Batman: Knightfall – Part 1: Knightfall (The Animated Movie)

In this week's episode, Ryan makes Jamie read issues 1-5 of the 2026 ongoing comic series, The Deadman. Created by the acclaimed team from the Ice Cream Man comics, writer W. Maxwell Prince, artist Martín Morazzo, and colourist Chris O'Halloran. They also discuss how DC has been producing more interesting comics for a wider audience, and the collaboration between comic writers and artists. Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 02:29 - Comic Talk Starts 04:46 - General Thoughts 23:53 - Starting with the Arting 42:12 - Story 1:02:33 - Summary 1:06:19 - Comment Corner YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_2GA9q40JoBmnbOrkjGuJg Apple Podcasts- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comic-literate-podcast/id1670647884 Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/4hd5lO43gSZyyh5UEmcq2U?si=NOE0uX4iRHWGDwIoCRfndQ Google Podcasts- https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL3RoZS1jb21pYy1saXRlcmF0ZS1wb2RjYXN0 Pocket Casts- https://pca.st/r8b1cyg7 Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/comicliterate/ Mr Jeans- https://youtube.com/@comicsstan-q1z?si=F9mxzO-eSmfWphWx

In this week's episode, Ryan makes Jamie read the first issues of Marvel's new Midnight Universe, Midnight Spider-Man, Midnight Fantastic Four, and Midnight X-Men. They also discuss how it compares to other comic imprints like DC's Absolute Universe, what happened to Marvel's previous attempt with the Ultimate Universe 2.0, and how much does writing quality matter to comic book fans? Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 02:21 - Comic Talk Starts Here 04:41 - General Thoughts 09:11 - Starting with the Arting - Spider-Man 14:22 - Fantastic Four Arting 19:40 - X-Men Arting 23:00 - Fantastic Four Story 39:24 - Spider-Man Story 44:45 - X-Men Story

In this week's episode, Ryan makes Jamie read issues 1-6 of the 2026 comic series, Bleeding Hearts. Written by Deniz Camp, art by Stipan Morian, and colours by Matt Hollingsworth. They also discuss some of the history of DC's imprint Vertigo Comics, the genre of lighthearted Zombie stories, and somehow they get a little political as well. Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 02:20 - Comic Talk Starts 04:34 - A Brief History of Vertigo Comics 09:27 - Credits & General Thoughts 17:54 - Starting with the Arting 22:59 - Story 40:20 - Getting A Little Political 43:53 - Back to the Comic 48:54 - Podcast Accolades 50:26 - Comment Corner YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_2GA9q40JoBmnbOrkjGuJg Apple Podcasts- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comic-literate-podcast/id1670647884 Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/4hd5lO43gSZyyh5UEmcq2U?si=NOE0uX4iRHWGDwIoCRfndQ Google Podcasts- https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL3RoZS1jb21pYy1saXRlcmF0ZS1wb2RjYXN0 Pocket Casts- https://pca.st/r8b1cyg7 Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/comicliterate/ Mr Jeans- https://youtube.com/@comicsstan-q1z?si=F9mxzO-eSmfWphWx

In this week's episode, Ryan makes Jamie read the first collected volume of the 1980's Miracleman comics, Miracleman: A Dream of Flying. Written by The Original Writer (Alan Moore) with Mick Anglo, art by Garry Leach and Alan Davis, and colour art by Steve Oliff. They also discuss the origins of the Miracleman character, the crazy legal history of his ownership, and the current Marvel controversy in bringing him back in 2026. Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 01:48 - Who Is Miracleman? 22:25 - General Thoughts 27:07 - Starting with the Arting 33:56 - Story 1:06:37 - Comment Corner YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_2GA9q40JoBmnbOrkjGuJg Apple Podcasts- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-comic-literate-podcast/id1670647884 Spotify- https://open.spotify.com/show/4hd5lO43gSZyyh5UEmcq2U?si=NOE0uX4iRHWGDwIoCRfndQ Google Podcasts- https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL3RoZS1jb21pYy1saXRlcmF0ZS1wb2RjYXN0 Pocket Casts- https://pca.st/r8b1cyg7 Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/comicliterate/ Mr Jeans- https://youtube.com/@comicsstan-q1z?si=F9mxzO-eSmfWphWx

In this week's episode, Ryan makes Jamie read issues 136 - 141 of the ongoing comic series, Nightwing. Written by Dan Watters, pencils by Denys Cowan, inks by Norm Rapmund, and colours by Francesco Segala. They also discuss the success of the current Nightwing run, whether Dick Grayson needs to be further removed from Batman or not, and is the Bat-Family too big? 00:00 - Intro 01:46 - Comic Talk Starts 28:20 - Starting with the Arting 35:27 - Story 1:08:16 - Comment Corner YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_2GA9q40JoBmnbOrkjGuJg