Ivar's Longbox: Recent Episodes
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Every week, travel back in time with Josh, Paul and Martin as they gather together to look at previous incarnations of Valiant universe and ask themselves, does this book still hold up?
Take a ride through time and join Ivar's Longbox as we take a look at a classic Valiant or Acclaim title and we ask ourselves, does this book hold up? This week, we take a look at the oversized special, Turok: Child of Blood #1. Will we be able to disguise our feelings on this book or will we wish it had stayed in the Lost Land? Listen in and find out!
Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we look at past Valiant and Acclaim titles and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up? This week we take a look at Eternal Warrior #41! Will this book stand the test of time, or deserve to be tossed into an eternal fire? Listen in and find out!
Welcome back to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we take a look at a classic Valiant or Acclaim title and we ask ourselves, does it still hold up? This week, we take a look at Bloodshot #49! Will it stand the test of time, or leave you wishing you'd picked up something else? Thanks for listening!
Welcome back to Ivar's Longbox, the show that takes a look back at classic Valiant and Acclaim titles and asks, "does this book still hold up?" This week, Josh, Martin and Paul talk about Ninjak #2 from the original Valiant universe and dive deep into the book. Will this book hold up, or will it drown beneath the waters? Listen in and find out!
It's time to crank open those longboxes and dig up those old Valiant comics as Ivar's Longbox discusses the Visitor #9 from the classic Valiant run. Will this book hold up or will it leave us longing for more? Listen in and find out!
Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we take a look at a classic Valiant or Acclaim title and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up? This week, Josh, Martin and Paul take a look at X-O Manowar #9 from the original series in what's sure to be an exciting discussion. Will this book stand the test of time or will it fall by the wayside?
Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we take a look at a classic Valiant or Acclaim title and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up? This week, Josh, Martin and Paul take a look at the classic Valiant title Turok: The Hunted #1. Sometimes it is our honor to read these books and sometimes we do it with gritted teeth, which one will this book be? Listen in and find out!
Welcome to an all new episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we look at a classic Valiant or Acclaim title and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up? This week, we dive into children's comics as we take a look at Acclaim Adventure Zone #2. These books had an interesting format and are definitely a completely new format than we're used to reading, but does it hold up? Listen in and find out!
Every week Ivar's Longbox travels back in time, takes a look at a classic Valiant or Acclaim comic and we ask ourselves, does this comic still hold up? This week we take a look at Shadowman #21 by the amazing Bob Hall. Will this book do better than last week's Harbinger issue? Is Shadowman possibly the best classic Valiant title? Listen in and find out!
Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show that takes a look at a classic Valiant or Acclaim title and we ask ourselves, does this book stand the test of time? A visitor from the future dropped by and told us that next week we'd be reading an excellent book, but until then, we are reading Harbinger #36 from the classic Valiant era. How will this book fair? Listen in and find out.
This week Paul and Josh sit down to chat about the classic Valiant event, Unity and it's repercussions on Valiant as a whole. They dive into some of the differences between books before and after Unity and how that method of storytelling compares to what we're seeing out of Valiant today.
Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we take a random issue from Valiant and Acclaim, and ask ourselves, does this still hold up? This week, we take a look at X-O Manowar #2 from Acclaim. As a huge X-O Manowar fan, will Martin love this issue, or will his X-O elitist force him to put it back into the longbox? Listen in and find out!
We took a little bit of a short hiatus but we are back with another episode of Ivar's Longbox! In this week's episode, we take a look at the original Timewalker series, issue 10 and ask ourselves, does this book hold up? Be sure to get in touch with us on Facebook www.facebook.com/nerdylegion on Twitter @nerdylegion or email us directly ivarslongbox@gmail.com!
Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we take a look at an issue of Classic Valiant or Acclaim Comics and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up?
This week, we take a look at Shadowman #4 from the Classic Valiant era. Shadowman gets thrown right in the midst of Valiant's Unity even and we get an interesting look at what's happening in the universe at the time from the eyes of an outsider. Will this book hold up? Will Paul ever be right about anything? Listen in to find out.
It's time to take a dive into Ivar's Longbox and travel back in time as we read classic Valiant titles and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up? This week, we take a look at Acclaim's Solar, Hell On Earth #1.
It's time to take a dive into Ivar's Longbox and travel back in time as we read classic Valiant titles and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up?
This week, we take a look at Ninjak #15 from the classic Valiant era, a series which has some great spy thriller stories which no doubt have inspired Matt Kindt in his current run on the series. Will this book stand the test of time or will it have us retreating into the shadows? Listen in and find out!
It's time to take a dive into Ivar's Longbox and travel back in time as we read classic Valiant titles and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up?
This week, we take a look at Solar, Man of the Atom #57 from the classic Valiant era. This particularly issue was written by Tony Bedard with art by Mike Manley, two creators that Josh and Martin are a bit fond of, but will this book survive our criticism?
Every week we take a trip back in time and take a look at classic Valiant and Acclaim titles and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up?
In this episode, Josh, Martin and Paul take a look at Bloodshot #37, written by the infamous Mike Grell with art by Brent Anderson. Bloodshot comes face to face with Juju, a voodoo priest/drug deal and must overcome near paralysis to save New Orleans from this madman. What will we think of this issue? Tune in to find out!
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Thanks for tuning into another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we look back at issues from previous iterations of the Valiant universe and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up?
For our 20th episode, we take a look at The Visitor Vs. The Valiant Universe #2 from classic Valiant. If you're a regular listener, you will already know about Martin's love for The Visitor, but where Paul and Josh land with this book might actually surprise you. Will this book make the cut? Will Martin ever shut up about how awesome the Visitor is? Listen in and find out!
Get more info about The Visitor Vs. The Valiant Universe #2 at the Valiant Database.
Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we take a look back at books from Valiant's history and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up? This week, we take a look at X-O Manowar #10 from the Acclaim era. Martin is a huge X-O Manowar fan and had never read this until the time of this recording. Will he love it or will it give him emotional constipation?
Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we travel back in time to previous incarnations of Valiant Comics line and ask ourselves, does this book still hold up?
This week, we take a look at the classic Timewalker, issue #4 which just so happens to be one of Josh's favorite books. Why is Ivar under trial? Can Armstrong do anything right? Why is there a crazy mummy terrorizing the world? Crank up some Jimi Hendrix and dirve into the latest Ivar's Longbox!
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Another week means it's time to take another look at books from Valiant's past on Ivar's Longbox! This week, we travel back to the Acclaim era and read Troublemakers #11. Will this book still hold up? Why do these kids always cause some much trouble? Why is there a Ninjak comic flying around through the streets in this issue? Listen in to find out!
Be sure to check out this and more shows at www.nerdylegion.com and follow us all on Twitter: Josh is @iwantvaliant, Martin is @geekvine and Paul is @whospaul. You can also email us at ivarslongbox@gmail.com
In this week's episode, we read Archer & Armstrong #11 from the original Valiant universe as we finally get our first look at our podcast namesake.
Will this book hold up, or will it be one to leave in the longbox for the long term? Ok, I can't resist, this may be one of the best books we've talking about since we started doing this podcast!
Be sure to catch us all on Twitter, @iwantvaliant, @whospaul and @geekvine. You can also email us at ivarslongbox@gmail.com
In this week's episode, we read Unity 2000 #2 from the Acclaim universe. Will this be a solid continuation of the original Valiant Unity event, or will this book accomplish the complete opposite of what Acclaim intended? As part of our discussion, we dive a bit into Jim Shooter's motivation behind writing this book and bring up some interest points of history.
In this week's episode, we read Solar, Man of the Atom #23 from the classic Valiant universe. Will we be in agreement on this book, or will our opinions be divided?
Welcome to a new episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we look back at classic Valiant and Acclaim books and ask the question, does the book still hold up? In our fourth episode, we take a look at the classic Valiant Bloodshot series and look at issue #35. After reviewing a lackluster issue last time, we were thrilled to dive into such a good story. You can find us all on Twitter. Josh is @iwantvaliant, Paul is @whospaul and I am @valiant_central. If you'd like to get in touch with us via e-mail, write to us at ivarslongbox@gmail.com. Be sure to catch Josh on Valiant Effort and Paul and I on the Valiant Central podcast every week!
In our third episode we look at issue 5 of the classic Valiant series, Geomancer. DId it make the cut? Listen in and find out!
In this week's episode we take a look back at the highest print-run book in Valiant history, Turok #1, and ask ourselves, does it still hold up? It better with a sweet chromium cover like this one.
In this episode we discuss Secret Weapons #2 from the original Valiant universe. Does it hold up? Listen to find out!
Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox! This week, we take a look at the original Armorines series, issue #11.
In our latest episode, we look back at one of Acclaim's best books, Quantum and Woody, and discuss issue #6. Have we found another book we all enjoyed?
In our second episode, we look back at Shadowman #17 from the second volume of the Acclaim run. We also discuss leather jackets some more.
Welcome to the first episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we look back at the original Valiant and Acclaim books and talk about the good, the bad, the ugly, and whether the book holds up in today's fast-paced comic book industry. In our first episode, we discussed VH1's Eternal Warrior #33!
In this week's episode, we go back in time and take a look at Rai #31 from the classic Valiant era. Will this book hold up?
In this week's episode we take a look back at Psi-Lords #3 from the classic Valiant era and ask ourselves, does it still hold up? Get ready as we tackle our very first Valiant Vision title and travel far into the future!
In our latest episode, we discuss issue 47 of Magnus Robot Fighter from the original Valiant run and ask ourselves, why does Magnus always look so sad on the covers? Oh yeah, and does the book hold up?
In this week's episode we take a look back at Bloodshot #8 from the classic Valiant era and ask ourselves, does it still hold up?
Welcome to another episode of Ivar's Longbox, the show where we look back in time and ask ourselves the question, does this book still hold up? This week, we take a look at the original X-O Manowar series, issue #35.