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We discuss proper etiquette for dealing with spoilers, avengers endgame crossing over with fortnite, and James brainstorms for the next Avengers XXX parody. Mike Pandoff stops buy for insights about the current season of Game of Thrones and The Star Wars Episode 9 teaser, and Chuck reviews Die from Image Comics and Spider-Man Life Story from Marvel Comics.

While discussing Game of Thrones, Marvel Unlimited, What We Do in The Shadows and Star Wars episode 9, we discover that James has a clown fetish, Chuck may be a furry, and Al Beck is just really into actors from a bygone era.

We kick off this week's show with a wrap up on all the Wrestlemania weekend news and the final tally of our fantasy league with Erica, then James, Chuck and Al dive right into the latest nerd news. A picture of a black hole, a comic book first appearance gone awry and Al Beck's thoughts on Captain Marvel, Shazam! and the new Twilight Zone await you. What are you waiting for?

It's Wrestlemania weekend and James, Erica and Chuck are looking forward to multiple days of WWE content with this week's preview. James and Chuck also talk to the Titans of Co-op, holders of multiple speed-run world records ahead of their attempt to set the record next week on the classic arcade beat-em-up Captain America and the Avengers! A spoiler free review of Shazam!, and discussion of the Joker trailer, Major X comic book and more!

A recent story about a high school play adaptation begs the question, what movies would you have wanted to see adapted when you were in high school? Topics discussed include: Avengers Endgame, Shazam!, Hell Baby, Detective Comics #1000, Borderlands 3, Streets of Rage 4, Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2, Final Fantasy 15, Magic the Gathering War of the Spark and WWE Raw Deal

Kyle stops by to talk about Captain Marvel in depth and spoilery with Chuck and James, Al Beck catches up on some comics and on the Antman and Wasp movie as Chuck finally catches Venom on DVD. The boys also talk about the big news this week of a Google gaming service and Disney acquiring 20th Century Fox.

The hosts run hot and cold this week as Al Beck gets nerdragey about the latest Star Trek Discovery episode and Chuck gives up on Red Dead Redemption 2 after breaking a TV! It's not all rage however as Al has glowing things to say about Star Trek Bridge Crew on his PS VR, James tries out Batman and Rick and Morty, and Chuck gives his initial thoughts on Captain Marvel.

This week James gets hype about finally hooking up his PS4 and trying out the VR headset. So much so Al Beck can't wait to get his own VR headset. Chuck reviews the Tick on Amazon Prime and Kenny stops by to give us a positive review of Anthem and his time with it. 

We invite Justin from S&E Top 3 to discuss our fantasy WWE league leading into Wrestlemania, and Chuck sits down with WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross at the Great Lakes Comic Con. James, Al and Chuck go over all the comic book movies that have been to the Oscars and recent adventures in Red Dead Redemption 2.

This week as James and Chuck prepare for Great Lakes Comic Con this weekend we look back at an unaired interview with writer of Twiztid's Haunted High-Ons Dirk Manning. Chuck introduces James to Tetris 99, starts watching the Eric Andre show and talks to Al Beck about if he's a Superman fan or not.

James and Chuck recount their time this past weekend at Astronomicon as well as remember times they were starstruck. Interviews from Astronomicon include artist Tony Miello and Katie Featherstone and Micah Sloat from Paranormal Activity and Erica and Al join the Squared Circle Round Table to discuss All Elite Wrestling news and this weekend's WWE Elimination Chamber.

This week Chuck gets ready for Astronomicon by talking to guests Bill Moseley from The Devil's Rejects, and Ming Chen of AMC's Comic Book Men. Al Beck and James also give their opinions one which comic book movies still stand up and which ones have not aged well. 

Fighting the Polar Vortex, this week Al Beck, Chuck Bean and James discuss James' trip to WWE Royal Rumble last sunday, the groups' favorite games to get lost in, The Immortal Hulk and Age of X-Man from marvel comics, and the return of Ghostbusters. 

Kenny stops by this week to to get hype about the Resident Evil 2 trailer, Mortal Kombat 11 and a game Chuck found on the Playstation Network called Don't Bite Me, Bro! Al Beck, James and Chuck compare not only Harry Potter and Star Trek but Star Wars for good measure.

AL Beck and Chuck Bean run down the top selling comics, graphic novels and publishers of 2018 as well as talk some current comic book news on this week's episode. Chuck also gives James a preview of the Resident Evil 2 demo, the new NES games on the Nintendo Switch, and his experience FINALLY finishing Persona 5.