We continue our macabre march through the world of spooky comic books this week with the first 10 issues of "House of Secrets" by Steven Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen released under DC Comics famous Vertigo subprint! 

Plus, the Last Comic Shop gang holds a seance to summon the spirits of long passed comic book legends! Who will show up at the shop? Listen and SEE!!!!

 

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott & Mikey Wood

Happy Halloween Last Comic Shop Fans! 

We've got Seven Spooky past episodes of the Last Comic Shop Podcast lined up for you in this extended play format featuring some of the absolute best our haunted house has to offer! 

From a Tournament of the Best Trick or Treat Candy to the History of Oktoberfest to Terrifying Trivia games sure to liven up your Halloween Party, enjoy all of our Harvest time shenanigans while getting the lowdown on these creepy comics:

1) Marvel Zombies 3: Originally aired 10/10/23 2) My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 1: Originally aired 10/12/21 3) FrankenCastle: Originally aired 10/11/22 4) My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 2: Originally aired 10/1/24 5) Marvel's Blood Hunt: Originally aired 10/29/24 6) DCeased: Originally aired 10/24/23 7) Tomb of Dracula Issue 50: Originally aired 10/31/23

  Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Ethan Larson, Nicole Larson, & Mikey Wood   Thanks to George from Shortbox Summary for supplying the intro! (@shortboxsummary) 

The Last Comic Shop Podcast tackles a giant sized modern day fable with "We Called Them Giants" by Kieron Gillan and Stephanie Hans this week!

Plus a good old fashioned random trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Summer Bloc party!   

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

The Last Comic Shop Podcast kicks off the holiday season with a month full of DC Comics we like to call "DCember!"

Up first is the Best Selling & Eisner award winning series, "Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons", by Kelly Sue DeConnick,  Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha, Nicola Scott, & more! 

Plus a good old fashioned Holiday inspired trivia game sure to give you festive factoids you can share all season long! 

 

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

This week we're joined by movie podcaster, Bob Hasak, from "The Worst Movie Ever Made" podcast, to all things Scott Pilgrim in honor of the recently released Anime series on Netflix. 

First it's first volume of the Scott Pilgrim comic book with Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O' Malley. Then we're revisiting the "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" movie from 2013 directed by Edgar Wright!

Host: Andy Larson

Co Host: Chad Smith

Guest Host: Bob Hasak (The Worst Movie Ever Made.): Website

College can be tough, but will we be tough on the Eisner award winning series "Giant Days" by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, Max Sarin, and more!

Plus we play one of our classic comic book related games with "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be best to win at Jeopardy?" 

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Nicole Larson, & Mikey Wood

It's a "Marvel"ous brand new episode of the Last Comic Shop Podcast this week as we review some classic tag teams of The House of Ideas famous heroes with "Ms. Marvel Team-up!"

Plus our review of the MCU related movie, The Marvels, featuring Brie Larson and Iman Vellani!

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Break out the Chips! That's Chip Zdarsky we mean as The Last Comic Shop Podcast takes a look at his Eisner Award winning series from 2023, Public Domain!

Plus the results of our recent fan polls which you can vote on weekly out @lastcomicshop on Twitter!

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

The Last Comic Shop Podcast celebrates Halloween by revisiting one of the legendary monsters in pop culture with Issue 50 of Marvel's "The Tomb of Dracula" series by Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, and Tom Palmer.

Plus we're taking a look back at our previous "Top 10 Halloween Related Super Heroes" list to see if it passes muster. Will Spawn still be Number one? Or will FrankenCastle finally take that top spot!?!

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Panel Pals: Jake & Jojo Larson

Anti Life is upon us as we review the horror related DC Comics crossover event, DCeased, by Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine & more!

Plus we're giving you some fun trivia facts around one of Autumn's other most famous holiday celebrations with Oktoberfest! Raise a glass, comic fans!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood

The Last Comic Shop Podcast continues its spooky journey through the world of Halloween inspired comic books with this week's review of the Eisner award winning anthology "Through the Woods" by Emily Carroll.

Plus a good old fashioned Halloween inspired trivia game sure to give you interesting factoids you can share at your local Harvest festival party!   

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Move over "Year of Chad"! It's time for "The Week of Andy" as we cover one of our host, Andy Larson's, favorite Halloween related comics with Marvel Zombies 3 by Fred Van Lente & Kev Walker!

Plus we're pitting those classic Trick or Treat Halloween candies against each other in another Last Comic Shop tournament bracket challenge! Make sure to vote @lastcomicshop on Twitter for the winner this week!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Ethan Larson

We know who we are gonna call to talk about Ghostbusters this week! It's Erik Burnham, the comic book author who wrote the Ghostbusters comic book series and many of its spinoffs for 10 years for IDW Publishing!

Plus we pick Erik's brain about many of the other licensed characters he's adapted into comics from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to Godzilla, to even G.I. Joe!!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood

Interview Guest: Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters, G.I. Joe, Spider-man); Website

Revisit six past episodes of the Last Comic Shop Podcast featuring The Man of Steel all in one Mega Pack!   Perfect for extended listening/streaming, these Superman shows from our evergreen archives deliver some of the best comics featuring that champion from Krypton!    Episodes in this Pack:    1) Superman: Red Son & Superman 2025 Movie Review. Originally aired 7/15/2025. 2) Superman: Super Corps. Originally aired 2/20/2024. 3) Superman Smashes the Klan. Originally aired 2/9/2021. 4) Superman '78. Originally aired 3/22/2022. 5) Superman vs. Imperious Lex. Originally aired 4/20/2021. 6) Superman vs. Muhammad Ali. Originally aired 6/21/2022.   Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Nicole Larson, & Mikey Wood   Thanks to George from Shortbox Summary for supplying the intro! (@shortboxsummary) 

Our luck is about to change as we're reviewing a series all about the luckiest of all the X-men, Longshot, by Eisner Hall of Famers Ann Nocenti and Art Adams!

Plus we're recapping tons of our weekly polls which you can vote on every single week over @LASTCOMICSHOP on Twitter!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood

We are continuing our celebration of Comic Con season at the Last Comic Shop with some great interviews from this year's Hershey Comic Con in Hershey PA! Listen to stories from great comic book creators behind such characters as Green Lantern, Spider-Man, Batman, American Flagg and tons of legendary characters!

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, Mikey Wood, & JA Scott

 

Interview Guests:

 

Joe Staton (Green Lantern, E-Man, Scooby Doo)- Website

Scott Hanna- (Spider-Man, Batman, Superman)- Website; @inkerscott1/Twitter

Howard Chaykin (American Flagg, The Shadow, Hey Kids! Comics!)- Website

 

 

Special Thanks to the Hershey Comic Con ! Website

Rewind to this year's Live Stream For the Cure event as the Last Comic Shop Podcast and ShortBox Summary teamed up to review Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk by Len Wein & Jose Luis Garcia Lopez! Plus a recap of the greatest music, movies, TV shows and more from the comic book publishing year of 1981!

Host: JA Scott

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & Andy Larson

Guest Panelists: Mikey Wood & George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) 

Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com

Special Thanks to the Live Stream For the Cure for hosting this year's event!

It's time to hit the high seas as we seek the best selling manga series of all time, with One Piece Volume 1: "Romance Dawn" by Eichiro Oda!

Plus we're recapping tons of our weekly polls which you can vote on every single week over @LASTCOMICSHOP on Twitter!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

We're joined by Eisner Hall of Fame comic book author, Roy Thomas, this week to discuss his work over the 60+ years he's been in comics! Hear some amazing stories from this living legend responsible for co creating so many wonderful characters such as Wolverine, The Vision, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Red Sonja, & countless more!

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood

Interview Guest: Roy Thomas (Avengers, X-men, Fantastic Four, Spider-Man etc.): Website

 

Thanks to Hershey Comic Con for helping facilitate this interview! Website;

Get out the Hi-Tech Bug Spray as we've got an infestation of Blue Beetles at the Shop this week!

First, it's a review of the first trade collection of Blue Beetle: Jaime Reyes by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, Cully Hamner & more!

Then it's the official Last Comic Shop Podcast review of the new Blue Beetle movie from director Angel Manuel Soto!

Host: Andy Larson

Co-Hosts: JA Scott, Chad Smith, & Mikey Wood

We are celebrating Comic Con season at the Last Comic Shop with some great interviews from this year's 3 Rivers Comic Con in Pittsburgh PA! Listen to stories from great comic book creators behind such characters as Dr. Strange, Mr. Monster, Spider-Man and tons of legendary characters!

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, Mikey Wood, & JA Scott

 

Interview Guests:

 

P. Craig Russell (American Gods, Norse Mythology, Dr. Strange)- Website

Pat Olliffe- (Spider-Man, Spider-Girl, Edgeworld)- Purchase Edgeworld; @patolliffe65/Twitter

Michael T. Gilbert- (Mr. Monster, Elric)- Facebook Link

 

 

Special Thanks to the 3 Rivers ComicCon ! https://3riverscomicon.com/

Cowabunga Dude! It's all Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles this week! First it's a review of IDW's take on the classic Saturday Morning Adventures of the Turtles by Erik Burnahm and Tim Lattie!    Then it's the official Last Comic Shop Podcast review of the newest Turtle-tacular cinematic adventure with TMNT: Mutant Mayhem!   Host : Andy Larson

Co Hosts: JA Scott, Chad Smith, and Mikey Wood

It was Inevitable! The Last Comic Shop Podcast is finally reviewing one of the most singular Marvel crossover events of all time in The Infinity Gauntlet by Jim Starlin, George Perez, Ron Lim & more!!

Plus we're recapping tons of our weekly polls which you can vote on every single week over @LASTCOMICSHOP on Twitter!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: JA Scott & Mikey Wood

We're joined by writer and editor in chief of Ahoy Comics, Tom Peyer, to talk about the comic book company's upcoming 5 year anniversary plus his tremendous work on "The Wrong Earth" with artist Jamal Igle!

Plus our recap of some of the 2023 inductees into the Eisner Award Hall of Fame.

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Interview Guest: Tom Peyer (The Wrong Earth, Hourman, Shade the Changing Man): Ahoy Comics Website ; @TomPeyer/Twitter

We've got one of the most interesting guests in the history of the Last Comic Shop Podcast this week as we welcome the supremely talented artist, Cynthia Von Buhler, on the show!   We'll be chatting about her versatility as a stage producer, children's book author, and latest turn as a graphic novelist with the Minky Woodcock series from Titan Comics including the latest entry "The Girl Called Cthulhu"! 

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Host: Chad Smith and George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) 

Guest Panelist: Cynthia Von Buhler (Minky Woodcock Series, The Illuminati Ball, Evelyn Evelyn), Website

We're joined by Eisner award winning comic book author, Mark Russell, this week to discuss his work on the prequel to the science fiction classic, The Incal, with PSYCHOVERSE! Out of Humanoids Inc. with art by Yanick Paquette, this is definitely a worthy addition to the great literary universe created by Alejandro Jodorowsky!

Plus details on other upcoming projects Mark has cooking and tons of summertime reading recommendations! 

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Interview Guest: Mark Russell (The Flintstones, Superman: Space Age, Not All Robots): Website ; @ManRuss/Twitter

 

Thanks to Humanoids for setting this interview! Website; @humanoidsinc/Twitter

All we need is a miracle this week as we tackle the history of the legendary Miracle Man leading up to our review of the Eisner nominated limited series Miracle Man: The Silver Age by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham.

Plus we're recapping the other major nominees for the upcoming 2023 Eisner Awards honoring the best of the comics industry at the San Diego Comic Con!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Get ready for some fireworks as we continue our annual tradition of covering a Captain America comic series in honor of the Independence Day of America! This year's entry is Captain America: Winter Soldier by Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting & more!

Plus we're pitting the greatest fast food burger joints against each other in the Last Burger Shop tournament bracket challenge! Make sure to vote @lastcomicshop on Twitter for the winner this week!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson

Travel back in time to revisit the birth of DC Comics "New  52" Universe with the original FlashPoint mini series event from Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert!

Plus our review of The Flash movie directed by Andy Muschietti!

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Listen to a Live recording of the Last Comic Shop Podcast from the recent 3 Rivers Comic Con in Pittsburgh PA! On this show, we welcome comic book creator Russ Braun to talk about his work on the amazing DC Comics classic, Batman, Venom!

Plus discussions of his work on The Boys, his love of 70s TV show Spider-Man, and an incredible Batman Trivia game sure to test your knowledge of the Caped crusader!

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & Mikey Wood

Interview Guest: Russ Braun (Batman, The Boys, Jimmy's Bastards): Website ; @RussBraun2/Twitter

 

Thanks to 3 Rivers Comic Con for setting this live show up! Website; @3riverscomicon/Twitter

   

We're traveling back to the 90s to review the Valiant Comics classic Harbinger: Children of the Eighth Day featuring the first 8 issues of that series done by Jim Shooter & David Lapham!

Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

 

Movie "May"hem concludes for 2023 with a Spectacular Spidey Sized finale!

First, its our review of Spider-men: Double Trouble, featuring a team up of Peter Parker & Miles Morales by Mariko Tamaki & Guriheru

Then it's our review of the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse animated movie!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Movie "May"hem continues with our review of both the legendary Manga & Anime called Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo! Plus we welcome Jon Engel, the Regional Manger of New Dimension Comics & show runner of the annual Pittsburgh based 3 Rivers Comic Con to talk about this year's event!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Guest Panelist: Jon Engel

 

Check out Pittsburgh's 3 Rivers Comic Con: https://3riverscomicon.com/

Find a New Dimension Comics Store Location: http://ndcomics.com/

Who was that Masked Man? We're hitting the trail this week to answer that question by covering the first 25 issues of the Lone Ranger series from Dynamite Comics done by Brett Matthews, John Cassaday, and Sergio Cariello!

Plus we're pairing that comic book review with our review of The Lone Ranger movie released in 2013 from Disney!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson

Our 2023 Movie "May"hem event continues this week with a show all about the original space faring super hero, Flash Gordon!

Join us for our discussion of not only the original Flash Gordon comic strips done by the legendary Alex Raymond but also our review of the 80s movie adaption directed by Mike Hodges!

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts:  Chad Smith & JA Scott

Guest Host: Benjamin Morse (@BenjaminWMorse) 

Order Ben's Comic Books here: https://www.red5comics.com/abyss-1/august-purgatory-underground-1

It's 96 ounces of Kick ass Batman this week as we look at the first 6 issues of the new Absolute Batman series by Scott Synder and Nick Dragotta!

Plus we treat our fans with more Blind Rankings! Who are the best Batman writers? Who was the sexiest Lois Lane? See how we rank when we don't know what's coming next!?!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson

Blast off with more Movie "May"hem this week featuring our review of the first 12 issues of the Guardians of the Galaxy series by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, & more! 

Plus we're pairing that with our review of the Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 movie directed by James Gunn!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

May the Fourth Be With You! We kick off not only Star Wars week but our annual Movie "May"hem month by covering Marvel's Darth Vader Volume 1 series by Kieron Gillen & Sal Larroca!

Plus we're pairing that comic book review with our review of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi in honor of the film's 40th Anniversary! Get you Ewoks Ready!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood

Who is about to burn the X-men's dream of a united nation to the ground? Check out our review of the 2022 X-Event, Inferno, done by Jonathan Hickman and others!

Plus we've got yet another round in our Last Comic Shop trivia series all about Classic X-men comics & characters! 

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott

 

We're taking aim at one of the greatest street level comic book limited series of the 80s with Green Arrow, The Longbow Hunters, by Mike Grell!

Plus we've got another round of our Last Comic Shop trivia series all about 80s Action Movies & TV Shows! How many questions will you get right??

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Host: JA Scott

Guest Hosts: Mikey Wood & Ethan Larson

Blast off with another read pile review covering arguably the most important superhero out there with Superman, Space Age from Mark Russell & Mike Allred out of DC Comics!

Plus we try to unravel the confusing web surrounding fictional characters copyrights and why it's of particular interest in regards to the world's most famous Kryptonian!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott

Take a look at a life lived with our review of the Eisner award winning book Daytripper from Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá on this week's show.

Plus we're revisiting our own comic book life journeys with those comics that first got us collecting and those that might have made us stop for a while!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Guest Panelist: Mikey Wood

We're taking it to the Squared Circle this week to clothsline you with an epic tag team wrestling tale called "Do A Powerbomb!" by Last Comic Shop favorite, Daniel Warren Johnson!

Plus we're recapping the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson

Feel the magic of the Big Red Cheese next week in a celebration of all things Shazam!

First up, it's a review of Jeff Smith's modern retelling of the origin story of the original Captain Marvel in Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil!

Plus our review of the latest DC Comics flick, Shazam: Fury of the Gods starring Zachary Levi, Helen Mirren, & Asher Angel!

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

It's Spring Cleaning at the Last Comic Shop and we are finishing out our great interviews from last year's Baltimore Comic Con! Listen to great comic book creators behind such characters as Superman, Spider-Man, Shazam, and tons of legendary characters!

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, Mikey Wood, & JA Scott

 

Interview Guests:

 

Jerry Ordway (Superman, Shazam, All-Star Squadron)- @JerryOrdway/Twitter

Alex Saviek- (Spider-Man, The Phantom, The X-Files)- Website; @alexsaviuk/Instagram

Ron Marz- (Silver Surfer, Green Lantern, Witchblade)- Website ; @ronmarz/Twitter

Greg LaRocque- (Flash, Spider-Man, Legion of Superheroes) -@GregLaRocque1/ Twitter

 

Special Thanks to the Baltimore Comic Con ! https://baltimorecomiccon.com/

By Crom! It's time to review some classic Conan the Barbarian comics this week as we take a look at the 4 part epic "People of the Black Circle" from the Savage Sword of Conan magazine as adapted by Roy Thomas, John Buscema, & Alfredo Alcala!

Plus we pit the greatest barbarians from across pop culture in a tournament style death match to crown "Who is the Ultimate Warrior?" in our March "Clad"ness brackets!

Vote on your favorite over @LASTCOMICSHOP on Twitter!  

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott

Guest Panelist: Ethan Larson

The First Family of the Marvel Universe are taking center stage this week as it's all about the Fantastic Four! 

First we've got the original 3 issue arc from the classic FF #48-50 featuring "The Coming of Galactus" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby! 

Then blast off with our movie review of Fantastic Four: First Steps starring Pedro Pascal and Vanessa Kirby!

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Nicole Larson

This week we are excited to welcome comic book creator, Dennis Culver, to the Shop to talk about his new series about those super powered misfits of the DC Universe, the Unstoppable Doom Patrol, in comic stores on March 28th!

Plus discussions of the manga inspired Gotham: Future State and the results of our recent weekly comic book related fan polls that we post over at our Twitter page, @LastComicShop!

 

Host: Andy Larson

Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Mikey Wood

Interview Guest: Dennis Culver (Justice League Incarnate, Gotham: Future State, Edison Rex): Website ; @DennisCulver/Twitter

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We're going GIANT SIZED to celebrate one of the smallest heroes of the Marvel Universe this week with a review of "Ant-Man", the four part mini series by Al Ewing & Tom Reilly to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the character.

Plus our review of the latest MCU flick, Ant-Man & Wasp: Quantumania starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, & Michelle Pfieffer!

Host: Andy Larson 

Co Hosts: Chad Smith & JA Scott