Adam and returning guest, Dalibor The Indie Hype Man explore the 2001 preview issue featuring news on the cancellation of 6 X-Men books, a deep discussion about Kevin Smith's Green Arrow, Top 10 Comic Book Slugfests, an interview with writer Paul Jenkins and so much more. Get an UNCUT version of this episode featuring 10 minutes of bonus conversati…

Wizard declares the Best of the Best in comics for the year 2000, a Last Woman Standing Battle between Batgirl and Batgirl (?) and Mort of the Month. Plus, former WIZARDS co-host and Fantastic Four superfan, Steven Tsapelas stops by to give his review of Fantastic Four: First Steps. All this an more on a ver fun, mini-episode! You can get access to…

In this sneak preview of Wizards the Podcast Guide to Comics Patreon Exclusive podcast "Super Cinema" Adam, Michael, and Pete dive deep into #superman 2025 directed by #JamesGunn, and #fantasticfourfirststeps starring #pedropascal and #VanessaKirby. In this slightly spoiler free review we share with you a sampling of the fun we have over on #Patreo…

Former Marvel Comics employee and co-host of the Dollar Bin Bandits podcast, Mike Farah joins us to talk the origins of Ultimate X-Men and The Dark Knight Strikes Again, WIZARD's rankings for the 10 Toughest Superhero Teams, the inspiring story of Michael Turner and more. Get access to an UNCUT video and audio version of this episode with bonus con…

Comic book writer, Todd Matthy of Dynamite's Robots vs Princesses joins Adam to referee a Last Man Standing battle between Namor and Aquaman, review Just A Pilgrim from Black Bull, explore new Image Comics of the early 2000's and Mort of the Month. Plus tons of 80s cartoon talk and so much more. Get access to an UNCUT version of the conversation wi…

In this unlocked archive episode of Super Cinema brought to you by Wizards The Podcast Guide To Comics, we discuss all the various iterations of Superman on TV, the good, the bad, the great, and why would they make that? Join, Adam, Michael, Mike, and Pete as we discuss this and more. You can find this and more on our Patreon Exclusive Super Cinema…

In this interview collaborators and friends, Bart Sears and Mark McNabb share stories of their time together at the Joe Kubert School, working for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, designing Hasbro's COPS N' Crooks line of toys, creating iconic covers for Wizard magazine and so much more. You can view a video version of the interview on our YouTube chan…

Adam and Mike Schwartz explore issue 111 of Wizard featuring a TON of Stan Lee and Joe Quesada stories, Wizard's picks for 80's cartoon comic book dream teams, a Fantastic Four movie Casting Call by Jeph Loeb, plus more superhero movie and comic news of the year 2000. Get access to an UNCUT version of this episode with over 15 minutes of bonus conv…

Adam returns to respond to Mike and Michael's criticism of the show during his absence, then dives into a Last Man Standing battle between Bizarro and Venom, reviews the JLA/Witchblade crossover and Killraven 2020, plus the criminal records of comic book writers, rare Golden Age DC Comics ashcans and more! Get an UNCUT version of the episode, PDF s…

Mike Schwartz and Michael Cannetti host this episode while Adam is on a family road trip, discussing "comic book convicts" writing in to the magazine, Joe Quesada becoming Editor In Chief of Marvel Comics, Mark Waid taking over JLA, Alex Ross' ideas for a Spider-Man movie costume and more. Get access to a PDF scan of this issue, UNCUT early release…

More fun to be had with issue 109 of Wizard as we discuss a Last Man Standing battle between Space Ghost and The Tick, Garth Ennis casts a The Punisher movie, explore the original 7 comics to get a 10.0 grade from the CGC and so much more! Expand your WIZARDS experience by becoming an official GEEK at Patreon.com/WIZARDSCOMICS where you'll get earl…

The full trio of WIZARDS co-hosts explore the glitz and glamor of the "Celebrity Issue" of Wizard issue 109 that reveals the favorite characters and titles enjoyed by actors, athletes and musicians who read comics. Plus, Todd McFarlane sued for $24 million? Would Marvel Knights publish a Howard The Duck series? These questions answered and so much …

Adam flies solo to share an exclusive story about meeting Larry Hama, discuss a Last Man Standing battle between Doctor Fate and Doctor Strange, explore a Wizard interview with Joss Whedon about entering the world of comic book writing and more. You can get access to an extended, UNCUT version of this episode and many more perks by becoming an offi…

In this jam-packed episode, Adam and Mike Schwartz dive into the "Ultimate Collecting Issue" of Wizard. Enjoy this and all future episodes UNCUT and early by becoming a Patron at Patreon.com/WIZARDSCOMICS to get PDF scans of the issues, exclusive podcasts and more. Thanks to our monthly supporters D P Alex Wollenschlaeger Aaron Krieger Mark Syp Set…

UNLOCKED from the Patreon vault we bring you our Super Cinema discussion of The Punisher from 1989 starring Dolph Lundgren as Frank Castle. Of course we can't help but discuss the other cinematic adventures of Marvel's Mafia murdering madman as well. If you want to receive a monthly episode of Super Cinema, as well as many other perks that expand y…

Former Wizard Managing Editor, Mel Caylo shares his stories of getting Wizard expense account credit cards revoked, being pranked by other Wizard editors, shenanigans with solicitations in the PREVIEWS catalog and more. Thanks to our monthly supporters D P Alex Wollenschlaeger Aaron Krieger Mark Syp Seth Johnson Dapper Dan Paladin Matthew Toliusis …

William Bruce West returns to continue the conversation about Wizard 107, including an X-Men sequel Casting Call, X-Men movie trivia, Mort of the Month, comic book reviews and so much more. For an extended cut of this episode, a PDF scan of the issue and more, join our Patreon at Patreon.com/WIZARDSCOMICS today to enjoy all the perks of becoming an…

Adam and William Bruce West work their way through Wizard 107 to discuss Jim Lee drawing an X-Men themed Last Man Standing battle, top artists selling original art on eBay in the year 2000, whether comic book movies lead to new comic book readers and more fascinating discussions along the way. Get access to an UNCUT version of this episode, a PDF s…

In this amazing interview with former Wizard Staff Writer, Christopher Lawrence we learn about his involvement in the fictional origin of The Sentry from Marvel Comics, his time spent on the set of the X-Men movie in 2000, traveling to Ireland to interview Garth Ennis, modeling for Alex Ross and so much more. These stories are not to be missed, so …

Adam and Mike Schwartz dive into a Last Man Standing battle between Lara Croft and Indiana Jones, discuss the career of Peter David, including a review of his book SpyBoy for Dark Horse and discuss E.V.E. Protomecha by Liquid! Graphics. Plus a Mort of the Month quiz, Top 10 HOT Comics and more. Get access to an extended, UNCUT version of this episo…

In this Patreon Preview, our episode of the Patreon exclusive Super Cinema podcast about the X-Men movie from 2000 has been UNLOCKED! Join Adam and Michael Cannetti as they pop their claws to discuss the film that kicked off a HUGE franchise of Marvel movies. If you want to enjoy more exclusive comic book movie discussions like this one and get man…

Adam and Michael Cannetti talk Stan Lee reimagining the DC Comics universe, the rise of CGC grading and online auction sites changing the comic collectors market forever, The Witchblade TV series and more X-Men movie hype than you can handle. All this and more comic book nostalgia from the year 2000! Receive early access to every one of our episode…

Mark McNabb was an essential contributor to Wizard magazine from the beginning, providing color and design work to the covers, cards, posters and more amazing art associated with The Guide To Comics. In this interview, you'll hear a behind the scenes stories of how the most iconic Wizard covers were produced and so much more. Get access to an unedi…

Adam and Mike Schwartz get into more fun from "The Greatest Issue Ever" discussing Wizard's list of the 10 Characters That Make Comics Great, a Last Team Standing Battle between the JLA and Avengers, Casting Call for a Batman: Dark Victory movie and so much more! Get access to an UNCUT version of this episode, plus issue scans, bonus podcasts and m…

In this special, UNCUT podcast presentation, Dalibor, The Indie Hype Man returns to the podcast to discuss what Wizard declared to be "The Greatest Issue Ever". We discuss why 1986 was the greatest year in comics history, the 10 Biggest Creators in comics, the short-lived Gorilla Comics imprint, tangents about Chris Claremont and The Lawrence Broth…

Mike Schwartz is back and so are the laughs as we dive deeper in issue 104 to find the "hidden" gags and April Fool's comedy from Wizard. Plus we talk about Toy Fair 2000, the legacy of Gil Kane, X-Men movie merchandise and more! Thanks to our monthly supporters D P Alex Wollenschlaeger Aaron Krieger Mark Syp Seth Johnson Dapper Dan Paladin Matthew…

Michael Cannetti is back to laugh along with the Wizard April Fool's Day issue from 2000 that's full of fake-outs and geeky gags. Plus the hosts review Batman: Dark Victory by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale, X-plore a ton of behind the scenes X-Men movie news and so much more. No foolin', you can get access to early release, UNCUT episodes, PDF scans of Wi…

We discuss a Last Man Standing battle between Batman Beyond and Spider-Girl, a JLA movie Casting Call, Review the Marvel Knights team-up book, enjoy an interview with Stan Lee, find out George Perez's favorite comic book and so much more. Listen now, Geeks! Thanks to our monthly supporters D P Alex Wollenschlaeger Aaron Krieger Mark Syp Seth Johnso…

We cover "The Internet Issue" with Wizard superfan and Patreon subscriber, Mark Florio who earned a guest spot on the podcast by backing our ARMORED 1/2 comic book campaign. We have a fun conversation about a Wizard challenge to buy comics on eBay in the year 2000, discuss the status of comic book websites at the turn of the century, plus we crown …

In this heartfelt interview, former Wizard magazine staffer, Sean T. Collins shares fascinating stories about his time in the Congers, NY offices from 2004-2007 forging friendships with fellow comic book lovers and taking on many roles behind the scenes. Thanks to our monthly supporters D P Alex Wollenschlaeger Aaron Krieger Mark Syp Seth Johnson D…

A Last Man Standing battle between Boba Fett and Deadpool, Michael Turner does a Fathom movie Casting Call, Top 10 Worst Comic Merchandise list, a review of ShockRockets from Gorilla Comics and more. Enjoy it, Geeks! Thanks to our monthly supporters D P Alex Wollenschlaeger Aaron Krieger Mark Syp Seth Johnson Dapper Dan Paladin Matthew Toliusis Phi…

We discuss all the drama behind the Superman revamp at DC Comics, the launch of CrossGen, Joe Simon suing Marvel for the rights to Captain America, Rob Liefeld and so much more. Issue 102 of Wizard was crammed full of fascinating stories from the year 2000, so listen now! You could be listening to this episode in a longer, UNCUT format a week early…

We're joined by Mike Farah from the Dollar Bin Bandits podcast to discuss the Wizard Alex Ross Millennium Edition Special from 1999 and 2003 to explore the career and opinions of the legendary artist whose painted style has amazed comic book fans for decades. Get access to an unedited edition of this episode with extra conversation featuring WIZARD…

Adam interviews Kalervo Sinervo and Anna Peppard, two PhDs who teach university courses on comic book history, to get the details on their academic research project exploring the cultural impact of Wizard magazine on fandom in the 20th century and beyond. It's a fascinating discussion that opens up a world of possibilities and ideas about the legac…

Adam reviews Kurt Busiek's Superstar As Seen On TV from Gorilla Comics, Chris Claremont's Fantastic Four issues 26-28, explores The Top 10 Times The Watcher Interfered, ridiculous predictions for the comic book industry in the year 2000, a Last Man Standing battle and so much more. Thanks to our monthly supporters D P Alex Wollenschlaeger Aaron Kri…

The 2000's are in full effect as Adam and Mike explore issue 101 of Wizard to discuss video game comics outselling classic superhero books, the search for Joe Madureira, the madness of Garth Ennis and more. The ARMORED 1/2 Kickstarter is ending soon, so follow this link http://kck.st/3Zmr7Ju to get your copy of this exclusive homage to Wizard 1/2 i…

We talk to prolific Wizard magazine cover artist and Brutes & Babes drawing tutorial creator, Bart Sears about his career in comics from the 80's to the modern day, his many unpublished Wizard covers, launching his own comic book company and so much more. If you're a fan of Brutes & Babes, you can now get 2 volumes of How To Draw Powerful Heroes co…

SO MUCH fun as we continue our exploration of Wizard 2000! Adam gives his review of the Garth Ennis Punisher series, the madness of a crazy superhero mash-up character, the Top 10 Most Desolate Comic Book Futures, a profile on Wizard Editor In Chief, Pat McCallum and so much more. Plus we share more details about our ARMORED 1/2 Kickstarter campaig…

Mike and Adam look to the comic book world of the 21st century as they explore the Wizard 2000 issue in the WILD CARD format. Topics include fanboy dream projects, prediction about the future by comic book pros, industry reactions to Gareb Shamus launching his Black Bull line of comics and so much more! WIZARDS is publishing a comic book! That's ri…

Our ARMORED 1/2 Kickstarter campaign is getting ready to launch. Follow the campaign at this link to be notified when it goes live. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wizardspodcast/armored-1-2-wizards-the-podcast-guide-to-comics?ref=3ij6ts As part of that project, we've been interviewing Wizard staffers and even "The Big Cheese" himself, Gareb S…

In this special bonus edition of The Wizard Files we talk to former Marvel Comics editor, Jason Liebig about the creation and launch of the Counter X line of books in 2000, which included new directions for X-Man, Generation X and X-Force imagined by Warren Ellis. Learn about Jason's attempts to get Mike Allred and Frank Cho to work on Marvel comic…

Adam is joined by returning guest and comic book artist, Phillip Sevy to talk about Wizard's Best of the Best awards for 1999, the 10 Overused Comics Book Plot Lines and a Last Man Standing battle between Darth Vader and Darth Maul. Plus, a Marvel Knights Daredevil movie Casting Call and more! Hear this episode UNCUT, plus get a PDF scan of the iss…

It's our 5th anniversary, our 300th episode and issue 100 of Wizard magazine! All four WIZARDS hosts Adam, Mike, Michael and Steven reunite to discuss the best comics of the 20th century (according to the Wizard staff), the best comics publisher going into the year 2000, the first announcement of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine and so much more. It's a c…

Doom returns to pester Adam as he explores a Last Woman Standing battle between Vampirella and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, a Spawn movie sequel Casting Call, Top 10 Comics and more. Want to take your WIZARDS experience to the next level? Get PDF scans of Wizard magazine, UNCUT early release episodes, our exclusive 90's Super Cinema podcast and more a…

Adam and Mike are joined by Anthony from the Comics & Chronic podcast (and creator of the new comic SuperGuy) to tear through the Wizard Wolverine Special Edition magazine from 1999. Topics include how Wolverine would fare while battling superheroes from throughout comicdom, how the Ol' Canucklehead would defeat his X-Men team members, the best and…

This episode belongs to DOOM! That's right, Doctor Doom himself attempts to conquer the WIZARDS podcast by sitting in with Mike Schwartz to discuss the comic book news of 1999 including a First Look at Stephen Platt's Soul Saga, the plans of comic book bad guys in the year 2000, an interview with Darth Maul aka Ray Park and more DOOM than than you …

Adam and Mike explore an MC2 movie Casting Call, Last Man Standing battle between Ultron and Metallo, Mort of the Month, plus lots of fun late 90's comic book history. This episode is sponsored by halloweencostumes.com where you can get 20% off one item by visiting their website using this link today https://www.halloweencostumes.com/?usource=lc&ut…

If you're not subscribed to our YouTube channel, you've been missing out on our new comic book reviews called the WIZARDS Wednesday Rewind. Each week we buy new comics voted on by our social media followers and give our reviews in all new videos. Most recently we discussed the DC All In special from DC Comics and Hyde Street from Ghost Machine. Cou…

Adam and Mike are getting geeky talking about the the Batman-Books in the year 2000, Jeph Loeb and Joe Kelly on Superman, Marvel Knights Year 2, reviewing Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's JLA: Earth II and so much more! This episode is sponsored by halloweencostumes.com where you can get 20% off one item by visiting their website using this link …

We're joined by Michael Sherrin and Zach Harrison, two friends of 20 years who met as interns at Wizard magazine in 2004 and found themselves interviewing comic book pros like Mark Waid, Dan Slott and even Rob Liefeld during their time with the magazine! They share behind the scenes stories of getting the inside scoop on DC Comics' Infinite Crisis,…