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*Theme Music: Richter FM – Hibiscus* Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/55sw82j8 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mr2pmykv Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/y7kwm3nu Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wyh6h YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yh6puhwn Hello friends, We are back to give you the last remaining episodes of That Comic Smell. Over the next while you will get the episodes that we have had saved up for some time. We will also be wrapping up our Justice League International series and they will be the last recorded episodes we ever do. It has been a blast to bring you the podcast all these years. Thank you for listening all this time and we hope you enjoy these last episodes as they appear. For episode 115 we sat down and discussed Sci-Fi comics. This is actually a 2 parter as we didn’t talk about any licensed properties in this one. So in this episode it’s all about the science fiction comics that really tickled our fancy over the years. Originally recorded in March 2023 Enjoy ☺ To find out where to find, listen, contact us and buy our comics then please visit thatcomicsmell.com Don’t forget to Like, Share, Subscribe, Rate & Review. Most importantly… Read/Make More Comics! Thanks again for listening and supporting the podcast

This episode originally featured the track "The Donnas - Take it Off" but was replaced due to copyright strikes. Now with the wonderful: *Theme Music: Richter FM – Hibiscus* Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/55sw82j8 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mr2pmykv Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/y7kwm3nu Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wyh6h YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yh6puhwn WELCOME… to the WORLD OF TOMORROW!! Yes folk, it is 2017 and we are here with a brand new pod for everyone to sink their ears into. To start off this year with a rousing yet, at times, controversial bang we are talking politics. The folks here cottoned on to our news worthy last year and start to this year and thought they would ride the wave/contribute by talking about comics that are politically based or have a certain political theme/satire about them. We also discuss what we got, picked up or interested us over the holiday season. We then sneak in a few news talking points at the end. Join us. Pull up a chair. Become the 6th member at the table of discussion from here in the kitchen. Most importantly, enjoy episode number 7 of “That Comic Smell” Here are some of the titles discussed on this months pod: V for Vendetta (Alan Moore, David Lloyd) Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi) Che: A Graphic Biography (Spain Rodriguez) Castro (Reinhard Kleist) Ex Machina (Brian K Vaughan, Tony Harris) Green Lantern/Green Arrow: Hard Traveling Heroes (Dennis O'Neil, Neal Adams) Civil War (Mark Millar, Steve McNiven) Superman: Red Son (Mark Millar, Dave Johnson, Kilian Plunkett) Siege (Brian Michael Bendis, Olivier Coipel) DMZ (Brian Wood, Riccardo Burchielli) X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (Chris Claremont, Brent Anderson) Give Me Liberty (Frank Miller, Dave Gibbons) Suicide Sqaud: Trial by Fire (John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell) King (Ho Che Anderson) Hallblazer (Jamie Delano, John Ridgway) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill) Private Eye: A Cartoon History (Nick Newman) Malcom X for Beginners (Bernard Aquina Doctor) Iznogoud and the Women (René Goscinny, Jean Tabary) Batman: Earth One (Geoff Johns, Gary Frank) Charley's War (Pat Mills, Joe Colquhoun) March (John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell) Transmetropolitan (Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson) Star Wars: Marvel Maus (Art Spiegelman) Palestine (Joe Sacco) Bumf: Vol.1 (Joe Sacco) Munch (Steffen Kverneland) Godzilla The Wes Anderson Collection The Story of Sex: Form Apes to Robots (Philippe Brenot, Laetitia Coryn) Wrinkles (Paco Roca) Love & Rockets: Beyond Palomar (Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez) I would like to take a second to remind everyone that if you have any questions or anything at all you would like to contact us about, you can do so at thatcomicsmell@gmail.com or @thatcomicsmell on Twitter. We are, as always, available on… SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/thatcomicsmell iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/that-comic-smell/id1140637520?mt=2 and YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN1enF6HZu3zC_YnWpCpgvg. Feel free to comment. Remember to share and subscribe. We would love to hear from you.

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*Theme Music: Richter FM – Hibiscus* Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/55sw82j8 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mr2pmykv Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/y7kwm3nu Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wyh6h YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yh6puhwn Merry Christmas & Happy New Year everyone. Thank you again for listening to the podcast. It really means the world to us that you listen in. This time, we discuss our favourite reads of 2023. These don’t have to have come out/been released in 2023. It’s just whatever we have enjoyed throughout this year. Hope you all have a great Christmas and see you all in 2024 To find out where to find, listen, contact us and buy our comics then please visit thatcomicsmell.com Don’t forget to Like, Share, Subscribe, Rate & Review. Most importantly… Read/Make More Comics! Thanks again for listening and supporting the podcast

*Theme Music: Richter FM – Hibiscus* Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/55sw82j8 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mr2pmykv Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/y7kwm3nu Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wyh6h YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yh6puhwn On this episode the boys discuss some first issues and their latest installments. To find out where to find, listen, contact us and buy our comics then please visit thatcomicsmell.com Don’t forget to Like, Share, Subscribe, Rate & Review. Most importantly… Read/Make More Comics! Thanks again for listening and supporting the podcast

*Theme Music: Richter FM – Hibiscus* Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/55sw82j8 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mr2pmykv Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/y7kwm3nu Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wyh6h YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yh6puhwn We have been doing a Justice League International chat across a number of episodes and years now, selecting issues that make up the collected volumes but now we have come to the end of those collections with this final volume. That doesn’t mean we will be stopping OUR JLI volumes though. From now on we will just be covering what issues we think would make up the next collection. For now though, this episode is our continuation of Keith Giffen, J.M. Dematteis (Justice League America #31-35), Bart Sears & Adam Hughes (Justice League Europe #7-11) JLI series or the “BWAHAHA” Justice League as people now seem to know it. Kevin McGuire had long dropped off by this point having now even stopped on covers but will make one or two appearances in the future. This continues to be a source of pure joy and we really can’t wait to keep talking about these for years to come. This “JLI book club” is one of our favourite topics to do here on the pod and we hope you enjoy it. This and all the usual comics chat on… That Comic Smell! To find out where to find, listen, contact us and buy our comics then please visit thatcomicsmell.com Don’t forget to Like, Share, Subscribe, Rate & Review. Most importantly… Read/Make More Comics! Thanks again for listening and supporting the podcast

*Theme Music: Richter FM – Hibiscus* Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/55sw82j8 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mr2pmykv Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/y7kwm3nu Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wyh6h YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yh6puhwn First off we want to say a MASSIVE thank you to our guest on this episode. Our good buddy Tony Esmond came to visit us and took part in our MAD conversation and it was an absolute pleasure to have him here and see him again. For those who don’t know, Tony is one third of the brilliant Awesome Comics Podcast and the host of the wonderful Never Iron Anything Comics Review Podcast/Website. He also, along with buddy/artist Adam Falp, runs and puts out comics through their new underground comics publisher Tribute Press. We went completely MAD for this one. We take a look at paperbacks, magazines, comics, and everything in-between, around and involved with Mad Magazine and it’s legacy. There were gifts exchanged, some thoughts and a load of laughs. Come join us for this and all the usual comics chat on… That Comic Smell! To find out where to find, listen, contact us and buy our comics then please visit thatcomicsmell.com Don’t forget to Like, Share, Subscribe, Rate & Review. Most importantly… Read/Make More Comics! Thanks again for listening and supporting the podcast

*Theme Music: Richter FM – Hibiscus* Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/55sw82j8 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mr2pmykv Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/y7kwm3nu Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wyh6h YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yh6puhwn That Comic Smell Issue 1&2 are now available from Big Cartel Go to thatcomicsmell.com for more details on how to get your copy today! It’s been a long time coming folks, we have hinted at it over the years and shouted it time and time again. We go head first into SECRET WARS!! Get ready to find out if everyone enjoyed it and if the series stands up all these years later. This and all the usual comics chat on… That Comic Smell! To find out where to find, listen, contact us and buy our comics then please visit thatcomicsmell.com Don’t forget to Like, Share, Subscribe, Rate & Review. Most importantly… Read/Make More Comics! Thanks again for listening and supporting the podcast

*Theme Music: Richter FM – Hibiscus* Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/55sw82j8 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mr2pmykv Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/y7kwm3nu Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wyh6h YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yh6puhwn That Comic Smell Issue 1&2 are now available from Big Cartel Go to thatcomicsmell.com for more details on how to get your copy today! Back in 2022 we spoke about Mr Grant after sadly hearing of his passing. We were all very big fans and it was great to share around the work we had of his and talk about times we had either seen or met him. A true gentleman and a master of his craft. He is sorely missed. https://www.tcj.com/alan-grant-1949-2022/ (Above is The Comics Journal obituary to Alan Grant) This and all the usual comics chat on… That Comic Smell! To find out where to find, listen, contact us and buy our comics then please visit thatcomicsmell.com Don’t forget to Like, Share, Subscribe, Rate & Review. Most importantly… Read/Make More Comics! Thanks again for listening and supporting the podcast

*Theme Music: Richter FM – Hibiscus* Bandcamp: https://tinyurl.com/55sw82j8 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/mr2pmykv Apple Music: https://tinyurl.com/y7kwm3nu Soundcloud: https://tinyurl.com/2p8wyh6h YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yh6puhwn Back in 2020, when we were all on lockdown, there was a little break where people could meet outdoors but at a distance. We took this time to have a little comic swap/mart in the driveway of That Comic Smell’s home. It was one of the few times we had seen each other in person. Mike had been gifted various longboxes with A LOT of comics. They were predominantly DC titles and after we had met, had a good laugh and picked our way through them all, we went back home, read a bunch of them and discussed it over Skype. This is a little blast from the past and some things that are discussed may be long past now but it just gives us a little glimpse into a time where we were still trying our hardest to stay connected with friends and loved ones. It’s also where we got free comics and showed them off! This and all the usual comics chat on… That Comic Smell! To find out where to find, listen, contact us and buy our comics then please visit thatcomicsmell.com Don’t forget to Like, Share, Subscribe, Rate & Review. Most importantly… Read/Make More Comics! Thanks again for listening and supporting the podcast El Zorro (Alex Toth) The Eternals (Jack Kirby) Love and Rockets (Jaimie Hernandez) Knockout and Tigerstyle (Adam Falp, Fraser Campbell) Holly (Steven Ingram) Penned Guin: Coincidence (Alan Henderson) Machine Man (Steve Ditko) 2001 A Space Odyssey (Jack Kirby) DC Action (Various DC) Mad Magazine The Flash (William Messner Loeb, Greg LaRocque, Mark Waid) Batman #66 (Tom King, Jorge Fornes, Dave Stewart) L.E.G.I.O.N (Alan Grant, Barry Kitson) Tales of the Legion of superheroes (Paul Levitz, Steve Lightle) Atlantis Chronicles (Peter David, Esteban Maroto) Action Comics (John Byrne) Justice League #1 Silver Age Classics (Gardner Fox, Mike Sekowsky, Joe Giella, Murphy Anderson, Bernard Sachs) Superman Special (Walter Simonson) Secret Origins: Shazam (Jerry Bingham, Roy Thomas) Captain Atom (Greg Weisman, Cary Bates, Will Conrad) Elongated Man: Europe 92 (Mike Parobeck) Marvel Zombies #1 (Robert Kirkman, Sean Phillips) Team Titans (Adam Hughes) Legionnaires (Chris Sprouse) Secret Origins Annual: Teen Titans (Various Heavy hitters) Superman #487: Christmas in Suicide Slumberland (Jerry Ordway, Tom Grummett) Hawk and Dove: A babe in Toyland (Kevin McGuire) Eclipso #1 (Keith giffen, Robert Loren Fleming, Bart Sears) Eclipso: Batman (Alan Grant, John Wagner) Lobo's Christmas Special (Alan Grant, Keith Giffen) X-Men Superman: The Wedding Annual (Dan Jurgens, Karl Kesel, David Michelinie, Louise Simonson, Roger Stern) Guy Gardner Hawk World Martian Manhunter (J.M. Dematteis, Mark Badger, Bob Lappan) War of the Gods #1 (George Perez, Cynthia Martin) Wonder Woman (George Perez, Colleen Doran) Aquaman (Keith Giffen, Robert Loren Fleming, Curt Swan, Al Vey) Superman: Returns to Action Comics (George Perez, Brett Breeding) Justice League Europe (Keith Giffen, Marshall Rodgers)