Upset city! This episode busts more brackets than Murdock busts skulls in Daredevil #106! Will The Mighty Avengers #11 tear the ugly face off the competition? Will Green Lantern #29 and Hal's origin survive the Echo skrullpocalypse in New Avengers #39? Can Transhuman #1 engineer a victory or will Countdown #5 leap out like a dog with a knife and stab its way to a win?

This week's rankings:
1. New Avengers #39
2. Daredevil #106
3. Green Lantern #29
4. Transhuman #1
5. X-Men Legacy #209
6. Mighty Avengers #11
7. Countdown #5
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Remember that time when you got irradiated with rays, gained super powers, and were trained by what you later found out to be a terrorist organization? Yeah I don't, but Jessica Drew does as we review Spider-Woman: Origins by Brian Michael Bendis, Brian Reed, and the Luna Brothers. I also can't remember the last Nine Inch Nails album I liked, but that' s probably because Ghosts is the first NIN album I've tried. As well, I've never tried fighting 500 lb gorillas, but I did enjoy King of Kong: A Fistfull of Quarters.  Things to maybe not try include Triggerheart Exelica on XBLA or sticking engagement rings in balloons.  So pull up your pants before you get arrested and get ready for some random fun.
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It's March Madness, baby! And while I really don't care for NCAA sports, we're using the occasion to try out a new format. Think of it as a bracket for best book of the week. The issues have been seeded and are ready to battle to the death for supremacy. Will Countdown #6 pull off the upset? Will The Incredible Hercules #115 stomp it's sandals all over the competition? Can the referees be tempted by the cheesecake art of JLA #19? Only time will tell, or at least 20 minutes of podcast sportstacular goodness.

This week's rankings:
1. The Incredible Hercules #115
2. Captain America #36
3. ASM #554
4. JLA #19
5. The Immortal Iron Fist #13
6. Countdown #6
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The week's shipping list didn't look that exciting, but actually provided a lot of gems that really knocked my proverbial socks off.  Perhaps shining the brightest was Thunderbolts #119 - how can you not get excited by Swordsman exploding Venom? Perhaps a little more on the G-rated end, Avengers Fairy Tales #1 wonderfully kicks off the mini-series in as much a whimsical fashion to almost be my book of the week. Shoot, Wolverine #63 and Mighty Avengers #10 weren't really slouches either. Perhaps some of that energy could have rubbed off to Countdown #7, which left me wondering where we're headed in this series.  Same thing with Avengers Initiative #10, but in a good way.  Amazing Spider-Man #553 shows that I have no heart when it comes to mutated freaks.  Fantastic Four #555 teaches us that the 2018 editorial staff at Marvel has some retcons to do, and finally, Green Lantern Corps #22 wasn't anywhere close to as bad as I may have thought.

Happy St. Patty's day comic fans.
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Could we possibly pack more reviews into this episode? (Yeah, probably, but I'm only one man, you ungrateful jerk!) On the audio front, we spent time with some EPs: Black Kids - Wizard of Ahhhs EP and The Myriad - Prelude to Arrows EP, one which got us pretty jazzed and the other...not so much. The Checkmate/Outsiders crossover, Checkout, by Greg Rucka and Judd Winnick leaves us wondering who DC is paying to come up with Checkmate trade names. Shifting to games, we talk about our time with Rez HD and FIFA Street for the Xbox 360. One was possibly powered by drugs and you couldn't get me to buy the other without getting me drugged.  Mixed in with all this is odd news of getting snipped in the name of March Madness and how you listening to this is contributing to American's crime wave.
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Yeah, I'm shocked too that Buffy the Vampire Slayer #12 was my favorite book of the week, but I found myself laughing with every person convening to find out on Buffy's latest activities. Amazing Spider-Man #552 kept the BND train rolling on nicely, while Green Lantern #28 keeps us moving towards the blackest night. Logan #1 was disappointing and Uncanny X-men #496 was just weird and filled with hippies. Nightwing #142 was a nice link to the other Batman books and Countdown #8 makes me tired with all it's talky talk.

It's comic time. Come and get it.
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"While being tortured, I replay episodes of Kwok Talk in my mind. How soothing," Batman wrote on a cocktail napkin at the local bar.

Let's talk comics!
-Kick - Ass #1
-Batman #674
-Action Comics #862
-JSA #13
-Captain America #35
-Daredevil #105
-Countdown #9
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