive. Joker just stealing Legends’ valor.4)      Warhounds? WTF is a Warhound? Who’s master plan hinges on robotic dogs? Beers:KMac: Voodoo Ranger 1985, New Belgium Brewing Company, Ft. Collins, COStyle: NEIPA, 6.7% ABV, 30 IBURating: Like giving Jason Todd a 1985 tune up street style. Yek:  A Gateway to Inhabitable Vast Magnificent Worlds, Burial Brewing Co, Asheville, NCStyle: Kolsch, 4.9% ABVRating: Like a Superman who rises from the Hunger Dogs, a style born anew. Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

If we do say so ourselves, KMac & Yek are the world’s finest combo when it comes to reading beer and drinking comic books 😊! So it’s only fitting to tune in to hear as they drink two of the finest beers in the world while chatting about DC World’s Finest starring Superman & Batman. The boys breakdown the recent 2020 incarnation first five issue run by Mark Waid & Dan Mora. Try to keep up with all the easter egg shoutouts and Green Lantern wiffle ball bat beat down as you get top notch beer tasting review notes like “clementine” and “cloudy malt”. Bonus! Learn the secret 1492 West Indies origin of India Pale Ales and how the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria brought craft beer to Florida. Hey, it’s better than reading a World’s Worst starring Guy Gardner, Warrior and Bloodwynd!Beers:KMac: Jai Alai, Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FLStyle: IPA, 7.5% ABV, 65 IBUYek:  Saison Dupont, Brasserie Dupont, Tourpes, BelgiumStyle: Saison, 6.5% ABVHit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Summer is here and that means blow out spectaculars of beer and comic book movies! This year of course marks the final installment of James Gunn’s opus, Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy. KMac and Yek bring you up to speed on all the info you need to enjoy watching and rewatching all the GoG goodness. That means we cover the original GoG, the iconic team form up from Annihilation Conquest, and anything and everything in the MCU GoG.  Of course, lots and lots of Taserface thoughts! The real trilogy hero. Listen in as we rate who is a BeerBuster and who is just a Buster in the GoG Universe all while enjoying some Cosmic themed craft brews. Get emotionally gifted like us! KMac: Cosmic Crown, Cigar City Brewing, Tampa, FLStyle: Belgian-Style Strong Golden Ale, 9% ABV, 36 IBUs Yek:  Galaxy Queen, Mully’s Brewery, Prince Frederick, MDStyle: Double Dry Hopped Blond Ale, 6.5% ABV  Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

K-Mac & Yek are bringing it Bock for with our spring green edition of Who Wore It Better: Poison Ivy or Plantman! Who creeps down the root runner way better: the Lettuce Lass or the Leaffy Lad! Listen up & drink down the bad bud puns with us.  Categories: Origin: Plantman – Tinkering on a garden hoe Samuel Smithers way more interesting than tinkered on garden ho Pamela Isley. Powers/Abilities: Poison Ivy – Pheromones, philling me? Fashion: Poison Ivy - Showing off those leggy roots gets drops Dick Grayson’s walnuts instantly. Weapons/Tools - Poison Ivy: Just ask Bell Biv DeVoe, that girl is POISON.  Also took glass craft in Arkham. Silly Schemes & Battles - Plantman: Will frame yo @$$ and then return to the scene to brag about it to any superheroes who show up. X-Factor - Plantman: He’s got a submarine and tries to make Central Park his homebase. No fig leaf covering his pistil. It’s a split pea tie.! KMac: Screaming Goats, J. Wakefield Brewing, Tampa, FLStyle: Doppelbock, 9.3% ABVYek:  Macadocious Maibock, Denizens Brewing Co., Silver Spring, MDStyle: Maibock, 7.1% ABVHit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Who would have thought to lovers of beer and comics could possibly find a way to chat about beer comics 50 times on the internet? But, here we are amazingly. Anything for the fan! K-Mac and Yek are celebrating this golden episode level with 2 golden age classic #50s and 2 other super classic #50s. Enjoy this double beer to fisting celebration of all things #50 comics have to offer.Detective Comics #50:   Are The Three Devils comics first ever super villains? Perhaps, Oui Oui.Batman just straight jeeping gangsters.Robin Rocket Skates,  damsel in distress railroad track hijinks.Who knew a gangster named Trigger would be willing to shoot someone. Oh Freddie, if your 1920s parents only knew that name would make you a “fence”. Action Comics #50:“Baseball is a man’s game, Lois” Superman or Super-misogynist, Clark Kent?The Metropolis Ravens sure looking in good in Lauderville spring training.Star baseball players in drunken brawls. Somethings never change. Madame Lois just straight man-whoring out Clark. Mabel Dawson, DC’s best villain. She’ll straight cap your dome.Amazing Spider-Man #50:That cover!Well, Aunt May you getting sick again is why we cannot have Spider-Man.Gwen Stacy is always willing to hang on a line to date guys.First Kingpin! Ironically, last The Big Man.Hey isn’t that the guard from Spider-Man’s wrestling days? Damn it Stan Lee, you got us again with that sneaky origin story retell. Wolverine #50 (Vol 2): Something,  X-caliber rifle, something, 6.75 mm round, something, something Larry Hama dialogue.Who are we going to get to pay for this super Weapon X project?  CIA, no. SHIELD, no, Depart. of Agriculture, that’s it. But how can we afford the budget for these “Fake” memory shoots? I know, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit. Just like Stargate SG-1 and every Fox Friday night show.Guess what? Adamantium works on budget rate robot Stryfe. KMac: Beer 1: Luminescence, Florida Avenue Brewing Co., Tampa, FLStyle: Tropical Hazy IPA, 7% ABVBeer 2: Wild Little Thing, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, CAStyle: Slightly Sour Ale, 5.5% ABVYek: Beer 1: Ten Fidy - Barrel Aged, Oskar Blues Brewer, Longmont, COStyle: Bourbon Barrel Aged Stout, 12.5% ABVBeer 2:  Golden Goat, Silver Branch Brewing Co., Silver Spring, MDStyle: Blonde Bock, 6.6% ABVHit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Born in the 30th century AD, tripped out to the 30 century BC, warred up in the 40th century AD, and trying to rule all the centuries BC and AD….Kang the Conqueror – This is your life! Listen as KMac and Yek draw up the murder board of Kang and his infinite-selves so you can be just as confused as us. Before you see Antman and the Wasp: Quantumania, you will be glad you swigged some brews with us to get lost in time on what that blue face, floating invisible BarcaLounger reclining Inventor of Blue Kang Kooler Kool Aid is all about.  All the Kangs, So Much Time:Kang the Conqueror: Blue Ballz Kang! Rama Tut: Chin Beard Ballz Kang!Immortus: Old Ballz Kang!Scarlet Centurion: Ginger Ballz Kang!Victory Timely (Jr., III): Wisconsin Cheese Ballz Kang!Iron Lad: Steel Cup Ballz KangKid Immortus: Old Soul Ballz Kang!Baby Kang: No Ballz Kang!Doom the Annihilating Conqueror: East European Manscaped Ballz Kang!Kangaroo the Conqueror: Ball Pouch Ballz Kang!Council of Kangs: Multi-Ballz Kang!Transdimensional Group of Selves: Multi-Multi-Ballz Kang! Kang Collective: All Types of Ballz Kang!Beers:KMac: You’re My Boy Blue, Florida Avenue Brewing Co., Tampa, FLStyle: Blueberry Wheat Ale, 5.3% ABVRating: Doom the Annihilating Conqueror. All mashed up and good. Yek: Creator / Destroyer, Oliver Brewing Company, Baltimore, MD.Style: Espresso Brown Ale, 6% ABVRating: Victory Timely. A classic style with an out time touch.  Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

 Ever get that feeling that you have other earth-selves wanting to horn in on your gig? If so, you probably need to look around and see if there’s some a’hole in a medieval-space cosplay costume screaming “The end….!”. Because if so, you just got your @zz DC Comics Crisis-ed! This time on the Big Swig Pub Craw KMac and Yek breakdown that very first DC company crossover, Crisis on Infinite Earth.  Get out your Who’s Who volumes ‘cause you are going to need them as we drink our way through this one. And what better way to sum up a multiverse colipase, then letting KMac and Yek sum up their enumerated hits and misses: 5 Hits:Those dope Perez Covers: Name all those Villains!It’s EPIC: Blue Beetle coming in hot with the Shazam family! All the characters You best believe everyone’s elite scuba diver team, the Sea Devils, are in this $hiz.Them stakes were real: Don’t act like you didn’t cry when Supergirl died.That hero that always ruins things: Pariah!!! Hopefully, there’s a Bizaro Pariah.5 Misses:  Lots of odd panels: How anorexic can Perez make these panels?This is the big bad?: How is there an Anti-Monitor before a Monitor? Why does he have metal nose beard dreads? Not that bad: Multiverse collapsing? Meh, look dinosaurs in Metropolis.If this doesn’t work, then we will do this, and then maybe this: Ah? Just put Castle Grayskull in space.Why you do that?: No more Barry Allen for 2 decades. Rough, bro. KMac: Stay Noided, OverFlow Brewing Co., St. Petersburg, FLStyle: NEIPA, 6.5% ABVRating: Earth 3 at home, but Earth 1 at the bar.Yek: Midnight Sun, Ithaca Beer Co., Ithaca, NYStyle: Black Lager, 5,8% ABVRating: Earth Prime only one son that turns out dark. Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

New year, new levels of pumptitude by KMac and Yek on all new things comics and beer. Listen in as we breakdown all the great things in the 2022 Double Deuce Caboose had and what we are fanboying on for 2023 all while KMac stumbles through his first ever growler and Yek drinks a beer made by 6 breweries.  How do they even… 2023 Comics Stuff:Quantumania Bitchez!How many verses are in the Spiderverse!Maximum Mutant Clonage is happening and we may get to see some sexy Goblin King!Aquaman 2. More Momoa, more fishing frenching, but less things Heard.Vintage X-Men 97! Drag your blankets to the floor in front of the TV. Thank god the Snyder-verse is dead! Get your buckets out to collect all those bro tears.Get your tickets now for the #1 Kraven movie of all time!2023 Beer Things:Long live lagers.The kids have discovered day drinking. Get your session on!Two fisted drinking! Craft booze is bitin’ into the beer market.Little Kings are Mutha’ F’in Back!KMac: Turbid 7, Green Bench Brewing Co., St. Petersburg, FLStyle: Triple Dry-Hopped Hazy, 6.5% ABVYek: Collaborator, 2 Silos Brewing Co., Manassas, VAFairwinds Brewing, Lorton, VAOld Bust Head Brewing Co., Vint Hill, VAOld Ox Brewery, Ashburn, VAThree Notch’d Brewing Co., Charlottesville, VAThe Virginia Beer Co., Williamsburg, VAStyle: Double Bock, 8.1% ABV  Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

As the world’s elite soccer players gather for their 4 year tradition, KMac and Yek are tackling the most pressing question of the FIFA 2020 World Cup: Which country makes the best pale larger (Or actually, which one are we happy to suck down 10 of while making soccer watchable). As the boys swig our way through the challenge, listen to them breakdown the best comic book team made of characters from each the beer brewing nations! Our participants in the 2022 Beer Cup are:Japan – Sapporo. 4.9%, 18 IBUs. Brewed to Japanese perfection in La Crosse, Wisconsin.  The Netherlands – Heineken. 5% ABV, 19-23 IBUs.  Can you still pound 8 Heines like in Freshman year?Mexico – Modelo Especial. 4.5 % ABV, 18 IBUs. That’s Special Model for you non-Espanola speakers. Listen to find who was crowned the Champion Smooth Drinker and why Katana makes an awful midfielder that ruins the game for everyone else.   Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/

Welcome again to Master Piece Comics Theater, an aural interwebs show where we debate all things graphic novels and imbibe all things barley brews. Lord KMacsworth III of Inkshire and Sir Yexington, Man of Comic Sans Letter bring you this time an international tryst about a crimson covered gem, and we’re not talking that plebian DiCaprio film. Pour your snifter full as you join us on a classic inter-continental romp as the Captain of the Americas and the fair Rachel, Lady with the Back of Diamonds match wits and wills with the dastardly Baron Zemo and his retinue, Monsieur Batroc’s Brigands. Their goal? The powerful sternum stone of Ulysses Bloodstone. Uncork your fanciest of ales and saga along. Just don’t drag your linen like that old money, the Living Mummy.  Comic Details: Captain America #357-#362 (May 1989-July 1989)Writer: Mark GruenwaldArtist/Co-Plotter: Kieron Dwyer Inker: Al MilgromColorist: Gregory WrightLetter: Jack MorelliEditor: Ralph MacchioEIC: Tom DeFalcoAll the Destinations:Uptown NYC, Silverman Funeral Home. When you must steal a skeleton, be sure to rent a U-Haul and waive the extra insurance. ‘Cause that’s mercenary, bro.Downground NYC, Chamber of Conspiracy. Dead shaolin monk, check, Dead silk dress lady, check. Dead radiation suit guy, check. Dead Skeletor, check. Dead dolphin, WTF???The Amazon, The Incan Sacrifice Wheel. That’s some good spear play, Cap, in a clearly Mayan, not Incan, temple.Bermuda, Sunken Airliner. Shark meet shield smash. Batroc totally hearts-y for CA. Hey there Crossbones. I see you for the 1st time.  Egypt, The Lair of the Living Mummy. Thank god Diamondback speaks that totally useful modern Egyptian the Living Mummy understands while tossing around CA. Hide ‘n Seek World Champ – Crossbones. Tokyo, Restaurant??? – Ah well guess we ran out of death places. Might as well enjoy some yakitori & cut this stone out of an old dude’s tummy. KMacworth: Grateful Red, Folklore Brewing & Meadery, Dothan, ALStyle: Flanders German Red, 6% ABV, 18 IBURating: MF’in Hellfire Helix of red in your tummy.Yexington: Black Forest, Ale Werks Brewing Co., Williamsburg, VAStyle: BBA Chocolate Stout with Cherries, 9.5% ABVRating: A fancy savate kick to your Chamber of Conspiracy dome.  Hit us up at Email: CBCPodcast@gmail.com, Twitter: @CBCO_Podcast, or Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comicbooks_coldones/