The Book Report

Does it matter how much matter Matter-Eater Lad eat if Matter-Eater Lad could eat matter? Whatsamatta you? Welcome to the 139th episode of The Book Report, Crave Online's comic book podcast, featuring your hosts, Andy Hunsaker and Iann Robinson - aka the Pain in the Ass and the Monkey in the Wrench.

This week, we've got the glorious new Marvel's Agents of SHIELD preview to crow about, as well as some DC cancellations to lament. Then, we cover a slew of comic books with Age of Ultron, Secret Avengers, Avengers, Avenging Spider-Man, Uncanny Avengers (too... many... Avengers!), Nova, Batman, Justice League of America, Thor: God of Thunder, Fearless Defenders, Iron Man, Green Arrow, Cable and X-Force, Batgirl, 10 Grand, Dream Thief, The Dream Merchant, Voltron and Über, among others.

Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (@CraveOnlineEnt) whenever you can, and be forewarned, we use salty language with regularity.  Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs - there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, and "Next Gen News" for video games. Crave Online's got you covered.

And thanks to My Special Agent for allowing us to use their Hulk song "Anger/Danger" as our opening theme.

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We've got two weeks of comics and a huge movie release to cover, so let's get right down to brass tacks with the 138th edition of The Book Report, Crave Online's comic book podcast, with your hosts, Andy Hunsaker and Iann Robinson.

We're all about Iron Man 3, we dubiously talk about the curious casting rumors for the Fantastic Four movie reboot, and we've got comics on comics! Superior Spider-Man, Iron Man, Indestructible Hulk, The Answer, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Age of Ultron, X-Men Legacy, Hawkeye, Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye, Avengers, New Avengers, FF, All-Star Western, Batwing, East of West, Fury: My War Gone By, Young Avengers, Uncanny Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, Animal Man, The Movement, Jupiter's Legacy and more - like Andy's revelation that Marvel will probably cancel the Ultimate Universe to make room for a line of Marvel Cinematic Universe comics. It makes perfect sense.

Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (@CraveOnlineEnt) whenever you can, and be forewarned, we use salty language with regularity.  Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs - there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, and "Next Gen News" for video games. Crave Online's got you covered.

And thanks to My Special Agent for allowing us to use their Hulk song "Anger/Danger" as our opening theme.

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Hellowdy, pardners! I can make up a word like "hellowdy," right? Welcome to The Book Report #137, Crave Online's comic book podcast, with your hosts, Andy Hunsaker and Iann Robinson.

This week, we chat about the new Man of Steel trailer, the first look at Electro from the Spider-Man sequel, and even some talk about an upcoming remake of The Crow. We also cover the books of the week that was, including Age of Ultron, Justice League, Daredevil, Superior Spider-Man, Transformers: Robots in Disguise, Li'l Depressed Boy, Iron Man, Dr. Who: Prisoners of Time, Nova, X-Men Legacy, Cable and X-Force, Nightwing and more.

Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (@CraveOnlineEnt) whenever you can, and be forewarned, we use salty language with regularity.  Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs - there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, and "Next Gen News" for video games. Crave Online's got you covered.

And thanks to My Special Agent for allowing us to use their Hulk song "Anger/Danger" as our opening theme.

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Welcome to a super-sized post-Wrestlemania edition of The Book Report, number 136 to be exact, with your hosts, Andy Hunsaker and Iann Robinson.

We've got two weeks to cover, so aside from the boring Wrestlemania and the crazy following Raw, we talk lots of comics! Age of Ultron, Thanos Rising, Batgirl, The Walking Dead, Batman, Detective Comics, Batman & Red Robin, Phantom Stranger, G.I. Joe: The Cobra Files, Thor: God of Thunder, The Indestructible Hulk, Deadpool, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Action Comics, Hawkeye, Batwing, Wolverine, Winter Soldier, Saga, Red She-Hulk, Avengers, Earth 2, X, Uncanny Avengers and more - hell, we even get sidetracked with talk of Game of Thrones and Mad Men! We are good at getting sidetracked!

Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (@CraveOnlineEnt) whenever you can, and be forewarned, we use salty language with regularity.  Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs - there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, and "Next Gen News" for video games. Crave Online's got you covered.

And thanks to My Special Agent for allowing us to use their Hulk song "Anger/Danger" as our opening theme.

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Wondercon has come and gone, and we've got a rundown of the weekend's events right here on the 135th installment of The Book Report, Crave Online's comic book podcast featuring your hosts, Andy Hunsaker and Iann Robinson.

We'll chat about all that big news, plus Marvel's Infinity and Avengers A.I., Superman Unchained, Superior Spider-Man and all that stuff, as well as the books of the week that was - I complain about Ben Grimm's sudden involvement in Dr. Doom's origin in Fantastic Four #5AU, as well as the sheer awfulness of Star-Lord's new costume in Guardians of the Galaxy #1. There's also Age of Ultron, Justice League Dark, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Answer, The Massive, Red Team, East of West, Transformers: Robots In Disguise, Uncanny Avengers, Young Avengers, X-Men Legacy, Time Warp, All-Star Western and some Aquaman action. Plus, nearly a bonus hour for a pre-Wrestlemania wrestling gabfest!

Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (@CraveOnlineEnt) whenever you can, and be forewarned, we use salty language with regularity.  Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs - there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, and "Next Gen News" for video games. Crave Online's got you covered.

And thanks to My Special Agent for allowing us to use their Hulk song "Anger/Danger" as our opening theme.

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Hey howdy, buckaroos! It's time once again for Crave Online's comic book podcast, The Book Report - installment number One Hundred and Thirty-Four!  Featuring your hosts, Andy Hunsaker and Iann Robinson.

This week, we discuss what may be going on down at DC Editorial with all their creative changes and such, as well as Neil Gaiman bringing Angela to Marvel for some reason - plus, that Robert Redford rumor about Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Up for review and discussion are the books of the week - Dr. Who: Prisoners of Time, Nova, Cable and X-Force, Superior Spider-Man, Nightwing, Indestructible Hulk, The Five Ghosts: The Haunting of Fabian Gray, Batwoman, Avengers, New Avengers, Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye, Daredevil, Saga, Justice League, Justice League of America, and Threshold Presents: The Hunted, among others.

Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (@CraveOnlineEnt) whenever you can, and be forewarned, we use salty language with regularity.  Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs - there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, and "Next Gen News" for video games. Crave Online's got you covered.

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It's that time of week again - Book Report time! Crave Online's comic book podcast, featuring Andy Hunsaker and Iann Robinson, run down the week in sequential art periodicals, and this time, there's also a heapin' helpin' of squared-circle grapple-talk as well. It's also Wrestlemania season, don't ya know, and to join it together, ex-wrestler Batista is going to be Drax The Destroyer.

Aside from the wrassle-talk, we get into a trio of Requiem books in the Bat-family - Batman, Batgirl and Batman & Robin - as well as Thor: God of Thunder, Wolverine, The Walking Dead, Secret Avengers, X-Men Legacy, Green Lantern Corps, Nowhere Men, Where Is Jake Ellis?, Fearless Defenders and more.

Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes, follow us on Twitter (@CraveOnlineEnt) whenever you can, and be forewarned, we use salty language with regularity.  Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs - there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, and "Next Gen News" for video games. Crave Online's got you covered.

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What's up, kids? It's the 132nd episode of the Book Report, CraveOnline's comic book podcast, featuring your hosts Andy Hunsaker and Iann Robinson, as well as the return of Tan Anus!

This week, we hit Star Wars news, Joe Quesada and Astro City, but we left wrestling alone! We did, however, talk funnybooks with a heavy Bendis bent - including Age of Ultron,  All-New X-Men, Uncanny X-Men and Daredevil: End of Days, as well as others like Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye, Swamp Thing, Animal Man, Dial H, Green Arrow, Superior Spider-Man, Iron Man, Cable and X-Force, Avengers, Great Pacific, BlackAcre, Green Lantern, Winter Soldier, Earth 2 and The Lone Ranger.

Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes and follow us on Twitter (@CraveOnlineEnt) whenever you can.  Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs - there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, and "Next Gen News" for video games. Crave Online's got you covered.

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Grarrgh! Welcome to The Book Report #131, Crave Online's comic book podcast, with your hosts, Andy Hunsaker and Iann Robinson! Rarrgh! Let's talk funnybooks!

This week, we discuss the casting of Chris Cooper as Norman Osborn in the Spider-Man sequel, Gail Simone on Red Sonja and the much-ballyhooed Death Of Robin. Aside from Batman Inc., we also talk The Massive, The Answer, The Punisher, The Red Lanterns, The All-Star Western, The Aquaman, The Guardians of the Galaxy, The Future Foundation, The Avenging Spider-Man, The Justice League Dark, The Masks, The Dr. Who, The Transformers, The Young Avengers, The Hawkeye, The X-Men Legacy and The Uncanny Avengers. We've also decided to add a chunk of pro wrestling chatter to the end of each show, because we like wrestling, but we shouldn't derail the comic talk with it, yo.

.Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes and follow us on Twitter (@CraveOnlineEnt) whenever you can.  Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs - there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, and "Next Gen News" for video games. Crave Online's got you covered.

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Ladies and gentlemen, fly girls and fly guys, my name is Andy Hunsaker, Comics Channel Editor for Crave Online, and I'm here with The Monkey in the Wrench Iann Robinson to bring you the 130th episode of The Book Report, the comic book podcast that can't help but detour into pro wrestling discussions lately. Bear with us for the first chunk of this show - we do talk about comics, I swear!

What comics, you ask? Well, we discuss the shifting creative teams on Green Lantern books, the new Batman/Superman series, and the rumors of an Avengers vs. Ultimates Marvel event and what that might mean for Ultimate Comics.  Also, the books of the week - Savage Wolverine, Indestructible Hulk, Thor: God of Thunder, Saga, Happy!, The Shadow: Year One, Daredevil, Justice League of America, Deadpool, Morbius: The Living Vampire, Captain America, Batwoman, Alpha, Superior Spider-Man, Vibe, The Wrath of the First Lantern and so on!

Subscribe to The Book Report on iTunes and follow us on Twitter (@CraveBookReport) whenever you can.  Also, be sure to check out Crave Online's other podcasts for all your entertainment needs - there's the "The Idiot Box" for TV, "The B-Movies" for film, and "Next Gen News" for video games. Crave Online's got you covered.

And thanks to My Special Agent for allowing us to use their Hulk song "Anger/Danger" as our opening theme.

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