Month: February 2022

What’s Your Brand?

Examining all manner of branded talent, characters and titles in comics & film. Plus, Collector’s Corner: Buyer Beware!

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Comic Book Mysteries! Secret Identities!

Many comic book legends have produced popular works under alternate names. Rob takes you through the list of superstar talents that have posed under secret profiles over the decades and why they hid their true identities!

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The Best Era Ever!

Comic book enthusiasts have had much to celebrate in recent times as characters across all era’s have roared to cinematic life, igniting passionate debate about multiple eras! Which era towers above the rest? What combination of creativity, sales achievements and fan enthusiasm created a clear winner for all time?

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Marvel’s Multiverse Madness! Comics & Sports!

Rob explains Disney’s big gamble on Dr. Strange 2, sharing exactly what is driving the high stakes with The Multiverse Of Madness and how it all ties into the runway success of Sony’s Spider Man: No Way Home! Plus: Comic Books & Sports! The competitive nature and connective tissue that drives both industries!

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Marvel’s Political Payoff! Boba Fett!

Playing with politics is always a tricky situation in entertainment but Marvel gambled and won big when they incorporated the Watergate scandal, saving Captain America from cancellation! The President was a terrorist! Cap quit! Nomad was born! All hell broke loose as Cap’s stories were ripped from the political headlines! Plus, The Book Of Boba Fett and the impact of Star Wars shows!

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The Lord Of The Rings Cartoon! Marvel’s Warrior Of The Shadow Realm!

3 productions, 3 Director’s across 2 networks and one theatrical release! The Lord Of The Rings media experience started in 1977 with a disparate set of animated productions, released across 4 years! Rob takes you through the arrival of Tolkien’s classic cartoons as they unspooled in real time! Plus, Marvel enlists top talents as it gets in on all the fantasy action with the stellar Warriors Of The Shadow Realm, a Weirdworld saga!

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Cartoons & Comic Books!

From Super Friends to X-Men to The Clone Wars, an examination of the evolution of the Saturday Morning Cartoon experience! 

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War & Peace(Maker)

Rob looks at how the big gamble on Peacemaker, the most daring and rewarding risk DC Entertainment has taken in years, provides a blueprint for their struggling publishing arm. Plus, with the censorship of acclaimed works such as MAUS in the news, Rob is fired up and makes his position on the matter abundantly clear!

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