Jefferson Workman, Chris Equinox Chavez, and Scott Cederlund from Wednesday's Haul drop by to help us through the second half of the Marvel Previews catalog number 40 (for books shipping in February 2007)! Plus, Frank Zappa warns on the dangers of Speed and reads a few paragraphs from William S. Burroughs' Naked Lunch! Bonus! Chad and Mr. Zombie! Dada poetry! Bigfoot! A cocky stage hypnotist! Bryon Gysin on junk, baby! Leeloo! Yoko Ono! A holiday song in German! Loud Boy! A demonic possession! More!

Dial R Studio's Pat Loika, Chris Eaton aka The Big Largeness, Jefferson Workman, and BlondMichelle join us as we plunge into the Marvel Previews catalog for items shipping in February, 2007! Also, Kevin Smith, Joe Quesada, and Stan Lee drop by in the form of audio snippets (graciously provided by attendee, Pat Loika) from the Marvel: Then and Now event! All this, and the usual Buzz Line silliness!

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Jefferson Workman joins us in our Marvel Spotlight discussion on Bruce Jones and John Romita Jr's Return of the Monster! Also, the Buzz Line erupts with calls from Dallan, Darrel, Max Headroom, Scar Tissue's Dave Wachter, and Chad and Mr. Zombie! Bullpen Bulletins 13 is our funniest episode to date - a laugh riot from start to finish!

The first Bullpen Bulletins Team-Up! In the first half of this episode, we're joined by Derek Coward from Comic Book Noise and the Deliberate Noise network to talk about Infinite Crisis, Civil War, the Registration Act, and Captain America's role in the battle! In the second half of the show, Derek throws down with Michael Myers from Rocky Mountain Comic Book Noise, Comic Timing's Ian Levenstein, and the home team for an energized discussion on Amazing Spider-Man #536! All this, plus the usual Buzz Line and pop culture insanity!

Bullet Points' Tommy Lee Edwards stops by to talk about art, his past, present, and future work, factors influencing his decision to go exclusive with Marvel, Star Wars, and much more! Also, Doombot joins in on our discussion of Civil War #5! All this, plus the usual shorts, Buzz Line messages, and just plain weirdness you can only find here!

It's Marvel Previews time, again! This time around, we're joined by Around Comics' Chris Neseman, Dan C (Papercut), Chris Chavez (Equinox), Jay Scarsi, and Miguel Rodrigues (Organic Matter) help us on our trip through Marvel Previews #39 (November for books shipping in January, 2007). Also, Marty Devoid delivers his first Top of the Pot report! Bonus! The Buzz Line is screamin' with calls from Doombot, Denise from Birds of Geek, Comic Timing's Ian Levenstein, Jay Scarsi, a quartet from the bombastic Braxton, Just Another Fan Boy's Steeven, and the Governator, himself, Detective John Kimble!

Marvel Fabulous Firsts! Around Comics' Brian Salazar joins us for our dissection of five recently-released Marvel first issues: Doctor Strange: The Oath, Criminal, Ultimate Power, The Irredeemable Ant-Man, and Ghost Rider! Special last-minute appearance by Tom Katers! Bonus! The Buzz Line explodes with calls! Extra! Witness the stunning return of X-51!

Pat Loika and Miguel Rodrigues join us in our discussion of Marvel current events, specifically the leaked Marvel Original Art Policy memo and Tamora Pierce's reaction to the Sue Storm letter as written by Mark Millar in Civil War #4! Also, we dip into Willie Lumpkin's Mailbag for some listener emails!

Amazingly-talented Pat Loika joins us for the second of our Halloween specials, adding commentary to our examination of the Marvel Zombies miniseries, the Comics Code of Authority, Dr. Frederic Wertham and Seduction of the Innocent, the Marvel Monster Group and the black-and-white magazines Monsters Unleashed, Dracula Lives!, Vampire Tales, and Tales of the Zombie, and the recently-published Essential Tales of the Zombie and Essential Marvel Horror! Bonus! Werewolf by Night!