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Josh is in a tryptophan overload program at a Turkey Treatment Center so Ryan Haupt stops by to chat with a cold-bedraggled Conor about this week's comics. We wish everyone involved a speedy recovery.

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Running Time: 01:00:42

Pick of the Week:

00:02:54 - Superman '78 #4

Comics:

00:11:30 - Black Panther #1

00:16:32 - Hulk #1

00:20:43 - The Death of Doctor Strange #3

00:23:43 - Aquaman/Green Arrow: Deep Target #2

00:26:15 - Spine-Tingling Spider-Man #3

00:30:19 - Radiant Black #10

00:32:49 - Transformers: Beast Wars #10

Patron Pick:

00:35:38 - Joy Operations #1

Patron Thanks:

00:40:41 - Jeff Shay

00:43:11 - Lance Kaminski

Listener Mail:

00:47:46 - Rashaad B. wants to know if Dick Grayson is a better fighter than Bruce Wayne if they were scaled to the same age?

Music:

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)"

Darlene Love

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Conor Kilpatrick and Josh Flanagan finally made their way to the theater to see Spider-Man: No Way Home and now they can finally talk about it! Also Venom, No Time To Die, and Euphoria. Just a little bit.

Running Time: 00:41:00

Music:

"Dr Strangeluv"

Blonde Redhead

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The iFanboy Animation Brain Trust — Conor Kilpatrick and Ryan Haupt, minus the internet’s Paul Montgomery — discuss the first season of Marvel’s animated series What If...? on Disney+. Also, they discuss their history of the comic book series What If...? and DC’s own version with its Elseworlds line.

Running Time: 00:29:10

Music:

“Turn Down for What”

DJ Snake & Lil Jon

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This week's comics came from behind and really showed up and gave us some things to enjoy and think about, and really turned out to be a delightful stack from the Big 2. Plus, we introduce just a little bit of resentment.

Running Time: 01:08:35

Pick of the Week:

00:01:19 - The Flash #775

Comics:

00:11:54 - Fantastic Four #37

00:18:39 - Refrigerator Full of Heads #1

00:23:27 - The United States of Captain America #5

00:31:22 - Superman: Son of Kal-El #4

00:34:45 - The Death of Doctor Strange #2

00:37:09 - Batman vs. Bigby! A Wolf in Gotham #2

00:39:16 - Nightwing #85

Patron Pick:

00:41:36 - Catwoman: Lonely City #1

Patron Thanks:

00:48:23 - Aaron Tavaler

00:49:06 - Troy Hill

Listener Mail:

00:51:10 - Scott from Portland, OR is thinking about the ways we talk about comic book art.

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Music:

"I'm Not Angry"

Elvis Costello

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It’s the sixteenth annual iFanboy All Media Year End Roundup! Conor Kilpatrick, Josh Flanagan, and special guest Ron Richards discuss some of what they enjoyed in media in this, the weird year that was 2021. Movies, television, music, books, and comics — it’s all here!

(Disclaimer: Ron Richard’s opinions are his own and do not represent Marvel Entertainment or the Walt Disney Corporation.)

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Running Time: 02:28:20

Movies:

00:02:32 – Licorice Pizza

00:05:52 – The French Dispatch

00:08:13 – Stillwater

00:10:27 – Dune

00:13:43 – No Time to Die

00:15:27 – Together Together

00:17:52 – The Sparks Brothers

00:21:20 – Derek DelGaudio’s In & Of Itself

00:23:06 – The Mitchells vs. The Machines

00:24:40 – Annette

00:26:48 – tick, tick... BOOM!

00:29:33 – The Harder They Fall

00:32:22 – Zola

00:35:55 – The Fast Saga

00:39:07 – The current state of the movies

Television:

00:40:26 – Only Murders in the Building

00:42:47 – Ted Lasso

00:43:39 – Swagger

00:46:25 – Scenes from a Marriage

00:47:52 – Billons

00:49:17 – Mare of Easttown

00:50:46 – Gossip Girl

00:54:27 – Lupin

00:56:15 – Foundation

00:58:27 – The Expanse

01:02:02 – DC’s Legends of Tomorrow

01:04:11 – Dopesick

01:10:18 – The Beatles: Get Back

01:17:20 – Yellowstone

01:18:42 – Succession

Books:

01:28:13 – “Termination Shock: A Novel” by Neal Stephenson

01:32:04 – “Project Hail Mary: A Novel” by Andy Weir

01:34:11 – “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel” by Quentin Tarantino

01:36:14 – “The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los Angeles” by Gary Krist

01:37:55 – “A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear: The Utopian Plot to Liberate an American Town (And Some Bears)” by Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

01:40:32 – “The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood” by Sam Wasson

01:41:52 – “The Poet and the Murderer: A True Story of Verse, Violence and the Art of Forgery” by Simon Worrall

01:43:01 – “Truman” by David McCullough

01:45:49 – “Made Men: The Story of Goodfellas” by Glenn Kenny

01:47:29 – “The Thursday Murder Club: A Novel” by Richard Osman

01:48:50 – “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Díaz

01:51:17 – “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold” by John le Carré

Music:

01:52:48 – “Distant Populations” – Quicksand

01:54:50 – “El Camino 10th Anniversary” – The Black Keys

01:56:14 – “Drives Out East” – Koyo

01:57:20 – Lukas Nelson and The Promise of the Real at the El Rey in Los Angeles

01:58:59 – The “Distortion” Sets – Bob Mould

02:02:27 – My Bloody Valentine Reissues

02:06:22 – “Hit the Breaks” – PLOSIVS

02:07:10 – “Glow On” – Turnstile

Comics:

02:08:30 – The mini-series is back!

02:09:15 – Nightwing

02:10:22 – Fantastic Four

02:11:11 – Beta Ray Bill

02:11:56 – King in Black: Thunderbolts

02:13:28 – Rorschach

02:14:31 – Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow

02:15:32 – Haha

02:16:56 – Karmen

02:18:02 – Maestro: War and Pax

02:19:17 – Kang The Conquerer

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