Episode number twelve of the Comic Pants podcast is now live. ‘Tis the season, and David Martindale, Dave Farabee, Nick Budd and Randy Lander offer up some of their picks for gift-giving in this holiday season. Whether you’re looking for something for the comics fan who has everything, trying to tempt a significant other or friend into trying comics out, want to pick up something for the kids or perk up those superhero movie DVD gifts, we’ve got suggestions.

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What is a Bell Bottom Pick? At Comic Pants, we love the new, but sometimes we get nostalgic to talk up an older book or series and remember some greatness from “back in the day.” That “day” could be the extreme ’90s, the socially relevant ’70s, or the guys-wore-hats ’50s. Who knows? All we can tell you is that a Bell Bottom Pick is worth rifling though back issue bins for or even braving the wilds of Ebay. Our latest “Bell Bottom Pick” is Daredevil #181 (1982).
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Wednesday Number Ones is a weekly feature here at Comic Pants. We take the books that are premiering a first issue from that week and give a quick opinion on them. From time to time we may also include more than issue number ones in this feature. If a noteworthy one-shot or the first issue of a new story arc is released, we may talk about it in this feature.

This week we will cover Batman Confidential #1, Friday The 13th #1, Justice Society Of America #1, Manhunter #26, Marvel Holiday Special, Meltdown #1 of 2, Newuniversal #1, Official Handbook O/t Invincible Universe #1 of 2, Spider-Man Reign #1 of 4, Ultimate Vision #1 of 5 and Welcome to Tranquility #1.

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We’ve received quite a few emails from folks that would like to listen to the podcast but can’t seem to get more than a few minutes into each episode. The vast majority of these complaints seems to be coming from locations overseas from the United States. I’ve been going back and forth with our hosting company’s tech support department, and neither I nor the tech support guys can find a problem on the hosting end of things, but I am still reluctant to assume that the problem is on the listener’s end. The volume of complaints and the common thread of international location Continue Reading »

Writer: Howard Chaykin
Artist: Howard Chaykin
Company: DC Comics

Now, the one thing that everyone can agree on here is that Guy Gardner is a despicable, woman hating bastard. It’s as indisputable of a statement as saying that Wolverine tends to appear in just about every book Marvel prints. Despite this small, slightly annoying character trait, Gardner still somehow manages to be a compelling and fascinating character to read. That’s why Collateral Damage, Howard Chaykin’s (American Flagg/The Shadow) new two part mini-series, happens to be such a pleasant surprise.

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Episode number eleven of the Comic Pants podcast is now live. This week, Randy Lander, David Martindale, Dave Farabee and Nick Budd are discussing covers. Favorite covers and cover artists, variant and gimmick covers, types of covers and more.

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