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Episode 43 was recorded the week after DC has announced its reboot in September filled with 52 new first issues, a commitment to go day and date for digital sales and other gamechanging possibilities. Coming back from a surprisingly eventful week away, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester catch up with their thoughts of I, Vampire #1, Batman #1, Sexy Man-Bat #1 Wonder Woman #1, and all the announcements released by the time of our discussion. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Episode 42 is chock full o' good stuff with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discussing our changing impressions about the Green Lantern and X-Men: First Class movies, a reconsideration of Cry For Justice, reviews of Batwoman Elegy, Wolverine: Insane in the Brain, Superman: The Black Ring, Mr. Wonderful by Dan Clowes, centennial issues and much, much more. It's a robust hour and forty minutes of comics talk, enough to keep you sated during our upcoming brief vacation. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!

We've got Episode 41 for you and in it Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss the process of writing reviews for Savage Critic, confusion on our own rating system, the conclusion of the Flash series, Flashpoint #1 and its possible ramifications, Thor The Motion Picture, X-Men: First Class and much more in a convenient 75 minute pill-like format. Thanks for listening and we hope you enjoy!

Welcome to the conclusion of Episode 40: In a little over an hour, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester answer questions from listeners on Twitter. Topics include perennial favorites like Jack Kirby, Grant Morrison, as well as new topics like characters we're tired of, characters who've changed over the years, our favorite comics from companies other than Image, Dark Horse and Oni and much, much more. It's fun, it's free and we hope you enjoy!

And just in time for the 10th anniversary of the Savage Critic website, it's the first installment of Episode 40! In it, Graeme McMillan and myself talk Time Masters: Vanishing Point, the work of Dan Jurgens, the publicity surrounding Flashpoint, the Prism Awards, and we speculate on what goes on at the Marvel sausage factory that makes Spider-Island roll off the assembly line. You also get my super-unhappy review of Avengers 12.1 by Brian Bendis and Brian Hitch. We hope you enjoy it, and, as always, thank you for listening!

Here's our conclusion to Episode 39, with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talking Walt Simonson's The Mighty Thor Omnibus: Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty; Wolverne: Insane in the Brain trade paperback by Jason Aaron, Yanick Paquette, and C.P. Smith; Moon Knight #1 by Bendis and Maleev; Thor #1 by Matt Fraction and Oliver Coipel, the aftermaths of Brightest Day and Justice League: Generation Lost, and our speculation about Flashpoint. All of this in under an hour? As Graeme would say, "you bet your bippy!" We hope you enjoy it, and, as always, thank you for listening!

Welcome to Installment 1 of Episode 39 wherein Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss Fear Itself #2 and our expectations for event crossovers, generally. Careful listeners will also be able to find discussions of Journey Into Mystery #1, trailers for Green Lantern and Conan, and Graeme's latest dietary adventures. We hope you enjoy it, and, as always, thank you for listening!

This is Episode 38. In it, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss Russel T. Davies's The Writer's Tale, Dave McKean'Celluloid, Action Comics #900, Rob Liefeld's Shrink, Casanova, Brightest Day, the idea of Black Avengers, and the appeal of superheroes. We hope you enjoy it, and, as always, thank you for listening!

Believe it or not, this is Episode 37, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester are here to talk about our expectations for Chester Brown's Paying for It and Dave McKean's Celluloid, as well as review Gingerbread Girl by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover, FF #1,Superman #710, Fear Itself, Axe Cop Bad Guy Earth #2, One Piece, Secret Avengers and a title you probably haven't heard of that we've never discussed before: Final Crisis. It's ninety-plus minutes of rollicking comics action that may still be less than two weeks old by the time you hear it! We hope you enjoy it, and, as always, thank you for listening!

Continuing our almost/not-quite-on-time schedule, this is Episode 36, an almost-didn't-happen shortcast, with Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester discuss the Doomsday event, JLA, Dan Didio's Outsiders, Fear Itself, Green Lantern: Secret Origin, and Ultimate Fallout. Fortunately, the recording levels are a little more steady so we have that going for us. We hope you enjoy it, and, as always, thank you for listening!

Welcome to the slightly-delayed Episode 35, wherein Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester do battle with the odd recording levels of my new headset, captured live for you in newly patented "Arghhh Audio." (We hope to have it worked out before too long.) Apart from the miracle of Arghhh, Audio, we also have discussions on Fear Itself #1, the upcoming Flashpoint, a critical re-examination of Fraction and Ferry's Thor, Paul Friedrich's Onion Head Monster: Catastrophic, as well as answering listener questions on Twitter. We hope you enjoy it, appreciate your patience while we continue to work out the recording kinks, and thank you for listening!

This is Episode 34, recorded the day before Wondercon. In it, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester talk Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, Vol. 1, Finder: Voice, Thor, Butcher Baker #1, Wonder Woman, Jimmy Olsen #1, and Marc Guggenheim's arc on Justice Society of America. And if you want to not listen to us talk about Graeme's brush with death, the comics material starts in at roughly the ten and a half minute mark. By the way, if you listen to this podcast on iTunes and it's something you enjoy, we would appreciate it if you could take a second to give us a review. It's been a while and it would help soothe our fragile egos if you did. We hope you enjoy, and thanks for listening!

This is Episode 33, and in it, Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester decide to share the love and give you a podcast of strictly glowing reviews, untarnished by equivocation, on books and strips as diverse as Bakuman, Classic G.I. Joe, Jack Kirby's Captain America Omnibus, Superman #709, and Bucko. We hope you enjoy, and thanks for listening!

It's the conclusion of Episode 32, and Graeme McMillan and I continue talking comics new and old, including Jack Kirby's Captain America Omnibus, Ultimate Spider-Man, Daredevil and the Punisher, X-Force #5, James Stokoe's Won Ton Soup, Sean Chiki's Wunderkammer #3, and more. We hope you enjoy, and thanks for listening!

It's the first part of Episode 32, and Graeme McMillan and Jeff Lester start off by examining reaction to one of Graeme's recent online articles, before going on to disscuss comics like Criminal and Captain America, Amazing Spider-Man by Dan Slott and Marcos Martin, Punisher Max issue 11 by Jason Aaron and Steve Dillon, James Robinson's two Jimmy Olsen specials, Aaron and Ahmed, by Jay Cantor and James Romberger, and other upcoming releases and news. We hope you enjoy, and thanks for listening!