The Nerdy Legion: Recent Episodes
Nerdy Legion
The Nerdy Legion is a bi-weekly show bringing your real talk on all our nerdy interests from comics, to TV, movies, anime and more. This show features a core rotating team to showcase the level of diversity that nerd culture shares.
This week, Mike from Off The Ropes and the recently launched What Did You Watch This Week podcast joins Nick and Martin on the comfy couch to discuss our first impressions of Daredevil season 2. Don't worry, no spoilers here.
On this week's The Nerdy Legion, Darrell Taylor from the Taylor Network of Podcasts joins Nick and Martin on the comfy couch to talk about the state of comics today. What are some of the missteps publishers are doing tonight? How is the shift to exclusive creators changing the industry? How awesome is the Killing Joke and why is DC trying to remove it from continuity? Will Rebirth be enough to save DC? Finally, we discuss comic book fandom and why so many people are so willing to raise the zealot flag with their favorite publishers. Thanks for listening!
On this wee's The Nerdy Legion, Martin and Rob are joined by prolific podcaster, avid DC Comics collection and friend, Michael Myers to discuss our reaction to the latest information coming out on DC Comics' Rebirth. We talk about the title choices, the publishing schedule, ties to the DC movie universe and more! Thanks for listening, and be sure to catch Mike on Geek Brunch, DC Noise and many other fine programs. He is on Twitter at @omactivate, Rob is @robkrygier and Martin is @geekvine. Thanks for listening!
In this episode of The Nerdy Legion, Julian returns to his seat on the comfy couch and joins Nick and Martin to chat about the pilot episode of 11.22.63, a new Hulu original miniseries based on the Stephen King book of the same name. Was the pilot enticing enough to compel us to continue? Is this a sign of the type of original programming we can expect from Hulu in the future? Listen in and find out!
In this episode of the Nerdy Legion podcast, Rob makes his triumphant return and joins Nick and Martin to talk about some of our favorite movie trailers from the Super Bowl! What was the biggest surprise? What was the biggest disappointment? Tune in and find out! You can find us on Twitter @robkrygier, @nickwetmore and @geekvine and let us know what you thought!
Welcome back to the comfy couch, friends! This week, the Nerdy Legion unites to discuss Spiderverse, the Spiderman event from 2014. Will this event trap us in its web or makes us wish we'd never read it? Listen in and find out!
Spiderverse Reading Order
- Superior Spider-Man #32 – August 6th
- Edge of Spider-Verse #1 (of 5) – Sepember 10th
- Superior Spider-Man #33 – September 17th
- Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (of 5) – September 17th
- Edge of Spider-Verse #3 (of 5)
- Edge of Spider-Verse #4 (of 5)
- Amazing Spider-Man #7
- Edge of Spider-Verse #5 (of 5)
- Spider-Man 2099 #5
- Amazing Spider-Man #8
- Amazing Spider-Man #9 (Part 1)
- Spider-Verse Team-Up #1 (of 3) (tie-in)
- Spider-Verse #1 (of 2) (tie-in)
- Amazing Spider-Man #10 (Part 2)
- Spider-Woman #1 (tie-in)
- Scarlet Spiders #1 (of 3) (tie-in)
- Spider-Man 2099 #6 (tie-in)
- Amazing Spider-Man #11 (Part 3)
- Spider-Verse Team-Up #2 (of 3) (tie-in)
- Scarlet Spiders #2 (of 3) (tie-in)
- Spider-Woman #2 (tie-in)
- Amazing Spider-Man #12 (Part 4)
- Spider-Man 2099 #7 (tie-in)
- Spider-Verse #2 (of 2) (tie-in)
- Scarlet Spiders #3 (of 3) (tie-in)
- Amazing Spider-Man (Part 5) #13
- Spider-Woman #3 (tie-in)
- Spider-Verse Team-Up #3 (of 3) (tie-in)
- Spider-Man 2099 #8 (tie-in)
- Amazing Spider-Man #14 (Part 6)
- Amazing Spider-Man #15 (Epilogue)
- Spider-Woman #4 (Epilogue)
The Nerdy Legion returns to discuss the latest nerdy news with special guest Ronnie Barron from the Off The Ropes podcast! This week we talk about Iron Fist rumors, Archie making the transition to the small screen, Deadpool at the Super Bowl, the Star Wars/Beastie Boys connection, Ronnie's love for the New Kids On The Block, a new animated Justice League series and so much more!
Welcome to an all new episode of the Nerdy Legion podcast! This week, Nick and Martin are joined by Todd Fisher from the Off The Ropes podcast, a weekly show discussing the world of professional wrestling. Todd is also a huge comic book nerd so we talk about the latest reboot rumors from Marvel and DC, how comic book cinematic universes should tie into the comics, a possible Planet Hulk movie in the works, comic book recommendations, and whether the state of the comic book industry is seeing a resurgence of everything that we saw back in the 90s! You don't want to miss it!
Welcome to another episode of the Nerdy Legion podcast, the show where we discuss comics and geek culture. This week, Rob gives us his impressions of the Wonder Woman omnibus, we talk about Secret Wars and the world of the X-Men, Sandman, Unity, Star Wars and so much more! Thanks for listening.
This week, the Nerdy Legion comes together to talk about the first full Suicide Squad trailer and we give our first impressions. Does it hold up to the hype or will we be glossing this one over? We also briefly discuss the Deadpool trailer and the Wonder Woman sneak peek!
In today's episode, the Nerdy Legion unites as Martin and Nick discuss first impressions on the latest Batman Vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer. Are you looking forward to the movie? Are we? Listen in and find out!
Welcome to another episode of The Nerdy Legion, where this week we finally tackle the epic sci-fi series by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, Descender Vol 1, covering issues #1-6 of the ongoing series. Martin, Rob and Nick start discussing our growing comic book to-read list, and DCBS before diving into the series. Be sure to leave us a rating on iTunes and if you need to get in touch with us, you can email us hello@nerdylegion.com
The Nerdy Legion is your weekly source for geek culture discussion and this week we discuss the recently released Netflix original series, Jessica Jones, based on the comic book Alias which we discussed last week. We only watched the first three episodes in preparation for this conversation and kept it pretty much spoiler free so do not be afraid to listen. Have you watched the show yet? What are your thoughts? Let us know!
Welcome to another episode of The Nerdy Legion, the show that tackles any nerdy topics we feel like discussing. This week, Nick and Martin discuss the first volume of Alias, the comic book series featuring Jessica Jones, a character who is getting her own Netflix series this week. Written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Michael Gaydos, this book certainly sparked some great conversation about what it means to be a hero and the interesting direction the show could take based on the dark subject matter of the source material. If you haven't read it, pick up a copy of volume 1, collecting issues #1-9, on Amazon. As always, be sure to let us know what you think!
This week Martin and Nick get together to discuss volumes 2 and 3 of the Batman: Knightfall saga. How will these two volumes do against the incredible first volume? Listen in and find out! If you don't yet own these stories, you can grab them from the links below:
- Batman Knightfall Vol. 1
- Batman Knightfall Vol. 2: KnightsQuest
- Batman Knightfall Vol. 3: KnightsEnd
Welcome to another episode of The Nerdy Legion, come sit on our comfy couch friends! This week, The Nerdy Legion takes a step back and takes a look at why comic books matter as Paul is joined by friend of the show Darrell Taylor to discuss the role of comic books in our lives, as well as comics and creators that have made an impact in the medium. You can also catch Paul on the Valiant Central Podcast and Ivar's Longbox and Darrell can be found on multiple shows on the Taylor Network of Podcasts.
Welcome to episode 10 of The Nerdy Legion podcast, the show that touches upon all aspects of geek culture. This week, Martin and Rob are joined by Darrell Taylor of the Taylor Network of Podcasts to talk about our feelings on the newly relaunched Marvel titles. Are they really all new, all different, or is it just more of the same? Rob and Darrell have been reading Marvel all along but Martin is just now returning after an over 15 years Marvel hiatus. How will this batch of books do? Listen in and find out!
Welcome back to a very special Halloween episode of The Nerdy Legion podcast in which we discuss some of our favorite Halloween movies! Now granted, not all of them are horror movies, but what's Halloween without having a little bit of fun right? We also dive a bit into some of our favorite horror books. What are some of your picks? Let us know!
Welcome to a brand new episode of The Nerdy Legion! In this week's episode, we're trying something new and introducing our book club series of episodes. For our first outing, we decided to tackle the seminal Batman story, Knightfall, which we'll be doing over three episodes, one for each volume of the story. Please read along and get in touch with us via email, Facebook, or Twitter and let's spark some discussion! We will be intertwining the book club episodes with our regular shows every other week, so look for our Knightfall Vol. 2 discussion on episode 10 in two weeks, but we hope you tune in for our special Halloween episode this Saturday.
If you don't yet own these stories, you can grab them from the links below:
- Batman Knightfall Vol. 1
- Batman Knightfall Vol. 2: KnightsQuest
- Batman Knightfall Vol. 3: KnightsEnd
The Nerdy Legion is back with a brand new episode! This week, Paul, Nick, Rob and Martin discuss our favorite movie trilogies including Star Wars and Indiana Jones, the connection between wrestling and comic cons, and indie comics coming out of Double Take and Comixtribe.
Welcome to another episode of The Nerdy Legion, your source for discussion on anything in geek culture!
This week's episode started off as an "After Dark" episode for the Valiant Central Podcast but the discussion got pretty intense and quickly turned into a full fledged episode of The Nerdy Legion. Join Paul, Nick and Martin, as we talk about Moon Knight, how Jeff Lemire titles differ whether he's doing creator owned or big 2 projects, publishers finding titles to fit a mold, what ever happened to Vertigo as the home of indie comics, the merits of new #1 issues and so much more! Also, Paul drops a hammer.
It's time for another episode of The Nerdy Legion, the show that talks about everything that encompasses geek culture.
In this week's episode, we get back to comic book talk and discuss the merits of trade waiting. The industry has moved to writing story arcs for four or five issue trades - how has this affected comic book readers and the industry as a whole? What are some great trades we really love? Listen in and find out!
Sometimes when the official recordings stop, the conversation goes to the gutter and we talk about anything that we want and an "After Dark" episode is born. In this first The Nerdy Legion After Dark, Martin, Paul, Nick and Julian sit around and talk about the entertainment juggernaut that is professional wrestling as we dive a bit into the dirty side of the sport.
In our fourth episode, The Nerdy Legion unites to try something a little different - four nerds enter the Thunderdome to play a geek culture trivia challenge. Who will be crowned the ultimate nerd? Will Paul win by cheating? Will Julian's Doctor Who knowledge be enough to put him on the top? Will Rob crawl his way to vicotory? Will Nick prove himself to hold the ultimate Kryptonian knowledge? Listen in and find out!
We've talked comics quite a bit over the first couple of episodes of The Nerdy Legion so it's time for us to switch topics for a couple of weeks and this week, we take a look at some of our favorite childhood cartoons and why we still think they are awesome. Join Martin, Paul, Julian and Rob on a very sentimental episode that really takes us back in the day!
Once again, I am amazed by the range of tastes from the panel, so let us know what you think! What was your favorite childhood cartoon?
Welcome to the second episode of The Nerdy Legion, our bi-weekly roundtable show where we tackle all things nerdy.
In this episode, we start off talking about the recently released Deadpool trailer, and Martin's long and complicated history with Rob Liefeld before moving on to some of our favorite crossovers of all time. For some reason, we all decided to pick some of the most obscure comic book crossovers ever published so be sure to tune in to hear our thoughts or check out the show notes to see what we chose.
Show Notes
- Punisher/Eminem
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Flaming Carrot
- Wild C.A.T.S. vs Aliens
- Planetary
Thanks for joining us on the very first episode of The Nerdy Legion, a bi-weekly show about geek culture. Each episode will cover a different topic of interest as it is really about just a group of friends getting together and talking about things we love.
In our first episode, we dive deep into comic book movies, including a little bit of talk about the new Fantastic Four film and discuss whether every comic book movie really needs to show us an origin story or it comic book movies have gone mainstream enough where the story should be what really matters. Stemming out of this conversation, we talk about anything from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, to Stormwatch, to Gambit and the X-Men, and spend a good bit of time talking about writers and artists we really love - and hate!
If you enjoyed this episode, stayed tuned for episode 2 as we get together and discuss some of our favorite comic book crossovers of all time!