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4-Panel 51 – Beware of the Young Animal

Archaeon 14/06/2016

It’s been a spartan week in the news with the announcement of a Cloak and Dagger TV series (which has prompted a lot of questions, many of which are “Who the hell are Cloak and Dagger?”), DC’s introduction of a new imprint and the revival of DC Challenge – this […]

4-Panel 50 – Play That Funky Music

Archaeon 15/05/2016

After the poor reception of Batman Versus Superman it looks like Suicide Squad will be going through quite a lot of reshoots. In other news, Marvel have released teasers for upcoming events and DC team up with Random House to produce a series of young adult novels featuring famous superheroes. […]

4-Panel 49 – Kevin Sorbo: Film Critic

Archaeon 03/05/2016

So Batman Versus Superman opened to almost universal boos, but don’t lose hope as Lego Batman will save us all! In other news, Marvel cancel more titles, Robbie Rodriguez will retire after “Gwenom” and Kozue Amano’s “Amanchu” will be adapted for anime. Our featured comics and manga are Forget Me […]

4-Panel Episode 48 – Captain America’s Chicken Noises

Archaeon 21/04/2016

We’re back to once more peruse the exhibits in the hallowed halls of sequential art including the world’s “oldest” comic-book, a Nigerian start-up’s ethnic origin superheroes and the worst Captain America and Iron Man storylines. Our featured comics and manga are Identity Crisis, Inuyashiki volume 3, Dragon Age: Magekiller #4 […]

4-Panel 43 – The Mister Potato-Head of Superpowers

Archaeon 22/02/2016

But before that we discuss the new Justice League Action cartoon series, Superman’s new “power”, the cancellation of several Marvel and DC titles, weird comic-book crossovers and the secret history of Howard The Duck. Our featured comics and manga are Tsubasa World Chronicle: Nirai Kanai-hen volume 1, The Hellboy Winter […]

4-Panel 42 – Wacky Max and The Scoobypocalypse

Archaeon 12/02/2016

We return for another fun-filled episode and this week we discuss Marvel’s “Dead No More” teaser, the Hannah-Barbera comic-book reboots, DC’s “Rebirth” teaser and more. Our featured comics and manga are Marvel’s Weirdworld, UQ Holder volume 6, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Inuyashiki volume 2, Tokyo ESP volume 1 and Luthor. […]

4-Panel 41 – Intergalactic Diplomacy by Hulk

Archaeon 03/02/2016

We kick off today’s show with the not-so surprising news that Steve Rogers will once more become Captain America. We also discuss the new trailer for Suicide Squad and run down the superhero movie release schedule – among other things. Our featured comics and manga are Die Wergelder volume 1, […]