Issue #196: Writer vs. Artist is Stupid and Power Up #1

How dumb is the writer vs. artist debate? What did Stephanie think of Ant-Man? How do we store our physical stuff? What do we think of comic books? It's all here!


Lightning Round

3 Story, We Are Robin #2, The Last Days of Magneto, Broken World #2, Harley Quinn/Power Girl #2, Spider-Woman #9, Sensation Comics #12, Lumberjanes Vol. 1.


Book of the Week

Fight Like a Girl Vol. 1 - Learning Curve, Marvel Knights: "4" #1--#7 (2004), DC Comics: Bombshells #1 and Stephanie does a belated review of Ant-Man.


Shared Book of the Week

Power Up #1 by Kate Leth and Matt Cummings

Next week's #TCBOTW is: Lobster Johnson: A Chain Forged In Life by mike Mignola and Troy Nixey



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