Raging Bullets

Episode 56:  We are joined by Lord Shaper of the Kryptographik Podcast as we discuss Simon Dark #2. Jim and Sean also take an indepth look at Countdown with issues 27-25. Time stamps: OUR 101st  RECORDING!!!!! We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts. 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, this includes the Hero for the Holidays Drive and news about how Top Bullets is changing for 2008 and what we are doing for the Raging Oscars show. 14:36 Lord Shaper joins us for Simon Dark #2 and more 1:37:29 Countdown discussion with forum thread comments 4:06:49 Very brief discussion about ending of Sinestro Corps. 4:09:42 Closing, ads, and more. Check the forum and web site for next week’s release (Episode 57)   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets and Top Bullets.

Episode 55:  This is it. 100 recordings of Raging Bullets. We are joined and have a tremendous conversation with Brave and the Bold’s Inker, Bob Wiacek. We talk about his career at and outside DC and the inking process in general. He has wonderful stories and was an amazing guest.  Jim and Sean also discuss Brave and the Bold issue 8 in our usual indepth fan perspective segment. Finally, we wrap up with a great segment responding to fan emails and forum comments about the 100th recording and recent shows. Time stamps: OUR 100th RECORDING!!!!! We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts. 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, big thank you segment,  this includes the Hero for the Holidays Drive. 20:32 Bob Wiacek joins us for a great career spotlight segment. 1:43:50 Raging Spoiler Filled Review of Brave and the Bold #8 2:52:03 Listener Emails and Forum comments for our 100th recording. 4:06:28 Closing, ads, and more. 4:25:42 Bonus mini segme

Episode 54b:  One week away from our 100th recording and we have a big episode. Jim and Sean talk about Shadowpact #19, All Star Batman and Robin #8 with a special audio comment from Fanboy Faceoff’s Darthdad, and continue our Countdown Catchup with issue 30-28. Time stamps: Second part of our 99th recording. We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts. 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, this includes the Hero for the Holidays Drive. 15:27 Shadowpact 19 40:58 All Star Batman and Robin #8 audio comment from Darthdad 55:40 Countdown discussion with a quick chat about Last Days of Krypton. 2:49:06 Closing, ads, and more. Check the forum and web site for next weekend’s release (Episode 55)   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets and Top Bullets.

Episode 54a:  Lots of fun stuff this episode including some announcements for our 100th recording celebration which will begin in 2 weeks, Wonder Woman #14, Wetworks Armageddon, Top Bullets Best of the Best from October 2007 from Sean and Jim and the listeners, a few emails, an audio comment from Red Lantern on Wildstorm and more. Time stamps: First part of our 99th recording. We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts. 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, this includes the Hero for the Holidays Drive, shout outs to Damien from the Kryptographik Podcast, Bob Bretall from the Comic Book Page Podcast, Peter Rios from DC Noise, details about a VERY special guest who will be joining us during our month long 100th recording celebration, Starman is coming to omnibus collections and more. 22:41 Some DC News and Top Bullets for October 2007 1:22:40 Wonder Woman 14 review with very scary musical interlude by Jim and Sean. 1:59:15 Wetworks Armagedd

Episode 53B:  This one wound up being bigger than expected so we are dividing it into two parts. This episode we have a big discussion on Countdown issue 32,31 and our first uncut listener rants and email segment. Time stamps: Second part of our 98th recording. We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, this includes the Hero for the Holidays Drive. 6:54 Countdown 32, 32 discussion and introduction to MIJ, the evil monitor. 1:24:44 First Uncut Listener Rant and Email Segment. Comments welcome. Quick shoutout to Testament. 2:59:08 Closing, ads, Shout out to Comic Playground, Info on how to participate in our 100th recording. Check the forum and web site for the next release (Episode 54a)   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets and Top Bullets.

Episode 53a:  This one wound up being bigger than expected so we are dividing it into two parts. This is the first smaller part covering Batman 670 and Action Comics 858. The second part will come out this weekend with a Countdown segment and our first ever uncut (mostly) listener rant segment. Time stamps: First part of our 98th recording. We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rant 14:17 Quick rants about Black Adam #3 which include Jim’s delusions with regards to Hawkman (He is getting help for this issue), Shazam and the Monster Society of Evil, indepth discussion on Batman 670 43:08 Quick rants on Simon Dark, the end of Aquaman’s series, a very brief talk about Gotham Underground, indepth on Action Comics 858 1:19:30 Closing, ads, next episode general info Check the forum and web site for the next release (Episode 53b)   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets and Top Bullets.

Episode 52:  Jim and Sean are joined by Art Lyon as we discuss his work on Justice League #11.  We also have an audio comment from Darthdad of Fanboy Faceoff, as he discusses All Star Batman and Robin #7. We also continue our regular Countdown feature as we discuss issue 33. Time stamps: Our 97th recording. We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the League of Comic Book Podcasts 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants 5:43 JLA #11 with special guest Art Lyon. We talk about his work on the upcoming Red Rain Special and chat a bit about “Uncle Carter?. We are joined by Art’s kids, we talk cartoons and all kinds of fun stuff. 1:53:53 Darthdad of Fanboy Faceoff with an Audio comment on All Star Batman and Robin #7 2:11:06 Countdown Catchup discussion on issue 33 2:49:30 Closing, ads, next episode general info Check the forum and web site for the next release (Episode 53)   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets and Top Bullets.

Episode 51c:  Countdown 36-34 are discussed as Jim and Sean explore what they are getting out of the series so far and make some links to what they want from the future. We also have a BK’s Bullets closing our Amazon’s Attack discussion. Bent shares his views and we share ours. We also look at the Epilogue threads and why we think it is important to where things are headed. NOTE: Jim is on this episode via Skype because this was recorded after the hard drive crash.  We experimented with his headset mic this time for the first part and switched to the phone. We were deliberately checking the quality differences in sound to see which works best when we have to do this in the future. In the past we have only used his phone. If there are any sound quality differences from normal, this is why. We’re playing around to determine the best sound experience when we aren’t recording in studio. Thanks for your patience. Time stamps: Our 96th recording Part 2 We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network and the Leag

Episode 51b:  We had a crazy week due to a hard drive crash. The Justice League show was lost so we will be rerecording that. In it’s place, Jim and I recorded a brand new Top Bullets Segment looking at the best of the best from September 2007. We also have the remaining listener rants recording from CGS 300. As a bonus, we have the “lost? Nightwing Annual segment that we never aired. NOTE: The Nightwing Annual footage is mostly unedited. It is placed on here as a bonus feature. Time stamps: Our 96th recording Part 1 We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants 10:06 Top Bullets September 2007 1:01:37 Listener rants from CGS 300 Part 2: Featuring Sean and Jim laying out how they would cut their monthly budget to 5 books if they had to. 1:20:12 closing, shout outs and whatnot. 1:26:12 Bonus: Uncut, Unedited, “Lost? Nightwing Annual discussion About 3 hours of DC chatting fun. Check the forum and web site for the next release which will be the

Episode 51a:  Jim and Sean talk Coundown issues 38 and 37 as we begin our biweekly catchup on the title. We focus much of our discussion on delving into what we think of the storylines so far and where we want to see them go. We also share some listener rants. Time stamps: Our 95th recording We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, an announcement about the new “Where’s the Sensei Now?? web site contribution program. 7:28:00 Countdown Discussion 1:26:39 Listener rants from CGS 300 via iriver and shout out to Pat Loika. More about CGS 300 and a general shout out to all the great people. 1:56:30 closing, shout outs and whatnot. Check the forum and web site for the next release which will be a JLA 11 and 12 focused episode with guest Art Lyon and a possible Countdown discussion   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets and Top Bullets.

Episode 50b:  Jim and Sean talk about various books in speeding bullets chat about some listener rants and emails.  NOTE: We have to rerecord the Countdown discussion so that will be released later this week as a mini episode so we can give you the usually expected sound quality. Time stamps: Our 94th recording We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 9:53 Speeding Bullets: Countdown to Adventure #1, DMZ, Wonder Girl #1, The Spirit, some quick rants about CGS 300, All New Atom #15 and the debate surrounding the Kyle reveal, and Booster Gold 2. 1:05:44 Listener Emails and announcement about content for our 100th recording. 1:47:33 Shout out to Funny Bullets, Sean finds another hour recorded at CGS 330? The plot thickens, plus a heads up on what the next few episodes tentatively look like, closing, shout outs, show info Check the forum and web site for the next release which will be a Countdown episode in about 5 days.   Don’t forget to s

Episode 50a:  It’s finally here. Seven Soldiers Vol 1 Part 1: We begin our indepth discussion on the first part of Seven Soldiers Vol 1 : the double sized Seven Soldiers 0, Shining Knight 1, Guardian 1, and Zatanna 1.  We also shared your comments on the series from the forum thread. Finally, we had some listener emails and Jim and I did a speeding bullets segment on Jonah Hex and Supergirl and the Legion. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 8:40 Seven Soldiers Vol 1 Part 1 with forum comments 1:47:59 Listener emails 2:07:29 Speeding Bullets 2:24:52 Closing, shout outs, show info, podcast trailers (Comic Book Page Podcast and Alternate Reality) Check the forum and web site for the next release of Episode 50b.   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets, Top Bullets and the Raging Oscars.

Episode 49 Part 7b:  Listener rants that you demanded: Jim and Sean share their thoughts on various comics in a second Speeding Bullets segment.  We also share listener rants from the rant thread.  NOTE: This is a repost to repair missing audio from the closing. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, a shout out to issue 6 of Love and Capes which is solicited in the September Previews (The web comic is on the web site), Funny Bullets for Episode 50 is out. 8:02 Listener Rants (Including a few podcast shout outs: John Mayo and JLA Fan have a new show) 1:03:20 Speeding Bullets: Quick shout outs to Booster Gold 1, Hellblazer 230 and 231, JSA 8,  Supergirl #20,  Checkmate 17, Black Canary Wedding Planner, Quick chat about the new Legion writer, Jim Shooter. 1:39:11 Listener rants (Also Amazon’s Attack 5 and 6 discussion) 2:38:45 Shout out to Jamal Igle’s Podcast 2:40:49 Final Listener rant (LOL, Sean blows his stack. A show r

Episode 49 Part 7a:  A whole bunch of stuff: Jim and Sean share their thoughts on various comics in a Speeding Bullets segment.  We also share listener rants from the rant thread.  Finally, we have a segment discussing more recent convention news. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 8:01 Speeding Bullets: Quick shout outs to Gen 13, Brave and the Bold 5, Faker 1 and 2, Green Lantern Corp, Green Lantern 22, Highwaymen 1 and 2, Flash 231, Batman Confidential 7 and 8, Legion of the Super-Heroes 1 Johnny DC, Black Adam #1, Batman 667 and 668, and Midnighter. 35:08 Listener rants 1:17:26 More DC news from recent conventions 2:02:04 Closing, shout outs, show info Check the forum and web site for the release of part b of this episode. Also, join us next week for Episode 50.

Episode 49 Part 6:  Top Bullets for July and Justice Society Vol 1 Special.  Jim and Sean are joined by Jay Ferguson our Grand Prize contest winner in his first of two segments. We chat about the Levitz / Conway run of All Star Comics recently collected in two volumes. We also share out Top 5 Best of the Best Comics for July from the listeners and ourselves. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 8:48 Top Bullets for July 2007 54:34 Justice Society Volume 1 review 2:10:18 Closing, shout outs, show info We will see you Sunday with our next show   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets, Top Bullets and the Raging Oscars

Episode 49 Part 5:  Wizard World Special: Jim and Sean begin a discussion on the Wizard World con.  We talk about the Dark Knight screening and the news coming out of the DC panels. We also begin with a brief discussion on artists alley and the overall con experience. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 12:01 Dark Knight screening discussion 49:54 DC Nation Panel discussion and we also being shouting out various listeners and friends we ran into (more to come) 3:05:29 Closing, shout outs, show info We will see you Sunday with our next episode as we chat more about the converntion and have our first contest winner on to discuss the recently release Justice Society Vol. 1 trade by Paul Levitz and more.   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets, Top Bullets and the Raging Oscars.

Episode 49 Part 4:  Jim and Sean finish a two part Countdown catchup, we cover issues 42-39. Speeding Bullets Segment: Quick commentary on All Star Batman and Robin #6, Superman/Batman 37 +38, Birds of Prey 108, and Stormwatch PHD We also share comments from our listener rant thread on a variety of topics and close off the show with a forum comment segment. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants. 7:16:00 Speeding Bullets: Quick commentary on All Star Batman and Robin #6, Superman/Batman 37 +38, Birds of Prey 108, and Stormwatch PHD. 49:05 Listener Rants Thread 1:21:22 Countdown 42-39 2:56:53 Countdown forum comments 3:26:35 Closing, shout outs, show info We will see you next Friday with a new episode recorded in Chicago at the Wizard World Convention.   Don't forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets, Top Bullets and the Raging Oscars.

Episode 49 Part 3:  Jim and Sean begin a two part Countdown catchup, we cover issues 46-43 on this show and chat about 42-39 next week. DC NEWS SEGMENT: DC Eisner winners chat, we chat about upcoming DC releases, and more We also share comments from our listener rant thread on a variety of topics and close off the show with a listener email segment. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, Wizard World Chicago contest extended, and a quick Fourth World Omnibus shout out. 12:09 Speeding Bullets: DC News segments (Eisner winners, upcoming releases, and more) 50:16 Listener rants thread 1:12:47 Countdown 46-43 2:33:07 Listener Emails 3:03:58 Closing, shout outs, show info We will see you Friday with a new episode continuing our Countdown discussion and more.   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets, Top Bullets and the Raging Oscars.

Episode 49 Part 2B:  Jim and I continue to talk about Amazon’s Attack 1-4 and the related tie in issues in the second of a two part discussion.  There is a new BK’s Bullets on Bart Allen. We also announce a contest involving 3 day tickets to Wizard World Chicago. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, various rants, Wizard World Chicago contest details 4:58 Amazon’s Attack 1-4 and related tie in discussion part 2 of 2 1:40:35 Forum comment discussion about the series, we discuss  your comments on the series, quick shouts to All Flash, Supergirl, and more. 3:04:06 BK’s Bullets on Flash 13/ JLA 10 with Brent and special guest Ian the host of the great Comic Timing Podcast 4:11:01 Closing, shout outs, show info We will see you Friday with a new episode featuring a Countdown discussion in our lead feature covering the most recent issues and how it ties into the universe as whole. We also look at All Star Batman #6, Superman/Batman, and mor

Episode 49 Part 2A:  Jim and I talk about Amazon’s Attack 1-4 and the related tie in issues in the first of a two part discussion. We’ll be back in a few days with part 2. Time stamps: We are proud members of the Comics Podcast Network 0:00 Opening, special news, show announcements, Raging Oscars is up, new funny bullets, recent show donation, slick vs.whatnot and various rants 13:59 Funny Bullets winner 14:40 Amazon’s Attack 1-4 and related tie in discussion part 1 of 2 2:20:51 Closing, shout outs, show info We will see you in 5 days with part 49 Part 2b where we finish our discussion, talk about the forum comments, and have a Bk’s Bullets segment.   Don’t forget to submit your entries for Funny Bullets and Top Bullets. Check out Mike Parkinson’s DC Year One comic strip show.