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A fun Choose your own adventure live event. Eddie and Lee go through Space and Beyond and Space Patrol. You can participate and help them out. Watch the Covert Nerd Facebook and Twitter account  (see links below) for dates and times. ----more----   Space and Beyond                                                      Being sucked into a black hole Space Patrol                                                               Henry the our robot companion     We like a dagwood sandwich while we patrol space   Taking on space pirates     Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Starcruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Omug Comics

Tim and Lee talk about the DC comics and TV series character by Geoff Johns Stargirl. More notes below ----more---- The many commissions Tim has of Starman            Star Spangle Kid                 Star Spangle Kid and Stripesy           Rainbowcomics Lincoln Facebook Page Covert Nerd Website Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of Eddie and the Star Cruisers. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:      

A fun Choose your own adventure live event. Eddie and Lee go through UFO 54-40 and Space and Beyond. You can participate and help them out. Watch the Covert Nerd Facebook and Twitter account  (see links below) for dates and times. ----more---- UFO 54-40 cut out, we need more of these.               We wear suits when we fly, it's the 80's it okay.         The Utai paradise you can only find by reader through the book Look at our chin! Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Amazing Vinyl products from Kim at Star Lite Studios Omug Comics

What's old is new New amazing work of Jeff Lemire, EC Comics new old comics and the SNES Classic. Complete show notes below. ----more---- DESCENDER One young robot’s struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of Trillium, Sweet Tooth, and Little Gotham. ASCENDER Powerhouse creative team JEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN launch an all-new sequel series to DESCENDER with the launch of ASCENDER! Set ten years after the conclusion of DESCENDER’s storyline, magic has taken the place of machinery and the rules are very different indeed… Mila, the daughter of Andy and Effie from DESCENDER, spends her days exploring the lonely wilds of the planet Sampson and trying to stay out of the clutches of the evil disciples of the all-powerful vampire witch known only as Mother. But, like her parents, Mila doesn’t like to play by the rules, and when a certain robot pal of her dad’s shows up, nothing will ever be the same! With all the scope and heart of the sci-fi classic DESCENDER, LEMIRE and NGUYEN reunite to take readers on an unforgettable fantasy quest! Like you I’m sure you can tell when something is good, whether it’s a book, comic book or podcast you can’t stop consuming it. This is one you won’t be able to put down. Like most of Lemires work it’s excellent and addicting.  The whole future dynamic between robots and humans is fascinating to all of us, especially now when AI is getting closer than it ever has been. The art is gritty and fits the story telling. The story starts with Descender and chapter two is Ascender. Also as I have said before I like the story because it has a beginning and ending.If you like the conflict between humans and robots you will love Jeff Lemires Descender/Ascender.   This isn’t new, but it’s new to me. EC Comics collection from Dark Horse. When you think Dark Horse might be down for the count they hit back hard, THE EC ARCHIVES Entertaining Comics, more commonly known as EC Comics, was an American publisher of comic books, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid-1950s, notably the Tales from the Crypt series. In 1954–55, censorship pressures prompted EC Comics to concentrate on the humor magazine Mad, leading to the company’s greatest and most enduring success. Initially, EC was privately owned by Maxwell Gaines and specialized in educational and child-oriented stories. Later, during its period of notoriety, it was owned by his son, William Gaines. He sold the company in 1960, and it was eventually absorbed into the Kinney National Company, the same corporation that later purchased DC Comics and Warner Bros. EC had success with its fresh approach and pioneered in forming relationships with its readers through its letters to the editor and its fan organization, the National EC Fan-Addict Club. EC Comics promoted its stable of illustrators, allowing each to sign his art and encouraging them to develop unique styles; the company additionally published one-page biographies of them in the comic books. This was in contrast to the industry's common practice, in which credits were often missing, They were also known for their shock endings in the stories, like Weird Fantasy #18 (April 1953) The story depicted a human astronaut, a representative of the Galactic Republic, visiting the planet Cybrinia, inhabited by robots. He finds the robots divided into functionally identical orange and blue races, one of which has fewer rights and privileges than the other. The astronaut determines that due to the robots' bigotry, the Galactic Republic should not admit the planet until these problems are resolved. In the final panel, he removes his helmet, revealing himself to be a person of color. Which in 1953 America was shocking. Almost all of their stories had an ending like this. Another fun series is Adventure into the unknown. One of the stories simply titled Haunted house might be what a Scooby Doo episode was based on. A couple has to stay overnight in a haunted house in order to get their inheritance from a rich relative. The lawyer in charge of the estate tries to scare them out of the house by making the house appear to be haunted. Classic story and art from 1948. At the time these stories were considered edgy before the comics code of authority. These comics are the reason for the code. What a great idea! Rather than create new characters and stories why not go back 75 years and retell stories to many who have never seen it. This concept fits the saying “why recreate the wheel” you have great stories very few today have seen, why not reprint and give a chance for new readers to experience and enjoy an old story. IDW also released a special limited run edition feature the best artists edition, but I believe the Dark Horse reprints are complete and unabridged. If you have listened to this podcast for any length of time you can tell I’m a bit of a nostalgia nut. Seeing these old comics even though I didn’t live in this time period I still like the vibe I get from reading them. The optimism they project is inspiring, for example the writers had humans traveling in space like we drive to the grocery store. Yes, I will admit some of it is a bit corny but getting a glimpse of what people living in that time period were thinking is fun to consider.   Look at least one of these volumes and see what you think. The people who created these comics and stories were the pioneers of the industry that we enjoy today. They were learning as they went along. They created the medium and creators today are perfecting the medium. This reminds of the SNES classic my kids gave me. To clarify if you don’t know the SNES classic is a small Super NES console with 21 SNES games on it. No carts and they included controls identical to the original 1990 controllers. The games play just like the originals. again, what's old is new again.                       Best of all you can hack it to play even more retro games from the NES to Sega Genesis and more. Nostalgia is in and in a big way. With all that is going on in the world I believe people like to go back to what they believe in their mind was a simpler time. Whether it was or not is debatable, but if you go back to when you were 10 it was a simpler time. Or at least I hope it was for you. When you are 10 you don’t have to concern yourself with a job, house payments and getting the next promotion. The most you had to worry about is who you are going to hang out with today and what game to play. Some may knock people who like to talk about and buy things from their childhood. I would say like most things there is a healthy and unhealthy balance that needs to be adhered to. For example, do not put a second mortgage on your house to buy that one-of-a-kind limited-edition Star Wars action figure. The guys over at the MEGA podcast came up with the idea of having a mini collection of MOTU figures. I believe the number to be considered mini was 8-10 figures. I thought this was a good way to not go overboard, but still have a piece of your childhood. Overall, I don’t think it’s bad to have a few things from your past. You know the feelings and memories that come rushing back when you hold that one thing from your childhood and instantly you are 10 again and you have your whole world to explore. Even if it’s only for a few minutes at least let people enjoy it and let them share their memories with you and the excitement they got to experience. A friend told me his wife didn’t understand why he collected and talked about old MOTU figures. He said because it brings back feelings and memories from a good time in his life and made him feel good to revisit those memories again. She still didn’t understand why. A few months later her birthday came around and he bought her an original bear she had as kid that she mentioned she had lost during a move when she was a kid and wished she had never lost it. When she opened the box she was stunned and started to cry as the memories of the bear came rushing back. He had bought her the exact bear she had lost. And he said this is why I buy those old figures. That story nailed it for me. Maybe you have a similar story. If so you can email me cn@covertnerd.net or go to covertnerd.net to find out how to reach me. I will put a link in the show notes that you can access on whatever device you are using to listen to this podcast. Let me know about your thoughts on this episode and any ideas you have for future topics I would love to hear what you think.   60's Reboot Podcast Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Eddie and Lee go live and tackle the 80's kids book Choose Your Own Adventure and YOU get to help decide their fate. The books they go through are Cave of Time and Inside UFO 54-40 both authored by the Choose Your Own Adventure creator Edward Packard. ----more---- To participate in the next Choose Your Own Adventure Live! go to the Covert Nerd Facebook   Read the Choose Your Own adventure books here at Archive.org: Cave of Time  Inside UFO 54-40 Other episode links: Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

I had the honor of talking with hall of fame podcaster Dave Jackson from the School of Podcasting. He has over 15 years of podcasting and has great insight into starting a project and the mindset you need to take your first steps. Do you have a topic you are passionate about? Dave has great advice to help you out. Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Eddie and Lee go live and tackle the 80's kids book Choose Your Own Adventure and YOU get to help decide their fate. The books they go through are Ghost Hunter and The Mystery of Chimney Rock both authored by the Choose Your Own Adventure creator Edward Packard.   Links and pictures from the episode listed below: ----more----       The caretaker from Chimney Rock                                                           You fall and become a ghost in Ghost Hunter   Covert Nerd Facebook Read the Choose Your Own adventure books here at Archive.org: Mystery of Chimney Rock Ghost Hunter Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twitter Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: Rainbowcomics Lincoln Facebook Page Rainbowcomics website

Tim and Lee talk Star Wars the Clone Wars, is this the end for the Clone Wars saga? They discuss their favorite characters and story arcs from the series.   Episode Links: ----more---- Previous episode with Tim Star Wars Prequels Rainbowcomics Lincoln Facebook Page Covert Nerd Website Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twiter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Eddie and Lee go through the classic 80's Choose Your Own Adventure book Ghost Hunter. Eddie is a co-host at the Make Eternia Great Again (MEGA) podcast (Sponsor) Rainbow Comics and Cards Lincoln (Sponsor) Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twiter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page:

Hear about how the amazing card game Hordes of Power got started. Lee Bokma gives the exciting story of how he created the game and gives advice to any game makers who are looking to get started. LOTS OF GREAT LINKS AND PICTURES BELOW! ----more---- Links in the episode: Previous episodes Lee has been on: MEGA Nerd Death Match 3 Nerd Death Match 4 MEGA Nerd Death Match 2 MEGA Nerd Death Match Nerd Death Match 3  Nerd Death Match 2 Nerd Death Match The Barbarian Invasion Hordes of Power merch   Get amazing vinyls at Starlite Studios Send Kevin Costner figures to Eddie from the MEGA Podcast Hordes of Power Website Art of Lee Bokma Facebook Art of Lee Bokma Twitter Art of Lee Bokma Instagram (Sponsor) Rainbow Comics and Cards Lincoln (Sponsor) Rainbowcomics website Covert Nerd Website Covert Nerd Instagram Covert Nerd Twiter Covert Nerd Facebook Covert Nerd Merch Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: How the game started: 1st hand drawn draft    2nd draft working on color, font and icon placement Final Draft All 3 version side by side The Slap Jack deck that sparked the idea Lee's favorite cars from Hordes of Power One of Lee's favorite childhood games   *Must be at least 18 years of age for the Hordes of Power giveaway

Today we talk with Helen who loves the work of JRR Tolkien, but is a big fan of other fiction like Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Dresden file and much more. We talk all things Tolkien from how he has created the foundation fantasy characters to what we would like to see in the new Amazon series. She was even part of a DND sorority in college, hear all about it in the latest episode, Contact Helen: helenpaus@gmail.com  ----more---- The infamous Nerd cup Helen owns:        Episode Links: Rainbowcomics Lincoln Facebook Page (sponsor) https://www.facebook.com/rainbowcomicsandcardsLincoln/ Rainbowcomics website (sponsor) https://www.rainbowcomicsandcards.com/ Covert Nerd Website http://www.covertnerd.net  Covert Nerd Instagram https://www.instagram.com/covertnerd/ Covert Nerd Twiter https://twitter.com/thecovert_nerd Covert Nerd Facebook https://www.facebook.com/covertnerd/ Covert Nerd Merch https://teespring.com/stores/cn-2 Proud Member of The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group. For more great content go to the Facebook Page: facebook.com/thelaststarfightersentertainment

This episode the guys from OMUG comics joins us for another Nerd Death Match Live. OMUG Comics Facebook OMUG Comics Twitter OMUG Instagram Art of Lee Bokma Facebook Art of Lee Bokma Twitter Art of Lee Bokma Instagram SPONSOR: Rainbow Comics and Cards Show Notes Previous episodes and ways to contact the show go to covertnerd.net

Lee and Eddie read a Choose Your Own Adventure book Live! Eddie is a co-host at the Make Eternia Great Again (MEGA) podcast The Last Starfighters Entertainment Group 24 Hour Extravaganza Covertnerd Website Our Sponsor: Rainbow Comics and Cards Lincoln  

Lee Bokma and the guys from the Make Eternia Great Again podcast join the show for another nerd death match. Links from the episode Make Eternia Great Again (MEGA) podcast Art of Lee Bokma The Grawlix Podcast Previous MEGA Nerd Deathmatches First MEGA Nerd Deathmatch Second Nerd Deathmatch Our Sponsors: Rainbow Comics and Cards Lincoln Contact the show: Covertnerd Website Complete detailed show notes

Randy and Lee talk about their top 3 favorite NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) games and why you will like them even though it's been 30 plus years since there release. Previous episodes Randy has been on: Top-3-video-game-consoles Top-3-super-nes-games Weird-video-game-accessories Complete show notes    Covert Nerd Website with the back catalog and contact info. Please visit our sponsors Rainbow Comics and Cards Rainbow Comics and Cards Lincoln Facebook Page