Synopsis
Journey Into Misery, where Kieran Shiach explains complicated comics characters and concepts to the patient and perpetually perplexed Helena Hart.
Episodes
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Episode 82: Alpha Flight (John Byrne)
29/06/2016 Duration: 01h32minThis week we're checking in on our commonweath cousins in Canada, Alpha Flight!
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Episode 81: Thor (Walt Simonson)
22/06/2016 Duration: 01h59minVerily! This episode contains the tails found in one of the great comic books of all time, Walt Simonson's epic run on The Mighty Thor!
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Episode 80: Ultimate Spider-Man (Part Two)
15/06/2016 Duration: 01h25minWe're concluding our two-part look at Ultimate Spider-Man with the death of Peter Parker and the rise of Miles Morales!
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Episode 79: Ultimate Spider-Man (Part One)
08/06/2016 Duration: 01h37minWe're going back to the beginning with a total ground up reinvention of Spider-Man and the longest collaboration in comics history.
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Episode 78: Preacher (Part Two)
01/06/2016 Duration: 01h26minThis week we're finishing up our Preacher chat as things get even darker for everyone involved.
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Episode 77: Preacher (Part One)
25/05/2016 Duration: 01h26minIt's the time of the preacher, as we take time out to spend two colossal episodes to cover Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's classic Vertigo series, Preacher!
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Episode 76: The Authority
18/05/2016 Duration: 01h44minDon't piss them off! If's Wildstorm's biggest and baddest superhero team, the one and only Authority!
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Episode 75: The Vision
11/05/2016 Duration: 01h21minThis week we're covering everyone's favorite sythezoid Avenger, say domo arigato to The Vision!
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Episode 74: Captain America (Reborn)
04/05/2016 Duration: 01h42minWe wrap up our two-part look at Ed Brubaker's instant classic run on Captain America by tackling the question of who gets to wield the shield, and expanding our scope to include his Winter Soldier series. Journey Into Misery art by Joe Hunter.
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Episode 73: Captain America (The Winter Soldier)
27/04/2016 Duration: 01h55minWho the hell is Bucky? We're going to find out as we dig into Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting's instant classic run on Captain America.
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Episode 72: Batman (Knightfall)
20/04/2016 Duration: 01h38minThis podcast will BREAK YOU... with how good it is! We're talking about the mid-nineties DC "epic" Knightfall, starring Jean-Paul Valley as the new Batman!
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Episode 71: Galactus
06/04/2016 Duration: 01h24minThe Eater of Worlds! We're talking about the force of nature that is Galactus, the devourer.
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Episode 70: Les Misérables
01/04/2016 Duration: 55minYour favourite weekly podcast about musicals continues with the most miserable one of them all... Les Misérables!
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Episode 69: The Legion of Super-Heroes (Silver Age)
29/03/2016 Duration: 02h02minLong Live The Legion! This week we're talking about those wacky teens from the thirtieth century, The Legion of Super-Heroes!
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Episode 68: Batman v Superman
23/03/2016 Duration: 01h38minIt's the clash of the titans as The Man of Steel takes on The Dark Knight! We're talking some of the World's Finest's greatest four colour team-ups and tussles. Journey Into Misery art by Joe Hunter.
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Episode 67: The Punisher
16/03/2016 Duration: 01h32minAhead of his upcoming appearance in Marvel's Daredevil series, we dig into the psyche of one of the archetypal anti-hero, The Punisher.
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Episode 66: Secret Wars II
09/03/2016 Duration: 01h22minWe're not sure which is more taxing, Spider-Man having to explain pooing to The Beyonder, or Kieran explaining Spider-Man explaining pooing to The Beyonder to Helena. Either way, its Secret Wars II! Journey Into Misery art by Joe Hunter.
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Episode 65: Superman (John Byrne)
02/03/2016 Duration: 01h55minIt's a bird! It's a plane! It's John Byrne's reinvention of the Superman mythos post-Crisis on Infinite Earths! Journey Into Misery art by Joe Hunter.
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Episode 64: Seven Soldiers of Victory
24/02/2016 Duration: 01h41minShining Knight! The Manhattan Guardian! Klarion The Witch-Boy! Zatanna! Mister Miracle! Bulleteer! Frankenstein! It's Grant Morrison's ambitious meta-event, Seven Soldiers of Victory!
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Episode 63: Justice Society of America
17/02/2016 Duration: 01h39minThis week we're talking all about the very first superhero team, the Justice Society of America! Journey Into Misery art by Joe Hunter.