248: Haywire
Haywire #3 (1988) This book almost ruined us. Haywire was an early DC “mature readers” offering (pre-Vertigo) about a scruffy dude whose parents get murdered and somehow, he ends up in a psionic suit of armor that looks like a rejected TMNT villain design. Like something Krang would come up with only to have it get dismantled in a single episode. In this particular issue, Haywire sq...
45m Sep 27, 2019
45m
247: Thunderbolts
Thunderbolts #42 (2000) We’ve never really covered the Thunderbolts which is strange considering they’ve been around for 8000 years. But here’s a tale where they’re on the run, hiding out in the Rockies. Atlas ruins a woman’s bar, Wonder Man destroys a school and lady Citizen V fights Crimson Cowl with plumbing equipment. Its a chop suey of late-90s/early-00s comic book excess that I have n...
1hr 8m Sep 20, 2019
1hr 8m
246: Batman Goes To New Jersey
Detective Comics #519 (1982) Colonel Blimp — a zeppelin-based villain dressed like a purple M. Bison — incinerates D.C. while en route to extorting billions of dollars from the government via his battleship theft scheme. Batman sends Dick in red footie pajamas to the Arctic to retrieve the ship while Bats goes to the Garden State to punch a dude in the back of the neck. Somewhere in there, ...
1hr 7m Sep 13, 2019
1hr 7m
245: Ms. Marvel
Ms. Marvel #1 (1977) Neither of us had no idea that Carol Danvers once interviewed Diana Ross for ROLLING STONE and wrote a best-selling book on SPACE~! Huh….the things you learn from reading comics. So in the very first issue of her very first ongoing series, Carol Danvers aka Ms. Marvel attempts to stage dive after foiling a bank heist, becomes the editor of a women’s insert for the D...
1hr 6m Sep 06, 2019
1hr 6m
244: ClanDestine
ClanDestine #1 (1994) ClanDestine is one of the most jabroni forgotten teams that have ever been produced in comics. I’ve had a beef with this book for simply existing, dating all the way back to 1994. Anyway, a feudal villager had sex with a genie and all their kids were immortal and had varied degrees of power gimmicks. Then THOSE peoples kids were born with powers and so on yet someh...
44m Aug 30, 2019
44m
243: Machine Man 2020
Machine Man [vol 2] #2 (1984) In one year from now — 2020 — we will have flying cars and sentient robots coming out of our ass as far as the Machine Man future is concerned. Also, Iron Man’s going to look really strange with his Jack-O-Lantern mouth. At least newsies caps will still be in style, much like they are now! Also, we comment on Spider-Man leaving the MCU as well as our recent...
1hr 4m Aug 22, 2019
1hr 4m
242: Detention Comics (Robin, Superboy, other garbage)
Detention Comics #1 (1996) This is an anthology of school-related stories that were not good enough to make it into the 90s SHOWCASE books: Tim Drake beats up Suicidal Tendencies en route to stopping Sarah Palin’s method-out son from killing a ponytailed fellow student Superboy makes a heartfelt statement about teacher’s salaries whilst ogling breasts Guy Gardner does a shot-for-shot rema...
1hr 26m Aug 16, 2019
1hr 26m
241: Thor Goes To Hell
The Mighty Thor #443 (1992) Thunderstrike “Thor” hands over his hammer to Mephisto like an idiot so Thor barges into Dr. Strange’s house to have Strange send him to actual Hell to get it back. The problem is that he’s just jobber-ass Eric Masterson and he stinks so Doctor Strange has to call Silver Surfer in to distract Mephisto so that ThunderThor can get his stick back and free the real Thor ...
1hr 9m Aug 08, 2019
1hr 9m
240: X-Men 2099
X-Men 2099 #19 (1995) We get thrust into the mediocre world of 2099 as Meanstreak helps save Halloween Jack’s casino from John Cena on Bane venom while Krystalin jailbreaks a Jonathan Taylor Thomas-looking brat for cyber-reasons. That would be a great title for a 2099 book….CYBER REASONS 2099. Throw ‘em all in there and see what happens — Spider-Ham 2099, John Cena 2099, Billy Ray Cyrus 209...
58m Aug 01, 2019
58m
239: Secret Society of Super-Villains
Secret Society of Super-Villains #13 (1978) The eponymous secret society featuring a nearly nude Wizard and ultimate DC jobber Captain Comet fart around in the timestream and end up on the Crime Syndicate’s Earth. Battles ensue so the secret villains decide the only way back home is to steal gimmicks from the Syndicate — include Johnny Quick’s Mark Kelso Wazoo helmet — and make a stew that ...
43m Jul 28, 2019
43m
238: Satana, The Devil’s Daughter
Marvel Premiere #27 (1975) Satana ends up in a California coast town, possibly the Silver Shamrock town from HALLOWEEN III. She breaks up a modern day witch burning only to have the “witch” turn heel and actually BE a witch....sort of. More of a like a Satanic personal trainer that looks like Jesus Christ but dresses like Moondragon. Anyway, there’s a kid trapped in a cape somehow and cars ...
44m Jul 18, 2019
44m
237: Spider-Man: Far From Home — SPOILERS AF
So Shawn screwed up and planned on reading an AVENGERS WEST COAST that we’ve already covered so that totally threw off our pre-determined podcast mojo. That being said, we figured it would be timely to do a comprehensive review of SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME and give our thoughts on the latest MCU movie. There are spoilers abound here so listen with caution if you have yet to see the film. ...
1hr 1m Jul 11, 2019
1hr 1m
236: Superman Vs. Alex Trebek
Superman #372 (1982) We’re back with more summer fun as Superman encounters a radioactive Alex Trebek, who unleash an anti-matter splotch on the Earth. You see, his government-issued android children were killed in a tidal wave so its up to Superman to take Alex Trebek back in time to save his "kids." This all gets resolved when Superman ruins safe sex for everyone. Also, we catch up wi...
1hr 7m Jul 04, 2019
1hr 7m
235: Barbie Celebrates Summer
Barbie Fashion #33 (1993) Let’s jump into the summer months as Barbie forcibly projects her clueless improv skills onto terrified jazz festival-goers, including Al Roker and young Steve Urkel. Later, Barbie and her cannibalistic cult of child-kidnapping friends present their heath-compromised friend with dirty seashells. Then….everyone gets mono. Probably. The end. Continue the conv...
1hr 2m Jun 20, 2019
1hr 2m
234: Robin and Killer Croc
Robin [vol 4] #71 (1999) An earthquake has destroyed Gotham, causing all sorts of folks to make bold fashion choices. Killer Croc is wearing paisley suspenders, Alfred’s gone plaid and Robin is walking around in his ballet shoes. Also, the GCPD and the Penguin are working together and Nightwing is in bed eating soup. Strange times, man. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Tw...
1hr 10m Jun 14, 2019
1hr 10m
233: Spider-Man and King Kull
Marvel Team-Up #112 (1981) Spider-Man’s astral self links up with OG Conan-type King Kull to fight WWE’s Drew Gulak for a poison cure. Along the way, Spider-Man sees the Gettysburg Address take place and hangs out with pre-historic Dr. Steve Brule. Meanwhile, back on present-day Earth, Doctor Strange’s lazy ass drinks iowaska and waits for Spider-Man to not muck up the space-time continuum....
1hr 17m Jun 06, 2019
1hr 17m
232: The Wonder Woman Chronicles
Wonder Woman #218 (1975) Red Tornado abuses his office privileges as a data temp to record a story about Wonder Woman thwarting an evil astrologist from gimmicking Diana’s invisible plane to constantly crash in the Hudson River. Later, Wonder Woman falls off a boat to stop Felix Faust and his banker hair from permanently miniaturizing the Statue of Liberty. Green Arrow watches Wonder Wo...
58m May 31, 2019
58m
231: Doctor Strange and Doctor Fate
Dr. StrangeFate #1 (1996) In the Amalgam Universe, Doctor Fate merged with Doctor Strange and became a massive sausage that ends up being Charles Xavier. No surprise there. Also, Zatanna Wanda is insatiable, Green Lantern Nova is sassy and Hulk Grundy is super emo in his trench coat. Also, the Sanctorum’s house servant glues construction paper to his face. Continue the conversation with...
1hr 2m May 24, 2019
1hr 2m
230: Conan The Barbarian
Conan The Barbarian #138 (1982) Not sure how its been this long that we’ve never done a CONAN book but here it is… In this issue, Conan fights a giant crab and octopus in a swamp and then helps a girl find her murderous wizard father. After slicing up some demon flesh, the girl’s father ends up being the snake dude from that movie DREAMSCAPE. That movie freaked me out as a kid… Cont...
50m May 17, 2019
50m
229: Superman Family
Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #16 (1956) Its a trio of Jimmy Olsen stories that make no damn sense: Jimmy and Superman keep plutonium in the Daily Planet fridge only for the Swami (Chris Berman) to nearly swindle them out of it by making Jimmy hallucinate. Superman carries Jimmy into the nuclear winds, turning him invincible. Lois hits Jimmy with her shoe. Jimmy takes a truth serum and near...
1hr 6m May 10, 2019
1hr 6m
228: Avengers: Endgame — SPOILERS AF
We decided to try something a touch different this week and go all in on our SPOILER FILLED thoughts on Avengers: Endgame. We break down the plot, the iconic battles and even some of the minutia from this epic movie. Not much else to say here without giving stuff away so listen and enjoy! Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryheroshawn and @JenStansfield
58m May 02, 2019
58m
227: Primal Force
Primal Force #0 (1994) Hemp-based super-villains are threatening the world and all we have to protect us after Zero Hour is a rag-tag group of jobbers. A dented Red Tornado….Ragman’s mud friend….some Dragon Ball Z weirdo with a purple hand….an Irish man with a glowing purse….and a woman with a shopping list. This is Primal Force. We’re all screwed. Continue the conversation with Shawn a...
1hr 2m Apr 26, 2019
1hr 2m
226: (Kevin) Nash
Nash #1 (1999) Former WCW and WWF World champion / MAGIC MIKE dancer Kevin Nash combined forces with Image Comics in the late 90's to create a comic about himself and his beautiful hair. Apparently in four years, the world will be seriously screwed and its full-on LAND OF THE DEAD minus zombies out there. Kevin Nash is our savior, fighting against creepy ministers and devilish women with ex...
1hr 2m Apr 18, 2019
1hr 2m
225: Cloak and Dagger
Cloak and Dagger [vol 2] #8 (1986) Cloak and Dagger end up in France with a Dollar Store Andrew McCarthy, on the trail of some smack dealers. Dagger goes on a literal vacation like its some European episode of BOY MEETS WORLD while Cloak has to do all the work. Cloak finds a culprit and then swallows a car inside his body. Continue the conversation with Shawn and Jen on Twitter @angryhe...
1hr 5m Apr 11, 2019
1hr 5m
224: Shazam!
JSA #48 (2003) Captain Marvel and Stargirl are stuck in a shadow nightmare world where Billy Batson has to stay a boy and be useless. Thorn shows up looking like Poison Ivy and mistakes them for her kids in a pretty depressing turn. Fear not though because this book also has SUPERHEROES EATING~! Hector Hall’s having damn picnic inside the Helm of Fate and all our friends are there — the Str...
1hr 5m Apr 05, 2019
1hr 5m
223: Incredible Hulk Loses His Damn Mind
Incredible Hulk #267 (1982) Rick Jones gets Bruce all riled up over a rainbow in the dark (shout-out to DIO), turning him into Hulk and sending him on a rampage in a desert town. Golden Bruce Springsteen shows up to grant a bunch of wishes to the townsfolk, including a cop becoming a different cop with a different hat. Hulk manages to ruin everything and Springsteen’s albino Skrull boss sho...
1hr 1m Mar 28, 2019
1hr 1m
222: Married with Children vs. Avengers
Time got away from us while we were traveling so no comic book this week. HOWEVER, we did want to talk about some of the stuff we saw in LA while on the Warner Bros tour, including some Aquaman gimmicks. We also talk about the “Disney buys Fox” news and what that could mean in terms of new film and TV properties of the comic book variety as well as a few new purchases we’ve had lately. ...
34m Mar 22, 2019
34m
221: Starfire & Friends
Teen Titans Spotlight #19 (1988) Starfire and Nightwing move in together and immediately Kory fills their giant flat with framed pictures of Dick and really tiny pictures of Donna Troy. She gets bored and flies around the city, ruining a helicopter lesson and crossing paths with a ghost-self Harbinger. Thankfully for Harbinger, Starfire arrives just in time to help her out in battling cybor...
1hr 2m Mar 14, 2019
1hr 2m
220: Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel [vol 3] #1 (1995) When you go to the movies this weekend to see CAPTAIN MARVEL, just remember that instead of Carol, it could have been his snappy 90s space-boy. Genis-Vell is one of them aged clones — technically the “son” of the original Captain Mar-Vell — who grew up on nu-metal and probably drank Fruitopia or Orbitz on the regular. He turned out to be a grimy rager and in...
1hr 9m Mar 07, 2019
1hr 9m
219: Batman / Superman
Batman/Superman #13 (2014) Back to the superhero comics grind as we cover some DC farts from the 21st century! (WAVE OF THE FUTURE) Batman and Superman are both amnesiacs all of sudden, shuttled violently into a Gotham that looks like blighted as all hell. Clark is naked (but not afraid) helping Catwoman beat up some garbage androids while Bruce is discovering his wealth and gadgets all...
58m Feb 28, 2019
58m
218: I Love You
I Love You #49 (1963) We jump back to the Charlton Comics romance “MurderVerse” to bring you three more tales of love lost, blinded or simply postponed: a freshly minted widower abandons his newborn son to go mule drugs for Paul Bearer in Venezuelaa lovesick woman insults a blind man on a beacha commitment hungry redhead settles for the Charlton Comics Murderer Email the podcast at wors...
1hr Feb 21, 2019
1hr
217: Young Heroes in Love
Oh man, a long-forgotten DC Comics team of characters from the 90s! These are the most jabroni loser heroes we’ve seen in a long time, with one dude walking around in nothing but Dr. Manhattan’s underpants and a pair of nipple rings. The rest are a bunch of generic heroes with generic powers who just happen to all be hot for each other or something (hence the title of the comic). The actual gen...
49m Feb 14, 2019
49m
216: Teen-Age Confidential Confessions
Teen-Age Confidential Confessions #16 (1963) Our hearts are pumping romance this month on WCE and we are starting out strong with this Charlton Comics gem of a love anthology. We’ve got:a traumatized woman, haunted by the abandonment of her drug mule father, contemplating marriage due to a rained-out Yankees game a handsome stranger stalking a depressed lady in an elevator a thrifty gal ref...
51m Feb 07, 2019
51m
215: Power Lords
Power Lords #1 (1983) Does anyone remember the Power Lords action figures as a kid? Probably not many of you. It was kind of high-concept sci-fi stuff that your grandfather probably liked if he watched Doctor Who. I mean, it feels like DUNE with a prince of mystical origin and all that. Sadly, Patrick Stewart wearing a pug into battle is nowhere to be found. Regardless, DC did a comic t...
1hr 2m Jan 31, 2019
1hr 2m
214: X-O Manowar
X-O Manowar #16 (1993) My perception has always been that Valiant Comics are perpetually boring, with Archer & Armstrong and all that (I’ve never read it). Turns out though, Valiant - specifically X-O Manowar - is violent AF and we like it. Its like an Andy Sidaris movie but doubled-down on exploding viscera instead of fake breasts.  The story is pretty wild too. X-O Manowar gets ba...
53m Jan 24, 2019
53m
213: ShadowHawk
ShadowHawk [vol 1] #4 (1993) We head back to Image for some vengeance-tinged action with Jim Valentino’s ShadowHawk, a character that speaks in second-person and knocks the literal tomato soup out of criminals. Thankfully, Savage Dragon is here to reign him in and possibly break his spine. So much spine-breaking-threatening in this book. Also, we analyze the Shadowline universe which includes a...
1hr 8m Jan 17, 2019
1hr 8m
212: Silver Age Batman
Batman #163 (1964) Its two Silver Age Batman stories in one book….aren’t we blessed?  In the first story, Alfred writes some fanfic (for real) that imagines Dick-Batman and Robin Jr. Jr. teaming up with Batwoman II on Earth-40 to face a mad scientist that failed engineering hard and made a fist-ship that should never fly. Thankfully, 100 lb Batwoman II is a kayfabe linebacker and can tackle ste...
1hr 20m Jan 10, 2019
1hr 20m
211: Speedball, the Masked Marvel
Speedball #2 (1988) This ain’t a podcast about doing lots of coke and heroin but we do address that. It’s actually about the New Warriors goof that would indirectly kill a bunch of kids in the WWE’s backyard and change comics forever.   SPEEDBALL is also another sub-par Steve Ditko book that we’re covering, featuring anachronistic attire, teenagers murdering Lex Luthor with glue and PTSD-riddle...
1hr 10m Jan 03, 2019
1hr 10m
210: Aquaman & Hawkman
The Brave and The Bold #51 (1964) In honor of the AQUAMAN movie (which we review), we also dig into the time that Aquaman and Hawkman teamed up to face a Turtle-Eagle-Frog that used to be a disgraced Atlantean politician that became an atrocity. There’s a bunch of malarkey with birds and fish being controlled by the wrong people and what not. Why do they have to be controlled at all? LEAVE THE ...
58m Dec 27, 2018
58m
209: Tales to Astonish
Tales to Astonish #5 [Vol 2] (1980) In this Sub-Mariner reprint, we get introduced to Todd Arliss aka Tiger Shark who was on the verge of making millions of dollars for swimming until he decided to become a jagged tooth shark man. Is that even possible? Making millions for swimming? Like, ACTUALLY swimming and not just appearing on cereal boxes? Name someone other than Marc Spitz or Michael Phe...
1hr Dec 21, 2018
1hr
208: Congorilla
Congorilla #4 (1993)
59m Dec 13, 2018
59m
207: Hawkeye & Starfox
Avengers Spotlight #21 (1989)
59m Dec 06, 2018
59m
206: AQUAMAN Has A Lot of People In His Movie
This episode is a bit different from the rest because it features no comic book in peril. We’ve been hit with reality the past few weeks so this week, its just Jen and Shawn shooting the breeze about some comic book related madness including a tribute to Stan Lee. Also, cats and pro wrestling. I mean, what else is there? Email the podcast at worstcollectionever@gmail.com Continue the conversa...
50m Nov 29, 2018
50m
205: Golden Age Wonder Woman
Sensation Comics #3 (1942) Don’t get fooled — we don’t own this actual comic. If we did, we’d have Dune Action Figure MOC money. This early yet epic installment of Wonder Woman’s history sees using her Amazonian brain to dominate the clerical industry only to get mistaken as a Nazi spy. Thankfully, WW clears her name by having Etta Candy kidnap and torture the real lady spy while Diana murder...
1hr 19m Nov 16, 2018
1hr 19m
204: The Vision
The Vision #3 (1995) Vision’s been losing his mind and if that isn’t enough, he’s got the personalities of Wonder Man and a dead cop running around in his head. In the best course of action, Crystal throws sand from Montauk Beach in his face while Vision phases through Giant Man’s 1995 Hulk Hogan body. Did I ever mention that Hulk Hogan blocked me on Twitter? Anyway, Ultron’s a face in this st...
1hr 9m Nov 08, 2018
1hr 9m
203: Superman Kills Green Lantern
Action Comics #444 (1975) Happy All Saints Day! This week, we check in with Superman and as it turns out, he killed Green Lantern. Spoiler alert: not really. Green Lantern just kayfabed his death so that he can keep Sinestro from dressing him up like Leo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover. Superman’s got other stuff to worry about, like his constant emission of Cinnaburst flavor crystals and Steve Lo...
59m Nov 02, 2018
59m
202: Darkhold with WHAT THE HOPS
Darkhold: Pages From the Book of Sins #5 (1993) This episode is a Halloween crossover with the WHAT THE HOPS podcast hosted by former WCE guest Brian Marek. We drink a few beers, one of which is Freddie Mercury-themed. The comic book isn’t much as its DARKHOLD, one of the lesser known Midnight Sons. It’s basically Ghostbusters but they’re looking for loose leaf pages. Regardless, it does feat...
1hr 25m Oct 26, 2018
1hr 25m
201: Monster Menace
Monster Menace #1 (1993) Its yet ANOTHER anthology reprint gimmick book from Marvel because when else but Halloween times are we going to talk about this. This one comes with a special message from Stan Lee that we can’t be bothered to read. In this creepy collection: a sculptor’s Lou Ferrigno statue runs amok; Plutonians attempt to launder televisions to ax-wielding baby boomers; an intergal...
1hr 13m Oct 18, 2018
1hr 13m
200: Batman and the Monster Men
Batman and the Monster Men #5 (2006) This is allegedly the first time Batman and Hugo Strange square off as Strange farting around Gotham, creating a bunch of mutant Great Khalis. Gordon and Batman are getting to know each other (that’s sweet), we see the debut of the Bat-Mobile and, oh yeah, Bruce roofies his girlfriend. Lots of dubious actions going around in this book. Also, we spend a bun...
1hr 13m Oct 11, 2018
1hr 13m
199: Journey Into Mystery
Journey Into Mystery [vol 2] #12 (1974) Its October so we are going hardcore on spooky and monster-related books. To kick it off, we jump into JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY which has nothing to do with Thor and friends. This run was an anthology series that collected old Marvel and Atlas fantasy stories. In this particular issue, the writer of ZOMBIE ZOO falls victim to a vampiric Smurf; a genie grant...
1hr 9m Oct 04, 2018
1hr 9m