Lost in the Long Box: Recent Episodes
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Three self proclaimed nerdy hosts discuss comic books and comic collecting and review new titles weekly. Time permitting, someone will step up on "The Milk Crate" to voice an opinion on the current comics marketplace or related geekery.
Hey we all love the success of comic movies! Here’s where we fix this issues if we were making them .
When did Comics bronze age, start? When did it end? This is a hotly contested discussion for years now.
How about those comedy comics? ‘Mazing Man. Ralph Snart. Slapstick Mad Magazine. Cracked magazine
Back to the beginning. What made us start collecting comics. Also, what event made us give up, or almost give up comics.
Comics lost a giant in the industry last week. We discuss Denny O’Neil and his contributions to the comics industry
Our picks for some of the best comic series that aren’t populated by spandex guys and gals
It was supposed to be grand and far reaching, and instead sunk like a rock. We look at the biggest event failures.
Comic book artist Darryl Banks who has worked on Cyberpunk, The Justice Machine as well as Legion of Superheroes and Greeen Lantern will be a special guest.
No, not that BoP, the DC Birds of Prey. The move opens next week and we’ll talk about the inspiration for the film and how its always been a closet favorite for a lot of fans.
Love it or hate it, Marvel’s 2006 Civil War event had major ramification on the Marvel universe. We’re going to take a look back at on this episode.
You ever see a character and know they were pretty made for one reason? Yeah we haven’t either, and we’re going to talk about the ones we haven’t seen.
Many of today's publishers owe their existence to the world of the Underground comics. We look at the history of the underground comics market.
The horror genre continues its resurgence. We talk about the best horror comics, both old and new.
A year after our first discussion, we talk about those hot books collectors need to calm down on.
The Joker movies comes out this week. So we discuss the history of the character and some of his best stories, in comics and other media.
We take an idea we saw on a FB group and use it for our discussion. What comic creators would we put on a comic themed Mount Rushmore.
We discuss the villainous version of ‘hold my beer’ and revisit those plans that just made us go Huh?
Let’s forget all the violence and Earth shattering events in comics, and focus on those ‘Earth Moving’ moments. That’s right, we’re talking about sex in comics, both mainstream and independents.
Randy is back. He is ready to tell us all about Dragoncon and we talk about whatever else is on our mind.
Today is the King's birthday. He would have been 102. We take look back at the legendary career and life of one of the most important people in our hobby.
Last week we took a look back at Crisis on Infinite Earths. This week we’ll talk about Infinite Crisis
A look back at the DC mega series, Crisis on Infinite Earths. Still one of DC’s best stories.
We’ve all seen successful movies and television shows made from comic books. What about the other way around?
The boys discuss those properties we want to see made into movies or television shows, again. Cause Hollywood hasn’t gotten the memo yet.
We discuss news out of SDCC and any other random thoughts we just want to talk about on comics and the comic industry.
There are so many characters out there in comic land that some of them you really have to ask, What the Hell? Why would anyone think this up let alone publish it?
Going to your first comic book convention? We give you tips, advice and share con stories.
A good hero requires a good nemesis to play off. We discus those plans and machinations of villains that truly defined their character.
In a flip side discussion of last week’s memorable runs on a title, we look at the storylines that almost, or did, kill a series.
We discuss the creators that saved a title from cancellation or just ‘changed’ the direction of a title that ended up boosting its sales and fandom.
We discuss those comics that made an impact on and us and changed us in some way. Whether it was huge or small.
Robert Pattinson was cast as Batman in the upcoming Matt Reeves movie….and the internet broke! Is this a good casting move? Bad? We’re going to touch on this as well as past superhero castings and discuss if it worked or not.
Randy is on vacation. Enos, Thomas, and the Madman talk about our favorite superhero games.
What is the MCU giving us next? We run down the already announced and planned movies and discuss what we’d like to see.
This is it, 10 years of the MCU comes to an ‘end’ in Avengers Endgame. Did Marvel Studios give us and our heroes a fitting end? We offer up our thoughts.
With the upcoming release of Avengers: Endgame we discuss the infinity stones and their appearance throughout Marvel’s history.
We’re gonna go down memory lane, comment on things going on now, And just overall discuss the state of today’s comic collector market.
The Lost in the Long Box gang discuss the history of Carol Danvers from Ms. Marvel to her current incarnation of Captain Marvel and give our review of the movie.
Part 3 of our “Comics moments that…” series. This week, the moments in comics that made us not just snicker but laugh out loud.
Part 2 of our “Comics moments that…” series. This week, the moments in comics that made us actually cry.
We pay tribute to African American creators in the comic book industry both past and present.
The guys are experienced comic collectors, or at least we think we are. So yeah we’ve seen it all, but once in a while a writer or artist pulls something in a book that we either didn’t see coming or didn’t think they’d actually have the ‘nads to do.
The LLB crew honor a listener request by discussing the Alan Moore story, V for Vendetta.
Everyone loves Marvel superhero movies. Heck, some of us even love the DCEU ones. But did you know there are some fantastic movies based on comic books that AREN’T about people in tight fitting spandex? The LLB crew will talk about a few we loved.
In the mid 90’s the comic market took a hard crash due to the influx of the comic ‘speculator’. We’re going to examine if today’s current industry is heading down that same path.
Really? The title is ‘Best of 2018’. Do you really need a summary to guess the content?
Randy, Thomas and Madman discuss the Aquaman movie, and maybe some of the character’s history too.
For those comic fans in your family, we tell you the good gift ideas and the ones to avoid.
DC and Marvel don't have the monopoly on great characters. We talk about some of the ones we love… not put out by the 'Big Two."
Randy is on vacation, so Madman and Thomas talk about the things that make you say: “Huh!?!”. Pigs with spider powers, starfish that can control minds, and other weird things you see in comics. will be discussed this episode.
The gang, Randy, Madman and Thomas talk about their favorite old horror comics and suggest a few newer titles that you might want to check out. Theme music for this episode used with permission from Calabrese. Find more info at http://www.calabreserock.com/
Randall, Madman and Thomas last week told you what ‘hot’ collectible books everyone needs to relax on. For this second part, they’ll talk about several key books that everyone is overlooking
Randall, Madman and Thomas discuss the ‘hot’ collectible books in the industry that receives too much attention and maybe, just maybe, aren’t the hot items everyone thinks they are.
Randy, Madman and Thomas delve into the history of Venom, from the first appearance of the famous symbiote costume to the current version, all in preparation to discuss the new Venom movie.
Oh and they may talk about some other comic stuff too.
Randy, Madman and Thomas offer reviews of Heroes in Crisis #1, Stranger Things #1 and a retro look at Hellcat with True Believers: Hellcat #1
The guys then look at the superhero movie industry. Which movies got it right? Who failed miserably? Which one does Hollywood need to get off it’s arse and make?
Randy reviews Journey into Mystery: The Birth of Krakoa. Thomas reviews Batman: Damned, and discusses the Bat-Penis outrage that stems from it. Madman reviews an older, yet new to him book: Volume 1 of Afterlife with Archie. The gang then discusses the rumors that Warner Brothers may be looking to cast Michael B. Jordan as Superman, begging the question: What about other versions of popular heroes?
Randy, Madman, and Thomas review House of Whipsers, Fantastic Four #2, and Moth and Whisper #1. They’ll touch briefly on a major news item from last week. And we’ll discuss what current trends in the comics hobby we wish we had as kids.
Your three nerdy host, Randy, Scott and Thomas reveal how they got started in comic books and comic collecting and review three new titles this week, and time permitting, step up on "The Milkcrate" to voice an opinion on the current comics marketplace or related geekery.