Pick of the Week #1050 – Superman #886 (43)

iFanboy celebrates its 1,050th Pick of the Week episode with a triple-sized all listener e-mail spectacular! Josh Flanagan and Conor Kilpatrick asked you, the iFanbase, to send them e-mails… and you delivered!

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Running Time: 03:32:50

Pick of the Week:

00:02:16 – Superman #886 (43)

Patron Pick:

00:10:22 – Batman: Bad Seeds – Gotham General #1

Josh Talks About Comics For Two Minutes:

00:24:16 – Alien vs. X-Men #2, Crimes Against Nature #2, The Flash #838 (38), Predator vs. Planet of the Apes #4

Audience Questions:

00:28:31 – The tradition continues as iFanboy fields questions from the loyal iFanbase for over three hours!

• Doug “Human Gong” M. wants to know which Batman rogues and The Flash rogues would make the best baseball team.
• James L. from Vermont set a calendar reminder to ask Conor to tell his Phil Simms story that he mentioned during Pick of the Week #1000.
• JRQ wants to know which would be scarier if they were real: superheroes/villains, Universal horror monsters, aliens, or kaiju.
• Greg M. asks about real life comic book “what if…” moments.
• Ken from The Great White North wonders if the Justice League is more interesting with Superman on the team or not on the team.
• Oliver K. wants to know if it’s preferable to read 10 comics in a week with terrible art or terrible writing.
• Andy M. from London, England, United Kingdom wants to know which comic book story the guys own in the most formats.
• Ryan A. from the United Kingdom asks about definitive character portrayals.
• Aldwin D. wants to know if there are any series that the guys collect in trade paperback, or if they just buy prestige collections.
• Ilan P. from Johannesburg, South Africa thinks that comics have never been more culturally accepted but less ambitious.
• Eduardo R. from Soledad, California wants to know what the guys originally thought of the Seinfeld series finale and if their opinions have changed over the years.
• Zach C. from Indianapolis, Indiana (formerly of Tampa, Florida) wants to know which game in the World Series is the best game to hold a viewing party.
• Monica M. from Mexico asks, in a Space Jam scenario, which comic book characters are the guys choosing to save the world.
• Alan G. from Kokomo, Indiana wants to know if the guys enjoy reading superhero stories in prose format.
• Luke H. thinks that comic book readers are more open-minded than other cohorts.
• Matt K. from East Northport, New York wants to know if the guys ever attended Ithacon when they were in college.
• Brian C. wants to know if Superman is truly an immigrant.
• Matthew G. from Woburn, Massachusetts wants to know which stories should get Absolute Editions and wonders if mid-2000s comic stories were too violent and if iFanboy would have even been formed if comics were more all-ages back in 2000.
• Chris from the iFanboy Data Analytics Department presents his annual report on Patron Powers.
• Damian “The Commandant” Sherman from Pittsfield, Massachusetts wants to know if there is a recent comic book story that would make it into the guy’s all-time top ten.
• Carlos S. posits a scenario in which books in the Silver Age, once canceled, can never return, and wonders which titles would still be published today.
• Jacen B. wonders how the guys feel about the current era of comics.
• Bryan R. wants to know what the guys would do if they suddenly inherited 40,000 comic books.
• Brad G. wonders if it’s a relief when the Pick of the Week and the Patron Pick line up.
• Jonathan B. from Baltimore, Maryland wants to know why Josh hates Bush (the band).
• Brice from Fresno, California asks Conor to rank his top five Robin costumes.
• Carol from HR wants to know what the guys’ favorite non-book, non-original art comic book-related item that they own is.
• Rustyautoparts wonders if the guys would choose if they could have any actor on the show as a co-host.
• Martin S. is thinking about comic book runs that are critical/fan favorites at the time of their release but then seemingly never talked about again.
• Alan T. from California give the guys the power to un-cancel any canceled book from Marvel or DC and wants to know what the longest running series is that they have read every issue of.
• Old Man Tony from Phoenix, Arizona wants to know which series the guys have most recently re-read and if they had any Underoos growing up.
• John V. from Brooklyn, New York wonders if the guys ever think about the fact that the geeks have inherited the Earth and yet seem intent on destroying it.
• Owen M. from Bray, Ireland wonders why mostly leftwing comic book writers tend to create leftwing villains rather than leftwing heroes.
• Miroslav wonders if manga books are ever considered for the subject of Booksplodes.
• Mark B. wants to know the guys’ favorite graphic novels.
• Drew G. from Perth, Western Australia, Australia asks… what hurts?

Patron Thanks:

02:08:34 – Dominic Zito aka “SuperSnac90”

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Music:

“Back and to the Left”

Texas is the Reason