You know what’s crazy? That we somehow got to the PS1 without a home console Fantastic Four game. You’ve got one of the most iconic groups in the Marvel Universe, a group that pretty much defines what it means to be Marvel, and it takes this long to get a game made? It’s pretty bad if you ask me.

Come listen in as Alistair Wallis from Get Soft with Dr. Snuggles comes by the show to talk Fantastic Four and this game that clearly suffers from a thing known as “being an early 3D game.” But does that make it bad?

Learn such things as:

• How many people does Marvel think 4 is?
• What story line, if any, are we introduced to here?
• Aren’t Fantastic Four podcasts contractually obligated to have an Air Wolf reference? Or is that just Fantasticast?
• And much more!

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route.

You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store, or the Ninja Penguin Pods Store if you want to see things for all of our shows.

Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

You can find Alistair over at the Get Soft with Dr. Snuggles podcast or the Get Soft with Dr. Snuggles Facebook page.

A big thanks to Brandon from Submitted For Your Approval as well as John and Kenrick from Spoiler Country for the wonderful promos today.

Music by Best Day, who probably thinks he can out drink me, but he doesn’t stand a chance.

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It’s finally time to check out the Capcom Fighters, and what better place to start than at the beginning of that run? The X-Men have been a vital part of this show from the start and there’s really no better place to get things rolling here than with a look at a game based on the Fatal Attractions story arc.

Well, based on might be a strong phrase. Listen in as Miles Stokes and Matt Hunter from Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men stop by to take a look at Children of the Atom and all of the history and lore behind it.

Learn such things as:

• Where did the lineup of Capcom fighters start?
• What does this game have to do with Fatal Attractions?
• How does Magneto feel about Metallica?
• And much more!

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route.

You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store, or the Ninja Penguin Pods Store if you want to see things for all of our shows.

Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

You can find Miles and matt over at @XPlaintheXmen on Twitter or over at the official site for Jay and Miles X-Plain the X-Men.

A big thanks to Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts as well as the guys from Real Dudes Podcast for the wonderful promos today.

Music by Best Day, who did a wonderful job on Rolling Misadventures (see for yourself in Part 1 and Part 2 of that story arc) but nobody reads the show notes so nobody will ever see this note either.

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In another bonus episode that’s totally not just to manipulate the numbering so I can pull something off later (that’s a lie and we all know it but we’ll roll with it anyway) Kayleigh Osborne comes back to take a look at one of the world’s most well known and important comic characters. Theatrical films, cartoons from multiple decades, and running pretty much since the 1930s.

Yup, it’s Tintin. Take a listen as Kayleigh joins to talk about this comic franchise that somehow just hasn’t caught on in the US yet. We never do figure out why it hasn’t.

Learn such things as:

• What good reason is there for this one never catching on here?
• How important are Franco-Belgian comics?
• Do we have a new most accurate game adaptation?
• And much more!

YouTube Clips mentioned in the show:

• The Seven Crystal Balls 1990s cartoon
• Prisoners of the Sun 1990s cartoon
• The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun 1960s cartoon

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route.

You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store, or the Ninja Penguin Pods Store if you want to see things for all of our shows.

Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

You can find Kayleigh on newer episodes of Meddling Kids where she talks to Chris about Scooby Doo related things.

A big thanks to everyone from Western Standard Time as well as Suzy Buttress from The Casual Birder Podcast for the wonderful promos today.

Music by Best Day, who can be a talking cat if he that’s what he wants to do.

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We’re back again with another comic creator, this time it’s Carl Antowicz to talk about his comic Büer’s Kiss. But more importantly, the really awesome way he does live performances of it. From his time working with the New Hazlet Theater to plans for the future, be sure to check out all of his stuff over at Canto Comics, the Canto Comics store in Big Cartel, @cantocomics on Twitter, the Patreon that got started since this episode was recorded, and of course the YouTube video so you can see what makes this so special.

And while you’re at it, check out his wife Sophie’s stuff over at DC Is Going to Hell and Red Ink Radio.

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You knew this day was coming. Eventually we had to get to Superman 64. Flying around through rings, horrible time limits, battling Lex Luthor in an arena of his making. What can we say about this game that hasn’t already been said?

Listen in as Kyle Federline and Karrington Martin give it a shot as we look at this N64 classic. I promise, we actually have good things to say about it.

Learn such things as:

• What system missed out on having this in its library?
• How does Chris usually play these games, and does it make a difference?
• How can such a good cartoon turn into this?
• And much more!

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route.

You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store, or the Ninja Penguin Pods Store if you want to see things for all of our shows.

Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

You can find Kyle and Karrington at Real Dudes Podcast or on the Real Dudes Podcast Patreon page. You can also find Kyle on Twitter @KyleFederline and Karrington on Twitter @Desertfury90.

A big thanks to everyone from FriGay the 13th as well as Toby McElroy from OptiPod for the wonderful promos today.

Music by Best Day, who still watches Tiny Toons. Which is fine, I do that too.

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Superman can’t really be stopped by normal bad guys, we’ve established that. But what happens when Lex Luthor decides to really go after him? Oh, we’ve done that too? Ummmm, so what happens this time? It’s comics after all, so we know he isn’t really going anywhere.

Listen in as Dan McMahon from DC Supersons comes on the show to take a look at a Gameboy exclusive title based on the 1990s animated series. Yeah, that’s what we’re going with for this one. It says so on the box so it must be true.

Learn such things as:

• What horrible things do Dan and Chris say that they thought would never leave their mouths?
• How do sharks even play a role in this game without Aquaman popping up?
• Will somebody listen to me and every single guest I’ve had on and just make a Superman game where he’s playing detective already?
• And much more!

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route.

You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store, or the Ninja Penguin Pods Store if you want to see things for all of our shows.

Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

You can find Dan at Supersons Podcast and on Twitter @DCSuperSons, or by checking out his personal Twitter @danthemcmahon.

A big thanks to everyone from Adventures in Erylia as well as Joea Raspolich and Carlos Rivera from Life, Death, and Taxonomy for the wonderful promos today.

Music by Best Day, who can tackle Bo Jackson in Tecmo Super Bowl.

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Every super hero story has to eventually end. Maybe not in our world, but in the comic world as long as timelines don’t get reset or just stop progressing then all the heroes will eventually get old. Except The Phantom, who just straight up hasn’t died. Because he can’t.

Listen in as Karrington Martin from Real Dudes Podcast comes to talk about Phantom 2040 and how it relates to the Phantom comics, and of course the SNES and Genesis games that came out with it.

Learn such things as:

• What makes The Phantom immortal?
• How does the Phantom 2040 cartoon relate to the comics?
• Will we ever get a game as divisive as this one again?
• And much more!

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route.

You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store, or the Ninja Penguin Pods Store if you want to see things for all of our shows.

Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

You can find Karrington at The Real Dudes Podcast and on Twitter @Desertfury90, or by checking out his previous appearances on the show.

A big thanks to Heather Welch from Sunshine and PowerCuts as well as Dan Grote and Matt Lazorwitz from WQ&A for the wonderful promos today.

Music by Best Day, who only drinks the top half of a bottle of Coke.

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In a world of corrupt politicians working with the letter, but definitely not the spirit, of the law it’s inevitable that if time travel become a possibility that it would be used for evil. Which means you’ll have to have cops specifically for time related things.

Listen in as Mark Diaz from Mark’s Movie Collection comes to talk about this Jean Claude Van Damme classic and a game that kind of maybe has something to do with it.

Learn such things as:

• Why are movie tie in games coming out so long after the movie?
• Can you ever have too many splits?
• What is the plural of octopus anyway?
• And much more!

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route.

You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store, or the Ninja Penguin Pods Store if you want to see things for all of our shows.

Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

You can find Mark @coolmarkd on Twitter or the Mark’s Movie Collection podcast.

A big thanks to Donna and Laura from Soapy Madams and Thomas Rillstone from History of Aotearoa New Zealand Podcast for the wonderful promos today.

Music by Best Day, who doesn’t wait for his brownies to finish baking before eating them.

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If awesome comics are your thing then I’ve got a treat for you. An ex-cop trying to figure out what happened to her partner. Mysterious happenings. Secret organizations. The struggle to find what’s just and right in this crazy world. If any of this catches your eye then listen up, head over to the preview of Butcher Queen to see how cool it is, and back the Butcher Queen Kickstarter Project to make sure that you get a copy of the whole story for yourself.

Butcher Queen can also be found @ButcherQComic on Twitter. Writer Jim Ousley can be found @JimOusley and artist Ben Sawyer can be found @SketchSawyer.

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Alien races fighting an ancient war. Characters that aren’t exactly like the rest of Earth’s population. Jim Lee art. A 90s Saturday morning cartoon. I’m thinking this sounds pretty familiar…..

Listen in as Jeffrey Brown, writer of The Valkyrie Quartet, comes to talk Jim Lee’s WildC.A.T.S. and how despite the familiarity of it, this is a franchise that you really need to check out for it’s own awesomeness.

Learn such things as:

• Are we sure this isn’t X-Men?
• How much did the cartoon soften up the comics?
• In turn, how much did the game soften up the cartoon?
• And much more!

If you want to be a guest on the show please check out the Be a A Guest on the Show page and let me know what you’re interested in.

If you want to help support the show check out the Ninja Penguin Patreon page or head over to the Support page if you want to go another route.

You can also check out the Play Comics Merch Store, or the Ninja Penguin Pods Store if you want to see things for all of our shows.

Be sure to head over to the Ninja Penguin Podcasts site to see all of the shows we’re working on.

Play Comics is part of the Gonna Geek Network, which is a wonderful collection of geeky podcasts. Be sure to check out the other shows on Gonna Geek if you need more of a nerd fix.

You can find Play Comics @playcomicscast on Twitter and in the Play Comics Podcast Fan Group on Facebook.

You can find Jeffrey @tsujigo on Twitter, The Valkyrie Quartet, Tsujigo on Society Six, Tsujigo on Gum Road, and be sure to check out their book Izanami Grey (Welcome to Gen-Verte!) over at Domino Books.

A big thanks to Matthew Hocker from the Composition Kickstarter Campaign (check out his Creator Guest episode for more information there) and Reid Messerschmidt from The Irrationally Exuperant for the wonderful promos today.

Music by Best Day, who likes the Green Lantern movie. Or doesn’t. Definitely one of those options.

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