Comics Discourse 114

A group of great friends geeking out over contemporary and classic comic books, manga, and the creators behind them! Each week, Brian, Bryan and Hassan chat on comics, including recent reads, selected storylines, fun topics, and spotlights focusing on a particular book or creator!
A group of great friends geeking out over contemporary and classic comic books, manga, and the creators behind them! Each week, Brian, Bryan and Hassan chat on comics, including recent reads, selected storylines, fun topics, and spotlights focusing on a particular book or creator!
Episodes
Episodes



Sunday Jan 04, 2026
Episode 171: Captain Britain by Alan Moore and Alan Davis
Sunday Jan 04, 2026
Sunday Jan 04, 2026
It is a Brian and Bryan on Brian episode as Brian Braddock takes center stage and we dive into classic Captain Britain stories by Alan Moore and Alan Davis, groundbreaking work that not only revitalized the character but established key Marvel Comics concepts, including Earth 616. Also, while Hassan is out the week, we talk about some great comics without him, including Drome, Assorted Crisis Events, Kingdom manga by Yasuhisa Hara, West Coast Avengers and X-Men Age of Revelation.
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Sunday Dec 28, 2025
Episode 170: Our 2025 Favorite Comics and Manga!!
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
Sunday Dec 28, 2025
It is our year-end episode, celebrating the absolute greatness of comics and manga with our favorite books of 2025 from across the industry; DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW, Kodansha, Viz, Rebellion and many more.
It was an incredible year packed with standout books, so each co-host narrowed it down to their top 10 favorite comics … although one co-host may have sneakily cheated and brought 12 to the table.
From super-heroes to sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everything in between, this episode is a love letter to comics in 2025.
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Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Episode 169: L.E.G.I.O.N and Lobo
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
We’re joined by special guest Tim Meakins as we blast into DC Comics cosmic side with L.E.G.I.O.N, the ‘90s series by Alan Grant, Keith Giffen, and Barry Kitson. Set in the present-day DC Universe but tied directly to the 30th-century Legion of Super-Heroes, this book introduced heavy hitters like Vril Dox and put the Main Man himself, Lobo, front and center. Plus 2000AD talk including the Out, Red Dragon and Zenith.
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Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Episode 168: Justice League Europe!
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
We’re crossing the Atlantic for this month’s Justice League International spotlight, and we’ve brought along a very special guest, Shane Kelly from Comic Geek Speak! Join us as we dive into Justice League Europe #1–6, the launch of the classic team featuring Captain Atom, The Flash, Metamorpho, Elongated Man, Power Girl, Animal Man, and Rocket Red. From clashes with Jack O’Lantern and Queen Bee to French Language Night School, this run is one of the most entertaining teams in DC Comics.
Stories by Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, and Bart Sears!
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Sunday Dec 07, 2025
Episode 167: Incredible Hulk by Peter David and Dale Keown
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
Sunday Dec 07, 2025
Don’t let us get an angry and listen as we dive into a pivotal story of the Incredible Hulk by the legendary Peter David and Dale Keown, covering issues 372 - 377. This run has it all: the Gray Hulk, the Green Hulk, Rick Jones, Betty Ross, the Super-Skrull, the Pantheon, and Doc Samson.
We also dig into the brand-new Infernal Hulk series by Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Nic Klein, plus more wild throwdowns with DC KO Round One: Superman vs. Captain Atom by Joshua Williamson and Sean Izaakse.
Marvel Comics & DC Comics
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Sunday Nov 30, 2025
Episode 166 Recent Reads and Catching Up on X-Men Books
Sunday Nov 30, 2025
Sunday Nov 30, 2025
It is the night before Thanksgiving and we give thanks to almost all the comics that we read over the past couple of weeks including Brian going through his backlog of ALL the X-Men books including the Age of Revelation. And we do mean all of them. Plus, Predator Badlands comic book tie-in, Spawn The Dark Ages, New Gods, Batman Dark Patterns, Batman and Robin Year One, Ice Cream Man: The Mortal Coil Shuffle, Wrestle Heist, Harley & Ivy Life & Crimes, Space Scout, Tower Dungeon, TMNT x Godzilla, and Ghost Machine books.
Marvel Comics, Image Comics, IDW Comics, & DC Comics
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Thursday Nov 27, 2025
Episode 165: Comic Geek Speak Podcast Crossover
Thursday Nov 27, 2025
Thursday Nov 27, 2025
It is a comic book podcast crossover: Comic Geek Speak & Comics Discourse 114!!
The Comic Geek Speak hosts, Peter, Shane, Bryan, and Brian invited us to join their show for a special crossover episode! For our Geek Discourse, we each are tasked with developing a comics syllabus as a way to get people interested in the world of comics. But it doesn’t just stop at the Intro level as we up the difficulty by offering our Intermediate and Advanced selections as well. Which course will you sign up for? Give a listen! ________
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Sunday Nov 23, 2025
Episode 164: The Beginning of Image Comics
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
Sunday Nov 23, 2025
We celebrate the creation of one of the best comic book publishers ever with a discussion of some of the first Image Comics books ever, with Youngblood by Rob Liefield, Spawn by Todd McFarlane, Savage Dragon by Erik Laresn, WildCats by JIm Lee, and CyberForce by Mark Silverstri. Discover which ones were our favorites back then and which ones are our favorites today.
We’re celebrating the birth of one of the greatest comic book publishers ever, Image Comics! Join us as we dive into some of the very first books that launched the revolution: Youngblood by Rob Liefeld, Spawn by Todd McFarlane, Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen, WildC.A.T.s by Jim Lee, and Cyberforce by Marc Silvestri.
We look back at what made these titles explode onto the scene, share which ones were our favorites at the time, and reveal which ones still hold up as our favorites today.
Load up your pouches for a blast of early-’90s comic history and creator-owned energy!
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