The WIZARD Files | Episode 4: Buddy Scalera

09/14/20 • 60 min

Hook up your modem and get ready for a trip through the 90’s internet as Adam and Michael interview Wizard magazine’s original Online Editor, Buddy Scalera about his adventures in breaking ground for The Guide To Comics on the web. We go behind the scenes, discovering how Wizard partnered with a fledgling America Online, leading to the infamous AOL disks being polybagged with the magazine. Plus, how did Buddy fake out Gareb Shamus on website design using a “hairy armed princess”? Listen now and find out in episode 4 of The Wizard Files!

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Episode 18

Episode 18 of WIZARDS is jam-packed with nostalgic 90’s comics fun! Adam and Michael discuss Venom’s evolution from monstrous villain to anti-hero, debate the hypocrisy of Wizard’s opinions on polybags, determine if Superman #75 has retained its value as a collectible and review Fantastic Four #374 featuring Sue Storm’s “Boob Window”. Plus, Adam is abducted by Doctor Doom to the world of 2099 in the exciting finale which will have serious repercussions for the future of the podcast.

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WIZARDS The Podcast Guide To Comics | Mini-Episode 18.5

Michael is back for mini-episode 18.5 to bring you coverage of the expanded Amazing Art section featuring the original reader character creations in My Kinda Hero, be grossed out by human hair used on a custom action figure in Homemade Heroes and fail at this issue’s Contest Quiz worse than any other in his history. Plus, Adam chimes in on the 2099 Hotline to report on his adventures in the future and review Spider-Man 2099. This WIZARDS 1⁄2 episode is full of 90’s comics foolishness, so let the fun begin.

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