Ace Comicals – Details, episodes & analysis

In this episode, Greg and Leon discuss the following comics: SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW (https://www.dc.com/comics/supergirl-woman-of-tomorrow-2021/supergirl-woman-of-tomorrow-1) BREATH OF SHADOWS #1 (https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/8475) ART BRUT #1-2 (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/art-brut-1) SWAMP THING: GREEN HELL #1-2 (https://www.dc.com/comics/swamp-thing-green-hell-2021/swamp-thing-green-hell-1) Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!#

In this episode, Greg , Rahul and Leon are joined by special guest Marvyn for the finale episode in our special series discussing, in honour of it's 30th anniversary, "THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN" (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Death_and_Return_of_Superman) We get into the last arc of "THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN" "THE RETURN OF SUPERMAN" (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_The_Return_of_Superman_(Collected)), we also discuss some of the other media inspired by or adapting the saga including the video game "THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_and_Return_of_Superman) and the failed attempt to create a movie based on the storyline, the legendary doomed project known as SUPERMAN LIVES! (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_in_film#Superman_Lives). "THE RETURN OF SUPERMAN" (https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Superman:_The_Return_of_Superman_(Collected)) covers: * ACTION COMICS #689-692 * ACTION COMICS ANNUAL #5 * ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #503-505 * ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN ANNUAL #5 * GREEN LANTERN #46 * SUPERMAN #80-83 * SUPERMAN: THE MAN OFSTEEL #24-26 Notes: * THE DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN SNES 1994 Longplay/ full playthrough (https://youtu.be/27wj1A46fwQ) * SUPERMAN LIVES! Animated teaser trailer (it's weird) (https://youtu.be/v0mCHFHcf5U) * SUPERMAN LIVES! suit test footage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diFCC535U1k) * Footage of Nicholas Cage as Superman / Clark Kent (more suit tests) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvzpNoTnhV4) Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!# Special Guest: Marvyn Lafayette.

In this episode, Greg and Leon discuss the following comics: TERROR ILLUSTRATED (https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3007-091/The-EC-Archives-Terror-Illustrated-HC) CLEMENTINE (https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/clementine) EAT MY FLESH, DRINK MY BLOOD (https://dauntlessstories.com/emfdmb) available here! (https://dauntlessstories.com/emfdmb) https://dauntlessstories.com/emfdmb MARVEL MONSTER GROUP: TALES OF THE ZOMBIE (https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Zombie_Vol_1_1) NOTES: Some of the resources/ sources used in Greg's discussion of Horror Magasines - LOSTSOTI.ORG a site that is full of information and resources pertaining to the anti-comics campaign of the 40s and 50s (http://www.lostsoti.org/) - Transcripts of the 1954 Senate Subcommittee Hearings into Juvenile Delinquency (https://www.thecomicbooks.com/1954senatetranscripts.html) A couple of great articles about the return/ resurgence of Horror comics in the 1970s and the relaxation of the Comics Code Authority's rules. The 1970s Horror Comics Boom Part 1 (https://blog.gocollect.com/the-1970s-horror-comic-boom-part-1/) and The 1970s Horror Comics Boom Part 2 (https://blog.gocollect.com/the-1970s-horror-comics-boom-part-2/) Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!#

A special episode in which, Greg (https://twitter.com/battou), Leon (https://twitter.com/LeonEverett) and Rahul (https://twitter.com/moonkeh) sign their names in the book of the beast to talk about Netflix's The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80223989). They were joined by special guest Vicki Madden (https://twitter.com/vickimmadden), a PhD scholar at The University of Edinburgh specialising in American gothic fiction, bringing her expertise and unique perspective on all things spooky to the discussion. We also spend some time talking about: Riverdale The new regular season of the NBA The Haunting of Hill House (on Netflix) A brief history of Sabrina in comics, movie and TV Our spoiler-free thoughts on The Chilling Adventure of Sabrina SPOILERS FOR THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA FROM 01h29m ONWARDS At the end of the show, Vicki shouts out an upcoming event (Tuesday 13th November a.k.a. Robert Louis Stevenson Day) at Edinburgh Gothic (https://thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/edinburgh-gothic-for-robert-louis-stevenson-day-2018/) for a series of scintillating talks on the Gothic. Vicki will be giving a talk entitled "Shirley Jackson and American Gothic fiction" which delves deeper into the medical humanities by examining Shirley Jackson’s critically understudied novel The Bird’s Nest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bird%27s_Nest_(novel)) and explores the ways in which dissociative personality disorder has been problematically conceptualised in Gothic terms, also with reference to Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde. Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!# Special Guest: Dr Vicki Madden.

Happy Halloween!! In this episode, The Loft Dweller Discusses: Lovecraft: The Myth of Cthulhu (http://www.idwpublishing.com/product/lovecraft-the-myth-of-cthulhu/) Godzilla in Hell (http://www.idwpublishing.com/product/godzilla-in-hell/) Ghostbusters: Get Real (http://www.idwpublishing.com/product/ghostbusters-get-real/) You can find The Loft Dweller's Afterlife Comicals (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1LWycNhJrncATFgDtie5Re) Playlist on Spotify Here (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1LWycNhJrncATFgDtie5Re) Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!#

In this episode, Greg, Leon and Rahul discuss the following comics and games! : DC Cursed Comics Cavalcade #1 (https://www.dccomics.com/comics/cursed-comics-cavalcade-2018/cursed-comics-cavalcade-1) In a call back to episode 045 (https://www.acecomicals.com/045) Leon gives his thoughts on one of Rahul's previous picks, Blackbird #1 (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/blackbird-1) What If? Ghost Rider (2018) #1 (https://comicstore.marvel.com/What-If-Ghost-Rider-2018-1/digital-comic/49451) Shuri (2018) #1 (https://comicstore.marvel.com/Shuri-2018-1/digital-comic/49453) Donut County (http://www.donutcounty.com/) Murder Falcon #1 (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/murder-falcon-1) Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!#

In this episode, Greg and Rahul discuss the following comics: WHAT IF? SPIDER-MAN (2018) #1 (https://comicstore.marvel.com/What-If-Spider-Man-2018-1/digital-comic/49448) HEAT (https://www.peowstudio.com/) MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 #1 (https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/31-177/Mystery-Science-Theater-3000-1) I KILL GIANTS (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/i-kill-giants-fifth-anniversary-edition-tp) STRANGER THINGS #1 (https://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/3002-817/Stranger-Things-1) BLACKBIRD #1 (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/blackbird-1) ICE CREAM MAN #7 (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/ice-cream-man-7) There's also some brief, spoiler free, chatter at the start of the episode about the mind bending new Netflix miniseries Maniac (https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80124522) Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!#

In this episode, Greg, Leon and Rahul discuss their time at the awesome Thought Bubble Comic Con. (https://www.thoughtbubblefestival.com/calendar) Including their favourite panels, best moments, what they took away from the experience and of course, the stuff they bought! Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!#

In this episode, Greg and Rahul discuss the following: There's chatter and first impressions the beginning of the episode about The new Playstation 4 game Marvel's Spider-Man (https://www.playstation.com/en-us/games/marvels-spider-man-ps4/) - Silver Surfer Annual (2018) #1 (https://comicstore.marvel.com/Silver-Surfer-Annual-2018-1/digital-comic/49118) - Cover #1 (https://www.dccomics.com/comics/cover-2018/cover-1) - Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga (https://www.dccomics.com/graphic-novels/batman-the-jiro-kuwata-batmanga-2014/batman-the-jiro-kuwata-batmanga-book-1) - Border Town #1 (https://www.vertigocomics.com/comics/border-town-2018/border-town-1) Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!#

In this episode, Greg, Leon and Rahul discuss the following comics and games! : ICE CREAM MAN #6 (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/ice-cream-man-6) The awesome rogue-lite game HOLLOW KNIGHT (http://hollowknight.com/) You can watch friend of the cast AntAskew (https://www.twitch.tv/antaskew) Play Hollow Knight amongst other games on his twitch stream (https://www.twitch.tv/antaskew) and also his youtube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/Tseng808/videos). BATMAN: KINGS OF FEAR #1 (https://www.dccomics.com/comics/batman-kings-of-fear-2018/batman-kings-of-fear-1) ETERNITY GIRL #1-6 (https://www.dccomics.com/comics/eternity-girl-2018/eternity-girl-1) PEARL #1 (https://www.dccomics.com/comics/pearl-2018/pearl-1) CROWDED #1 (https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/crowded-1) Send any questions or feedback to (mailto:acecomicals@gmail.com) acecomicals@gmail.com. And also please subscribe (http://www.acecomicals.com/subscribe) and leave us a review! If you like what we do please consider donating to us (https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals) at https://ko-fi.com/acecomicals. All contributions will be used to defray the cost of hosting the website. Ace Comicals, over and out!#