On this week’s comic book review podcast:

Riverdale Presents South Side Serpents #1

Archie Comics

Story by David Barnett

Art by Richard Ortiz

Captain Marvel #25

Marvel

Written by Kelly Thompson

Art by Lee Garbett

The Department of Truth #5

Image Comics

Written by James Tynion IV

Art by Martin Simmonds

Firefly #25

BOOM! Studios

Written by Greg Pak

Art by Pius Bak

Future State: Suicide Squad #1

DC Comics

Written by Robbie Thompson, Jeremy Adams

Art by Javier Fernandez, Fernando Pasarin

Future State: Superman vs. Imperious Lex #1

DC Comics

Written by Mark Russell

Art by Steve Pugh

Future State: Dark Detective #2

DC Comics

Written by Mariko Tamaki, Joshua Williamson

Art by Dan Mora, Giannis Milonogiannis

Future State: Legion of Super-Heroes #1

DC Comics

Written by Brian Michael Bendis

Art by Riley Rossmo

Future State: Aquaman #1

DC Comics

Written by Brandon Thomas

Art by Daniel Sampere

Future State: Batman/Superman #1

DC Comics

Written by Gene Luen Yang

Art by Ben Oliver

Post Americana #2

Image Comics

Written and art by Dave Skroce

Daredevil #26

Marvel

Written by Chip Zdarsky

Art by Marco Chechetto & Mike Hawthorne

Monstress #31

Image Comics

Written by Marjorie Liu

Art by Nana Takeda

The Other History of the DC Universe #2

DC Comics

Written by John Ridley

Art by Giuseppe Camuncoli

Nailbiter Returns #9

Image Comics

Written by Joshua Williamson

Art by Mike Henderson

X-Men #17

Marvel

Written by Jonathan Hickman

Art by Brett Booth

Spawn #314

Image Comics

Written by Todd McFarlane

Art by Carlo Barberi

The Last God #12

DC Comics

Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson

Art by Riccardo Federici

Something is Killing the Children #14

BOOM! Studios

Written by James Tynion IV

Art by Werther Dell’edera

Strange Adventures #8

DC Comics

Written by Tom King

Art by Mitch Gerards and Evan “Doc” Shaner

An Unkindness of Ravens #5

BOOM! Studios

Written by Dan Panosian

Art by Marianna Ignazzi

Colonel Weird: Cosmagog #4

Dark Horse Comics

Written by Jeff Lemire

Art by Tyler Crook

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Full Episode Transcript:

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Alex:                 What is up everybody? Welcome to The Stack. I’m Alex.

Justin:              I’m Justin.

Pete:                I’m Pete.

Alex:                 And on The Stack, we talk about a bunch of comics that have come out this week, kicking it off with Riverdale Presents: South Side Serpents from Archie Comics, story by David Barnett, art by Richard Ortiz. This is part of a slate of comics that Archie has started releasing that aren’t exactly in continuity with the shows, but they include the characters the way they appear on the show. They’re kind of like halfway between the monthly comics and the shows themselves. This with a Madam Satan one-shot spinning off and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina that we talked about. This one of course is spinning off of Riverdale [crosstalk 00:00:46].

Pete:                I wish I would’ve known that before I read it, because I read it and I was like, “Holy shit, everything’s going to change.”

Alex:                 Yeah. Well, no, it’s out of continuity.

Pete:                They killed some people in this comic.

Alex:                 They straight up killed some people. I got to tell you, I mean, to start there, I was surprised how hardcore this was.

Justin:              Me too. This book went hard from beginning to end and I will say, “I like this.” To me, I mean Archie Comics for a decade has been taking big swings with a lot of their choices, a lot of their … especially their one shots like this and they’re limited series. But with this like putting it in between Riverdale featuring Toni Topaz here which was great. And then having both Hot Dog show up drawn like Hot Dog from the Double Digest. As well as a murder happening involving Hot Dog, I was like, “Okay, we’re goi