TNTM Comicast #218 With the Power of Rao

The Ambassador & Pablo Gunner review the comics for the week of January 27th. Hear what we thought of TMNT and Extraordinary X-men. We also check in on Superman: Lois and Clark amongst many more.

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Batman And Robin Eternal #17, Cyborg #7, Grayson #16, Justice League Of America #7, Superman #48, Superman Lois And Clark #4, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #54, Black Magick #4, Jupiter's Circle Volume 2 #3 (Of 6), Outcast By Kirkman And Azaceta #15, Southern Bastards #13, All-New All-Different Avengers #4, All-New Inhumans #3, Daredevil #3, Extraordinary X-Men #6, Kanan #10, Old Man Logan #1, Spider-Woman #3, Venom Space Knight #3

TNTM Comicast #218 With the Power of Rao

Podcast Rating: PG-13

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Intro Song: TMNT(2014)
0:14-1:54 Intro: Sponsors-Twin Suns Comics & Gaming, Age Of Comics, Gamers Anonymous, Hosts-Pablo Gunner & The Ambassador, January 27 comics, free digital comic codes, Grade Scale-BUY, Skim, pass, Back 'n Bag of the Week aka BBOW, SPOILER ALERT!
1:55-3:39 Grayson #16
3:40-5:14 Black Magick #4
5:15-6:56 Cyborg #7
6:57-8:13 Daredevil #3
8:14-9:52 Superman Lois & Clark #4
9:53-12:00 Spider-Woman #3
12:01-14:43 Superman #48
14:44-16:44 Venom Space Knight #3
16:45-18:59 Justice League Of America #7
19:00-20:45 Kanan #10
21:08-23:20 Batman & Robin Eternal #17
23:21-25:34 All-New All-Different Avengers #4
25:49-27:34 Jupiter's Circle Volume 2 #3
27:37-29:42 Extraordinary X-Men #6
29:58-34:22 Commercial Break: Age Of Comics
35:23-36:22 Southern Bastards #13
36:23-38:04 All-New Inhumans #3
38:11-40:33 Outcast #15
40:36-43:24 Old Man Logan #1
43:25-45:54 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #54
45:55-50:24 Best Book Of the Week/Back 'n Bag Of the Week aka BBOW
50:25-52:10 Outro: Check out, Sack Time, jspill.com, Donate to our PayPal on tntmtheshow.com, fan shoutout, Social Media- http://tntmtheshow.tumblr.com, instagram.com/TNTMtheshow, www.facebook.com/TNTMtheshow, twitter.com/TNTMtheshow, send your questions & Dick(Grayson) pics to TNTMtheshow@hotmail.com, you can find us on Stitcher, Podkicker, iTunes, Podirrectory
Outro Song: Batman Beyond Theme

You can pick up these comics at Age Of Comics or

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TNTM NOOB & WEEB YAY4Anime Hello Panda

NOOB & WEEB try YAY4Anime, Japanese snack, Hello Panda.

TNTM Trade of The Week: East of West Volume 3

JONATHAN HICKMAN @JHickman

WRITER

NICK DRAGOTTA @NickDragotta

ARTIST

East of West is one of those series that is an epic of biblical proportions, literally and figuratively. Helmed by the superstar writer, Jonathan Hickman, you ought to know its going to be epic. Rising legend, Nick Dragotta, seals the deal of epicness with his art. Unlike the second volume I feel like this one stands on its own pretty well. 

What I mean by that is volume 3 did not seem to require too much info from the previous volumes. I've read the previous volume but it had been a year or two by this point and time. I won't deny that at times I wish I had recently read the other two trades but for the most part that wasn't the case. This book was mostly about the House of Mao proclaiming war. The House of Mao calls a meeting with all the other countries to proclaim this. Immediately you start seeing how this affects different people in power in other countries. They meet at a place of neutral and peaceful ground called The Wall. Treachery, violence, and death ensues despite it all. Elsewhere, Death has just lost his most viable chance for finding his son as the four horsemen confront the child. This story is twisted, at every angle. There is no hope, just lesser evils. If you're looking for a hopeful story you won't find it here. It's as bleak as they come.

The same cannot be said about the art. If the art was as bleak as the story this series would probably fail. Luckily Nick Dragotta fills each page and panel with plenty of color and life no matter how dark, dire, and death filled the story is. Make no mistake, the art isn't contrasting to the story. It's as dark, evil, vile, disturbing, ugly, graphic, odd, creepy, grotesque, disgusting, and frightening as it needs to be. At the same time it can be beautiful, elegant, charming, warm, humorous, and intriguing when appropriate as well. Each character is drawn with a lot of personality and their own unique voice. You can literally almost hear their tone, accent, volume, delivery. I've never been so impressed and interested in blood, guts, and dead bodies. It's just so colorful, detailed, and mesmerizing. 

As mesmerizing as the art is though I have to say that you can tell this is but a small chink in a long chain of stories, volumes, and issues. I'm so glad I don't read this in issues because the story is so slow, long, and drawn out at times. Heck even as I read it in trade, I imagine this story would be best in a large collection, like a compendium or something like that. I'm not trying to sell this book short but you can tell that Hickman & Dragotta are in this for the long haul. Though this graphic novel does a solid job of standing on its own it's just a small slice of a big pie. I give this book a BUY. If you don't mind the slowness of it all it might be higher up there for you. I do love a good build but this is just a little too drawn out for me.

Verdict: BUY

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ict: BUY

TNTM Comicast The Actual Roger #4

The Ambassador & Pablo Gunner review The Actual Roger #4 from Hank Tucker, creator of the Tick. Listen to this sweet pod about another Tucker gem.

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You can find The Actual Roger at Comixology for $1.99 

TNTM Comicast #217 Something, Something Marvel

The Ambassador & Pablo Gunner review the comics for the week of January 20th. See what we thought Poison Ivy and Legends of Wonder Woman. We also check in on Dragon Age Mage Killer #2.

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DRAGON AGE MAGEKILLER #2, BATMAN #48, BATMAN AND ROBIN ETERNAL #16, POISON IVY CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH #1, ROBIN SON OF BATMAN #8, SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #25, WONDER WOMAN #48, LEGENDS OF WONDER WOMAN #1, TOKYO GHOST #5, CAPTAIN MARVEL #1, DEADPOOL #6, MS MARVEL #3, NEW AVENGERS #5, STAR WARS #15, STAR-LORD #3

TNTM Comicast #217 Something, Something Marvel

Podcast Rating: PG-13

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0:14-1:52 Intro: Sponsors-Twin Suns Comics & Gaming, Age Of Comics, Gamers Anonymous, Hosts-Pablo Gunner & The Ambassador, January 20 comics, free digital comic codes, Grade Scale-BUY, Skim, pass, Back 'n Bag of the Week aka BBOW, SPOILER ALERT!
1:53-4:33 CAPTAIN MARVEL #1
4:34-7:01 POISON IVY CYCLE OF LIFE & DEATH #1
7:02-9:31 LEGENDS OF WONDER WOMAN #1
9:32-11:59 DRAGON AGE MAGEKILLER #2
12:00-13:49 MS MARVEL #3
13:50-16:00 STAR-LORD #3
16:27-18:25 UNCANNY INHUMANS #4
18:26-21:06 NEW AVENGERS #5
21:23-23:03 TOKYO GHOST #5
23:04-24:41 DEADPOOL #6
25:03-28:29 Commercial Break: Twin Suns
28:30-30:20 ROBIN SON OF BATMAN #8
30:21-32:26 SUPERMAN WONDER WOMAN #25
32:27-34:51 STAR WARS #15
34:52-37:31 BATMAN & ROBIN ETERNAL #16
37:32-39:24 BATMAN #48
39:25-41:32 WONDER WOMAN #48
41:33-47:23 Best Book Of the Week/Back 'n Bag Of the Week aka BBOW
47:24-51:56 Outro: Check out, Sack Time, jspill.com, Donate to our PayPal on tntmtheshow.com, fan shoutout, Social Media- http://tntmtheshow.tumblr.com, instagram.com/TNTMtheshow, www.facebook.com/TNTMtheshow, twitter.com/TNTMtheshow, send your questions & Dick(Grayson) pics to TNTMtheshow@hotmail.com, you can find us on Stitcher, Podkicker, iTunes, Podirrectory
Outro Song: Batman Beyond Theme

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TNTM NOOB & WEEB Episode 3

This time NOOB & WEEB try Watermelon Ramune and Ramune Gummies.

TNTM Trade of The Week: Black Science Volume 1 How To Fall Forever

Rick Remender @Remender

writer

Matteo Scalera @ScaleraMatteo

artist

The Ambassador and I actually read and reviewed the first four issues of this comic book series on our Comicast(comic book podcast). We picked it up primarily on the basis that it was the phenomenal writer of Fear Agent, Uncanny X-Force, and Low, Rick Remember. That's usually a safe bet. Then with Italian artist, Matteo Scalera, of Secret Avengers and Indestructible Hulk, it seemed like a sure thing. Even though the art is well done I couldn't get completely into this book.

When I read it in issues I couldn't get into it because of the characters but when I reread it in trade that wasn't the problem. The first time around I didn't like it because I didn't care about or sympathize with any of the characters. That changed rereading it in graphic novel form though. It was easier to see and understand the arc of the characters as I read it all the way through. Nonetheless, I still couldn't get completely invested in the characters and story.

The first characters you see are Grant McCay and his wife running and hiding from some humanoid frog creatures. It's not long at all before he loses his wife. All the while he is racing to meet back up with his kids and fellow crew of dimension hopping scientists before the dimension hopping machine makes its next jump. Call me cold and callous but I had no reason to care about this man, his wife, kids, crew, or his drive to get back to them. As the story unfolds this feeling is made even more justified as you find out that Grant is kind of a piece of shit. He's cheating on his wife with a fellow coworker and takes his kids dimension hopping like a dumbass. There's other characters that are interesting but their time is short lived so it's hard to get invested in them. There's an interesting twist towards the end but it just felt like too little too late by that point. Even the most interesting plot point was short lived in which the crew was stuck in a world where technologically advanced American Natives were battling Germans. The books calls it "some kind of inverse Manifest Destiny." The story is wrought with betrayal, envy, drama, lust, honor, glory, and valor. None of this makes up for the lack of substance though. I'm all for action but if there's no build to it there's not much of a point to it. You can't care about a person's death without knowing who they were first. That's what Remender failed to do in this first volume.

The blame is not all on him though. It is also the job of the artist to help tell the story not just the dialogue and narrative. As impressive as Matteo Scalera's work is, he only has a few comic book story arcs under his belt. Whereas Remender is somewhat of a seasoned comic book writer so I have to believe he has to know better. Scalera has a very dark, gritty, edgy, somewhat messy, sketchy, and line heavy art style. At times it is very colorful and vibrant but for the most part the color palette is a dark one. There is a lot of expression in the faces but it seems like they are reused quite a bit. Matteo has a wondrous imagination as he creates a multitude of worlds made of odd, peculiar, and interesting creatures. Still, I could not help but feel this was a poor man's Fear Agent.

On both parts, writing and art, this book seemed like a cheap knock off of Remender's own work, Fear Agent. A lost time traveler that dies at the end with a similar art style just felt too much alike even if that's where the comparison ends. I'd rather read Fear Agent over this any day. This book has a lot of potential to be great but this volume didn't do it for me therefore I'm not going to take the time, money, and effort that it takes to find out. I feel awful saying this about a Remender book but it's a Skim for me.

Verdict: Skim

You can pick up this comic at Age Of Comics or

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TNTM Comicast #216 The Walking X-men

The Ambassador & Pablo Gunner review the comics for the week of January 13th. See what we thought of X-men titles. We also check out the new direction on Red Sonja.

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Batman And Robin Eternal #15, Batman Superman #28, Batman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2, Robin War #2, Superman American Alien #3, Red Sonja Volume 3 #1, Huck #3, Walking Dead #150, All-New All-Different Avengers #3, All-New Hawkeye #3, All-New Wolverine #4, All-New X-Men #3, Captain America Sam Wilson #5, Extraordinary X-Men #5, Guardians Of The Galaxy #4, Mighty Thor #3, Scarlet Witch #2, Secret Wars #9 (Of 9), Silk #3

TNTM Comicast #216 The Walking X-men

Podcast Rating: PG-13

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Intro Song: 
0:13-1:26 Intro: Sponsors-Twin Suns Comics & Gaming, Age Of Comics, Gamers Anonymous, Hosts-Pablo Gunner & The Ambassador, January 13 comics, free digital comic codes, Grade Scale-BUY, Skim, pass, Back 'n Bag of the Week aka BBOW, SPOILER ALERT!
1:27-3:19 Red Sonja Volume 3 #1
3:20-5:15 Batman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2
5:16-8:10 Robin War #2
8:11-10:10 Scarlet Witch #2
10:11-12:05 All-New All-Different Avengers #3
12:21-14:16 All-New Hawkeye #3
14:17-16:02 Huck #3
16:03-17:55 Silk #3
18:21-20:58 Superman American Alien #3
20:59-23:10 Mighty Thor #3
23:11-26:13 Guardians Of The Galaxy #4
26:29-28:48 All-New X-Men #3
28:49-32:55 Commercial Break: Gamers Anonymous
32:56-34:35 All-New Wolverine #4
34:53-37:17 Extraordinary X-Men #5
37:18-39:13 Captain America Sam Wilson #5
39:14-41:05 Descender #5
41:06-40:41 Secret Wars #9
46:58-50:13 Batman & Robin Eternal #15
50:14-52:20 Batman Superman #28
52:21-55:58 Walking Dead #150
55:59-1:02:27 Best Book Of the Week/Back 'n Bag Of the Week aka BBOW
1:02:28-1:04:31 Outro: Check out, Sack Time, jspill.com, Donate to our PayPal on tntmtheshow.com, fan shoutout, Social Media- http://tntmtheshow.tumblr.com, instagram.com/TNTMtheshow, www.facebook.com/TNTMtheshow, twitter.com/TNTMtheshow, send your questions & Dick(Grayson) pics to TNTMtheshow@hotmail.com, you can find us on Stitcher, Podkicker, iTunes, Podirrectory
Outro Song: Batman Beyond Theme

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TNTM Comicast #215 It Was Suppose To Be Longer

The Ambassador & Pablo Gunner review the comics for the week of January 6th. See what we thought of Swamp Thing limited series. We also menton Albuquerque Comic Con.

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Archie #5, Action Comics #48, Batman And Robin Eternal #14, Detective Comics #48, Swamp Thing #1, Telos #4, Bitch Planet #6, Descender #5, Fade Out #12, Paper Girls #4, A-Force #1, Amazing Spider-Man #1.2, Darth Vader #15, Deadpool #5, Doctor Strange #4, Invincible Iron Man #5, Obi-Wan And Anakin #1, Spider-Gwen #4, Spider-Man Deadpool #1, Star Wars #14, Totally Awesome Hulk #2, Ultimates #3, Vision #3, Nova #3

TNTM Comicast #215 It Was Suppose To Be Longer

Podcast Rating: PG-13

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Intro Song: Stay Just A Little Bit Longer by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs

0:16-2:03 Intro: Sponsors-Twin Suns Comics & Gaming, Age Of Comics, Gamers Anonymous, Hosts-Pablo Gunner & The Ambassador, January  6 comics, free digital comic codes, Grade Scale-BUY, Skim, pass, Back 'n Bag of the Week aka BBOW, SPOILER ALERT!

2:04-4:02 Telos #4

4:03-5:43 Deadpool #5

6:03-8:03 Ultimates #3

8:04-9:56 Batman & Robin Eternal #14

9:57-11:37 Action Comics #48

11:38-13:24 Detective Comics #48

13:25-15:30 Nova #3

15:31-17:20 Bitch Planet #6

17:21-19:21 Totally Awesome Hulk #2

19:22-21:13 Spider-Gwen #4

21:14-23:27 Invincible Iron Man #5

23:28-28:40 Commercial Break: Albuquerque Comic-Con

28:41-30:50 A-Force #1

31:09-33:55 Swamp Thing #1

33:56-36:34 Fade Out #12

36:35-38:17 Doctor Strange #4

38:33-40:20 Star Wars #14 VDP5

40:21-42:56 Darth Vader #15 VDP6

43:14-45:32 Obi-Wan & Anakin #1

45:57-48:08 Vision #3

48:09-50:05 Archie #5

50:06-52:09 Paper Girls #4

52:10-54:19 Spider-Man Deadpool #1

55:01-56:55 Amazing Spider-Man #1.2

57:16-1:00:36 Best Book Of the Week/Back 'n Bag Of the Week aka BBOW

1:00:37-1:02:23 Outro: Check out, Sack Time, jspill.com, Donate to our PayPal on tntmtheshow.com, Social Media- http://tntmtheshow.tumblr.com, instagram.com/TNTMtheshow, www.facebook.com/TNTMtheshow, twitter.com/TNTMtheshow, send your questions & Dick(Grayson) pics to TNTMtheshow@hotmail.com, you can find us on Stitcher, Podkicker, iTunes, Podirrectory

Outro Song: Batman Beyond Theme

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TNTM Christmas Sharing

Pablo Gunner shares what he got for Christmas, some of the deals, and wants to know what gifts and deals you got.

TNTM Noob & Weeb YAY4Anime Panda Pocky

Tone Bone and Pablo Gunner try YAY4Anime, Japanese snack, Panda Pocky.