All New Showcase

This week, the upcoming Man of Steel sequel got another confirmed cast member -- Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman! Predictably, the internet started to have a hissy fit. This week, Blake takes on the Wonder Woman Whiners, as well as those getting huffy over Indiana Jones, and asks for your suggestions for this year's Showcase Christmas Marathon. And what's cool this week? It's a triple dose of cool with Earth 2 #18, Amazing X-Men #2 and Disney's newest animated film, Frozen.

It's an event fifty years in the making: Blake and Erin gush over the Doctor Who anniversary special The Day of the Doctor! In a spoiler-saturated discussion they talk about John Hurt, the return of David Tennant, Easter Eggs and surprises galore, and exactly what this episode means for the future of the franchise. They also talk the mini-episode prequels The Night of the Doctor and The Last Day; the BBC drama about the creation of the series, An Adventure in Space and Time; and the recently-concluded IDW anniversary series Prisoners of Time. And what's cool this week? Erin is reading Crag DiLouie's The Infection, and Blake is having fun with Forever Evil: Rogues Rebellion #2. Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

After some very busy weeks for our boys, the Showcase crew finally gets together to see Thor: The Dark World, give a spoiler-free review of the movie, and discuss its place in the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And what's cool this week? Jason is enjoying season two of Revolution, while a jury duty-bound Blake hasn't had time for anything but the six-minute short "The Night of the Doctor," the prequel to next week's Doctor Who 50th anniversary special. Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

With the end of the year approaching, the second Hollywood Blockbuster season is here! This week, Blake and Erin take a look at two months' worth of releases -- the big-budget movies, the smaller Oscar bait, and anything else that catches their eyes. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And what's cool this week? Erin is still heavy into The Dresden Files: Cold Days and Blake gives it up for Sandman: Overture #1. Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

It's the season of returns in this week's Showcase, as Blake returns to Pittsburgh and Erin returns to the show! We start off with the return of The Walking Dead for season four, then delve into the announcements from this weekend's New York Comic-Com! The return of Miracleman! The return of the New Warriors! The return of Stephanie Brown! The return of Solar: Man of the Atom! The return of Serenity! So many returns it's giving Blake a nosebleed! Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And what's cool this week? The dead return to Riverdale in the first issue ofAfterlife With Archie! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

With Halloween approaching, it's time to start dipping into the well of available costumes... but that brings up the eternal question, what should I be? Blake talks about some of the creepier "sexy" costumes, the dearth of options available for a geek in a non-geek crowd, and asks for your suggestions for this year's cleverest Halloween get-ups. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And what's cool this week? In comics, it's Tim Seeley and Mike Norton's Revival, while on DVD there's the massive 7-hour documentary Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th. Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

This week, Apple released the big iOS7 update, which is pretty cool. Also, the iTunes 11.1 update... which is the exact opposite of cool. Blake rants a little bit here. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And what's cool this week? To make up for this rant, Blake hits you with a quadruple dose of cool, with Flash #23.3: The Rogues, Avengers A.I. #3, Herobear and the Kid: The Inheritence #2 and some Valiant classics you can grab cheaply right now. Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

Blake and Kenny make the trek to Slidell for the second Magic Mini-Con! The guys chat with Vernon Smith about his new comic Hide, Travis Hymel and Joe Badon about the upcoming Memoirs of the Mysterious, as well as Travis's webcomic Punch and Joe's Outside the Lines graphic novel, and Kurt Amacker gives us an update on the Cradle of Filth comic. The guys also talk about how Marvel has stolen the name of our podcast, chat about cosplayers, and sit in astonishment at the proliferation of Kickstarter campaigns in the universe today. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And what's cool this week? Kenny recommends The Legend of Korra Book One on Blu-Ray and Blake enjoyed the first issue of DC's Forever Evil! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

With Villain's Month starting this week at DC Comics, Blake talks briefly about the controversy with the special covers. More importantly, he talks about the conclusion of Trinity War and the run-up to Forever Evil. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And what's cool this week? Blake recommends Itty Bitty Hellboy #1 and the BBC America series Orphan Black! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

It's the news that made the Internet have a collective meltdown... the new Batman has been announced. Blake and Erin talk about the controversial choice, then Blake Nerd Rages about... Nerd Rage. Also: the new Lobo design, Justice League Canada, Star Trek on NetFlix and the X-Men/Fantastic Four movie universe all come under discussion. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And what's cool this week? Erin is deep in a re-read of David Eddings's Belgariad and Blake recommends Trinity of Sin: Pandora and the podcast Welcome to Night Vale! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

Blake and Kenny take in two superhero flicks this week. How does The Wolverine stack up against the rest of the X-Men franchise? How does Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox measure against the rest of the DC Animated films? The guys give their thoughts here. And what's cool this week? Blake recommends Flash Annual #2, and Kenny is watching Beware the Batman! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

With Star Wars Episode VII moving forward, inevitably some casting rumors are going to start circulating. After hearing some of the names being mentioned, Blake thought it was time he sent a little message to Disney to tell them how to get it right. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And what's cool this week? Blake recommends The Rocketeer and The Spirit: Pulp Friction #1 and the short story collection Machine of Death! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

This week, Blake decides it's high time the Showcase got a new coat of paint, a slightly amended format, and a much snazzier archive page. Welcome to the first episode of the All New Showcase! In this episode, Blake explains the reasons for the change before sitting down with Kenny and Erin to talk about all the news from this year's San Diego Comic-Con International. Witchblade Vs. the Darkness, the Simpsons meeting the Griffins and the Planet Express crew, Riverdale swaming with zombies, JMS taking on the Twilight Zone, new series for Harley Quinn, the return of Nightcrawler, Avengers 2 gets a title and Man of Steel 2 gets a guest-star! This and much, much more in the first All New Showcase! Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And what's cool this week? For Kenny, it's Pacific Rim, for Erin it's the works of the late Richard Matheson, and for Blake it's The Argonauts! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

This week's regular episode will be delayed a tad so that the boys can talk about all of the announcements at this year's San Diego Comic-Con, but in the meantime, here's a quickie to tide you over. They're already taking on a mission with Marvel, and now next year, Disney's Phineas and Ferb will collide with the Star Wars universe. What does Blake think about this? Find out in this 2 in 1 Shot! Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

Blake is back this week with a double monster movie review. This week he looks at Guillermo Del Toro's new epic Pacific Rim and Pixar's prequel Monsters University. We also double up on the picks with Astro City #2 and Quantum and Woody #1! Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

The boys have been waiting years for this moment -- a new Superman movie. How does Man of Steel stack up to the films of the past? The guys also discuss the newest comic in the pantheon, Superman Unchained, and talk a little about some of their favorite Superman stories of all time. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

It's regenerations galore in this week's TV-focused episode of the Showcase! With the news that Matt Smith will leave Doctor Who at the end of this year, the question arises, who will be the twelfth Doctor? And will he finally be ginger? Meanwhile, Smith's former companion Karen Gillan is regenerating into a villain in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy. In a shocking move, fired Community showrunner Dan Harmon is regenerating back into the show for season five! And how does the new NetFlix regeneration of Arrested Development stack up to the old stuff? Also this week, we talk about DC's "Villain's Month," and in the picks Blake is digging Rocket Queen and the Wrench and Hope Larsen's graphic novel adaptation of the classic children's novel A Wrinkle in Time. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

Kenny makes his triumphant and long-awaited return to the microphone this week, as he and Blake get into some recent TV and movie madness. In highly spoilery fashion, the guys discuss the Doctor Who season seven finale, The Name of the Doctor, then proceed to dig into Star Trek Into Darkness, as well as the real "Avengers Vs. X-Men" moment brewing between Fox and Disney over who's going to use Quicksilver on screen, X-Men: Days of Future Past or Avengers 2. In the picks, Kenny goes with the non-graphic novel Spice and Wolf Vol. 1, and Blake bids adieu to the Geoff Johns era with Green Lantern #20. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

In this week's 2 in 1 Shot, Blake takes a look at this week's announcements from TV land! S.H.I.E.L.D. officially picked up as a series! Community gets season five! And he reads an e-mail about the demise of Young Justice, offering a little commentary about the state of animation. In the picks, it's G-Man: Coming Home. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.

It's Free Comic Book Day, and the guys once again joined the gang at BSI Comics to hang out, create, and chat with each other and the fans. This year, Blake talks with Mark Rhodes of Zeus and the Guardians of Olympia, Chris Marino of Mucho Man, Tedd Walley of Mathilda and Kurt Amaker of The 69 Eyes. Blake also reviews a few of the FCBD offerings, and he and Mike offer their thoughts on Iron Man 3. Contact us with comments, suggestions, or anything else at Showcase@CXPulp.com! And while you're online, be sure to check out Blake's new short story "Associated Pressure" on your Kindle or Kindle App, free through May 8! Music provided by Music Alley from Mevio.