The New Iron Man and Diversity in Comics | Comic Book Podcast Issue #242

07/13/16 • 149 min

The team talks about Marvel's new Iron Man Riri Williams, share positive feelings about the upcoming Captain Marvel team, and examines June's sales numbers. Guest co-host Carolyn Cocca joins Mara, Bob, and Steve to discuss comics, music, and diversity. Need to know what to read? We pile on the recommendations this week from both mainstream and indie companies.

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It is Mara's turn to take over Talking Comics! Fellow Talking Comics writer and podcast co-host Melissa Megan steps in for Joey this week. We have our usual Lightning books with a few standouts like Mockingbird, Human Body Theater, Death Follows, and Zoe Dare vs. the Disasteroid. The crew also takes a second look at Bitch Planet #8 and the importance of transgender representation in comics. We touch on the upcoming Divided We Fall initiative from Marvel and wax poetic about the days when superheroes could be heroes.

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