Curious where Marvel's Infinity Gems first came from? We welcome back George from Shortbox Summary to help us explore their origins in these issues of Adam Warlock done by Infinity Gauntlet creator Jim Starlin! Plus we look at the music, movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as these issues in September of 1975! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary)…

Take to the Skies this week as we review the Eisner award winning "Barnstormers" by Scott Snyder and Tula Lotay! Plus will this be the final episode with Andy Larson as the host of the Last Comic Shop Podcast? Listen in and find out more!! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Nicole Larson, and Mikey Wood…

Change is always good, but is the legendary Steve Ditko's mid 70s run on Shade,the Changing Man, from DC Comics any good? We review this obscure series this week to find out! Plus we all know Steve Ditko co created not only Spider-Man, but tons of his iconic villains and supporting cast. But who are our favorite Steve Ditko creations outside of the Spidey Mythos? We'll list them on this week's show! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood…

We're throwing our fans a "Bone" this week with a review of the first two volumes of one of the most beloved comics out there: Bone by Jeff Smith! Plus we debut a new segment on the show: Blind Rankings! Who are the best Spider-Man writers? What's the Best Batman Movie? See how we rank when we don't know what's coming next!?! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Ethan Larson…

You can't silence our discussion this week as we look at the first 11 issues of Cassandra Cain, Batgirl, collected in the book "Silent Knight"! Plus we look at the music, movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as this series in February 2000! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com…

We're hitting the racetracks this week with a tale of robotic daredevils and post apocalyptic shenanigans with "Petrol Head" from Rob Williams and Pye Parr! Plus a good old fashioned game of "Mash Ups" where we dare to pair Comic Book Characters and Most Iconic Robots in Pop Culture together! The Iron Man Giant? R2-DeadPool? Tune in to see what we come up with! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott…

Enter the BWAHAHA era of the Justice League as the Last Comic Shop gang tackles vol. 6 of the historic JM Dematteis/Keith Giffen run of this title! Yep, we are going to Kooey Kooey Kooey Island, kids!! Plus we debate what is the best format for buying comics if you want to save money in 2025! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, and Mikey Wood…

We are donning our stars and stripes this week for a double dose of Captain America! First, it's a review of the Captain America: Truth mini series by Robert Morales and Kyle Baker. Then its time for a movie review with Captain America: Brave New World starring Anthony Mackie and Harrison Ford! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott…

In celebration of Black History Month, this week we look at the multiple award winning comic book memoir of the late, great congressman John Lewis with March: Book One, featuring art by Nate Powell. Plus we play another of our classic comic book related games with "Scenarios" where we dare to ask questions like "Which super hero would be the best host of The Dating Game?" Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, & Nicole Larson…

It's a hard-boiled crime noir tale to start our second month of Season 5 here at the Last Comic Shop as we look at Noir Burlesque by Enrico Marini, recently re-released through Hard Case Crime! Plus we dip our toes in the the True Crime Podcast waters with a brand new segment called: Four Color Crime! Yes, 4 true crime stories all with a comic book related theme! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Mikey Wood, and Nicole Larson…

It's a Team up of Epic Proportions as we welcome pop culture leadership guru, Dr. Gordon Schmidt, to the shop this week to talk comics! In particular, we are reviewing issues of Marvel's Super Villain Team-Up Series covering Doctor Doom's latest plot to take over the world with mind controlling gas!! It's a mid 70s story line by writer Bill Mantlo and artist Bob Hall you don't want to miss! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: Dr. Gordan Schmidt (@iopsychology) Read Dr. Schmidt's Blog on Leadership here: https://www.talentmetrics.io/blog Check out his Leadership books on Amazon!…

The Battle is On! We welcome back George from Shortbox Summary to help us provide the play by play for the first ever Limited Series Event at Marvel with "Contest of Champions" by Bill Mantlo, John Romita Jr. and tons more! Plus we look at the music, movies, tv shows, and comics released at the same time as this series in June of 1982! Host: Andy Larson Co Host: Chad Smith and JA Scott Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com…

It's the first Read Pile Review of our fifth season here on the Last Comic Shop as we soar those sky ways with Silver Surfer: Requiem by J. Michael Straczynski and Esad Ribic. Plus we take a look forward by looking backwards at comic books we said we were going to read on the show that we definitely need to cover in 2025... Maybe... Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott…

It's a Giant Sized Comic Book Event to kick off our 5th season! Join all of your past favorite hosts and guests as we draft DC Comics and Marvel Comics heroes on to our own fantasy teams to make the best line up possible! Make sure to be following us on social media @lastcomicshop to find out how you can vote on the eventual winner! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith, JA Scott, Mikey Wood, Ethan Larson & Nicole Larson Guest Panelist: George from Shortbox Summary (@shortboxsummary) Subscribe to Shortbox Summary here: https://www.shortboxsummary.com…

Our "DC"ember celebration concludes with our final book review of our fourth season: "DC: The New Frontier" by the legendary Darwyn Cooke. Plus it's our annual "Data Review" featuring our Top 10 picks for Best Comics of 2024! Host: Andy Larson Co Hosts: Chad Smith and JA Scott