Up until now we got the feeling that Thomas Boyd has been through a lot in his life, but with this issue we really find out. Thomas has been an assasin for a rogue CIA agent, part of teh PSI Force team and now drafted and getting evaluated by an out of control Nightmask persona. It doesn't get much crazier than this! If that wasn't enough, a back u…

At long last, the Draft is here! This issue tells the story of three new paranormals who end up drafted into the government's new paranormal military squad. Meet Gridlock, a sad man who gets no respect but can make tubes from thin air (that should help). Also Metallurgust, who can control a chevy hubcap (seriously) and Blow Out, a PhD student who e…

And finally we return to bi-monthy Star Brand. In this issue we learn more about the motivations of Ken and Duck's space super star baby. Sure the issue is a bit weird, but we've got some great impressions and a back up story "Family Ties" that follows up on what happened to the family that Jenny Swensen rescued from the PITT.…

Death of the Clinic??? Say it ain't so Gruenwald, we like the clinic!! In this issue a lot of the clinic paranormals are split up and have run ins with the army and state stroopers. Let's hope everyone is ok. We also get a special backup story "CHOICES" with the return of one of our favorite characters from a canceled New Universe series.…

Justice is in jail...again and everyone wants a peice of him. But what happens when you take a dangerous paranormal like Tensen and drug him out of his mind?

Canada, a peaceful place with soft rain, ample Tim Horton's and free healthcare. That is until Jake Travest (or Slash Hannigan) starts ripping the place a new one with the MAX Version 2 armor (forget that version 3 existed)!!! Jake and the MAX suit are after Wayne and Tyrone and neither historic hotels nor innocent civilians will slow him down. Als…

Merriam, Lenore, Charley, Jenny Swensen, Mutator....which one will win Randy's attention in the post apocalyptic bomb shelter snuggle fest???? Oh, and something about a guy named Pitbull? That guy might be trouble.

Mick Jagger, U2....Peter Paul and Mary???? Justice makes his way to a concert raising money for survivors of the PITT (and maybe the family of those reporters in the helicopter from the PITT comic), and he gets into some trouble with Seraph, defender of paranormals!

With Two Thirds of PSI Force captured, what's left? Wayne, Tyrone and their new friend Lindsay find out what happened to the others and have a run in with the Medusa Web. Plus a special back-up Codename: Spitfire story.

Creepy flying baby alert!! Is this still the same comic book that started the New Universe? Lots of big changes on the way in this story, so strap in and grab a cold mug of Pitt juice. It's going to get weird!!!

Well since issue 18 left us with a literal cliffhanger, this one can't come soon enough. Here we find out if any of our paranormal friends actually make it out of the Pitt alive!! Jenny Swensen and the MAX armor show up too, but is it to help or just cause more trouble?

"You've got to clean up the blood Lydia!" Justice is back hunting paranormals in Philadelphia this time. A PITT inspired cult with a dangerous leader draws Tensen's attention, but so does his daughter Angie. Will there be a reunion? Let's find out?

Welcome back to the Voice of the New Universe. Finally we catch up to what the rest of the Teens are doing, and what they are doing is running from the Medusa Web. Lots of new paranormals with nicknames! Blood Cat! Dustoff Skybreaker!

At the end of every season we spend some time reflecting on what we liked and what we didn't about the issues from this season. In this case we had a bunch of new directions for our New Universe books, some regular creative teams and some controversial retcons! What did we make of it all? Pop some ear buds in and have a listen!…

Justice is still on his mission to bring the sword to paranormals who abuse their powers, at least until the PITT happens. We also squeeze in some poetry readings and bible study. In DP7 the clinic paranormals are working on clean up after the riot but tempers haven't lowered for all of them. Add in an apocalyptic road trip and you've got one heck …

Pittsburgh is gone...but what happens next? Join us in our review of THE PITT where we get to see The Witness, Col. Mac "Bloodthirsty" Browning and our old friend Jenny "Don't call my MAX armor Spitfire" Swensen as they experience the aftermath. Bad things can happen when a writer has a grudge against a character...…

What is going on here??? Do we finally get to see Ken Connell do some super heroics? A weird visit to a comic book convention to see John Byrne? An unexpected pregnancy? Some kind of New Universe-shaping mega event? Massive retcons? we'll see but you are definitely going to want to hear this one!

Riot at the clinic! The gang war might be reaching it's peak but for sure there are some paranormals that aren't going to survive this one! Tune in to find out who to grieve for. We are skipping ahead a bit in the release order to cover PSI Force 18, since this story occurs before a certain explosive Star Brand 12. Here we get to find out what happ…

Issue 17 of PSI Force is titled: "Beg Tomorrow" and features not one but TWO new evil organizations and a bunch of new paranormals including the frightening Rodstvow! Steven's Russian accent is going to earn overtime pay for this issue! In Justice 17 we get some back story on who John Tensen is as he has to explain it to some dope trapped in his bo…

Time to learn a little more about our friend Justice, and time to re-start the kill count! Tensen has a new mission, and trouble causing paranormals are not safe. In DP7 we get the formation of the new super team to end all super teams...the DD Teens! Ok well maybe it's just a bunch of kids fanning the flames of the race war in the Clinic. We also …

Legendary John Byrne takes over Star Brand, but how does he feel about our main man Ken Connell? There was lots of advertising hype for this one, should be a good one! PSI Force is breaking out this issue with lots of fun pop culture references and John Lithgowian foreheads! A fun issue by Fabian Nicieza.…

Big changes require a big episode so we are giving Justice 15 its own solo podcast episode. Cross yoru fingers that our favorite Justice warrior comes out OK from this one.

Crossover time! Michael Crawley left PSI Force and heads to the Clinic in Wisconsin. Lock up your MRI machines, it's explosion time! The race war continues in DP7, but this time a spotlight on Lenore and Steven damages his vocal cords with his best old lady impression.

What happens when Justice, an alien gets bitten by a snake? Does the snake gain Justice's powers and judge desert creatures? We can only hope... In DP7 we've got ourselves a RACE WAR! Charly is torn between her friends and the black powers group as paranormals pick sides.

"To Russia with Nukes!" In Star Brand 10 there is a problem in Russia, but the Russians are keeping quiet about it. Can Ken intercede? In PSI Force Tyrone gets abducted and Thomas "Stalker" Boyd takes matters into his own hands.

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Welcome back to the Voice of the New Universe with Season 3! Although we are moving on from a bunch of cool books that were cancelled, PSI Force survives to see an issue 13 and the return of an old foe (who sadly isn't Mindwolf). Stasi and her healing powers take center stage again, and we take one last look at some hilarious potential New U slogan…

PSI Force, Star Brand, Justice and DP7, these are the New Universe comics that made the cut and get to continue on! As a special bonus episode, we recap each series and talk about what we liked and didn't like, and some of our favorite moments.

Spitfire, Nightmask, Kickers Inc. and Mark Hazzard: Merc. Taken before their time, or mercy killing? In this special episode we recap season 2, issues 7-12 of the New Universe starting with the cancelled books. We'll talk abotu what worked, what didn't work and give the series overall grades.

Nelson Kohler, mild mannered microsoft salesmen becomes "The Witness" and gets a first hand view of our DP7 crew when they first manifested their powers. That's right, it's a flashback issue!

What does a Brittish drill instructor sound like? Which of the mercenary retrospectives had us laughing so hard we had to stop recording? Who will replace Mark Hazzard and become the new Merc? All of this and more in Mark Hazzard Merc, annual #1: The Death of Mark Hazzard!

A special double sized episode for a double sized issue of PSI Force! Lots of good stuff here as we get some expanded back story on the teens, a big epic fight and a PSI Force roster shakeup!

If you were a successful downhill skiing pro living in Switzerland with a beautiful rich girlfriend, what could go wrong by inviting your old friend the handsome lady killer Ken Connell? Answer: Lots! But was this a set up all along? And Hey! Connell! What business do you have falling in love with some rich lady with Duck waiting at home? Don't thr…

She's been in Jail, lost her students, messed with by the CIA, been stranded in Afghanistan and had a bunch of title changes. Will Jenny "Spitfire" Swensen and her MAX armor go out with a bang or a whimper? Find out!

Justice issue #12 doesn't resolve what's going on in the Winterlands, but it does give us a fast paced fast food killing spree, with all kinds of action. Over in DP7 we have a real reckoning, where the seven paranormals who have been hunted and hounded for months are finally reunited and going to face down the clinic and Voight!…

Now what seemed a long time coming, an issue with no Mark Hazzard Whatsoever! Lincoln Griffin is on a mission of "freedom" in Afghanistan. We've got child soldiers, Metal Gear Solid references and questionable battle tactics. Kickers Inc sends off their fun comic series with a battle against the most cunning and ruthless fo all villains...Canadian …

Damballah vs the Chain Beast! Nightmask vs Tullius in the waking world. The New Universe vs Sales figures!!... and it all comes down to a bottle of Magnolia Perfume. You aren't going to want to miss this Voodoo packed episode. Also in PSI Force we find Stasi getting herself in trouble with a cult selling candy bars and scamming old ladies. Plus the…

There's a lot going on in Star Brand #9. A Nightmask guest appearance, Kirby inspired wackiness and even a brand new catch phrase!!! We also have a letters page to talk about, a true rarity in the early new universe. Tune in and find out. In Codename Spitfire "Ghost in the Machine" we see the return of Jenny Swensen's dad...in 5 inch floppy disk mo…

In "Desert Resurrection" with Tensen having just been responsible for the downfall of his homeworld the only way to get back on track is a romantic stroll through the desert with Webstral the Wizard! Just Kidding. We do get another excellent Conway/Giffen story though! That and over in DP7 we have some halfway decent 7-11 jokes, Some even better zi…

Mark Hazzard, our favorite mercenary has been sprung from his Iranian prison, but he's looking for revenge on everyone who helped put him there. After that we also have a fun chat about reader submissions for the New Universe slogan. Finally Kickers Inc #11: now with double the word count!! Has Steven's voice recovered enough to cover all of this t…

Voodoo time in Nightmask as Keith and Teddy have to deal with a Lucian Ballad who is acting a bit strange. Wait a minute, wasn't he kidnapped in the previous issue? We also get to talk about posthumous voodoo celebrity Marie Laveaux! In PSI Force, the kids are happy at the reservation and training their powers. But with Wayne, our prototypical angr…

Writer Fabian Nicieza has Jenny Swensen back in the MAX armor, but it's an all new MAX armor now, ready to take on a mission of questionable ethics in Nicaragua. We also finish our discussion of Universe News for this month's books where we talk abotu what we would do with Jenny's brains or Ken Connell's Star Brand.…

It's Tensen vs the Winterlands and oh boy does it get dark! Keith Giffen and Gerry Conway take us deeper into the winterlands and we find out just how evil they are! In DP7, We catch up to David "Mastodon" Landers who is still on the run and also Randy's missing antibody, who finds a not at all annoying orphan kid that we definitely want to see mor…

Wait, is it Mark Hazzard: Merc or just Merc? Is the New Universe pulling another Swensen in jail kind of thing? Who is this Lincoln Griffin guy? How do you pronounce Iran? All of this and more this episode! In Kickers Inc #10 Ever wonder what would happen if a bunch of football players replaced Chuck Norris in one of his 80's Missing in action movi…

In "Drums for Damballah" Keith, Teddy, Lita and Dr. Ballard get ready to go to a scientific conference...unless some Voodoo bad luck gets in the way! Plus some NASCAR and gigantic snakes! In PSI Force, the kids take a long overdue road trip to try to uncover the relationship between their brief mentor, Emmett Proudhawk, and their superpower/nemesis…

In "Nuclear Nightmare!" Ken takes a brief vacation from continuity and drives to the countryside where he meets young Tad Selby, a kid with a heart of gold...but also a heart defect that will kill him. That doesn't sound like something Ken and his star brand powers can handle, does it? In the newly-titled Codename: Spitfire, Jenny Swensen has found…

Mike Rockwitz was an intern at Marvel Comics, then an assistant editor and finally an editor for Marvel. He ended up working on all of the New Universe books in some capacity, but also titles like Silver Surfer and Captain America. In this special episode, Mike talks with us about what it was like at the beginning of the New U. Lots of great storie…

Justice, a force of nature that delivers death to evildoers is struggling with the news that Becky Chambers has died. A mysterious man with a black aura, an increasingly brutal snowstorm, great Keith Giffen art...we are in for a ride. In DP7 most of our escaped paranormals have been captured by the clinic, Dave is on the run and they could be in fo…

There's a new mercenary in town (sigh) and he's teamed up with Mark Hazzard on a mission to deliver missiles to Afghanistan (sigh). But will Mark's plan backfire? Issue #9, "Decoy" In Kickers Inc, Jack has been having troubles with his powers, trouble with his wife and is suspended from football. Surely things can't get any worse....right?…

Keith Remsen as Nightmask has had some lovely ladies show up in his dreams before, but this time something also has him running scared. Find out who in this week's episode! This month in PSI Force, Wayne gets...emotional???? That can't be right, better listen and find out what our resident angry psychic teen is up to. Also in this episode we get to…