Al and Paul are back (back! Back!) with remembrances of Trina Robbins and Mark "Doc" Bright, a whiz through the first six post-Krakoa X-books and a mini-explainer of Misty and the new Gail Simon...
It's a brave new world for the Thunderbolts, as they try to readjust to civilian life... or, in the case of some, to adjust to being bossed around by Captain America as part of the Redeemers. Pau...
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Merry Chri... er... Happy New Y... um... Happy February? Welcome to the joint 15th anniversary and end of year wrap-up episode of House to Astonish, as Paul and Al chat through the news of the pa...
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It's anniversary time, as Paul and Al mark the 15th turn round the sun of House to Astonish by briefly mourning the original episode they recorded for the occasion and lost in a computer disaster...
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The Thunderbolts are on a collision course with Scourge (and issue 50), but right now they've got to deal with Moonstone's identity crisis, the Battle of Techno's Ear and the arrival of Genis-Vel...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-presents-the-lightning-round-episode-17
Al and Paul have a whirlwind recap of news from NYCC for your enjoyment, as they look at the "faux-simile" Batman 428; John Constantine, Hellblazer: Dead in America; the Superman Superstars in...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-205-tractor-supply-company
It's crossover time, and Paul and Al are catching up once again with Marvel's Most Wanted, who are going to learn to play nice with other comics whether they want to or not. The Nefaria Protocols...
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Paul and Al are back once again, and this time round they're wishing Jeff Smith well in his recovery from cardiac arrest, and gabbing about Tom Brevoot's intra-Marvel move, the upcoming Sentry, S...
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The mystery of Scourge deepens while Atlas gets drunk, and Paul and Al look at Thunderbolts issues 40-42 (with a brief detour into Avengers 32 for good measure) and the T-Bolts begin the twis...
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Al and Paul are back with more comics chat, remembering John Romita Sr and Ian McGinty, talking about #ComicsBrokeMe, Image moving distribution to Lunar, Marvel and DC's upcoming launches and Ram...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-203-robots-and-also-some-cats
It's time for another electrifying set of issues of Marvel's most wanted superteam, the Thunderbolts, as Paul and Al look at Thunderbolts Annual 2000, as well as Thunderbolts #38 and #39. Scourge...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-presents-the-lightning-round-episode-14
Paul and Al are back on their regular beat, remembering Al Jaffee and Rachel Pollack, talking about all the upcoming Fall of X and Knight Terrors books, enjoying Mark Waid's mini-renaissance at D...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-202-now-with-cobalt
It's a whole new era for Marvel's Most Wanted as Paul and Al's reread of Thunderbolts enters the Fabian Nicieza era, looking at issues 34-37. The team comes face to face with someone who's either...
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It's 2023! And you know what that means! That's right, more 2022! Join al and Paul as they dish out the golden gongs in the comics industry's most Scottishy-podcasty awards, the Homies! Now in it...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-201-custody-of-another-lamp
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me... twelve lightnings striking! It's time for the latest episode of Al and Paul's reread podcast covering Marvel's most wanted, the Thund...
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To quote the Bard, it's been a long road, getting from there to here, but Paul and Al have made it to episode 200 of House to Astonish, and they're indulging in their traditional vices of cake an...
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The Thunderbolts are back, and Graviton is making heavy weather of things for them. Can Archangel tip the scales in the heroes' favour? Can you imagine how embarrassed he would be if he didn't? W...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-presents-the-lightning-round-episode-11
Paul O'Brien (The X-Axis) and Al Kennedy (One Hundred Days of Comics) present a roundup of comics news and reviews, with nary a 'meh' to be heard. Also featuring the Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe and more. Email House to Astonish at housetoastonish@gmail.com
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Al and Paul are back, and they're remembering George Pérez, Neal Adams, Tim Sale, Kazuki Takahashi and Pat McCallum, as well as talking about Oni-Lion Forge and Comixology's recent personnel shi...
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Lightning keeps striking! Good lord! It's just bizarre by this point! Paul and Al are back to look at Thunderbolts issues 22, 0 and 23 (in that order) and Avengers 12 (not in that order). Thrill ...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-presents-the-lightning-round-episode-9
Paul and Al are back, with more news and reviews and the usual nonsense. They've got chat about Archie Comics' NFT shenanigans, IDW's Originals line, DC's Pride special's lineup, the new Batman a...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-198-deflator-mouse
Lightning strikes eight times! It's really very dangerous to be out here! Get to shelter! Paul and Al are back to talk about Thunderbolts #21 and Captain America/Citizen V '98, with all the ext...
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Al and Paul have a full slate of comics news, remembering Ian Kennedy and Tom Veitch, and discussing the Hero Initiative's JLA/Avengers reprint, DC's upcoming Black Label titles, Marvel's Wild Ca...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-197-the-comics-purge
It's time for another adventure with the Marvel Universe's most neurotic super... er... heroes? Villains? Something along one of those lines, or possibly both. Anyway! We're looking at issues 17-...
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It's time for Paul and Al's annual look-back at the comics and creators of 2021, as they give out the gongs in the Homies awards. Will your favourites go home with a glittering prize? Only one wa...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-196-the-silence-of-the-homies
A relatively quiet few weeks of news means a compact and bijou episode, but Al and Paul still find time to talk about Amazon's postponed assimilation of Comixology, Gina Gagliano leaving Random H...
Lightning strikes six times! This is surely a sign of the Biblical apocalypse! Paul and Al dive into the second year of Thunderbolts, covering issues 13-16. Bug people! Political intrigue! Hulkbo...
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Paul and Al have got a bit of NYCC-dodging news chat for you this time round, as we discuss the Ditko lawsuit, creative changes on the X-books, Kurt Busiek's new Image slate and Gene Luen Yang's ...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-194-my-two-steves
Lightning is striking again! That's five times now! This is surely statistically improbable! Paul and Al are now up to the finale of the first year of Thunderbolts, and are taking a run through i...
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Paul and Al have a busy news week for you this time round, with discussion of Jonathan Hickman stepping away from X-Men, the Great Substack Migration of 2021, Scott Snyder's Comixology Unlimited ...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-193-imbrocated-snout
It's time for lightning to strike four times, because... well, because it's the fourth episode of The Lightning Round? Paul and Al are back with another episode of their spinoff reread podcast co...
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It's been a long old time, but Paul and Al are finally back, with discussion of X-Force: Killshot, Phoenix Song: Echo, the creative changeover on Amazing Spider-Man, Human Remains at Vault, Pa...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-192-stop-spider-man-stop
Lightning never strikes twice, but luckily for us it strikes three times, because Paul and Al back with the third episode of their spinoff reread podcast covering Marvel's most wanted, the Thunde...
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Al and Paul are back, with discussion of Marvel's distributor changes, John Romita Jr moving from DC back to Marvel, the new X-Men lineup, the upcoming launches of Amazing Fantasy and Moon Knight...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-191-nft-superpro
Al Kennedy and Paul O'Brien are back with the second episode of The Lightning Round, an in-depth re-read show all about Marvel's Most Wanted, the Thunderbolts! If you haven't read the series be...
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Paul and Al are back, and this time out they're remembering Si Spencer, and talking about the Linearverse, Wonder Girl, Milestone's new creative teams, Legends of the Dark Knight, the Year of Spa...
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Paul O'Brien and Al Kennedy are pleased to present the first episode of The Lightning Round, an in-depth re-read show all about Marvel's Most Wanted, the Thunderbolts! Each episode they'll be loo...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-presents-the-lightning-round-episode-1
It's the Homies awards! Al and Paul look back at The Year of Big Pando in comics, and pick out winners in the many and various categories which long-term listeners will have come to know and tole...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-189-exciting-brunch-adventures
Paul and Al are back, and are talking about the sad death of Richard Corben, DC's post-Future State plans, Marvel's Alien series, X of Swords, Rob Liefeld's latest stint at Marvel and the return ...
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Al and Paul have hour-and-change of comics chat for you this time round, with discussion of Marie Javins' promotion to DC EIC, John Nee being let go as Marvel Publisher, and the announcements of ...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-187-strictly-comics-dancing
Paul and Al are back, with a bunch of chat for you about DC's Future State, the return of the Thunderbolts, delays to Marvel's Eternals and Aftershock's merger, along with reviews of Amazing Spid...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-186-flumechat
Al and Paul are back, and they're talking about DC Universe Infinity, Brian Michael Bendis leaving the Super-books, the return of Batman: Black and White, Marvel's new S.W.O.R.D. series, IDW's pl...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-185-aftermath-mactavish
After their foray into the abyss that is the 1993 Marvel annuals, Paul and Al are back with a regular episode, with chat about Denny O'Neil and Joe Sinnott, the recent wave of allegations of impr...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-184-the-guy-from-the-elevator
Al and Paul bring you their first ever remote recording, as they give the Official Handbook of the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe treatment to all 27 characters introduced in Marvel's 1...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-183-house-arrest-to-astonish
Paul and Al are back to talk about Dan DiDio's exit from DC, the postponement of Emerald City Comic-Con, Comixology's European price hikes, the Quotable Giant Days and John Layman and Dan Boultwo...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-182-the-men-who-stare-at-gods
It's awards time! Paul and Al are taking a leisurely saunter through their picks for the best series, creators and moments of 2019, as well as taking a look at the ones which you voted for. WHO m...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-181-it-has-to-be-beige
Paul and Al are back with a new episode, where they remember Tom Spurgeon, Howard Cruse and Tom Lyle, talk about delays at Marvel, the announcements of Hellions and Strange Academy, Chris Samnee'...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-180-greg-and-ashley
A relatively quiet period for comics news, but Al and Paul have chat on Kevin Feige being installed as Chief Creative Officer of Marvel, the Bloodshot movie, the Into The Spider-Verse sequel, Sky...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-179-into-the-spider-chorus
Paul and Al are back, with chat on Tom Lyle, Mariko Tamaki's new graphic novel imprint, a bunch of news out of NYCC including new series for Wolverine, Thor, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man 202...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-178-johnny-blas
It's been far too long, but Paul and Al are back with a brand new episode, talking about the shuttering and reopening of Manga Rock, Conan copyright scuffles, Terrific Production's Youngblood, Br...
https://housetoastonish.libsyn.com/house-to-astonish-episode-177-my-dog-comics