The What If Podcast returns with a BONUS episode as The Franchise and The Slim James discuss all things Marvel 2099, including Doom 2099, Spider-Man 2099, Venom 2099, Spider-Ham 15.88, X-Men 2099 and Man-Thing 2099! Normally available for the low low price of 2099, this episode is presented entirely free!
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WIP Episode 19 – The Dazzling (What If Podcast)
Galactus and The Dazzler, a pairing as natural as peanut butter and swiss. Have you ever wondered what would happen if Dazzler were a herald of the eater of worlds, Galactus? Marvel did in What If vol 1 #33. Similarly, what if Thor were a herald of Galactus? It was explored in a 2006 What If one-shot, and it’s less awesome than you’d think. Also, what if Iron Man were trapped in the time of King Arthur? All of this craziness and some good ol’ movie talk on the What If Podcast!
WIP Episode 18 – Cable Guys (What If Podcast)
We’re back, once again, with X-Men. In a comic series published in the late 80s/early 90s, repeated X-talks are inescapable. This time, we talk Cable, Dazzler, and the mighty Forearm as we discuss a two-parter, What If Vol 2 #s 46 and 47, What If Cable Killed the X-Men and Magneto took over the USA? Also, cuz X-Men, we talk Days of Future Past and Master Mold!
WIP Episode 17 – Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy, Boston Comic Con on YouTube!
Taped from the Boston Comic Con, the What If Podcast features, for the FIRST TIME EVER, all four panelists, The Slim James, Beezy, Andrew The Giant, and Franchise, discussing the Boston Comic Con, Guardians of the Galaxy, What If Nova Was Four Other People, Forearm, and the Sphinx!
WIP Episode 17 – Head On Nova, GoTG, Boston Comic Con (What If Podcast)
Taped just two days ago from the Boston Comic Con, the What If Podcast features, for the FIRST TIME EVER, all four panelists, The Slim James, Beezy, Andrew The Giant, and Franchise, discussing the Boston Comic Con, Guardians of the Galaxy, What If Nova Was Four Other People, Forearm, and the Sphinx!
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Boston Comic Con
So this weekend the entire cast of characters from the What If Podcast, my besties, Andrew The Giant, Franchise, and Beezy went down to Boston for the Boston Comic Con. After navigating public transportation around the city and standing in a long (but quick moving) line to get in on Saturday, we finally made it into valhalla: a floor of dollar bins and guys slinging silver age issues left and right, covered in cosplayers and artists willing to sign my meager Marvel books. Among the highlights:
Purchases – Took a good chunk of my list for Marvel Two-In-Ones, including my “big ticket” purchase, issue #1 for all of $18. Also procured a Silver Age Jim Steranko issue of Strange Tales for a scant $7 (and the cover isn’t absolute garbage either, so I’d call that a deal), as well as some Super Villain Team-Up issues and a Master Mold story arc on the cheap. Andrew The Giant had quite the experience procuring Uncanny X-Men #130, first appearance of The Dazzler, passing up a copy at $10 to “come back to it later”, only to find it had been sold, then procuring one when I bent down to look at a 50% off bin and finding it about three issue in for $8 (thus final price $4). Literally a bargain at twice the price, and the guy said he had sold “a few” of those already, so Dazzler’s hot business. Not for nothing, I picked up a copy of the luminous Dazzler #1, with a pretty crisp cover, for a mere dollary-doo.
Signatures – Overall I got signatures for most of what I wanted to get signed. Personal favorites include getting X-Men #53 signed by Mark Waid, the Spider-Man wedding issue signed by Paul Ryan (a lovely man who has a house up in my native Maine), the Spider-Hulk issue of Web of Spider-Man by Alex Saviuk, a triple signature on my What If AvX #1 by Jorge Molina, Norman Lee, and Jimmy Palmiotti, who was an absolute delight to talk to (along with his wife Amanda Connor) and Mark Texiera, who signed an awesome cover of Wolverine by also doodling a Wolverine next to his signature (and posing for a picture), quite the bargain for a dollar.
Overall, I’d say the Boston Comic Con, even without going to the panels, was an amazing time and a great way to spend a weekend.
WIP Episode 16 – Ghost Ridering the WIP (What If Podcast)
For the FIRST TIME EVER, Franchise joins the podcast, returning from his pilgrimage to the United Arab Emirates. To celebrate the occasion, we talk Ghost Rider! Nicolas Cage! The unnecessary sexualization of female Ghost Rider! What if Ghost Rider were bad? It’s a question that gets answered three times in this podcast!
WIP Episode 15 – Not Real America Heroes (What If Podcast) on YouTube!
In honor of upcoming 4th of July festivities, the What If Podcast examines “What If Captain America fought during the Civil War?”, from a series of one-shots in 2006, plus I talk 5 corny “America Heroes” draped in the red, white, and blue.
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WIP Episode 15 – Not Real America Heroes (What If Podcast)
In honor of 4th of July festivities, the What If Podcast examines “What If Captain America fought during the Civil War?”, from a series of one-shots in 2006, plus I talk 5 corny “America Heroes” draped in the red, white, and blue.
The What If Podcast on YouTube – Episode 14 (Defenders of Netflix)
What will Marvel’s “Defenders” maxi-series on Netflix bring to the MCU? We discuss Power Man, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones and Daredevil on this episode of the What If Podcast. Vol 2 Issue 2 of What If, “What If Daredevil Killed The Kingpin?”, and the “What If Jessica Jones Joined the Avengers?” serve as the backdrop for this discussion which tackles Daredevil as a goose and whether or not radiation actually gives you powers, among other subjects. This was recorded before it was announced Charlie Cox had been cast as Daredevil, but don’t worry, that wouldn’t have changed the discussion much as I don’t know who that is.
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