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CCL Podcast #254 – Irredeemable TPB Vols. 1-2 (Boom! Studios)

January 20, 2010
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Collected Comics Library Podcast #254
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It’s not often that a new series gets my attention, in fact, as a “Trade Waiter” it’s 99% never. I like to joke that because I hold out for the collected edition, I’m always preverbal guy at the party talking about last years summer blockbuster movies in December (Star Trek comes to mind – I just saw it on DVD).

But that’s not the case with Irredeemable by Mark Waid and Boom! Studios. For a year I’ve been told by friends and read on numerous message boards what a great new superhero (or anti-superhero) series this is. A few months ago I found myself at my LCS thumbing though an issue. It looked good, but my CE mentality took over and I decided to wait as usual. This past Saturday I was on vacation and my Brother-In-Law and I took our sons to the comic shop. I picked up both trades of Irredeemable and I’m so glad I did. This indeed is a great series and a breath of fresh air to the over used plots of dismantlement and reassembling of the JLA or Avengers or X-Men or whomever. As I say in the podcast, you can jump right in as the story moves very fast and Waid gets you up to speed. But story is not all we talk about; in fact I hardly touch on it. Each trade only collects four issues so there’s not too much to give away. But I do talk about the two books themselves and my guess as to what will make up the Hardcover as well as the extras included.

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Chris

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CCL Podcast #216 – Life Story Of The Flash

April 15, 2009
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Collected Comics Library Podcast #216
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In honor of the Scarlet Speedster returning in Flash: Rebirth, I get down to business talking about the history of the Fastest Man Alive and there’s no better way to do it then to talk about the posthumous biography as done by Iris Allen, The Life Story of the Flash.

The graphic novel from 1997, was actually done by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn and is a retrospective from Iris’ point of views from Barry’s childhood up to Crisis On Infinite Earths. To sort it all out, I go chapter by chapter detailing the exact issues that all the events took place in. For anyone just betting into the Flash or who wants to know more about Barry Allen and why he is so important this is a great way to get up to speed on his life both heroic and tragic.

And if you want to know even more about Barry Allen, here are some great resources:

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