We thought it was time we gave some love to a Marvel big event, so we’re heaping our hopes onto the shoulders of Drax the Destroyer and the one and only Nova. We start things off reading book one and discussing the importance of abusive mothers, overactive artists, and the Worldmind’s inability to get Star Wars jokes. For more information on past or future shows, visit the all-new, all-classy www.AtomicPoweredSuperCast.com!
One of Spider-Man’s most popular villains, Venom’s a dynamic character who has lasted through decades of different iterations. We read the comic that established him as a unique character in the Marvel universe, for better or for worse, with “Spider-Man vs. Venom” by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane. This episode is chock-full of discussion about questionable art, pun-fraught 80’s writing, and more than a little innuendo. For more information on past or upcoming shows, check out www.AtomicPoweredSuperCast.com!
The big two comic book publishers come together to make what was billed as the greatest crossover in the history of superhero comics. They put their best writers and artists on the project, and had readers vote on the outcomes of matchups long asked for by fans: Silver Surfer vs. Green Lantern, Lobo vs. Wolverine, and Batman vs. Captain America, to name a few. What the reader gets instead is a deeply disappointing, sometimes disturbingly out-of-touch comic book. If only it hadn’t been written in the 90’s, maybe it could have had a shot at being more than a steaming pile. For more information, visit www.AtomicPoweredSuperCast.com!
