QBP #145 - Secret City Saga #0 & Bombast #1

Quarter-Bin Podcast #145

Original air date: November 20, 2019

Jack Kirby's Secret City Saga #0 & Bombast #1, both Topps Comics, both cover-dated April 1993.

This is the first half of a two-part exploration of Topps Comics "Kirbyverse" comics, based on character designs and story concepts that "The King" still had in his files of preliminary sketches and unrealized ideas, at this point late in his life. What happens when Professor Alan tackles a few stories in this line?

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Next Episode: Next Episode: Night Glider #1 and Captain Glory #1.

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QBP #144 - Four Color Comics 1253

Quarter-Bin Podcast #144

Original air date: October 25, 2019

Four Color Comics 1253 (aka Space Man #1), Dell Comics, cover-dated January - March 1962.

What happens when Professor Alan talks about a sci-fi comic from before he was born? Can he even talk about this comic, or will the anti-force prevent him? And does he really take valuable podcast time to talk about puzzle books?

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Next Episode: The Secret City Saga #0 & Bombast! #1.

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QBP #138 - Star Wars Tales From Mos Eisley

Quarter-Bin 138

Original air date: July 12, 2019

Star Wars Tales From Mos Eisley, Dark Horse Comics, cover-dated March 1996.

What happens when podcaster Trentus Magnus joins Professor Alan for some quality time in a certain wretched hive of scum and villainy? How good are the three stories that they overhear in the cantina?

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Next Episode: Marvel Super Heroes Megazine #4.

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QBP #137 - Time Warp #1

Quarter-Bin Podcast #137

Original air date: June 27, 2019

Time Warp #1, DC Press, both cover-dated October / November 1979.

This comic is from one of Professor Alan's favorite genres -- over-sized Bronze Age sci-fi! Does it live up to his expectations? How many of the 8 stories are classics? 

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Next Episode: Star Wars: Tales from Mos Eisley, Dark Horse Comics, cover-dated 1996.

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QBP #134 - Teknophage 1 & 10

Quarter-Bin Podcast #134

Original air date: May 7, 2019

Neil Gaiman's Teknophage #1 & #10

This wraps up our two-episode mini-series focusing on the Tekno Comix line of books, from Big Entertainment. We talk about these two issues, and also go over a piece of feedback from a Tekno Comix editor.

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Next Episode: Free Comic Book Day 2019

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QBP #133 - Lost Universe #1 & i-Bots #9

 

Quarter-Bin Podcast #133

Original air date: April 23, 2019

Gene Roddenberry's Lost Universe #1 & Isaac Isamov's I-Bots #9,

This is the first of a two-episode mini-series focusing on the Tekno Comix line of books.

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Next Episode: Teknophage 1 & 10

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QBP #131 - Doctor Who 8

Quarter-Bin Podcast #131

Original air date: February 18, 2019

Doctor Who 8

As our network-wide Feb-Who-Ary event continues, we look at an issue from Marvel's 1985 run of Doctor Who, in which they reprinted stories from Marvel UK Doctor Who Magazine, from a few years before.

And by "we," we mean Professor Alan and super-special guest The Irredeemable Shagg, veteran podcaster and Doctor Who super-fan.

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Next Episode: All-New X-Men 32

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QBP #126 - Timewalker #1

Quarter-Bin Podcast #126

Original air date: November 16, 2018

Timewalker #1

What happens when a time traveler loses his ability to control his travels? And what happens when he runs into people who hate him for what he'll do in his future? And how does Professor Alan feel about this kind of time travel story?

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Next Episode: Marvel Team-Up #65, Marvel Comics, cover-dated January 1978.

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QBP #125 - Star Trek: Telepathy War

Quarter-Bin Podcast #125

Original air date: October 23, 2018

Star Trek: Telepathy War

What happens when a group of telepathic races band together to battle Starfleet? What happens when all the Star Trek comic book properties cross over in one mega-event? What happens when we have a Deep Space 9 podcaster show up to explain it all to us? Listen to the episode and find out!

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Next Episode: Timewalker #1, Valiant Comics, cover-dated December 1994.

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QBP #107 - Strange Adventures 243

Quarter-Bin Podcast #107

Originally released: September 15, 2017.

Strange Adventures 243, DC Comics, cover-dated August / September 1973.

"The Emotion-Master of Space," by Gardner Fox, with art by Carmen Infantino and Murphy Anderson.
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"Emperor of the Earth," by Gardner Fox & Murphy Anderson.

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Next Episode: Marvel Team-Up 144, Marvel Comics, cover-dated August 1984.

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QBP #085 - Mars 1

Quarter-Bin Podcast #85

Originally released: November 10, 2016.


Mars #1, First Comics, cover-dated January 1994.

"Rebirth," by Mark Wheatley & Marc Hempel.

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Next Episode: DC Retroactive Wonder Woman the 1970s, DC Comics, cover-dated September 2011.

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QBP #067 - X-Files #0

Quarter-Bin Podcast #67

Originally released: January 27, 2016.

X-Files #0, Topps Comics, 1997.

"Pilot," adapted by Roy Thomas, based on the teleplay script by Chris Carter, with art by John Van Fleet.

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Next Episode: Showcase '94 #11, DC Comics, cover-dated November 1994.

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QBP #055 - Challengers of the Fantastic

Quarter-Bin Podcast #55

Originally released: June 25, 2015.

Challengers of the Unknown, Amalgam Comics, cover-dated June 1997.

"Challengers of the Unknown" by Karl Kesel, with art by Tom Grummett and Al Vey.

"The Decrees of Fate" by Ron Marz, with art by Jose-Luis Garcia-Lopez and Kevin Nowlan.

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Next Episode: Loki Agent of Asgard 1 & 2, Marvel Comics, cover-dated April & May 2014.
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QBP #033 - Mystery in Space (2004)

Quarter-Bin Podcast #33

Original release date: September 10, 2014.

DC Comcs Presents: Mystery in Space, DC Comics,  cover-dated September 2004.

"Man of Two Worlds," by Elliot S! Maggin, with art by JH Williams III.

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"Two Worlds," by Grant Morrison, with art by Jerry Ordway & Mark McKenna.

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Next Episode: Marvel Two-in-One #1, Marvel Comics,cover-dated June 1979.

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QBP #024 - Micronauts #7

Quarter-Bin Podcast #24

Original release date: April 16, 2014.

Micronauts #7, Marvel Comics, over-dated July 1979.

"Adventures Into Fear," by Bill Mantlo, with art by Michael Golden and Josef Rubenstein.

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Next Episode: Legends of the Dark Knight #37, DC Comics, cover-dated September 1992.

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QBP #023 - Primortals #9

Quarter-Bin Podcast #23

Original release date: April 1, 2014.

Leonard Nimoy's Primortals #9, cover-dated November 1995.

"Alien Attacked By Terrorists," by Christopher Mills & James Chambers, with art by Kirk Manley and Mark Barreiro.

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Next Episode: Micronauts #7, Marvel Comics, cover-dated July 1979.

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QBP #021 - Adam Strange #3

Quarter-Bin Podcast #21

Original release date: March 13, 2014.

Adam Strange: The Man of Two Worlds, Book #3, cover-dated April 1990.

"Chapter Three," written by Richard Brunning, with art by Andy & Adam Kubert.

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Next Episode: Iron Man #195, cover-dated June 1985.

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QBP #018 - Adam Strange #2

Quarter-Bin Podcast #18

Original release date: February 14, 2014.

Adam Strange: The Man of Two Worlds, Book #2, cover-dated April 1990.

"Chapter Two," written by Richard Brunning, with art by Andy & Adam Kubert.

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Next Episode: Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme, #32, cover-dated August 1991.

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QBP #015 - Adam Strange #1

Quarter-Bin Podcast #15

Original release date: January 15, 2014.

Adam Strange: The Man of Two Worlds, Book #1, cover-dated March 1990.

"Chapter One," written by Richard Brunning, with art by Andy & Adam Kubert.

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Next Episode: Stormwatch: Team Achilles #4, cover-dated December 2002.

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