Geeksplained Podcast

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! In Round 4 of AVENGERS VS X-MEN MONTH, the Book Club Bois dive back into some tie-ins on their way to the conclusion of this monumental event! Luke Cage is at a crossroads. With the world getting more dangerous by the minute, he must decide which is more important: being an Avenger or being a father? Then, driven to the brink by the reign of the Phoenix Five, Captain America assembles the ILLUMINATI for a hail mary plan that may be their last chance to survive this war! Covers New Avengers (2010) #24-30 by Brian Michael Bendis, Mike Deodato Jr and Will Conrad Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! Round Three of AVENGERS VS X-MEN MONTH features a return to the main event book, as the Book Club Bois discuss the reign of the PHOENIX FIVE! The Phoenix Force has been split into five hosts: Scott Summers, Emma Frost, Namor, Piotr and Illyana Rasputin – now known as the Phoenix Five. With this newfound power, they have set about to reshape the world to create Utopia with a simple message: No More. No more war, no more poverty, no more suffering, and most importantly… No More Avengers. Covers Avengers vs X-Men (2012) #6-9 by Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Jonathan Hickman, Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, Olivier Coipel and Adam Kubert Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

IT’S THE BEN AND JONAH SHOWWWWW! The SINISTER SIX SAGA takes a backseat this month, as the Book Club Bois discuss the adventures of Ben Parker and J. Jonah Jameson in the latest issue of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN! Covers Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #10 by Jonathan Hickman and David Messina Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! Amidst a week of turmoil, the Book Club Bois come together to laugh, to commiserate, and to seek solace in each other as they discuss the latest chapter of Brian Michael Bendis’ NEW AVENGERS SAGA! The Phoenix Force is on its way to Earth. A strike force has been assembled by Captain America to head into space and be the last line of defense against this cosmic threat. But will they be enough when even the stars themselves are dying? And back on Earth, the Red Hulk makes a choice that will have dire consequences in the war between the Avengers and the X-Men! Covers Avengers (2010) #25-30 by Brian Michael Bendis and Walt Simonson Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! WE’RE GOING TO WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR… AGAIN! Join the Book Club Bois as they enter the final round of Brian Michael Bendis’ NEW AVENGERS SAGA! The Phoenix Force. A destructive and godlike entity that hails death and rebirth. One of the most powerful forces in the Marvel Universe… is back. And with the Avengers and the X-Men disagreeing on what to do with potential new host Hope Summers, the superhero community will ONCE AGAIN fracture as its two most prominent communities come to blows! But what will happen when the Phoenix finally arrives? Covers Avengers vs X-Men (2012) #0-5 by Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Jonathan Hickman, Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, John Romita Jr. and Frank Cho Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

FOR THE FUTURE! We’re back! In our final Pitch It, join Aeric as he closes out his Batman Beyond trilogy! With the shocking events that closed out the last installment, how will Team Beyond recover? And will they be able to save Neo-Gotham from a returning Paxton Powers? Or will BLIGHT claim the city for his own? Find out here! Time Stamps: 00:00:49 Intro 00:06:51 Pitch It! Batman Beyond: Ascension 00:21:35 Previously, on Batman Beyond… 00:24:10 Prologue 00:33:30 Act 1 01:08:51 Act 2 02:08:57 Act 3 02:43:05 Post-Credits 02:50:42 Wrap-Up Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Send us your questions for the Geeksplained Mailbag! Email: Geeksplained@gmail.com Music Sampled: "Sayonara" by SAKEROCK “Batman Beyond Theme” by Kristopher Carter “The Legacy Continues” by Michael McCuistion “for a new meaning” by nowt “Missing” by Daft Punk “Son of Flynn” by Daft Punk “Encom” by Daft Punk “Apex Predators” by P.T. Adamczyk “Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy Love Suite” by Hans Zimmer “Penguin of Guilt” by Michael Giacchino “Run It Suite” by Joseph Shirley “The Future” by John Ottman “Crash” by Mephisto Odyssey ft. Static X “Icon” by Jaden Smith “Someone Just Volunteered” by Alexander Temple “Stop Running” by Joseph Shirley “Time’s Up” by John Ottman “Showering Clock Tower” by Shirley Walker “To Build A Home” by The Cinematic Orchestra “The Bridge” by Alexander Temple “Yachting with the Card Gang” by Kristopher Carter “Showdown” by Alexander Temple “Battle on the Big Bridge” by GaMetal “The Void” by Joseph Shirley “The Rest of My Life” by Hans Zimmer “Melanie Tempts Terry” by Kristopher Carter “Healing Old Wounds” by Kristopher Carter “Surveying the Ruins” by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard “Father and Son” by Daft Punk “Overture” by Daft Punk

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! In our last stop before the next big event, the Book Club Bois discuss X-MEN: SCHISM! With the world’s remaining Mutant population slowly getting back on their feet, a new threat emerges that could finish the job that the Decimation started. Sentinels around the world are awoken to challenge the X-Men all over the globe, but back at Utopia… a different war is taking place: a war of ideologies. As Cyclops and Wolverine come to blows over the direction of their people, one decision will fracture their community and set the stage for everything that comes next! Covers X-Men: Schism (2011) #1-5 by Jason Aaron, Carlos Pacheco, Frank Cho, Daniel Acuna, Alan Davis and Adam Kubert Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

SPIDER-MAN CROSSES THE BLACK CAT’S PATH! The Book Club Bois discuss the first chapter of the SINISTER SIX SAGA! Walter Hardy aka The Black Cat strikes against Spider-Man and Green Goblin, and the outcome of the attack may drive a wedge between the heroes! Covers Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #9 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets

Aeric and Malcolm sit down with longtime listener and certified Good Brother "The Reheil Deal" Bryan Reheil to discuss his new comic MILK RUN! Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Send us your questions for the Geeksplained Mailbag! Email: Geeksplained@gmail.com Music Sampled: "Sayonara" by SAKEROCK “Never Too Much” by Luther Vandross

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! Join the Book Club Bois as they discuss the first MCU Synergy tie-in and the reunion of Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley in the 2012 miniseries AVENGERS ASSEMBLE! The Avengers follow the trail of The Zodiac, a shadowy group hellbent on seizing the most powerful items in the Marvel Universe! But when their pursuit leads them into space and headfirst into a war with the Mad Titan Thanos, they’ll need to team up with the flarkin’ Guardians of the Galaxy if they want to stop Thanos from tearing reality apart! Covers Avengers Assemble (2012) #1-8 by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! This week, the Book Club Bois conclude the Revenge of Norman Osborn in the latest chapter of Brian Michael Bendis’ NEW AVENGERS SAGA! In the aftermath of FEAR ITSELF, Steve Rogers and Tony Stark must set out to reassemble the Avengers. But before they can publicly unveil this new team, they must face the return of Norman Osborn and the resurgence of H.A.M.M.E.R! With the world turning against them and Osborn harboring a dark secret, will the story of this new Avengers team end before it gets the chance to begin? Covers Avengers (2010) #18-24 by Brian Michael Bendis, Daniel Acuna and Renato Guedes Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! Join the Book Club Bois as they begin the final lap of the Brian Michael Bendis NEW AVENGERS SAGA! He’s baaaaaaaaaaaaack! Norman Osborn has broken out of prison and assembled a NEW Dark Avengers. He is hellbent on retaking the power he once held, and will stop at nothing to seize the power he seeks. And that’s not the only threat to the New Avengers! As public opinion shifts to distrust and anger directed at Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, it’s the New Avengers versus the world! Covers New Avengers (2010) #16.1, 17-23 by Brian Michael Bendis, Neal Adams and Mike Deodato Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! After last week’s intermission, the Book Club Bois dive back into FEAR ITSELF in the latest chapter of Brian Michael Bendis’ NEW AVENGERS SAGA! We all know the story of the day the hammers fell. How the heroes of the world rallied to challenge the God of Fear. But not every hero made it to the final battle. Not every battle made the headlines. This is the story of the day fear won… and how men and women WITHOUT fear survived. Covers Avengers (2010) #13-17 & New Avengers (2010) #14-16 by Brian Michael Bendis, John Romita Jr., Chris Bachalo and Mike Deodato Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

SOMETHING SINISTER THIS WAY COMES! The Book Club Bois discuss the confrontation between Spidey, Green Goblin and Iron Lad in the latest issue of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN! Plus a birthday bash to remember, some Venom-y vibes, and the formation of the new Ultimate Sinister Six! Covers Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #8 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! The Book Club Bois FINALLY cover the next (and darkest) chapter in the Young Avengers saga, as they search for the SCARLET WITCH! Billy Kaplan. Tommy Shepherd. Two young boys who may be connected to the most powerful mutant on the planet… who has been gone since the events of House of M. But when Billy’s powers begin to spiral out of control, he rallies his Young Avengers teammates to search the globe for Wanda Maximoff, who may hold the key to mastering his abilities… and who may, in fact, be his mother. But where is the Scarlet Witch? And does she even WANT to be found? Covers Avengers: The Children’s Crusade (2010) #1-9 by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! It’s time for the first event of the HEROIC AGE! Join the Book Club Bois as they discuss the latest chapter in the Brian Michael Bendis NEW AVENGERS SAGA! The world is in chaos. Heroes are overwhelmed. All seems lost. And just when you think it can’t get worse… The Serpent returns from his eons of exile to raze the Earth to the ground. Every hero in the Marvel Universe will be called upon to battle this threat… and not everyone will make it home. Covers FEAR ITSELF #0-7 by Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, Stuart Immonen and Scot Eaton Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! The Book Club Bois are back together again, just in time for the sins of the past to haunt the present in the latest chapter of the Brian Michael Bendis NEW AVENGERS SAGA! 1959. A team is assembled by Nick Fury to pull off a black ops mission that will put them in the crosshairs of the RED SKULL. What happens in that mission will reverberate into the present, as the NEW AVENGERS get ready to tie up a loose end from the previous era. Secrets will be revealed, alliances will be tested, and broken trust… may just cost an Avenger their life. Covers New Avengers (2010) #7-13 by Brian Michael Bendis, Stuart Immonen, Daniel Acuna, Mike Deodato Jr and Howard Chaykin Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! This week, join Aeric and Malcolm as they discuss the latest chapter of Brian Michael Bendis’ NEW AVENGERS SAGA! The Infinity Gems. Six stones of unimaginable power – each one giving the user control over life and death. For years they have been hidden, kept safe by the Illuminati… until now. Parker Robbins, desperate to grasp at the power he has lost, has acquired one of the Infinity Gems… and he’s hungry for more. A race against time begins as the Illuminati scrambles to collect the remaining stones before Robbins can – but can they keep their existence as a group a secret as the world closes in around them? Covers Avengers (2010) #7-12 by Brian Michael Bendis and John Romita Jr. Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

THE BEST BOOK CLUB IN THE MULTIVERSE! This week, the Book Club Bois discuss the reformation of the New Avengers, just in time for the end of the world! The Eye of Agamotto. A relic from the world’s FIRST Sorcerer Supreme, handed down to every subsequent holder of the title throughout the centuries. Today, it rests in the hands of Jericho Drumm aka Doctor Voodoo, the current Sorcerer Supreme. But when invaders from another dimension arrive seeking the artifact for an unknown reason, Voodoo will need to call upon a newly-assembled team of heroes to defend the mortal realm from being ripped apart at the seams! But why do they want the Eye, and what secret is the former Sorcerer Supreme - Stephen Strange - keeping from the rest of his allies? Find out here! Covers New Avengers (2010) #1-6 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets “Fight as One” by Bad City

DADDY ISSUES! Join the Book Club Bois as they discuss the latest chapter of Jonathan Hickman’s ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN! Peter and Harry are still reeling from their confrontation with the Kingpin – but they’ll need to recover quickly, as a new player arrives to throw a wrench in their plans! Covers Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #7 by Jonathan Hickman and Marco Checchetto Send us your questions for the Book Club Mailbag! Email: geeksplained@gmail.com Follow us! Twitter: twitter.com/geeksplainedpod?lang=en Instagram: www.instagram.com/geeksplainedpod/?hl=en Music Sampled: "Alive" by Warbly Jets