Chris and Matt are taking your questions this week, addressing issues including the best but least-loved video game console, the impact of the Comics Code, superhero poker games, The Spirit’s place in the comics pantheon, and much more!

The Rundown:

• Chris’ check and rec: X-Men ’92 ongoing, Super Mario Maker
• Matt’s check and rec: New job, Spy

Comics Reviewed:

• Grayson #12
• Scooby-Doo Team-Up #23

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This week, we’re welcoming the writer of the acclaimed wrestling comic Headlocked, Michael Kingston! We talk about the wrestling business vs. the comics business, working with wrestlers who have artistic talents, developing a story about how genuinely difficult it is to be a wrestler, our favorite types of match, and so much more! Plus, Matt’s back, so he and Chris add some quotes to the Word Heavyweight Champions list!

The Rundown:

• Follow Mike on Twitter!
• Go grab Headlocked!
• Chris’ check and rec: MMA Update, honeycrisp season
• Matt’s check and rec: UK trip, The Jinx
• Music used: Mixed by Kevin, “Headlock” (Remix)

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This week, Matt’s on Vacation and Chris is in Pennsylvania for Chikara’s annual King of Trios tournament – so if you’re one of our listeners who’s not so into the episodes about wrestling, maybe you want to skip this one. For the rest of you, we’ve got an extra-sized two-hour episode talking about the entire event with special guests Kieran Shiach, Helena Hart, David Burszan, Gavin Jasper and Aidan Sullivan, with a rundown of every match, plenty of tangents, and a discussion of why Missile Assault Man blowing up a bus full of children in Zimbabwe is not the least family-friendly thing in Chikara continuity this weekend.

Plus, it’s the exciting debut of our hottest new segment, Win A Date With Gavin!

The Rundown:

• This episode was guest-edited by Kieran Shiach, who also had Chris on his podcast, Journey Into Misery, where he explained Darkseid in the very same hotel room where this was recorded.
• Follow Kieran, Helena, David, Gavin and Aidan on Twitter!
• Learn more about KOT at ChikaraPro.com.
• Ladies:

Checks, Recs and Comics Reviews return next week with another fantastic guest host.

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Our guest this week is the writer of the new Boom Studios series Toil and Trouble and the Transformers: Windblade series, Mairghread Scott! We talk with her about the pressures of writing a series that adds to Macbeth, Transformers (of course), working on the G.I. Joe: Renegades animated series, curses, and much more! Plus, we answer a listener question or two (one of which we aren’t sure if we’ve answered before.

The Rundown:

• Follow Mairghread on Twitter!
• While you’re at it, here’s her Pinterest page.
• If you aren’t familiar with G.I. Joe: Renegades, here’s some info.
• Chris’ check and rec: MMA Update, “Zero to Mandalay“
• Matt’s check and rec: London trip, Peggle Blast
• Music used: Dan Axe, “Witches”

Comics Reviewed:

• Superman #43
• Zodiac Starforce #1
• Grayson #11

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August is winding down, which means it’s time once again for us to add some entries to the ever-expanding Every Story Ever list!

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This week, we’re filling out our Word Heavyweight Champion list with nearly a full hour of lists of your favorite comics quotes! Plus checks, recs and comics reviews return!

The Rundown:

• Check out this rad Copernicus Jones video!
• Chris’ check and rec: Gilmore Girls, Splatoon
• Matt’s check and rec: Kickstarter work, The American Scream

Comics Reviewed:

• Batman ’66 #67
• Astro City #26
• Secret Love One-Shot

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The editors of the comedy magazine The Devastator return for a super-sized interview segment all about this year’s WWE SummerSlam! We run down the card and make predictions, getting particularly sidetracked about Arrow’s Stephen Amell appearing in a match.

The Rundown:

• Follow Amanda and Geoffrey on Twitter!
• While you’re at it, go follow The Devastator and check out its website, where you can order the brand new “Restart Me Up,” an unauthorized oral history of Windows ’95.
• Sasha Banks’ Tumblr!
• Here’s the picture of Brock and the Undertaker where ‘Taker seems to be wearing a weird wig.
• Music used: Quad City DJs vs. Jim Johnston, “Space Slam”

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Friend of the show and writer of the new Boom series Welcome Back, Christopher Sebela, is our guest this week! We talk with him about high-concept comics with last-page reveals, how hate is a lot like love, his list of people who have made “Welcome Back, Kotter” jokes, the title of the series, his collection of weird conspiracy flyers and much more! Plus, we answer a few listener questions!

The Rundown:

• Follow Christopher on Twitter!
• If you’re going to get into real-life Tumblr fandoms, consider starting with Lifting Tumblr.
• Back in 2009, Sufjan Stevens declared the 50 states project a “joke.” How dare he. (And Chris is right. It’s “Soof-yan.”)
• Piper recs: SuperBrawl VII, “The Gang Wrestles for the Troops,” Deep Focus: They Live 
• Chris’ check and rec: Birthday!, Difficult People
• Matt’s check and rec: Wendy’s story, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
• Music used: The Lonely Jackals, “Welcome Back”

Comics Reviewed:

• Batman ’66 #66
• The Shadow #1
• Dark Corridor #1

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This week, we welcome the writer of IDW’s Ghostbusters Get Real and other bustin’ comics, Erik Burnham! We talk about Jake Blues, giving Winston the spotlight, why Ghostbusters II is so maligned, whether Ghostbusters could sustain a serious horror story and so much more! Plus, more quotes for the Word Heavyweight Champion list!

The Rundown:

• Follow Erik on Twitter!
• If you’re unfamiliar: Bob Hope’s The Ghost Breakers.
• Chris’ check and rec: Meeting a guy named Dojo, taking an MMA class
• Matt’s check and rec: Finishing Arkham Knight, Bojack Horseman S2
• Music used: VibeLime, “French Jeans”

Comics Reviewed:

• Sex Criminals #11
• Batgirl Annual #3
• Fables #150

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