This week on The World’s Greatest Comic Book Podcast™: We remember Andy Rourke and Jim Brown. “Mad” Mike Hughes was going to prove the Earth was flat or die trying. A Sheffield man beat his neighbour to death with a bag of Pokemon cards. YouTube star, Hank Green shared his cancer diagnosis. In Moving Pictures: Paramount laid off 25% of its staff. Disney has stopped production on another Marvel Studios show. Jensen Ackles is trying to #SaveTheWinchesters, and Shemar Moore was able to save S.W.A.T. In Comics: The August solicitations reveal: Kelly Thompson and Mattia de Luis are launching “The Cull”; “Killer Queens 2” is continuing the sassy assassins story; and Marvel has announced the new creative team for Daredevil! We review: Star Trek Echoes, Green Lantern #1, Cyborg #1, Titans #1, Iron Man #6, Avengers #1, and Night of the Owls!
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ADMIRAL NEWS
Andy Rourke, Bassist For The Smiths And Morrissey, Dies At 59 https://bit.ly/45w6T2a
Jim Brown, all-time NFL great and social activist, dead at 87 https://bit.ly/3OuVGsu
‘Mad’ Mike Hughes dies https://bbc.in/43hrbdx
Sheffield man beat neighbour to death https://bbc.in/3BMbDCW
YouTube star Hank Green shares cancer diagnosis https://n.pr/43cOp4L
TALKIES NEWS
MTV Entertainment Studios to Lay Off 25% of U.S. Staff https://bit.ly/3MLy2Xy
‘Dinner And A Movie’ Revived At TBS https://bit.ly/3MpMnY1
Disney Stops Production on Another Marvel Studios Show https://bit.ly/3WpduHf
Jensen Ackles Launches Campaign to #SaveTheWinchesters https://bit.ly/3om8zui
S.W.A.T. Resurrected at CBS for Season 7 https://bit.ly/3MGKLdT
COMIC BOOK NEWS
DC Introduces Wonder Woman’s Daughter, Trinity https://bit.ly/3MV0nuF
SIKTC horror vibes mix with The Goonies-style adventure https://bit.ly/3ItzVWa
KILLER QUEENS 2: continues the acclaimed queer sci-fi series https://bit.ly/3IwGfw1
Saladin Ahmed and Aaron Kuder take DAREDEVIL https://bit.ly/3OtPXD5
