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Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand

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Crushing Comics S01E074 – Comics Haul! Lumberjanes, Venom, X-Men Epic Collection, & More!

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Can you smell that? It’s the sweet, sweet American air (and packing peanuts) unleashed by this massive haul of new comics from my December order.

The unboxing starts with a new volume of our beloved Lumberjanes, includes a pair of classic Venom collections, a pair of new Marvel Epic Collections, the penultimate TPB of Letter 44, new Injection, old Cable, new Youngblood, and…

…something I’ll be digging into in the next episode of Crushing Comics!

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Crushing Comics S01E072 – X-Men: Supernovas and Uncanny X-Men: The Rise & Fall of the Shi’ar Empire

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Today I start out by talking about “the perfect weather.” If you’re the kind of person who loves it super hot on the beach or frigid on the slopes, would you really want to experience that every day? My favorite kind of day is breezy and springlike, maybe 68 to 72 degrees – and I see no problems with waking up to that every day of my life.

After that, I open a massive block of oversize modern X-Men – so big I had to break it up into a pair of episodes. In this one, I start out with a pair of weirdly orphaned oversized volumes.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 72 features X-Men: Supernovas and Uncanny X-Men: Rise and Fall of the Shi’ar Empire, which are covered by my X-Men, Vol. 2 & New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men by Brubaker, Fraction, & Gillen guides, respectively.

Crushing Comics S01E071 – The Most Dangerous Thing + Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Vol. 1-2

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Today I wonder: what is the most dangerous thing you’ve ever intentionally done? After sharing my most-dangerous story, I unwrap the first two Library Editions of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8. In the process, I discuss how Season 7 lead to this comic and what it means to keep getting more Buffy in perpetuity.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 71 features Buffy, The Vampire Slayer Season 8 Library Editions Volume 1 and Volume 2.

Crushing Comics S01E070 – Avengers Assemble by Kurt Busiek Volumes 3-5

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Before we get to the second half of Kurt Busiek’s run on the 1998 volume of Avengers, I spend some time talking about stuff that is gross. What are you totally grossed out by? Has it been something that has disgusted you your entire life, or has it only begun to squick you out as an adult?

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 70 features the Avengers Assemble Volume 3, Volume 4, and Volume 5. For more information on these books and what they contain, see the Guide to Avengers (1996-2005).

Crushing Comics S01E069 – Your Nostalgic Favorites + Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, Vol. 1

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I start this episode by explaining my shirt and asking about your nostalgic favorites and if they’ve held up over the years. Then, I unwrap the first of the pair of Deadly Hands of Kung Fu omnibuses. Since I don’t know too much about the magazine content of the issues reprinted here, I dive in and read a few excerpts.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 69 features the Direct Market cover version of Deadly Hands of Kung Fu, Vol. 1. See how the back-up stories fit in to Shang-Chi’s continuity in the Guide to Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu.