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I don’t know why Matt has an irrational dislike of Felicia Day. She’s the geek who became popular for being a geek. And Youtube likes her too. They gave her her own “Channel,” Geek & Sundry.

Cartoons are back with Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes & Ultimate Spider-man on Disney XD and DC Nation on Cartoon Network.

And there’s finally a good shot of the Avengers Aliens and they shot a new scene, after the premiere of the movie. Is this a good thing or signs of a last minute studio overreach?

And, as always, Matt & John rip into the new previews to salivate at the new good stuff and rip on some other stuff.

By now you’ve probably seen this screen shot:

 Well, Yesterday Joss Whedon revealed the race of the aliens in a press conference:

“The alien race are the Chitauri — or a version of them — because they are not one of the key races and they don’t have a storied history. That wasn’t the point. I know this debate will go on long after I’m dead. I would say it was the Kree-Skrull race.”

In the Ultimate Universe, the Chitauri was basically the “real” name of what is called the Skrulls in the regular Marvel Universe, but it looks, like everything else in movie continuity, that they will be embellished a bit to a new race all their own.

(Expect them to show up as a separate race in the Marvel U by this winter. -ed. John C.)

And it’s exactly what most people thought: 616 Spidey crosses over with Ultimate Miles Morales.

Here’s the Press Release from Marvel: Continue reading →

A very interesting choice for one of DC animated features. But very cool, can’t wait to see this one.

As mentioned on the latest podcast, you can now preorder the Hoverboard from Back to the Future II. If you get this and the Mag shoes from Nike, you’ll almost be ready for the far flung future of 2015!

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Matt & John went to the South Florida Renaissance Festival this weekend. Not actually together, or even on the same day, but they went this weekend and had fun. Am I wrong that they’ve basically become the Medieval/Fantasy equivalent of a comic or anime con? (albeit with better food)

By now, you’ve probably seen the UK Avengers Assemble trailer maybe even started playing the Avengers Alliance facebook game, but now it’s time to dive into Previews and Prep your may orders.

And have you read Order of the Stick? Did you know about Rich Burlew’s Kickstarter Campaign? I think we just entered the era of the webcomics, kids.

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We had a better title for this episode, but I feel a certain social responsibility to use this space to tell you that the special type of combat finisher introduced in Mortal Kombat 3 was the Animality. Not Beastality.
DO NOT GOOGLE THE LATTER PHRASE.
On behalf of Comics Radar and the Comics Radar Podcast, I apologize and there will be no mercy on Matt’s soul.

Moving on:
We talk about:

1. Before Watchmen Prequels
2. Irredeemable and Incorruptible soon coming to an end.
3. New Spider-man costume for the End of Earth!
4. New Ninja Turtle toys, now with extra toes.
5. DC Sweeps January Top 10. Really? Aquaman?

This is definitely a fanboy thing for me. I just don’t dig Matt Smith as the doctor as much as I did Tennant. A little cameo like this is wonderful because anything that gives more Tennant to the world is a good thing. And as anyone who listens to the podcast know, I love geeky double entendre.

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Sorry, I thought I put this episode up already. I probably tried to blank it out, after Matt’s story of messing with a crazy person. Or my new really cool, really important job is already burning my brain cells.

- DC Cancellations & New Series. Yay, More Liefeld!
- Green Arrow TV pilot.
- AMC expands Walking Dead by 3 episodes.
- Avengers VS X-Men line-up.

January 2012 Previews. I would love to see if anyone actually cut out Mike Richardson’s head and took photos with it.

And Always we want to know what you are pulling this month.