We throw a whole mess of stuff at the fan in this old-school EOC episode, including Invincible Iron Man by Matt Fraction and Salvador Larocca, Scott Snyder, Scott Tuft, and Attila Futaki's Severed #6 and 7 from Image, Critical Millennium: The Dark Frontier by Andrew E. C. Gaska, Dan Dussault, and Archaia (incorporating Jim Henson's Tale of Sand, The Dapper Men, and more), Gates of Gotham by Snyder, Kyle Higgins, and Trevor McCarthy, Avengers Vs. X-Men, superstar writers (including Alan Moore, Jason Aaron, Gail Simone, Bendis, Roy Thomas, Ed Brubaker, Morrison, The New 52, and more), Fantastic Four, Alan Davis and Captain America, Brian Wood's DMZ, and a whole mess more!

Two hundred down and a lot more to come! This week, we cram a whole lot into our bicentennial episode, including Criminal: Last of the Innocent and Fatale by Brubaker and Phillips, Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon's Lovestruck from Image, American Barbarian by Tom Scioli from AdHouse, the Gary Friedrich Marvel fallout, The Mask from John Arcudi and Doug Mahnke from Dark Horse, John Severin, Skinner: Every Man Is My Enemy from Gingko Press, Critical Hit, and ZeroFriends, Jonathan Ross and Tommy Lee Edwards' Turf from Image, Smoke Gignal #1 (Ben Marra, Michael DeForge, Bill Griffiths, Harvey Pekar, Tony Millionaire, Charles Burns, Sam Henderson, and more), Sleeper, Venom: Circle of Four, Peter Panzerfaust from Kurtis Wiebe and Tyler Jenkins, and a whole mess more!

The roster for this week includes Peanuts, the John Romita Artist's Edition from IDW, Strikeforce: Morituri by Peter B. Gillis, Brent Anderson, Whilce Portacio, and others, Astonishing Tales #12 and 13 (incorporating Ka-Zar and Man-Thing, Roy Thomas, Len Wein, Neal Adams, Gil Kane, Barry Windsor-Smith, Savage Tales #1, Big John Buscema, Rich Buckler, and more), the World's Collide DC/Milestone event (Static, Blood Syndicate, Superman, Icon, Hardware, Dwayne McDuffie, and others), American Vampire volume three by Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, and Sean Murphy, Rub the Blood by Secret Prison and Yeah Dude Comics (Jim Rugg, Benjamin Marra, Ian Harker, Pat Aulisio, Josh Bayer, Victor Cayro aka Bald Eagles, William Cardini, Mickey Z, Bloodwulf, Image, Extreme, Herb Trimpe, and a whole mess more), Prophet #21 from Brandon Graham, Scott Roy, and Extreme, Adventure Time, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, Weird War, and original art, Crossed: Psychopath by David Lapham, Raulo Caceres, and avatar, The Boys from Dynamite!, Bongo's Spongebob Comics #7, 20th Century Boys, the Avengers Prelude: Fury's Big Week and the Avengers trailer, Justice League Beyond, podcast love, and a whole lot more!

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn! It's almost an all Alan Moore episode as we spend a nice stretch talking about The Courtyard and Neonomicon from Avatar and DC's recent release of cover art and creative teams for the forthcoming suite of Before Watchmen prequel miniseries! After the dust settles, we manage to scrape together enough time to cover Spider Island, Shaky Kane's Monster Truck from Image, Heavy Metal: Iron Man Vs. X-O Manowar from Marvel and Valiant, Jeff Lemire and Sweet Tooth, Avengers: Childrens' Crusade, Matt Kindt on Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., and a whole mess more!