#55: Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift, Aussie Cricket, Movies with Mikey, Bill Messner-Loebs

Its a BIG PACIFIC RIM WEEK as Dave and Stew cover Pacific Rim: Tales of the Drift, a spin-off comic from the Pacific Rim franchise! Dave goes into an extensive MESSAGE OF SUPPORT to the Aussie Cricket Team & Smithy, Michael Kelosim brings up some SAD NEWS about a renowned Wonder Woman & Flash writer, Bill Messner-Loebs, fallen on HARD TIMES and there is a way to support him!

Stew has a SHOUT-OUT for Movies with Mikey off the Filmjoy youtube site, Donald Glover has left the now discontinued Deadpool TV show, Dark Phoenix AND New Mutants are BOTH delayed! Stew has some details on the Captain Marvel movie, Dave accuseshim of BAND-WAGON jumping, as he himself looks for a bandwagon to attach himself to!

There’s new casting details on Deadpool 2, and Jawes Wan has hit Twitter to dispell rumours of a teaser trailer for Aquaman! Dave is HAPPY to report on casting news for Where in the World is Carmen Santiago, John Cena is set for DUKE NUKEM, and there’s a host of DETAILS and RUMORS from the Solo movie set!

Plus, Fantastic Four is COMING BACK!

All this and more cool kids!

Weekly Comics

Dark Nights: Metal #6

Doomsday Clock #4

Terrifics #2

Avengers #686

Weekly Trade

Pacific Rim: Tales of the Drift

#54: Knightfall, Vol 2: Az Bat! Dave’s Monologue Comeback! George Miller, & is Sam Jackson a Skrull?

WELCOME TRAVELER! Its a BIG SHOW this week as Dave and Stew cover Knightfall, Volume 2! The rule of Az-Bat! Some of the finest talent comics has to offer worked on this huge series of books, including Chuck Dixon, Alan Grant, Doug Moench, and some AWESOME art including Graham Nolan and Brett Blevins! The boys go IN DEEP go on this VOLUME and Dave experiences a searing VISION, live and IN DEEP from Gotham!

Dave has been home all week shut down in isolation and he takes the INTENSITY up to MAXIMUM this week! Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson are both attached to the MIB remake, and Stew makes some controversial comments about Will Smith’s rap skills! Get Jiggy with it, Stew!

Justice League Mortal pics have hit the internet which sends Dave off into an impassioned monologue about George Miller’s career! Did he direct ALL the Mad Max movies? Well, listen and find out cool kids!

Michael Bay is set to ROBOPOCALYSPSE, which sounds cool, till we are reminded by how BORING the Transformers movies got! Dave and Michelle do a KRYPTON REVIEW, and we do a whole piece on the Marvel FRESH START initiative!

Gather round for this one folks, Dave and Stew are DRIVING for the BASKET!

Weekly Comics

Batman #43

Kick-Ass #2

Avengers #686

Trade of the Week

Knightfall Volume 2: KnightQuest

#53: Stew’s Solo Hit, Virus Ridden Old Man Davey, Conan: The Usurper!

It’s a different kind of show this week! With Dave in bad shape due to a bad bout of bronchitis, Stew has stepped up to the plate with an awesome SOLO show with some occasional Dave cameos! We cover Chuck Dixon’s and Steve Lieber’s “Conan the Usurper”, and have two very different takes, while there’s a ton of news to report – including the new Infinity War Trailer! Also, Stew breaks down Jessica Jones at length, there’s consternation as reports come in on mixed reactions to the Deadpool 2 test screenings, The Russo Brothers tease at Hawkeye’s role in Infinity War, Lynda Carter is FINALLY getting a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,  Danny Boyle is locked to direct the next Bond, Nic Cage WILL voice Superman, Gail Simon is on Plastic Man, and there’s a ton of Spider-Man casting news! Enjoy the dulcet tones of Stew kids. He’s easy on the eyes and heavy on the RESEARCH!

Weekly Comics

Action Comics #999

Avengers #684

Eternity Girl #1

Trade of the Week

Conan the Usurper #1-3

 

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#52: 52, Vol 1! Tom Cruise as Green Lantern?!

Hey gang! Dave & Stew are back with a blast of “52” action! Greg Rucka, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid and Geoff Johns combine for the classic DC year long weekly series which we are covering the first 13 issues of!

Stew is a pro and he has watched all 13 episodes of Jessica Jones! We do a light non spoiler review of the series along with the Luke Cage teaser trailer! Stew was also invited to the Disney shareholders meeting and there’s a slew of news and photos coming out of that in relation to Avengers: Infinity War!

The Tom Cruise Green Lantern rumours provide some lengthy discussion and debate about the state of the DCEU! Stan Lee’s sad condition seems to worsen and there appears to be vultures circling his estate, much to the concern of major comic book identities like Kevin Smith and Neal Adams. We wish Stan all the best, this is terrible.

Kevin Fiege has been talking AVENGERS! Thor has a new hammer! There will be a sequel to Black Panther! Cheetah is CAST for Wonder Woman 2! The boys argue like crazy about a Robin Williams movie.

There’s Rob Liefeld news as he sells his Extreme universe to Netflix and Michael Kelosim has an awesome email about it! Add to all this some great news about the DC Black Label Imprint, Grant Morrison wanted 5 years of Dick Grayson and Damian Batman stories, and Dave has given a couple of day’s extension for the Chuck Dixon questions for the upcoming interview!

Weekly Comics

Batman #42

Oblivion Song #1

Avengers #683

Trade of the Week

52, Volume 1

#51: Alias, Levon’s War, the Competition, Kevin Smith, Corporate Brainwashing & the Wilhelm Scream!

Welcome back GANG! Dave and Stew are BACK covering Alias Vol 1 by Bendis & Gaydos! Chuck Dixon has a new novel out, Levon’s War, and Dave has a NEW COMPETITION for listeners to win kindle copies of the book! Also, Stew has a NEW FAN! Kevin Smith suffered a “massive heart attack” this week and we at the Signal want to send him all our best wishes and a speedy recovery. Geeks owe him a lot. Disney & Marvel studios have revealed 6 new dates for 6 untitled marvel films, and the boys have some GUESSES!

Dave rants about corporate brainwashing when it comes to Shazam/Captain Marvel, there’s a Wreck it Ralph 2 trailer, and Stew has another BOX OFFICE REPORT on the Black Panther numbers!

There’s talk of corporate mergers and Dave longs to BUY IN. Stew brings us all some surprising news about the Wilhelm Scream, and EDUCATES Dave! Chris Hemsworth is in talks for Men in Black, and Kristen Wiig is in talks to play Cheetah in Wonder Woman 2! Plus, will Mark Hamill be in Guardians of the Galaxy 3!

And there’s Fox’s plans to expand the X-Men Universe, a solo Silver Surfer & a solo Doctor Doom on the way supposedly, who knows what will happen, STRANGE DAYS HAVE FOUND US, STRANGE DAYS HAVE TRACKED US DOWN, to quote Jim Morrison, cool kids!

Weekly Comics

Doom Patrol/JLA Special #1

The Silencer #2

The Terrifics #1

Mira: Queen of Atlantis #1

Avengers #682

Peter Parker: Spectacular Spider-Man #1

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