Comics Discourse 114

The stacks are full, and it’s time for another Top of the Stack, with a special focus on new #1s! We dive into our recent comic book reads from publishers including DC, Marvel, Abrams, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW, and many more. Plus, Hassan shares stories from Baltimore Comic-Con. We bring plenty of books to the stack, with The Muppets Take the Marvel Universe, Doom Patrol, Teen Titans, Alex Ross’s Marvel Dimensions, Spawn ’77, Bug Wars, Superman: The Stranger, Six of Us, Hammerfist, Absolute Cassandra Cain, and more. Plus, Hassan brings two very different manga to the stack with Stop!! Hibari-kun! and Chiisakobee. You can follow us on Instagram, Threads, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Bluesky, & X https://linktr.ee/comicsdiscourse114 Also, please leave us a 5-star review at your favorite podcast platform.

Marvel Fanfare 9 has a giant sized Man-Thing, and Brian and Ants are exactly as mature as you would expect. In “Rock ’n’ Soul,” a struggling rock band decides summoning a demon might be their ticket to success. Surprisingly, this turns out to be a bad idea. Luckily, Man-Thing is there to lend a…hand. The backup takes us back to the jungle for the next chapter of Gil Kane and P. Craig Russell’s gorgeous adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. And Butch Guice provides this issue’s portfolio, featuring Wolverine, Kitty Pryde, Power Man and Iron Fist, Gorgon, and Howard the Duck. The Man-Thing story is brought to us by J. M. DeMatteis, Joe Brozowski, and Gray Morrow. The Jungle Book is adapted and penciled by Gil Kane with inks by P. Craig Russell. You can follow us on Instagram, Threads, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Bluesky, & X https://linktr.ee/comicsdiscourse114 Also, please leave us a 5-star review at your favorite podcast platform.

What would have happened to the DC Universe if Superman had never been adopted by the Kents? We explore that question with special guest Shane from Comic Geek Speak, our resident Justice League expert, as we dive into the DC Comics Elseworlds classic Justice League of America: The Nail by the legendary Alan Davis. #GreenLantern #Batman #WonderWoman #Flash #Aquaman

In Marvel Fanfare 8, an amateur occult ritual goes horribly wrong and unleashes the Slitherer in Shadow! Luckily, Doctor Strange is around to deal with the mess. The story is brought to us by Peter Gillis, with Carmine Infantino on pencils and P. Craig Russell on inks. Then things take a very different turn as Gil Kane and P. Craig Russell bring us the first chapter of an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book. Yes, The Jungle Book. In Marvel Fanfare. And finally, we get the first Marvel Fanfare artist portfolio, with five gorgeous pieces by Bill Sienkiewicz featuring Dazzler, Doctor Strange, Hulk, Moon Knight, Shanna the She-Devil, and Thor. We may have found the real reason to buy this issue. You can follow us on Instagram, Threads, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Bluesky, & X https://linktr.ee/comicsdiscourse114 Also, please leave us a 5-star review at your favorite podcast platform.

Ignition Press Publisher Filip Sablik joins us to talk about the launch of Ignition Press, reflecting on their first anniversary, the current lineup of books, and what the publisher has planned for the future. We discuss how Ignition Press came together, the approach behind building a new comic book publisher, and some of the books that have defined its first year, before looking ahead at Ignition’s new and upcoming books, including Prima Apparata, Dinner Date, 12-Foot Skeleton, Mad Science Division, and Rampant Swine.