by JCCarter | Jun 24, 2013 | Bob's Bloviating, Hey Fanboy!, Movies!, The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ Hold 322!
Do you know your Ursa from your Faora? Many fans think that Ursa and Faora are the same character. Even multiple online sources including the Superman wiki assert this to be the case, but are they though? Yes… and no, but mostly no. It’s a long and complicated matter,...
by JCCarter | Jun 18, 2013 | The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ Hold 322!
This week on Hold 322… Salt Lake ComiCon scored a major win and booked William Shatner as a guest. We have a public service announcement for “Man of Steel,” Marti Noxen reboots Laura Croft, and we have the battle of the Spocks! Scott Snyder hits two...
by JCCarter | Jun 12, 2013 | JC's Jocularity
In an article appearing in the UK’s The Guardian yesterday, Joe Queenan gave a snarkly analysis of the recent run of superhero movies. Whereas he was spot on with some of his criticisms, I have the following to say to him: 1. Michael Keaton leaving Batman...
by JMBell | Jun 12, 2013 | The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ Hold 322!, This Week
It’s like this. I, JM Bell- your Epic Host of The LEFT Show and the taller co-sub-host of Hold 322 – you know, the guy who runs the studio and produces the shows – went to visit my father, with my two daughters in tow. On the way back home, with...
by JCCarter | Jun 11, 2013 | Hey Fanboy!, JC's Jocularity
Here a few of the Lego variant covers that will be appearing on Marvel books in the month of September: Pass It Around: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Email a link to a...
by JCCarter | Jun 4, 2013 | The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ Hold 322!, This Week
This week on Hold 322… A new cast member joins Angel and Faith, Star Trek goes with Amok Time following Into Darkness, Scott Snyder is trying to keep Vertigo alive with The Wake, Earth 2 gets a new Batman, Justice League of America hammers the last nail in its...
by JCCarter | May 29, 2013 | Bob's Bloviating, The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ Hold 322!, This Week, Uncategorized
I haven’t read it yet and won’t until next week when I have the coin to buy my hold, but I am asking all you fan-boys and fan-girls out there who love Superman and don’t hate others for how they were born to go out and pick up a copy of Adventures of...
by JCCarter | May 28, 2013 | The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ Hold 322!
This week on Hold 322… Geoff Johns gives us more “before the New 52” in Justice League and Aquaman, Otto starts his “Peter free” life, and the Young Avengers end their first arc in exile. We talk about the Quicksilver battle, schools...
by JCCarter | May 21, 2013 | The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ Hold 322!
This week on Hold 322… Star Trek! We talk about the new movie and try our damndest to not spoil anything. In comics, Brubaker gives us a new Fatale; Batgirl fights the ventriloquist (is this an update to a Batman villain); one year later, and Miles is still not...
by JCCarter | May 15, 2013 | Bob's Bloviating, The World's Greatest Comic Book Podcast™ Hold 322!
Among the items in my personal hold this past week was Batman #20. This blog will not be about the book’s main story—as written by the great Scott Snyder and drawn by the also wonderful Greg Capullo—because it was just the conclusion to a two part filler-story before...