Comic Book Time Machine

Dec 12 2024 150 ep. 53 mins 1.2k

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Reading comics should be fun, and so we're firing up the Comic Book Time Machine to go back in time -- seven days ago or seven decades ago -- to find comics that are fun! Some from our childhood, some from before we were born, some from just a month ago! We cover things like major comic events past and present, series we love, story arcs, and much much more! We're comic fans and we love comics, so our goal is to share that love as we find comics we enjoy.

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THE COULSON CHRONICLES: The Infinity Watch (2024) #1 and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #1

Dec 12 2024 37 mins

Yesterday saw the release of TWO comics that are related to the MCU . . . if not part of the MCU proper. The Inifinty Watch #1 continues the event from last summer and spring, which featured the return of Coulson from the dead to take on the role of …

CLAY FOOTED GIANTS Graphic Novel by Mark McGuire and Alain Chevarier (Ben)

Sep 14 2024 27 mins

The Comic Book Time Machine takes on something a little different from its usual fair of fanciful fantasy and artful action adventure . . . this time exploring a thoughtful and touching slice of life, with a graphic novel about parenthood, trauma, and dealing with the previous generation while raising …

THE COULSON CHRONICLES 2: The Death Stone Saga & Battle Scars (Ben)

Sep 10 2024 44 mins

Coulson’s story continues in comics as he gets brought back to life and the newest Infinity Stone gives him some sort of death power . . . what does it mean? We find out a little bit more in the final six pages of the following annuals:Ms. Marvel Annual #1 …

The Final Marvel LOGAN’S RUN Comic: Bizarre Adventures 28 – MCC127

Aug 14 2024 33 mins

Ben returns to the world of LOGAN’S RUN with a comic story that is TOTALLY NOT Logan’s Run, but TOTALLY IS Logan’s Run. What do you do when you have a Logan’s Run comic book issue, but don’t have the Logan’s Run license? You strip it of every specific detail …

TRANSFORMERS & FINAL FACTION – Dollar Store Comics (Ben)

Aug 07 2024 49 mins

All four of this episode’s comics came in bags, but not blind bags. Still, Ben had no idea what to expect from these three IDW Transformers comics and one original Dollar Tree comic based on their original action figure line Final Faction. What Ben found inside:* A Transformers comic that …

HUMAN FLY #0??? – MCC126

“Wait. What?” ~ Ben’s exact words when he was looking at comic book soliciations for last month. But The Human Fly is back! It’s a new series! A new continuity! A new creative team! A new publisher! A new millennium! But the same concept: he’s the wildest superhero every . …

Coulson’s Back! THE COULSON CHRONICLES Crossover with Welcome to Level Seven (Ben)

Jul 27 2024 40 mins

Philip Coulson died in the comics. Then he returned as an evil creation of Mephisto. And now he’s back again! This episode is being posted to both Comic Book Time Machine and Welcome to Level Seven since it deals with both the worlds of Agents of SHIELD and the comic …

BLIND BAG: Featuring Superman, Armor, & a double from a previous blind bag?!? (Ben)

Jul 17 2024 35 mins

Ben digs into his stash of blind bags for some blind bag comics fun, opening a bag he doesn’t remember buying that reveals: The question is: even if one of these comics is something he has read before in another blind bag episode, with the Annual’s extra length will this …

Marvel vs DC: PREDATOR VS. WOLVERINE Versus JUSTICE LEAGUE VS KING VS GODZILLA (Ben)

Jul 10 2024 36 mins

Seven months ago or so, Ben took a look at the first two issues of a Marvel franchise crossover and a DC franchise crossover. He pitted the two debut issues against each other then, but now he’s BACK to follow up on these series not that they have concluded. And …

JOHN CARTER’S FINAL ISSUES (John Carter, Warlord of Mars 28, Annual 3, & more) – MCC125

Using Star Wars as a guideline, we’re exploring comic books based on licensed properties that Marvel Comics published from 1977 to 1986. It’s the end of an era. Ben reads the final two issues of John Carter, Warlord of Mars from Marvel Comics, wrapping up another of Marvel’s Cosmic Comic Series. …