John & David wrap up 2024 with their Top 3s (or 8s), and talk about John’s uncanny impressions, the new version of Jonathan Hickman, John’s disappointment in non-sex comics, the end of David’s Dog (Man) Days, and John revives a “classic” Corner Box joke.

Timestamp Segments

• [00:50] Kraven the Hunter.
• [03:39] John has fallen behind.
• [05:00] A spin on Top 3s.
• [05:58] All-time Top 3 Comics.
• [12:47] Top Image Books.
• [20:47] Top Marvel Issues.
• [30:03] A new version of Hickman.
• [31:59] Top DC Books.
• [38:12] Top One-Shot Reprints.
• [40:08] Top Artists.
• [45:36] John wants to quit comics.
• [48:03] Top Kickstarters.
• [54:21] David’s sad moment.
• [57:39] Surprise guests.

Notable Quotes

• “The villain of the next Spider-Man movie ought to be whoever green lights the Spider-Man Villain movies at Sony.”
• “I’ve never seen a worse title for something in my entire life.”
• “I should not be this entertained by a Sonic the Hedgehog movie.”

Relevant Links

LAST DAY TO BACK!
Super Kaiju Rock n Roller Derby Fun Time Go Book #2 | Kickstarter

David's Fun Stuff!
Did Someone Say Fun Time? Let's GO!

John is at PugW!
Pug Worldwide

Books Mentioned

• Absolute Batman, by Scott Snyder & Nick Dragotta.
• Absolute Superman, by Jason Aaron & Rafa Sandoval.
• Absolute Wonder Woman #1, by Kelly Thompson & Hayden Sherman.
• Alien, by Walter Simonson & Archie Goodwin.
• Aliens, by Mark Verheiden, Mark Nelson, Dan Beauvais, & Sam Keith.
• Aliens vs Avengers, by Jonathan Hickman & Esad Ribic.
• American Flagg!, by Howard Chaykin.
• Arzach, by Moebius.
• The Authority.
• Avengers, by Jonathan Hickman.
• Batman: Three Jokers, Rook, by Geoff Johns & Jason Fabok.
• Birds of Prey, by Kelly Thompson & Leonardo Romero.
• Blueberry, by Jean-Michel Charlier & Moebius.
• Bronze Star, by Mike Baron & Pat Broderick.
• Corto Maltese, by Hugo Pratt.

This week on The Corner Box, hosts John & David do a deep dive into some Famous Firsts, and talk about navigating the racism in some very old stories, the most appropriate ways to solve crimes, skipping comics with no pictures, what an anthology would look like today, and the crazy original gun ads in the books. Also, David launches another successful Kickstarter campaign, the podcast listeners get visuals, and John teases the next Sensational episode.

Timestamp Segments

• [01:59] The Famous First Editions.
• [04:26] David is very stressed.
• [07:56] 10,000 $1 tips.
• [11:00] David becomes a historian.
• [12:42] Original comic book formats.
• [15:58] Does crime pay?
• [16:52] Racism in Detective Comics.
• [19:13] The Batman art.
• [22:36] The greatest Batman story.
• [24:26] Superman vs Batman origin stories.
• [26:37] How to solve crimes.
• [27:42] Batman’s cool costume.
• [30:00] Speed Saunders, Ace Investigator.
• [31:05] Buck Marshall, Range Detective.
• [36:59] Crimson Avenger.
• [37:24] Death on the Airwaves.
• [37:34] All the gun ads.
• [37:48] The Bruce Nelson art.
• [39:27] Dr. Fu Manchu.
• [41:00] Collecting stamps.
• [41:38] Cosmo, The Phantom of Disguise.
• [43:06] Plain Clothes Pete.
• [44:06] The concept of the book.
• [45:41] David’s new favorite curse.
• [47:35] Ads at the back of the book.
• [50:00] A teaser for the next episode.

Notable Quotes

• “Crime never pays.”
• “You never see the lower half of the horse.”
• “There’s a reason why you’ve never heard of a lot of this stuff.”

Relevant Links

Super Kaiju Rock n Roller Derby Fun Time Go Book #2 | Kickstarter

David's Fun Stuff!
Did Someone Say Fun Time? Let's GO!

John is at PugW!
Pug Worldwide

For transcripts and show notes!
www.thecornerbox.club

Books Mentioned

• Action Comics #1.
• Detective Comics #27.
• Sensation Comics #1.
• Area 88
• Batman and Me
• The Bat-Man: First Knight
• Ben Webster
• Blondie
• Blueberry
• Mutt & Jeff
• Reg’lar Fellers
• Spider-Man: Chapter One
• Superman #1
• Tintin
• Tippy Teen

On this episode of The Corner Box, hosts John & David gather round the fire to reminisce about the past year in comics, and get into the reinvigoration of older properties, how different publishers approach existing properties, DC and Marvel’s Absolute and Ultimate Lines, DC’s $10 books, and PRH’s disruption of the industry by purchasing Boom! Studios. Also, most definitely not in the spirit of the Season, David is mean to several people.

Timestamp Segments

• [02:07] David’s thoughts on Prince.
• [04:08] The success of GI Joe and Transformers.
• [05:38] Properties moving to new publishers.
• [09:01] The new GI Joe launches.
• [14:09] ThunderCats.
• [14:47] The changing perception of comics properties.
• [16:08] Relaunching properties out of their time.
• [19:59] Marvel’s Ultimate Line.
• [21:16] David’s take on Donny Cates.
• [23:47] DC’s Absolute Line.
• [27:12] What’s up with Zatanna?
• [28:40] DC’s $10 Compact Comics.
• [36:36] Boom! goes to PRH.

Notable Quotes

• “He was the B-average student in a room of D-average students.”
• “I’m looking forward to seeing how they completely screw it up and dismantle it all.”
• “Marvel movies didn’t start making a billion dollars until Disney started distributing them.”

Relevant Links

David's Fun Stuff!
Did Someone Say Fun Time? Let's GO!

John is at PugW!
Pug Worldwide

For transcripts and show notes!
www.thecornerbox.club

Books Mentioned

• Absolute Comics.
• Absolute Superman
• Absolute Batman
• Absolute Wonder Woman
• Catwoman
• DC Compact Comics.
• Dog Man
• GI Joe: A Real American Hero
• Green Lantern
• Invincible
• RoboForce
• Sectaurs.
• Shonen Jump.
• The Moon is Following Us
• ThunderCats
• TMNT.
• Transformers
• Ultimate Comics.
• Ultimate Spider-Man
• Venom
• Watc